AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY EXAM 2025 ||
DETAILED QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE
ANSWERS (GRADED A)
alliance - ANSWER - An association among countries for the purpose of mutual defense or trade antecedent boundary - ANSWER - A boundary placed before the cultural landscape was developed artifact - ANSWER - Tangible pieces of material culture assimilation - ANSWER - The process in which immigrants become totally integrated into the host culture absolute location - ANSWER - The actual space a place occupies on Earth's surface acculturation - ANSWER - The change that occurs within a culture when it adopts a practice from another culture agglomeration effects - ANSWER - The cost advantages (external economies) for an individual company gained by locating near similar industries or companies agribusiness - ANSWER - Commercial agriculture in which large corporations own and operate various steps in the production process with an emphasis on profit agricultural density - ANSWER - The number of people living in rural areas per unit of agricultural land animism - ANSWER - The belief that spirits (including ancestral) live within objects such as animals, rivers, rocks, trees, and mountains backwash effect - ANSWER - The negative impact to the peripheral region sometimes caused by increased flows of labor and capital into a nearby high-growth region biotechnology - ANSWER - The application of scientific techniques to modify and improve plants, animals, and microorganisms to enhance their value built environment - ANSWER - The material culture of an environment 1 / 3
basic sector - ANSWER - Goods and services produced for individuals outside the urban work area bid-rent curve - ANSWER - The concept that the concentric circles in Burgess's concentric zone model are based on the amount people are willing to pay for land in each zone carrying capacity - ANSWER - The number of people an area can support on a sustained basis central business district (CBD) - ANSWER - The business area found at the center of every older central city and urban area central place theory - ANSWER - A theory developed by Walter Christaller that states that cities exist for economic reasons and that people gather in cities to share goods and ideas centrifugal force - ANSWER - A strong, divisive force, such as religious differences or a weak communication systems, at work in a country centripetal force - ANSWER - A strong, unifying force, such as a charismatic leader or nationalism, at work in a country chain migration - ANSWER - The part of a migrant flow (usually relatives and friends) that follows former migrants to an area channelized migration - ANSWER - Repetitive pattern of migration not linked to family or ethnicity (senior citizens moving to the Sun Belt) charter group - ANSWER - The first group of settlers to establish a new and lasting culture and society is an area compact state - ANSWER - A state that is basically round in shape, such as Poland or Bhutan) colonialism - ANSWER - A system in which a country declares control over a territory or people outside its own boundaries, usually for economic purposes commodity chain - ANSWER - A chain of activities from the manufacturing to the distribution of a product concentric zone model - ANSWER - The model of urban land use developed by Burgess which demonstrates the invasion and succession processes that occur as the city grows and expands outward 2 / 3
confederation - ANSWER - A loose association of states organized for the purpose of retaining cohesion, such as the former republic of the USSR congregation - ANSWER - An ethnic group's grouping together in a specific part of the city to support each other and minimize conflicts with those in the non-ethnic group consequent boundary - ANSWER - A type of subsequent boundary that is drawn to accommodate existing linguistic, cultural, or religious boundaries conservation agriculture - ANSWER - A modern method of farming that balances maximum crop yield with sustainable farming methods and protection of the environment creative destruction - ANSWER - The reinvestment of funds in new, profitable ventures and regions that were once used to fund ventures and regions that are now not as profitable creole - ANSWER - A simplified mixture of two or more languages that is adopted in areas of cultural diversity crude birth rate (CBR) - ANSWER - The number of babies born per 1000 people per year crude death rate (CDR) - ANSWER - The number of deaths per 1000 people per year crude density - ANSWER - The number of people per unit of land (also called arithmetic density) cultural barrier - ANSWER - hindrances to cultural diffusion that occur in a society and keep cultural traits from spreading culture region - ANSWER - A portion of the Earth's surface occupied by populations sharing recognizable and distinctive cultural characteristics cultural diffusion - ANSWER - The process in which culture is spread from one region to another cultural landscape - ANSWER - The unique landscape made up of all parts of a culture- both material and nonmaterial culture - ANSWER - The cluster of traits that make a group of people special and unique culture hearth - ANSWER - A place where innovations and new ideas originate and spread outward (diffuse) to other regions
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