Balkanization - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Annexation - Answer Legally adding land area to a city in the United States, or legally adding land area to a country in the world. Ex. Poland with Germany and Russia or Chicago with urban sprawl. Antarctica - Answer It is the largest land mass in the world not part of a sovereign state. Territorial claims are suspended on Antarctica. Apartheid - Answer Laws previously in South Africa that separated different races into different geographic areas. Ex. The US-Mexican border is a d...

Alberta Social 20-1 Final Exam Questions and Answers GNI - Answer-Gross national income Isolationism - Answer-Country opts out of national affairs Ex: Japan Unilateralism - Answer-Support of one sided actions Ex:U.S Bilateralism - Answer-Relations between two states Ex: Acid rain agreement with Canada and U.S Multilateralism - Answer-Having many sides, involving more than two parties Ex:UN Supranationalism - Answer-Power given to the authority higher than the state Ex: E...

Barrons AP Human Geography Latest Update Graded A Absolute distance The distance that can be measured with a standard unit length, such as a mile or kilometer. Absolute location the exact position of an object or place, measured within the spatial coordinates of a grid system Accessibility the relative ease with which a destination may be reached from some other place Acculturation The adoption of cultural traits, such as language, by one group under the influence of another. Action spaces t...

AP Human Geography: Culture Latest 2023 Graded A+ Culture the behaviors and belied characteristics of a particular group Cultural Landscape a geographic area the includes cultural resources and natural resources associated with the interactions between nature and human behavior Sequent-Occupance notion that successful societies leave their cultural imprints on a place each contributing to the cumulative cultural landscape Carl Sauer Argued that cultural landscapes should be the focus of human...

Administration phase of boundary creation - Phase in which a government enforces the boundary it has created. Allocational boundary dispute - Conflict over resources that may not be divided by the border, such as natural gas reserves beneath the soil. Antecedent boundary - Boundary that existed before the human cultures grew into current form Balkanization - Divide of a region or state into smaller units, usually along ethnic lines. Benelux - Economic alliance (and precursor to the current...

AP HuG Semester Final Political Geography Final Exam 2024. Where did the nation-state ideal originate? - CORRECT ANSWER Europe In Geography a _______ is a location that has a government, boundaries, and people, plus it is recognized internationally. - CORRECT ANSWER State A group of people with a common history, language and culture is a... - CORRECT ANSWER Nation A group of people with a common history, language and culture which live in an area of land with defined borders and a ...

Which of the following is the science of mapmaking? Cartography What does longitude measure? The angles east and west of the prime meridian Sub-Saharan Africa The countries of this region have been plagued by civil wars over their rich natural resources. South Asia Divided along religious lines as the result of decolonization Latin America Slash-and-burn agriculture leading to the loss of rainforest is a major political issue in this region. Oceania This region has seen a decade-long civi...

AP Human Geography Exam Review Test | Complete Questions & Answers (100% Correct) AP Human Geography Exam Review Test | Complete Questions & Answers (100% Correct) Administration phase of boundary creation - ANSWER - Phase in which a government enforces the boundary it has created. Allocational boundary dispute - ANSWER - Conflict over resources that may not be divided by the border, such as natural gas reserves beneath the soil. Antecedent boundary - ANSWER - Boundary that existed bef...

AMSCO 7.8 Latest 2023 Already Graded A Armistice Day November 11, 1918; Germany signed an armistice (an agreement to stop fighting); this US holiday is now known as Veterans Day Hamburg a port in northern Germany, on the Elbe River; population 1,754,200 (est. 2006). Founded by Charlemagne in the 9th century, it is now the largest port in Germany. Dresden German city ferociously firebombed by the Allies from February 13 to 15, 1945 Tokyo During WWII, the US started striking directly at the Jap...

WGU Geography Exam with Questions and Answers Longitude ANSWER the angles east and west of the prime meridian Population Density ANSWER number of people per unit area In the 1800s the Bristish attempted to colonize West Africa. Tropical diseases caused heavy losses of men and horses as they attempted to travel up the Niger River their attempts to colonize the area initially failed why ANSWER The tropical enviornment is home to disease causing parasites. The fresh water sources in the ...