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AP Human Geography Terms
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Geography
9th Grade
05/05/2010

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Acid Deposition
Definition
Fossil Fuel Emmisions
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Acid Precipitation
Definition
Acid Rain, Snow, Sleet, or Hail
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Agribusiness
Definition
Commercial Agriculture Business
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Agricultural Density
Definition
# of Farmers/ amount of arable land
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Agricultural Revolution
Definition
The domestication of the first plants and animals
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Agriculture
Definition
Farming
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Air Pollution
Definition
Air with higher toxin levels then deemed regular
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Animate Power
Definition
Power supplied by people or animals
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Animism
Definition
Belief that natural things or events (i.e. Thunderstorms, rocks) have spirits
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Annexation
Definition
Legally adding land area into a city
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Apartheid
Definition
Laws that physically separated races in south Africa (no longer in effect)
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Apartheid
Definition
Laws that physically separated races in south Africa (no longer in effect)
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Autonomous Religion
Definition
A religion with no central authority but informally shares ideas and cooperates
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Balance of Power
Definition
equal opposing forces
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Balkanization
Definition
states breaking down through ethnic conflict
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Balkanized
Definition
a region that could not assimilate into one because of ethnic conflict
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Base Line
Definition
a line used designate survey in the US in 1785 limiting the number townships
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Basic Industries
Definition
Industries that sell to people outside the settlement
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Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD)
Definition
amount of oxygen needed for aquatic bacteria to decompose waste
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Biodiversity
Definition
The number of species within habitat
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Biomass Fuel
Definition
fuel from plant material and animal waste
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Blockbusting
Definition
real estate agents convince land owners to sell for low prices in fear of blacks moving in
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Boundary
Definition
invisible line marks the extent of a states territory
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Brain Drain
Definition
large scale emigration of skilled workers
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Branch ( Of a religion)
Definition
A large division within a religion
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Beak-Of-Bulk Point
Definition
Place were one type of transportation stops and another begins
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Breeder Reactor
Definition
A nuclear power plant that creates its own power
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British Received Pronunciation (BRP)
Definition
Dialect of english spoken by upper class brits now considered british standards
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Bulk-Gaining Industries
Definition
the final manufactured product weighs more than the inputs
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Bulk-Reducing industries
Definition
the final manufactured product weighs less than the inputs
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Business Services
Definition
Services that meet the primary needs of other businesses
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Cartography
Definition
map making
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Caste
Definition
the class a hindu is placed into according to religious laws
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Census Tract
Definition
An area for which the census bureau publishes statistics
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Census
Definition
population survey
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Central Business District (CBD)
Definition
primary business section of a city
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Central Place Theory
Definition
distribution of services according to the idea each service has its own settlement
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Central Place
Definition
market for service exchange that attracts people from the surrounding area
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Centripetal Forces
Definition
unifying force within people
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Cereal Grain
Definition
Grass with grains used for food
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Chaff
Definition
Grain shell
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Chain Migration
Definition
Migration of people due to families previous migration there, or large amount of like ethnicities there
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