APHG: Vocabulary Quiz

Which of the Following Best Describes: Ecumene Zone

• Areas of temporary human settlement

• Areas with high population density

• Areas of permanent human settlement

• Areas with low population density

Which of the Following Best Describes: Carrying Capacity

• The population an area can support without significant environmental degradation

• The natural resources required to sustain a growing population.

• The amount of arable land per-person that a area contains

• The farming and agriculture and area can sustain without significant environmental degradation

Which of the Following Best Describes: Arithmetic Density

• The people compared to the amount of farmable land in a given space

• The amount of people in a given space

• The number of farmers compared to the amount of farmable land in a given space

• The number of people compared to the number of farmers ina given space

Which of the Following Best Describes: Physiological Density

• The people compared to the amount of farmable land in a given space

• The amount of people in a given space

• The number of farmers compared to the amount of farmable land in a given space

• The number of people compared to the number of farmers ina given space

Which of the Following Best Describes: Agricultural Density

• The people compared to the amount of farmable land in a given space

• The amount of people in a given space

• The number of farmers compared to the amount of farmable land in a given space

• The number of people compared to the number of farmers ina given space

If a nation has a Agricultural Density of close to 0 farmers / 1 square mile of farmland, this nation is likely a(n)

• MDC

• LDC

Explain: What impact does possession of significant capital resources have on the carrying capacity of a nation with limited natural resources or arable land