Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

Human Geography > AP Human Geo: Chapter 9 > Flashcards

AP Human Geo: Chapter 9 Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
U.S. Geography flashcards World Geography flashcards
1
Q
  1. Active Solar Energy Systems
A

Solar energy systems that collect energy through the use of mechanical devices such as photovoltaic cells or flat-plate collectors.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q
  1. Adolescent Fertility Rate
A

The number of births per 1000 women ages 15 to 19.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q
  1. Biomass Fuel
A

Fuel that derives from plant material and animal waste.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q
  1. Breeder Reactor
A

A nuclear power plant that creates its own fuel from plutonium.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q
  1. Demand
A

The quantity of something that consumers are willing and able to buy.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q
  1. Developed Country
A

(More developed country [MDC] or relatively developed country) A country that has progressed relatively far along a continuum of development.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q
  1. Developing Country
A

(Less developed country [LDC]) A country that is at a relatively early stage in the process of economic development.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q
  1. Development
A

A process of improvement in the material conditions of people through diffusion of knowledge and technology.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q
  1. Fair Trade
A

An alternative to international trade that emphasizes small businesses and worker-owned and democratically run cooperatives and requires employers to pay workers fair wages, permit union organization, and comply with minimum environmental and safety standards.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q
  1. Female Labor Force Participation Rate
A

The percentage of women holding full-time jobs outside the home.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q
  1. Fission
A

The splitting of an atomic nucleus to release energy.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q
  1. Foreign Direct Investment
A

(FDI) Investment made by a foreign company in the economy of another country.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q
  1. Fossil Fuel
A

An energy source formed from the residue of plants and animals buried millions of years ago.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q
  1. Fracking
A

(Hydraulic Fracturing) The pumping of water at high pressure to break apart rocks in order to release natural gas.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q
  1. Fusion
A

Creation of energy by joining the nuclei of two hydrogen atoms to form helium.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q
  1. Gender Inequality Index
A

(GII) A measure of the extent of each country’s gender inequality.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q
  1. Geothermal Energy
A

Energy from steam or hot water produced from hot or molten underground rocks.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q
  1. Gross Domestic Product
A

(GDP) The value of the total output of goods and services produced in a country in a given time period (normally one year).

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q
  1. Gross National Income
A

(GNI) The value of the output of goods and services produced in a country in a year, including money that leaves and enter the country.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q
  1. Housing Bubble
A

A rapid increase in the value of houses followed by a sharp decline in their value.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q
  1. Human Development Index
A

(HDI) An indicator of the level of development for each country, constructed by the United Nations, that is based on income, literacy, education, and life expectancy.

22
Q
  1. Hydroelectric Power
A

Power generated from moving water.

23
Q
  1. Inequality-Adjusted HDI
A

(IHDI) Modification of the HDI to account for inequality within a country.

24
Q
  1. Literacy Rate
A

The percentage of a country’s people who can read and write.

25
Q
  1. Maternal Mortality Ratio
A

The number of women who die giving birth per 100000 births.

26
Q
  1. Microfinance
A

Provision of small loans and other financial services to individual and small businesses in developing countries.

27
Q
  1. Millennium Development Goals
A

Eight international development goals that all members of the United Nations have agreed to achieve by 2015.

28
Q
  1. Nonrenewable Energy
A

A source of energy that has a finite supply capable of being exhausted.

29
Q
  1. Passive Solar Energy Systems
A

Solar energy systems that collect energy without the use of mechanical devices.

30
Q
  1. Photovoltaic Cell
A

A solar energy cell, usually made from silicon, that collects solar rays to generate electricity.

31
Q
  1. Potential Reserve
A

The amount of as resource in deposits not yet identified but thought to exist.

32
Q
  1. Primary Sector
A

The portion of the economy concerned with the direct extraction of materials from Earth’s surface, generally through agriculture, although sometimes by mining, fishing, and forestry.

33
Q
  1. Productivity
A

The value of a particular product compared to the amount of labor needed to make it.

34
Q
  1. Proven Reserve
A

The amount of a resource remaining discovered deposits.

35
Q

238.Purchasing Power Parity

A

(PPP) The amount of money needed in one country to purchase the same goods and services in another county; PPP adjusts income figures to account for differences among countries in the cost of goods.

36
Q
  1. Radioactive Waste
A

Materials from a nuclear reaction that emit radiation; contact with such particles may be harmful or lethal to people; therefore, the materials must be safely stored for thousands of years.

37
Q
  1. Renewable Energy
A

A resource that has a theoretically unlimited supply and is not depleted when used by humans.

38
Q
  1. Secondary Sector
A

The portion of the economy concerned with manufacturing useful products through processing, transforming, and assembling raw materials.

39
Q
  1. Structural Adjustment Program
A

Economic policies imposed on less developed countries by international agencies to create conditions encouraging international trade, such as raising taxes, reducing government spending, controlling inflation, selling publicly owned utilities to private corporations, and charging citizens more for services.

40
Q
  1. Supply
A

The quantity of something that producers have available for sale.

41
Q
  1. Tertiary Sector
A

The portion of the economy concerned with transportation, communications, and utilities, something extended to the provision of all goods and services to people, in exchange for payment.

42
Q
  1. Uneven Development
A

The increasing gap in economic conditions between core and peripheral regions as a result of the globalization of the economy.

43
Q
  1. Value Added
A

The gross value of a product minus the cost of raw material and energy.

44
Q
  1. Devolution
A

Transfer of power from the central government to sub-government.

45
Q
  1. Command Economy
A

Government determines the cost of the product and what to sell.

46
Q
  1. Mixed Economy
A

Allow significant government control while still providing for market principles.

47
Q
  1. Market Economy
A

Producers determine the cost of product and what to sell based on what people determine what to purchase.

48
Q
  1. Supranational Organization
A

Organizations that transcend national boundaries to make decisions on a geopolitical level.

49
Q
  1. Geopolitics
A

Study of spatial and territorial dimensions of power relationships within the global political-territory order.

50
Q
  1. Centrifugal Forces
A

Forces that fragments states.

Human Geography (13 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions