AP Flashcards

6794941161	Map scale	Shows ratio of the distance on the map to that on the earths surface	0
6794941162	Ratio/Faction	Inches on the earth compared to map	1
6794941163	Small scale	The smaller the scale, the larger the portion on earths surface	2
6794941164	Large scale	The larger the scale of the map, the smaller the portion on earth	3
6794941165	Map	Representation of the earth surface	4
6794941166	Mercator	More accurate at the equator but distorted away	5
6794941167	Robinson	Accurate at mid lat but distorted at poles	6
6794941168	Map projection	Way in which a portion of the earths surface is transferred onto the map	7
6794941169	Toponym	Place name	8
6794941170	Sute	Physical characteristics of location	9
6794941171	Situation	Location with significance	10
6794941172	Mathematical location	Earth location	11
6794941173	Gps	Used for navagation	12
6794941174	Remote sensing	World is viewed As a grid	13
6794941175	Gis	Geographic information system	14
6794941176	Density	Frequency with which something occurs in space(population)	15
6794941177	Arithmic density	Total number of objects in a area	16
6794941178	Concentration density	Objects in an area and close together or apart	17
6794941179	Pattern	The geometric arrangement of objects in space	18
6794941180	Regular	Planed	19
6794941181	Irregular	Not planned out(poor homes)	20
6794941182	Migration	Permanent relocation	21
6794941183	Net migration	Gain or loss in population through migration	22
6794941184	Immigration	Migration but permanently to somewhere	23
6794941185	Emigration	Out migration but permanently to somewhere	24
6794941186	Chain migration	Individual or small group of people migrate and are followed by family and friends	25
6794941187	Counter migration	Returning to place of origin	26
6794941188	Intervening opportunity	Something that persuades a migrant to settle down before reaching original place thought to be final destination	27
6794941189	Forced migration	The decision to relocate made by someone other than the immigrants(refugees)	28
6794941190	Push factor	Induce people to move out of present location	29
6794941191	Pull factor	Induce people to move into new location	30
6794941192	Refugees	People leaving threatening place for a safe place	31
6794941193	IDPs	People or group of individuals who have been forced to leave their homes	32
6794941194	Ravenstein's law of migration	Migrants travel short distances, young, if far move to big cities	33
6794941195	Selectivity of migration	15-35 years old, single, male	34
6795985118	Religion	Set of beliefs	35
6795985119	Universalizing religion	Attempts to appeal to a wide variety of people	36
6795985120	Proselytize	Try's to convert people to ones belief or opinion	37
6795985121	Ethnic religions	Indigenous and in region of origin, not much people from the outside	38
6795985122	Monotheism	One god	39
6795985123	Polytheistic	Multiple gods	40
6795985124	Denominations	Branches of religions	41
6795985125	Language	System of communication	42
6795985126	Isogloss	An area of distinct word usage(accents)	43
6795985127	Ideograms	The system of writing used in China or East Asian countries	44
6795985128	Lingua Franca	A language commonly used(English)	45
6795985129	Creole	A language is made up from two languages	46
6795985130	Language familes	Languages with common ancestors and spoken widely	47
6795985131	Language branches	A group of languages that share common origin but have evolved into different languages	48
6795985132	Dialects	Small number of people and pronunciation is different	49
6795985133	Ethnic geography	The study of spatial and ecological aspects of ethnicity	50
6795985134	Ethnic homeland	Land crosses state and provincial boundaries(native Americans)	51
6795985135	Ethnic group	People with common ancestry people usually join involuntarily	52
6795985136	Ethnic island	People want to be with other people with the same culture	53
6795985137	Ethnic neighborhood	Involves chain migration and and people want to be with people with the same culture(Chinatown in U.S)	54
6795985138	Ghetto	Forced into area where it is very poor	55
6795985139	Formal region	Area which everything in the area shares on or more characteristics	56
6795985140	Region	Area on earths surface	57
6795985141	Functional region	Area that is a focal point and has influence over the region	58
6795985142	Vernacular region	Sometimes called perceptual region, exist in minds of people but not formally defined as a regiom	59
6795985143	Diffusion	Spread or movement of phenomenon	60
6795985144	Relocation diffusion	People move and bring their culture with them	61
6795985145	Expansion diffusion	The spread of and item or idea from one place to another	62
6795985146	Contagious	Affects a lot if people outside of origin(clothing)	63
6795985147	Hierarchical	Like religion or something that speeds from one elite group to another	64
6795985148	Stimulus	The movement of underlying idea or principal	65
6795985149	State	Full control over internal affairs	66
6795985150	Nation	Refers to people with common culture and bound together	67
6795985151	Multinational state	A state with many nationalities	68
6795985152	Stateless nation	Nation with no state	69
6795985153	Nation state	Occupied by one nationality	70
6795985154	Colony	Territory that does have sovereignty	71
6795985155	Enclave	Part of a state is in another state	72
6795985156	Supernationalism	Gives up some sovereignty to the advantage of closer economic, political, and cultural association with neighbor	73
6795985157	NATO	Military	74
6795985158	EU	Economic	75
6795985159	Nafta	Economic and regulated trade	76
6795985160	Devolution	The transfer of some central power to regional or local government	77
6795985161	Shatter belts	Strategically or oriented region that is decided internally and caught up in a condition between great powers	78
6795985162	Boundaries	Establishes the limit of authority	79
6795985163	Jurisdiction	Administers law, collects taxes, provides defense, education	80
6795985164	Geometric	Straight lines based on lay and long	81
6795985165	Antecedent	We're drawn before area was settled	82
6795985166	Subsequent	Was defined after the settlement of the area	83
6795985167	Consequent	Coincides with cultural or economic patterns	84
6795985168	Superimposed	Boundary ignored cultural patterns	85
6795985169	Anthropomorphic	Boundary follows language or culture	86
6795985170	Physiographic	Boundary follows nature	87
6795985171	Positional dispute	The dispute over precise location of the boundary	88
6795985172	Territory dispute	Dispute about who owns territory	89
6795985173	Resource dispute	When multiply states want recourses	90
6795985174	Functional dispute	Neighbors disagrees of policies	91
6796452059	Redistricting	Districts are made based of types of people	92
6796452060	Gerrymandering	Districts are drawn to favor a party	93
6796452061	Contagious zones	States continue to force laws even on water	94
6796452062	Territorial water	Full sovereignty	95
6796452063	Climate	Average year to year conditions of temperature	96
6796452064	Latitude	Distance from equator	97
6796452065	Tropical zone	Near equator	98
6796452066	Polar zone	Near poles	99
6796452067	Temperature zones	In between equator and poles	100
6796452068	Altitude	Height above sea level	101
6796452069	Land water	Relationships holds heat longer than land	102
6796452070	Pressure patterns	High pressure is drier and low pressure is wetter	103
6796452071	Seasonal winds	Monsoons	104
6796452072	Ocean currents	Cold currents are dry and warm currents drop moisture	105
6796452073	Climate region	Average temperature and precipitation month by month over the course of one year	106
6796452074	Tropical	Found near equator	107
6796452075	Tropical wet	Warm, lots of rain, and rainforests	108
6796452076	Dry	Gets less that 20in of precipitation	109
6796452077	Arid desserts	Extreme heat and less then 10in	110
6796452078	Semiarid	Enough rain for short grasses and bushes	111
6796452079	Temperate marine	Small sessional variations	112
6796452080	Cottage industry	Home made	113
6796452081	Financial institutions	Developed from earlier trading and colonization	114
6796452082	Weavers least cost theory	Transportation is the most important	115

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