Ap Human Geography Chapter 1 Vocab

Chapter One Vocab
Language, government, religion, and climate define a Region.
In Geography class, I learned about the physical features of the Earth.
In Human Geography class, I learned about how human activity influences the surface of the Earth.
The Culture of Americans is diverse and evolving constantly, due to changing interests, landscapes, religions, and geography.
In the Physical Environment, there are trees and rivers.
I always want a lot of Space between me and the people around me.
I made a Model of the solar system, to show how the planets align in the Milky Way.
He went to a Place that he was not allowed to go to.
I feel Topophilia when I go my grandma’s house.
Region is a word Mr. Kelley listed twice.
Formal Regions are separated

by cultural traits such as the language spoken, gods worshipped, and food eaten.
Border Zones separate formal regions.
Core-periphery patterns explain why people keep certain animals as pets in America, as opposed to other animals as food.
Bank districts are examples of Functional Region.
Richmond is the Node of Virginia.
Spotsylvania is a Vernacular Region associated with rednecks.

Cars have increased Mobility speed.
Diffusion describes how people have spread out over time.
The phone is an example of an Independent Invention, because different people in different countries claimed to be the first to invent it.
Religions spread quickly through Relocation Diffusion.
Expansion Diffusion traits remain strong at the core of an area.
The iPhone 7 is an example of Hierarchical Diffusion, because initially only rich people will buy them, but then more people will buy them as they become less new and the price drops.
The flu is an example of Contagious Diffusion, because it spreads regardless of social class, or political preference.
The expansion of McDonald's to India, despite the fact that they don’t eat beef, is an example of Stimulus Diffusion.
The percentage of teen smokers has declined due to a Time-distance Decay.
An example of an Absorbing Barrier is the border surrounding North Korea.
Belief in superstitions has passed through a Permeable Barrier.
Money travels in a Circulation through the world.
My great grandparents Migrated to America from France.
Transnational Migrants experience multiple cultures because they have to ties to both where they are and where they’re

from.
Globalization has made the world shrink, because it has brought people together.
Places with a high Human Development Index are usually known as developed countries.
Uneven Development occurs because resources are not distributed evenly across the world.
The relationship between people and their physical environment is called Nature-culture.
Cultural Ecology is used to study the relationship between the physical environment and various cultures.
According to Environmental Determinism, people who live in the mountains are predestined to be simple, imaginative, and conservative.
The school of thought of Possibilism led to people who live in snowy climates building igloos.
Lots of people migrated to the United States, because they had the Environmental Perception that it was the land of the free.
A flood is an example of a Natural Hazard.
The movie Avatar was based on the Organic View of the world.
Forest clearers have a Mechanistic View of Nature.
Ecofeminism explains why women take better care of the environment than men.
Cultural Landscapes are fashioned by the natural landscape and reflects the culture that created it.
Stonehenge is an example of a Symbolic Landscape.
When constructing a city, one must first decide on the Settlement Forms in order to have enough room to fit everything.
Urban areas are Nucleated because the buildings are packed close together.
Spotsylvania is a Dispersed area, because everything is far away from everything else.
Land-division Patterns determine where certain buildings, such as courthouses and churches should go.