Barrons AP Human Geography
Chapters 1-8 Vocab Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Absolute distance -
correct answer ✅The distance that can be measured with a
standard unit length, such as a mile or kilometer.
Absolute location -
correct answer ✅the exact position of an object or place,
measured within the spatial coordinates of a grid system
Accessibility -
correct answer ✅the relative ease with which a destination may
be reached from some other place
Acculturation -
correct answer ✅The adoption of cultural traits, such as language,
by one group under the influence of another.
Action spaces -
correct answer ✅the geographical area that contains the space an
individual interacts with on a daily basis
,Barrons AP Human Geography
Chapters 1-8 Vocab Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Agglomeration -
correct answer ✅grouping together of many firms from the same
industry in a single area for collective or cooperative use of
infrastructure and sharing of labor resources
Agribusiness -
correct answer ✅The set of economic and political relationships
that organize food production for commercial purposes. It includes
activities ranging from seed production, to retailing, to
consumption of agricultural products.
Agriculture -
correct answer ✅The art and science of producing food from the
land and tending livestock for the purpose of human consumption.
Ancillary activities -
correct answer ✅economic activities that surround and support
large-scale industries such as shipping and food service
Animal husbandry -
correct answer ✅An agricultural activity associated with the
,Barrons AP Human Geography
Chapters 1-8 Vocab Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
raising of domesticated animals, such as cattle, horses, sheep, and
goats.
Animism -
correct answer ✅Most prevalent in Africa and the Americas,
doctrine in which the world is seen as being infused with spiritual
and even supernatural powers.
Antecedent boundaries -
correct answer ✅A boundary line established before an area is
populated
Anthropocentric -
correct answer ✅human-centered, in sustainable development,
_____________ refers to ideas that focus solely on the needs of
people without considering the creatures with whom we share the
planet or the ecosystems upon which we depend
Anthropogenic -
correct answer ✅Human induced changes on the natural
environment
, Barrons AP Human Geography
Chapters 1-8 Vocab Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Artifact -
correct answer ✅Any item that represents a material aspect of
culture
Azimuthal projection -
correct answer ✅a map projection in which the plane is the most
developable surface
Backwash effect -
correct answer ✅the negative effects on one region that result
from economic growth within another region
Balkanization -
correct answer ✅The contentious political process by which a
state may break up into smaller countries
Beaux arts -
correct answer ✅This movement within city planning and urban
design that stressed the marriage of older, classical forms with
newer, industrial ones. Common characteristics of this period
Chapters 1-8 Vocab Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Absolute distance -
correct answer ✅The distance that can be measured with a
standard unit length, such as a mile or kilometer.
Absolute location -
correct answer ✅the exact position of an object or place,
measured within the spatial coordinates of a grid system
Accessibility -
correct answer ✅the relative ease with which a destination may
be reached from some other place
Acculturation -
correct answer ✅The adoption of cultural traits, such as language,
by one group under the influence of another.
Action spaces -
correct answer ✅the geographical area that contains the space an
individual interacts with on a daily basis
,Barrons AP Human Geography
Chapters 1-8 Vocab Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Agglomeration -
correct answer ✅grouping together of many firms from the same
industry in a single area for collective or cooperative use of
infrastructure and sharing of labor resources
Agribusiness -
correct answer ✅The set of economic and political relationships
that organize food production for commercial purposes. It includes
activities ranging from seed production, to retailing, to
consumption of agricultural products.
Agriculture -
correct answer ✅The art and science of producing food from the
land and tending livestock for the purpose of human consumption.
Ancillary activities -
correct answer ✅economic activities that surround and support
large-scale industries such as shipping and food service
Animal husbandry -
correct answer ✅An agricultural activity associated with the
,Barrons AP Human Geography
Chapters 1-8 Vocab Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
raising of domesticated animals, such as cattle, horses, sheep, and
goats.
Animism -
correct answer ✅Most prevalent in Africa and the Americas,
doctrine in which the world is seen as being infused with spiritual
and even supernatural powers.
Antecedent boundaries -
correct answer ✅A boundary line established before an area is
populated
Anthropocentric -
correct answer ✅human-centered, in sustainable development,
_____________ refers to ideas that focus solely on the needs of
people without considering the creatures with whom we share the
planet or the ecosystems upon which we depend
Anthropogenic -
correct answer ✅Human induced changes on the natural
environment
, Barrons AP Human Geography
Chapters 1-8 Vocab Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
Artifact -
correct answer ✅Any item that represents a material aspect of
culture
Azimuthal projection -
correct answer ✅a map projection in which the plane is the most
developable surface
Backwash effect -
correct answer ✅the negative effects on one region that result
from economic growth within another region
Balkanization -
correct answer ✅The contentious political process by which a
state may break up into smaller countries
Beaux arts -
correct answer ✅This movement within city planning and urban
design that stressed the marriage of older, classical forms with
newer, industrial ones. Common characteristics of this period
