Unit 1-2
The study of how humans interact with and affect the Earth.
Human Geography
A small, traditional, and homogeneous group living in isolation from others.
Folk culture
The cultivation of plants and domestication of animals for food and other products.
Agriculture
The growth of cities and the movement of people from rural to urban areas.
Urbanization
Jobs that involve turning raw materials into finished goods, like factory work.
Secondary sector
A pyramid-shaped population graph with a wide base indicates this.
High birth rates / rapid population growth
A religion that tries to appeal to all people globally, not just those in one location or ethnicity.
Universalizing religion
Farming that produces just enough food for the farmer and their family to survive.
Subsistence agriculture
A central business district is usually found in this part of a city.
The urban core / downtown
A country's total value of goods and services produced in one year.
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
The number of babies born per 1,000 people in a year.
Crude birth rate
A boundary created by colonizers with no regard for cultural divisions, common in Africa.
Superimposed boundary
A large-scale farming system focused on one or two cash crops, often found in tropical regions.
Plantation agriculture
A model that explains how a city grows outward in wedges, not rings or circles.
Sector model
A theory that says industries are located where transportation, labor, and agglomeration costs are minimized.
Weber’s Least Cost Theory
This theory argues that the environment limits humans, but culture can adapt or overcome challenges.
Possibilism
The redrawing of political districts to benefit a particular political party.
Gerrymandering
The shift from traditional farming to mechanized, high-yield agriculture in the mid-20th century.
Green Revolution
The process where wealthier people move into and renovate urban neighborhoods, often displacing poorer residents.
Gentrification
A measure that includes life expectancy, education, and income to assess development.
Human Development Index (HDI)
When an idea spreads outward from its source but stays strong in its origin.
Expansion diffusion
A political alliance formed between three or more countries for a common purpose
Supranational organization
The geographic area where an agricultural practice or innovation began and spread from.
Agricultural hearth
A legal boundary that restricts urban sprawl by separating urban land from rural land.
Greenbelt
This sector of the economy includes jobs like farming, fishing, and mining.
Primary sector