AP Human Geo Chapters 1-6

Environmental Determinism

• Physical environment determines culture

• Physical environment determines emotion

• Physical environment determines landscape

• Physical environment determines how you cook your pasta

Formal Region

• Physical boundaries are present

• Cultural boundaries are present

• Official boundaries are present

• Political boundaries are present

Functional Regions

• Informal boundaries, determined by functionality

• Informal boundaries, determined by a government

• Formal boundaries, determined by functionality

• Formal boundaries, determined by government

Hearth

• The exact location of a place

• Places surrounding the birthplace of an idea

• Where ideas are brought to

• Where ideas originate from

Possibilism

• Culture is determined by the environment

• Culture is determined by language

• Culture is determined by people

• Culture is determined by landscape

Are you going to fail the human geo semester exam?

• Yes

• No

• Maybe

Population Density

• Population relative to arable land

• Population relative to land size

• Population relative to people living on flat land

• Population relative to people living on hilly land

Physiological Population Density

• People per unit of rocky land

• People per unit of infertile land

• People per unit of agriculturally productive land

• People per unit of previously farmed land

Which river in Egypt has the most agricultural productivity surrounding it?

• White Nile

• Atbarah

• Blue Nile

• Nile

3 largest population clusters

• East Asia, South Asia, Europe

• East Asia, South Asia, North America

• Africa, Europe, North America

• South America, North America, Europe