AP Human Geography
A system that uses satellites to determine the exact position of something.
GPS (global positioning system)
This country led the charge in European exploration.
Portugal
The acquisition of a large piece of land by President T. Jefferson that went against his usual strict interpretation of the Constitution.
Terms set by the national government that states must meet whether or not they accept federal grants.
Mandate
This lobe of the brain is primarily responsible for decision-making and personality.
Frontal lobe
The name for 0 degrees longitude.
Prime Meridian
Travelers along this trade route relied heavily upon pack animals.
Trans-Saharan
This industrialist made his fortune in steel and later became a prominent philanthropist, advocating for the "Gospel of Wealth."
Andrew Carnegie
A belief that you play a role in politics and the government is responsive to the participants.
Political efficacy
This neurotransmitter is most closely associated with mood and depression.
Serotonin
This rule predicts the size of cities in a country, state, or region.
Rank-size Rule
This justification for imperialism was a supposedly scientific and based on the idea of the "survival of the fittest" as applied to human societies
Social Darwinsim
The idea that women should take charge of educating their children in the ways of the new republic.
Republican Motherhood
This concept of federalism views the national and state governments as collaborating to solve common problems.
Cooperative federalism
The endocrine system uses this to communicate
The area of the world that is covered with permanent human settlement.
Ecumene
The prevailing economic philosophy of European maritime empires.
This muckraking journalist exposed the unsanitary conditions of the meatpacking industry in his book The Jungle.
Upton Sinclair
This large-state contribution to the Constitutional Convention called for a strong national government.
This part of the neuron receives incoming signals.
Dendrites
A perceptual region that people believe exists as part of a cultural identity.
Vernacular Region
The successful modernization movement in late 19th century Japan
Meiji Restoration
Nickname for Monroe's presidency that reflected a rising sense of nationalism (1817-1825).
Era of Good Feelings
A period when a significant shift occurs in the coalitions of national political parties.
Realignment or Critical Period
Damage to this brain structure would most likely affect balance and coordination.