

Trade language A Vocabulary List for AP Human Geography Martha Sharma Retired teacher Hilton Head, South Carolina Unit III. Anglo-American landscape characteristics 3. Stimulus expansion Relocation Innovation adoption Maladaptive diffusion Sequent occupanceįolk and Popular Culture 1. Vernacular (perceptual)-regional self-awareness 14. Cultural Patterns and Processes, Part 1-Basic Vocabulary and Concepts Concepts of Culture 1. Zero population growth Migration Activity space Chain migration Cyclic movement Distance decay Forced Gravity model Internal migration Intervening opportunity Migration patterns Intercontinental Migration Patterns Interregional migration patterns Rural-urban migration patterns Migratory movement Periodic movement Personal space Place utility Push-pull factors Refugee Space-time prism Step migration Transhumance Transmigration VoluntaryĪ Vocabulary List for AP Human Geography Martha Sharma Retired teacher Hilton Head, South Carolina Unit III. Population-Basic Vocabulary and Concepts Population 1. Stages of Growth Concentric Circle Sector Multiple Nuclei Central Place Projection Remote sensing Time zonesĪ Vocabulary List for AP Human Geography Martha Sharma Retired teacher Hilton Head, South Carolina Unit II.

Model (a simplified abstraction of reality, structured to clarify causal relationships): Geographers use models to explain patterns, make informed decisions, and predict future behaviors. Map scale (distance on a map relative to distance on Earth) 16. Map (Maps are the tool most uniquely identified with geography the ability to use and interpret maps is an essential geographic skill.) 15.

Region Formal region Uniform region Functional/nodal region perceptual/vernacular region Scale (implied degree of generalization) Size Spatial (of or pertaining to space on or near Earth’s surface) Spatial interaction Accessibility Connectivity Network Distance decay Friction of distance Time-space compression Sequent occupance (Changing attributes of a place) 4. Built landscape (Changing attributes of a place) 3. Geography: Its Nature and Perspectives-Basic Vocabulary and Concepts Note: The following concepts transcend all units in AP Human Geography they are central to all geographic thinking and analysis and could even be considered central to any definition of geography. A Vocabulary List for AP Human Geography Martha Sharma Retired teacher Hilton Head, South Carolina Unit I.
