Big Ideas in AP Human Geography
Maps
Population
Migration
Acronyms
100

Geography is commonly divided into these two major branches: one is the study or spatial characteristics of the environment and the other includes topics such as population, culture and economics.

What are physical and human geography?

100

Political, physical, road and plat are all types of this broad category of map. 

What are Reference Maps?

100

Commonly referred to as the DMT, this tool shows five typical stages of  population change that countries experience as they modernize. 

What is the demographic transition model?

100

On benefit to countries that receive immigrants are the formation of these types of neighborhoods filled primarily with people of the same ethnic group. "Little Italy" and "Chinatown" are examples.  

What are ethnic enclaves?

100

AP HG

What is Advanced Placement Human Geography?

200

These are representations of reality or theories about reality, that help geographers explain, describe and sometimes even predict spatial activity and phenomena.

What are models?

200

This type of map projection, while good for navigation, also distorts land masses near Earth's poles. 

What is a Mercator Projection?

200

This value compares the working to the nonworking parts of a population, considering the number of people who are economically supporting the rest of the population. 

What is the dependency ratio?

200

The common reasons people migrate to an from specific locations are described by geographers using these two alliterative concepts. 

What are push and pull factors?

200

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

300

These types of informational sources are not usually represented by numbers. Instead, they are collected as interviews, photographs, descriptions or even cartoons. 

What are qualitative sources?

300

This is the distance of features above sea level, usually measured in feet or meters. 

What is Elevation?

300

Providing more education for girls and women most reduced this - the number of children born per woman -  in less-developed countries. 

What is the fertility rate?

300

Each migration flow produces a movement in the opposite direction, referred to as this. 

What is Counter Migration?

300

IDP's  : Six million were created as a result of the Syrian Civil War in 2011. 

What are Internally Displaced Persons?

400

Geographers reference a continuum of these, which show more or less area on a given map. Global, world regional, national, and local are all examples of these. 

What are Scales of Analysis?

400

In this kind of thematic map, the sizes of countries might be shown according to some specific statistic, such as population. 

What is a cartogram?

400

Throughout history, some governments have taken these measures, which encourage larger families to stimulate economic growth and increase military power. 

What are pronatalist policies?

400

The African slave trade from the 15th to 19th centuries was the largest of these kind of involuntary movements in history. 

What are forced migrations?

400

NGO

Non-governmental organization

500

Geographic data contributes to these special 2D or 3D interactive maps that can help solve real time problems, such as accurately tracking and mapping the COVID-19 pandemic. 

What are geovisualizations?

500
Common examples of these include circular, geometric, random, dispersed, linear and clustered, or agglomerated. 

What are distribution patterns?

500

In 1798, this economist published An Essay on the Principle of Population, which theorized that the world's population would grow faster than food production, resulting in massive starvation. 

Who is Thomas Malthus?

500

In Lee's model of migration, migrants may encounter these, or barriers that make reaching their desired destination more difficult. 

What are Intervening Obstacles?

500

EEZ, or the legal right of coastal states to explore, extract minerals, and manage natural resources up to 200 nautical miles. 

What is Exclusive Economic Zone?
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