🚜AP Human Geography
Key Terms

5818 essential vocabulary terms and definitions to know for your AP Human Geography exam

🚜AP Human Geography
Key Terms by Unit

Unit 1 – Thinking Geographically

1.1 Introduction to Maps and Types of Maps

1.2 Geographic Data

1.3 The Power and Uses of Geographic Data

1.4 Spatial Concepts

1.5 Humans and Environmental Interaction

1.6 What are Scales of Analysis?

1.7 Regional Analysis

Unit 2 – Population and Migration

2.10 Push and Pull Factors in Migration

2.1 Population & Migration

2.11 Forced vs. Voluntary Migration

2.12 Effects of Migration

2.2 Consequences of Population Distribution

2.3 Population Composition

2.4 Population Dynamics

2.5 The Demographic Transition Model

2.6 Malthusian Theory and Geography

2.7 Population Policies

2.8 Women and Demographic Change

2.9 Aging Populations

Unit 3 – Cultural Geography

3.1 Introduction to Culture

3.2 Cultural Landscapes

3.3 Cultural Patterns

3.4 Types of Cultural Diffusion

3.5 Historical Causes of Cultural Diffusion

3.6 Contemporary Causes of Cultural Diffusion

3.7 Diffusion of Religion and Language

3.8 Effects of Cultural Diffusion

Unit 4 – Political Geography

4.10 Consequences of Centrifugal and Centripetal Forces

4.1 Introduction to Political Geography

4.2 Political Processes

4.3 Political Power and Territoriality

4.4 Defining Political Boundaries

4.5 The Function of Political Boundaries

4.6 Internal Boundaries

4.7 Forms of Governance

4.8 Defining Devolutionary Factors

4.9 Challenges to Sovereignty

Unit 5 – Agriculture and Rural Land–Use

5.1 Introduction to Agriculture

5.10 Consequences of Agricultural Practices

5.11 Challenges of Contemporary Agriculture

5.12 Women in Agriculture

5.2 Settlement Patterns and Survey Methods

5.3 Agricultural Origins and Diffusions

5.4 The Second Agricultural Revolution

5.6 Agricultural Production Regions

5.7 Spatial Organization of Agriculture

5.8 The Von Thunen Model

5.9 The Global System of Agriculture

Unit 6 – Cities and Urban Land–Use

6.1 The Origin and Influences of Urbanization

6.10 Challenges of Urban Changes

6.11 Challenges of Urban Sustainability

6.2 Cities Across the World

6.3 Cities and Globalization

6.4 The Size and Distribution of Cities

6.5 The Internal Structure of Cities

6.6 Density and Land Use

6.7 Infrastructure in Urban Development

6.8 Urban Sustainability

6.9 Urban Data

Unit 7 – Industrial and Economic Development

7.1 The Industrial Revolution

7.2 Economic Sectors and Patterns

7.3 Measures of Development

7.4 Women and Economic Development

7.5 Theories of Development

7.6 Trade and the World Economy

7.7 Changes as a Result of the World Economy

7.8 Sustainable Development

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