AP Human Geography - Unit 1 and 2

Who is the first Human Geographer? He came up with the concept of the Cultural landscape

• Carl Sauer

• Colin Renfrew

• Derwent Whittlesay

• James Rubenstien

Environment influences, but does not strictly determine, how a culture interacts with the environment.

• Environmental Determinism
• Environmental Possibilism
• Cultural Determinism
• Cultural Environmentalism

The physical environment causes social and cultural development.

• Cultural Environmentalism
• Environmental Possibilism
• Environmental Determinism
• Cultural Possibilism

defined formally by government or other structures, such as cities, states, and mountain ranges

• Location
• Place
• region
• formal region

made up of a central place and surrounding areas affected by it. Often, this is a metropolitan area that consists of a major city and lots of smaller towns or cities that surround it.

• functional region
• perceptual region
• cultural landscape
• free enterprise

Places that share similar characteristics are called 

• human systems
• environments
• regions
• physical systems

On the Demographic Transition Model, which stage(s) is/are characterized by HIGH death rates, High BIRTH RATES, but LOW populations.

• Stage 1

• Stage 2

• Stage 3

• Stages 4 and 5

This country most likely is in which stage of the Demographic Transition Model?

• stage 1

• stage 2

• stage 3

• stage 5