Ap Human Geo Government

the total knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors shared and passed on by the members of a group

group that shares a geographic region, sense of identity and culture

group that shares language, customs, and common heritage

• individual-one person
• Family-made up of individuals
• Clan-made up of families
• tribe-made up of clans
• tribes grow until they become a society

• food
• water
• oxygen
• Shelter and clothing(not actual needs)

creating something new

taking something already made and making it better

the spreading of goods, ideas, inventions, or patterns of behavior

site of innovation in which ideas, materials, and technology diffuse to many cultures

when a society changes because it accepts or adopts an innovation

• allows people within a community to communicate
• --one of the most important aspects of a culture
• --helps establish cultural identity
• --can also divide people

• 3,000-6500 languages exist and they are grouped based on similarities
• --english, russian, hindi, and greek all came from indo european faminy

different versions of a language, written the same

languages can be diffused by trade routes, having multiple languages in the same area, and migration

A belief system that consists of supernatural powers and a creator and maintainer of the universe

• monotheistic-1god
• polytheistic-multiple gods
• animistic-tribal beliefs in supernatural forces

• missionary-people can be converted
• nonmissionary-born into the religion

live births per thousand.

avg children a woman has in her lifetime. need 2.1 to support pop, current is3.0

• deaths per thousand people
• deaths per thousand live births under 1 year

large scale movement of people from one place to another

• pushes people away from a location
• Pulls people towards a location

how many people per given area

the number of organisms the land can support

when several cities grow together

• easy access to transportation
• natural resources
• specialize in certain economic activities

• residential-single family and apartments
• industrial-manufacturing
• commercial- selling goods

independent unit that occupies a specific territory and has full control over its internal and external affairs(country)

group of people with similar culture occupying a territory

• when a nation and state occupy the same territory
• stateless nation-when a nation is without a territory

• direct democracy-decisions are made by people directly
• representative democracy(indirect)people elect representatives, may keep monarch as figurehead
• democratic republic-republic with a democracy

• absolute:complete control
• limited:(constitutional)monarch is limited by a constitution

all aspects of the life of people, extreme authoriratian

only gov't is ruled by leader

ruled by upper class

all power in a few people

gov't has absolute power

everybody is equal

• no gov't
• any gov't is beter than no gov't

• size
• shape(compact/fragmented)
• location (landlocked/not)

• natural-rivers can migrate
• artificial- countries may claim more than agreed on.

regions are broken up(cities) to make governing more efficient

production and exchange of goods and services

• traditional-trade and barter system
• Command-gov't decides
• market-supply and demand
• mixed-command and mixed

only a few companies have a monopoly on a buisness

• raw materials
• manufactured goods
• services
• information management&highly trained services

materials on the earth that someone is willing to pay for

• replaced in 1-2 lifetimes(trees)
• not replaced once removed from ground(oil)
• never run out(wind, sun, tides)

• infrastructure-basic support system of an economy(power, transportation, sanitation, etc)
• transportation-one of the most important things to infrastructure

per capita income avg yearly income of a person

Gross domestic product-money made on goods and services in us

Gross National Product- amount of money made from goods and services

purchasing power parity-takes into account cost of living and income