Top 10 Terms Per APHG Unit

UNIT 1: GEOGRAPHY: NATURE & ITS PERSPECTIVES

1.Location2.Regions3.Diffusion4.Distribution5.Projections6.Map Types

7.Map Terms8.Scale9. Cultural

Ecology10. Spatial

Interaction

UNIT 2: POPULATION & MIGRATION

1. Population Distribution

2. Demographic Terms

3. Population Policy & Environment

4. Push/Pull5. Migration

History

6. Demographic Transition Model

7. Thomas Malthus8. Epidemiologic

Transition Model9. Zelinisky’s

Model10.Ravenstein’s

Laws

UNIT 3: CULTURAL PATTERNS & PROCESSES

1.Folk Culture2.Popular

culture3.Language4.Language

families5.Language

distribution6.Nomadic

Warrior

Sedentary Thesis

7.Cultural Landscapes

8.Universalizing Religions

9.Ethnic religions

10.Religious distribution

UNIT 4: POLITICAL ORGANIZATION & SPACE

1. Boundaries2. State Shape3. History of states4. Federal vs.

Unitary5. Centripetal vs.

Centrifugal

6. Ethnicities7. Ethnic

distribution8. International

Organizations9. Rostow’s Model10.LDC vs. MDC

UNIT 5: AGRICULTURE, FOOD PRODUCTION & RURAL LAND USE

1. Agricultural Evolution

2. Agricultural regions

3. Commercial Agriculture

4. Subsistence Agriculture

5. Boserup

Hypothesis6. Von Thunen Model7. Environmental

problems8. Rural Land use9. Commercial Ag

problems10. Settlement Types

UNIT 6: INDUSTRIALIZATION & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. Industrial Revolution

2. Distribution of Industry

3. Wallenstein’s Model

4. Weber Least Cost

5. Measures of Development

6. North/South Divide

7. Women and Development

8. Uneven Development

9. Infrastructure10. NIC’s,

NAFTA, etc

UNIT 7: CITIES & URBAN LAND USE1. Urban

Hierarchy2. Urban Models3. Gravity Model4. Services5. Urbanization6. Rank Size vs.

Primate City

7. Bochert’s Epochs

8. Central Place Theory

9. Development of cities

10. Urban problems