Accounting /AP Human Geography Exam Review Part 6
AP Human Geography Exam Review Part 6
This flashcard deck covers key concepts and definitions from the AP Human Geography curriculum, focusing on topics such as regions, states, population dynamics, and economic activities.
perceptual region
A region defined by feelings and prejudices that may or may not be true. A region derived from one's mental map.
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Definition
perceptual region
A region defined by feelings and prejudices that may or may not be true. A region derived from one's mental map.
perforated state
A state that totally surrounds another country, such as South Africa (which surrounds Lesotho) or Italy (which surrounds San Marino)
physiologic density
The number of persons per unit of agricultural land
place
Another word for location
place utility
A person's satisfaction or dissatisfaction with a place
placelessness
The loss of a place's unique flavor and identity due to the standardizing influence of popular culture and globalization
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
perceptual region | A region defined by feelings and prejudices that may or may not be true. A region derived from one's mental map. |
perforated state | A state that totally surrounds another country, such as South Africa (which surrounds Lesotho) or Italy (which surrounds San Marino) |
physiologic density | The number of persons per unit of agricultural land |
place | Another word for location |
place utility | A person's satisfaction or dissatisfaction with a place |
placelessness | The loss of a place's unique flavor and identity due to the standardizing influence of popular culture and globalization |
plantation agriculture | Monocropping, or planting a single crop for profit, is a specialized form of agriculture and is usually located near the former colonial markets |
polyculture | The production of several crops |
population density | The number of persons per unit of land area |
population momentum | The propensity for a growing population to continue growing even through fertility is declining because of their young age distribution |
population pyramid | A model that shows the composition of a population by age and sex. Also called an age-sex pyramid. |
polytheism | A religion that worships more than one God |
popular culture | The ever-changing cultural norms associated with a large, diverse group of people who are very influenced by mass media, mass production, and mass merchandising |
possibilism | The theory that the physical environment merely establishes limits of what is possible on the human population |
primate city | A city that is at least twice as large as the next largest city and more than twice as significant (not just the largest city in a country) |
primary economic activity | An economic activity that takes something from the ground (farming, mining, forestry, etc.) |
projection | A type of map based on representing a round Earth on a flat piece of paper with the resulting inaccuracies determining the best use of the particular type |
prorupt state/protruded state | A state, such as Thailand or Myanmar (Burma), that is round in shape with a large extension |
protolanguage | A reconstructed ancestral language that forms the basis for a language family |
public housing | Government-constructed and regulated low-income housing in urban areas |
pull factor of migration | Factors such as better job opportunities or a more pleasant climate that 'pull' or attract a migrant to a new area |
push factor of migration | Factors such as war, high crime, or overcrowding that 'push' a migrant to a new region |
quaternary economic activities | Economic activities that deal with information and knowledge processing |
quinary economic activities | The economic activities that deal with the highest-level of decision-making in both the government and private sectors of the economy |
race | A group of people with a common biological ancestor |
rank-size rule | The rule proposed by Zipf that states that if all cities in a country are placed in order from the largest to the smallest, the second largest city would have about 1/2 the population of the largest city, the third largest city would have about 1/3 the population of the largest city, the fourth largest city about 1/4 the population of the largest city, etc. |
rate of natural increase (NIR) | the crude birth rate minus the crude death |
rectangular-land survey system | A system using rectangular grid divisions to divide new land settlements after The United States won independence from England |
region | An area that displays a common trait such as culture, government, language, landform, etc. |
relative location | The location of a place in relation to the location of other places |