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Unit 3 vocab list (part 2)

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Human Geography
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A Vocabulary List for AP Human Geography Unit III. Cultural Patterns and Processes, Part 1?Basic Vocabulary and Concepts Concepts of Culture Acculturation Assimilation Cultural adaptation Cultural core/periphery pattern Cultural ecology Cultural identity Cultural landscape Cultural realm Culture Culture region ? Formal?core, periphery ? Functional?node ? Vernacular (perceptual)?regional self-awareness Diffusion types ? Expansion?hierarchical, contagious, stimulus ? Relocation Innovation adoption Maladaptive diffusion Sequent occupance Folk and Popular Culture Adaptive strategies Anglo-American landscape characteristics Architectural form Built environment Folk culture Folk food Folk house Folk songs Folklore Material culture Nonmaterial culture

Unit 1 Test Study Guide

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Human Geography
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population
Demography
Demographic economics
Human Geography
Science
human migration
anthropology
Birth rate
Rate of natural increase
Demographic transition
immigration
Overpopulation
Social Issues

Cultural Geography ? Geog 2001 Study Guide Fall Semester Test One: Chapters 1-4 J. Naumann 1) How does Environment Determinism explain the relationship between the environment (physical conditions of nature) and culture? 2) How does Possibilism explain the relationship between the environment (physical conditions of nature) and culture? 3) What were the adverse environmental impacts of rechannelling the Kissimmee River in Florida ? 4) What are characteristics of meridians in the Earth's Coordinate System? 5) What are characteristics of parallels in the Earth's Coordinate System? 6) What is map scale? 7) What are the characteristics of a small scale map? A large scale map?

Chapter 3: Migration Vocabulary

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Human Geography
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International migration
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Chain migration
Migrant worker
Social Issues
Politics

Remittances Money migrants send back, money migrant send back to family and friends in their home countries, often in cash, forming an important part of the economy in many poorer countries. Cyclic Movements Movement that has a closed route and is repeated annually or seasonally. Activity Spaces The space within which daily activity occurs. Nomadism Movement among a definite set of places. Periodic Movements Movement that involves temporary, recurrent relocation Migrant Labor A common type of periodic movement involving millions of worker in the US and tens of millions of workers worldwide who cross international borders in search of employment and become immigrants, in many instances. Transhumance

AP Art History Gardner text Chp 1 quiz

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1. Looking at a major world culture (as described in the text), describe how that culture has succeeded in adapting elements (economic, cultural, religious/philosophical) from other cultures to fit the major culture?s needs. 2. Choose any culture and describe how it has been successful exporting its culture. 3. Choose a major world culture and describe how it has used elements from its artistic heritage to promote a specific cultural view for its population. Find visual examples of how one culture has depicted another. 4. Choose any work of art and describe it (media, age, place of origin, artist, subject matter). Also analyze it using the the Elements of Art, and the Principles of Design.

AP Human Geography The Cultural Landscape Vocab Ch. 1

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diffusion
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Meridian, Mississippi
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Environment

Agricultural density: Arithmetic density: Base line: Cartography: Concentration: Connections: Contagious diffusion: Cultural ecology: Cultural landscape: Culture: Density: Diffusion: Distance decay: Distribution: Environmental determinism: Expansion diffusion: Formal region: Functional region: Geographic information system: Global positioning system: Globalization: Greenwich mean time: Hearth: Hierarchial diffusion: International date line: Land Ordinance of 1785: Latitude: Location: Longitude: Map: Mental Map: Meridian: Parallel: Pattern: Physiological density: Place: Polder: Possibilism: Prime meridian: Principal meridian: Projection: Region: Regional studies: Relocation diffusion: Remote sensing: Resource: Scale: Section: Site: Situation: Space: Space-time comparison:

The Earth and Its Peoples: A global history. Second editon. Chapter 1 outline.

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World History
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Cenozoic
Phanerozoic
Geologic time scale
anthropology
Hominina
Prehistoric Africa
Human Evolution
Sociocultural evolution
human
Neolithic
Domestication
Homo
Environment

Chapter 1: Nature, Humanity, and History: The First Four Million Years Introduction Creation myths?various themes Purpose of creation myths Nineteenth century?impact of science on Creation Myths African Genesis Interpreting the evidence Neanderthal?40,000 years ago?Europe Charles Darwin Australopithecus africanus (African southern ape) Human evolution How should humans be defined? Three major traits distinguish humans from other primates Why did biological changes take place? Migrations from Africa Homo erectus Homo sapiens Minor evolutionary changes History and Culture in the Ice Age Food gathering and stone technology Food gathering Tool making The hunters Gender divisions and social life Gender division Lived in small bands

Sociology "Social Class"

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Social status
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Chapter 7 Social Class: The Structure of Inequality Social Stratification and Social Inequality Social stratification is the division of society into groups arranged in a social hierarchy. Social stratification is a characteristic of society (not individuals) and can persist over generations. Systems of Stratification Slavery is the most extreme system of social stratification and is based on the legal ownership of people. A caste system is a form of social stratification in which status is determined by one?s family history and background and cannot be changed.

The Cultural landscaping Test answer Chapter 4

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In contrast to popular culture, folk cultures are more likely to vary ?? from place to place at a given time (correct answer) ?? from time to time at a given place ?? both from place to place and from time to time ?? neither from place to place and from time to time Points earned:?0 out of 1? ? Leaders of many developing countries fear that the spread of American popular culture will destroy traditional social behavior. ?? True (correct answer) ?? False Points earned:?0 out of 1? ? The percentage of leisure time has increased as a result of swings in the labor force from predominantly agricultural work to predominantly service and manufacturing work. ?? True (correct answer) ?? False Points earned:?0 out of 1? ?

World history overview 1

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Megafauna
Biology
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anthropology
Civilizations
Hunting
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culture
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Big Era Three Farming and the Emergence of Complex Societies 10,000 ? 1,000 BCE. Join us for the world tour! STOP! I know what you?re thinking! Farming and complex societies? Where did they come from? I thought we were still hunting and gathering! Today 10k years ago 200k yrs ago Big Era 2 ?and changes have always been?and still are?part of human history. Let?s look for a minute at the changes that took place in Big Era Two. You DO remember Big Era Two, don?t you? Big Eras 3-9 Big Era 1 Farming and complex societies are the result of CHANGE? Today 10k years ago 200k yrs ago Big Era 2 Big Era Two is the era that covers the period from 200,000 to 10,000 years ago. Big Era Two was fraught with change. Shall we do a quick review? Big Eras 3-9 Big Era 1 200k yrs ago

chapter 5 study guide

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APHG Final Exam Study Guide As you prepare for the Final Exam, make sure that you study these terms/concepts and important researchers. Remember? there will also be questions about specific examples and details from the book, so make sure that you use all of your resources to prepare. Nature & Perspectives of Geography (chapter 1) Spatial approach 5 themes of geography Carl O. Sauer Mental maps Scale Formal regions Location theory Remote sensing Sense of place Reference maps Malthus Thematic maps Geographic Information Systems Functional regions Movement Diffusion Perceptual region Hierarchical diffusion Cultural barrier Expansion diffusion Contagious diffusion Globalization GPS Relocation diffusion Population & Migration (chapters 2 & 3)

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