AP Human Geo Extra Credit Quiz

The RED shaded countries indicate large populations that practice...

• Shia Islam

• Sunni Islam

• Orthodox Christianity

• Catholicism

The idea that cultures are impacted by the environment but NOT ultimately determined by it is known as...

• environmental determinism

• environmental possibilism

All lines of longitude such as the International Dateline are also known as...

• meridians

• latitudes

• Tropics

Climate zones are most consistent across lines of...

• longitude

• latitude

Human Geography is best characterized as...

• the study of the development, structure, and functioning of human society.

• the study of spatial characteristics of various elements of the physical environment.

• the study of the spatial characteristics of humans and human activities.

Regions such as the Paris Metro Area which contain a central node around which a specific activity is carried out are best characterized as...

• Perceptual Regions

• Formal Regions

• Functional Regions

The equator is located at...

• 0 degrees longitude

• 0 degrees latitude

• 180 degrees longitude

Which line of longitude runs directly through Greenwich, England at zero degrees?

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Prime Meridean

Areas in green indicate areas once controlled by ...

• Great Britain

• France

• Netherlands

• Spain

The German regions colored in RED indicate which religious affiliation?

• Protestant

• Catholic

• Non-religious