Do You Know These AP Human Geography Vocab Flashcards

What do you know about human geography? For a long time, human geography has maintained four principal divisions, including political, cultural, economic, and social. This concept is the study of how the human evolution of our culture has affected environmental processes and systems. Read these flashcards and learn about human geography and take the quiz to see what you learned.

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Annexation
Legally adding land area to a city in the United States
Apartheid
Laws (no longer in effect) in South Africa that physically separated different races into different geographic areas
Balkanization
Process by which a state breaks down through conflicts around its ethnicities
Border Landscape
The complex representation of the environment around that area
Boundary Disputes Definitional
Conflict over the language of the border agreeement in a treaty or boundary contract
Boundary Disputes Locational
Focus on delimitation or demarcation of boundary
Boundary Disputes Operational
Arises due to a conflict about the administration of a boundary
Boundary Disputes Allocational
Focus on baoundaries (especially on the sea floor0 while in search of resources
Boundary Origin Antecedent
Boundary that was created before the present day cultural landscape developed
Boundary Origin Subsequent
Boudnary evolved as the cultural landscape of an area took shape
Boundary Origin Superimposed
Boundary that is forcibly drawn across a unified cultural landscape
Boundary Origin Relic
A border that has ceased to function but whose imprints are still evident of the cultural landscape
Boundary Process Definiton
The beginning point and the end point of a process
Boundary Process Delimitation
Is the term used to describe the drawing of boundaries, but is most often used to describe the drawing of electoral boundaries, specifically those of precincts, states, counties or other municaipalities
Boundary Process Demarcation
The act of setting and marking limits or boundaries