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AP Human Geo

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show A large settlement of people with an extensive built environment that functions as a center of politics, culture, and economics.  
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First Urban Revolution   show
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New Urbanism   show
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Gated communities   show
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show Region in southwest Asia where the first urban revolution occurred around 2200 BCE.  
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show How cities shape and are shaped by geopolitical processes at national, regional and global scales.  
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Nile River Valley   show
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Megacity   show
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show Region in South Asia where the first urban revolution occurred around 2200 BCE.  
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Hutment factories   show
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Huang He and Wei Valleys   show
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Informal economy   show
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show Region in central America where the first urban revolution occurred around 200 BCE.  
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show The layout of a city, including the sizes and shapes of buildings and the pathways of infrastructure.  
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Functional zonation   show
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show Physical attributes of the location of a human settlement - for example, at the head of navigation of a river or at a certain elevation.  
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Situation   show
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Acropolis   show
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Rank-size rule   show
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show The lead city in a country in terms of size and influence.  
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Central Place theory   show
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show An area of economic production that is located inland and is connected to the world by a port.  
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Central Business District (CBD)   show
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Central City   show
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Suburb   show
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show Transformation of farmland and small towns outside of an urban area into suburbs.  
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Concentric Zone Model (Burgess)   show
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Sector Model (Hoyt)   show
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show Layout of American cities, including a central business district (CBD) and suburban business districts that each serve as nuclei around which businesses and residences cluster.  
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show Large urban areas on the outskirts of major cities, typically found on major roads. Edge cities are characterized by extensive space for offices and retail, and few residential areas.  
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Galactic City Model   show
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Latin American City Model (Griffin-Ford/New Ford)   show
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show Residential zone where lowest income residents in the city live, especially in the Latin American city model. Often built on unstable or undesirable land.  
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African City Model (DeBlij)   show
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show Model of Southeast Asian cities showing a city with an old colonial port zone surrounded by a large commercial district and no formal CBD. Designed to help see the layers of history built in cities in Southeast Asia.  
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Zoning laws   show
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show Discriminatory real estate practice (now illegal) that prevents minorities from getting loans to purchase property in predominantly white neighborhoods.  
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Blockbusting   show
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show Movement of whites from the city and adjacent neighborhoods to outlying suburbs in response to a growth in the number of residents who are a different race. Common in U.S. cities in response to blockbusting.  
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Gentrification   show
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show Homes bought in suburbs with the intent of tearing them down and replacing them with much larger homes, often referred to as McMansions.  
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McMansions   show
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Urban sprawl   show
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