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APHG Main Vocabulary-Unit 1-Geography: It’s Nature and PerspectivesAtmosphereBiosphereCartographyEquatorGeographyGIS-Geographic Information SystemsGlobalizationGPS-Global Positioning SystemsGreenwich Mean Time (GMT)Human Environment InteractionHuman GeographyHydrosphereInternational Date LineLand Ordinance of 1785LatitudeLithosphereLocationLong LotsLongitudeMajor World Regions—See your mapMapMap ProjectionMeridianPangeaParallelPhysical/political GeographyPlacePrime MeridianRegionRemote SensingScaleSiteSituationSpaceToponymTropic of CancerTropic of CapricornAPHG Main Vocabulary-PopulationAge distributionPopulation explosionAgricultural revolutionPopulation projectionArithmetic population densityBaby Boomer Population distributionBirth DearthPopulation pyramidsCapacity Restrictive Population PoliciesCensusSex RatioChild Mortality RateStandard of livingChronic diseaseStationary Population levelCrude birth rate (CBR)SustainabilityCrude death rate (CDR)Total fertility rate (TFR)UnderpopulationDemographic momentumZero population growthDemographic transition modelDemographyDependency ratioDoubling timeEcumeneEpidemiologic transitionEugenic population policiesExpansive population policiesExponential growthInfant mortality rate (IMR)J-curveLife expectancyThomas MalthusMedical revolutionMortalityNatural Increase Rate(NIR)Neo-MalthusiansOverpopulationPhysiological Population DensityPopulation compositionPopulation densityAPHG Main Vocabulary-MigrationActivity spaceAsylumBrain drainCentripetal ForcesCentrifugal ForcesChain migrationCirculationCounterurbanizationDistance decay functionEmigrationEthnic cleansingForced migrationGenocideGravity modelGuest workerImmigrationInternal migrationTransnational migrationInterregional migrationIntervening obstacleIntraregionalMigration selectivityMigration streamMigration transitionMobilityNet migrationPull factorsPush factorsRefugeeRemittancesRural to UrbanSeasonal Agriculture MigrationStep MigrationVoluntary migrationAPHG Main Vocabulary-Cultural Patterns and ProcessesAcculturationArtifactAssimilationBuilt environmentCore-domain-sphere modelCulture complexCulture convergenceCultural hearthCultural landscapeCultural realmCultural regionCultural traitCultural/environmental perceptionCustomEnvironmental determinismExpansion diffusionFolk culture (folkways)Food attractionGlobalizationHabitIndigenous PeoplesMaterial cultureMentifactPopular culturePossibilismRelocation diffusionSociofactSyncretismTabooUniform landscapeAPHG Key Vocabulary-LanguageAccentBi-lingualityBRP-British received pronunciationCreoleDialectEbonicsEsperantoExtinct languageFranglaisIdeogramIsoglossIsolated languageLanguageLanguage branchLanguage familyLanguage groupLingua FrancaLinguisticsLiterary traditionMono-lingualityMulti-lingualityOfficial languageOrthogramPidgin languageSpanglishStandard languageToponymTrade languageVernacularAPHG Main Vocabulary-ReligionAnimismAutonomous religionBranchCasteCosmogonyDenominationDioceseEthnic religionFundamentalismGhettoHierarchical religionMissionaryMonotheismPaganPilgrimagePolytheismReligious textSacred SpaceSectSolsticeUniversalizing religionAPHG Main Vocabulary –EthnicityEthnicityNationalismAPHG Main Vocabulary-Political Organization of SpaceArmed ConflictBalance of powerBoundaryCentralized GovernmentCity-stateCold WarColonialismColonyCompact stateConfederationElongated stateEnclaveExclaveFederal stateFragmented stateFrontierGerrymanderingImperialismLandlocked stateMicrostatePerforated statePolitical EcologyPolitical PowerSovereigntyStateSupranational OrganizationTheocracyUnitary stateWar on TerrorismForms of governance:Democracy, dictatorship, monarchy, republic, totalitarian, communismLocal, Regional and Metropolitan GovernanceEconomic system:Communism, Socialism, Capitalism (free enterprise), traditionalAPHG Main Vocabulary-DevelopmentDeveloping countryEconomic developmentGender Empowerment Measure (GEM)Gender Inequality Index (GII)Gender-related Development Index (GDI)Gini Index (or Coefficient or Ratio)Gross Domestic Product (GDP)Human Development Index (HDI)Less Developed Country (LDC)Literacy RateMore Developed Country (MDC)Neo-colonialismNewly Industrialized Country (NIC)ProductivityPurchasing Power Parity (PPP)Rostow’s Modernization ModelStructural Adjustment ProgramsValue AddedWallersteinAPHG Main Vocabulary-Agriculture, Food Production and Rural Land UseAgribusinessAquacultureBoserup HypothesisCarl SauerCash CroppingCommercial AgricultureCrop rotationDesertificationDomesticationEat Local Food MovementsEnclosure MovementFair TradeFallowFishingForestryGenetically Modified organism (GMO)Green revolutionHorticultureHybridIntensive subsistence agricultureLuxury cropsMarket gardening (truck farming)Mediterranean agricultureMilkshedMixed FarmingMonocultureOrganicPaddyPastoral nomadismPlantationPrimary SectorQuarternary SectorRanchingRegional AppellationsRidge TillageRuralSecondary SectorSeed agricultureShifting cultivationSubsistence agricultureSustainable agricultureTertiary SectorThomas MalthusTranshumanceTruck farmingUrban FarmingValue Added Specialty FoodsVegetative plantingvon Thunen’s Model of AgricultureClimate terms:ClimatehurricanetornadoWeathertyphoontsunamiRainshadow effectblizzardfloodDroughtbiomesdesertMonsoonforestVertical Climate ZonesBLAHEnvironmental Farming Issues: Soil degradation, overgrazing, river and aquifer depletion, animal wastes, extensive fertilizer and pesticide useAPHG Main Vocabulary-Industrialization and Economic Development“Fordism” (post-Fordism)AgglomerationAssembly LineASEANBreak-of-bulkBulk-gaining industryBulk-reducing industryCapitalCottage industryEconomies of scaleEUExport processing zoneFinancial CapitalFootloose industryGrowth PolesHigh Tech EconomiesIndustrial RevolutionInfrastructureLabor-intensiveLeast-cost theoryMaquiladoraNAFTANew international division of laborOPECoutsourcingPrimary industry/activityRaw material orientedRostowSecondary industry/activityService EconomySite characteristicsSituation characteristicsTechnopolesTertiary industry/activityTrade blocWallersteinAlfred WeberAPHG Main Vocabulary-ServicesBasic industriesBusiness servicesCentral business district (CBD)Central place theoryCity-stateClustered rural settlementConsumer servicesDispersed rural settlementEconomic baseGravity modelMarket area (hinterland)Non-basic industriesPersonal servicesPrimate cityProducer servicesPublic servicesRange (of a service)Rank-size ruleRetail servicesServiceSettlementThresholdTransportation and information servicesAPHG Main Vocabulary-Cities and Urban Land UseAnnexationBoomburgsBorchert’s Epochs of Urban TransportationConcentric zone model and founderCounterurbanizationDensity gradientEdge cityFavelaFilteringFood DesertsGalactic cityGated CommunitiesGentrificationghettoGreenbeltsGreenfieldsIncorporated areaMegacityMegalopolisMSA (metropolitan statistical area)MSA (micropolitan statistical area)Multiple nuclei model and founderNew UrbanismPeripheral model and founderPublic housingRedliningRemediation of BrownfieldsRenovated housingScattered siteSector model and founderSlumSmart growth policiesSprawlSquatter settlementSuburbSuburban SprawlUnderclassUnincorporated areaUptownsUrbanUrban planning and designUrban decayUrban Realms Model and founderUrban renewal Urban SustainabilityZone in transitionZone of AbandonmentZone of DisamentiyZoning ordinancesModels of cities:EuropeLatin AmericaNorth AfricaMiddle EastSub Saharan AfricaEast AsiaSoutheast Asia ................
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