Human Geography Final Exam Review

What is the name of the system for transferring locations from a globe to a flat map called?

• Distribution

• Situation

• Projection

• Scale

The science of making maps is referred to as

• demography

• cartography

• topography

• meteorology

Situation identifies a place by its

• location relative to other objects or places.

• mathematical location on Earth's surface.

• nominal location.

• unique physical characteristics

New York's ______________ is approximately 100 miles northeast of Philadelphia and 100 miles southwest of Boston.

• location

• site

• situation

• toponym

You are given the coordinates 128 E degrees Longitude, 45 degrees N Latitude. This is an example of

• Absolute/Mathematical Location

• Toponym

• Situation

• Site

All of these are themes of geography EXCEPT

• Movement

• Religions

• Location

• Place

Which of these countries has a higher population density?

• Australia

• Canada

• Japan

• United States

Country X has a crude birth rate of 40 and a crude death rate of 15, while Country Y has a crude birth rate of 20 and a crude death rate of 9. Which country, X or Y, has a higher natural increase rate?

• Country X

• Country Y

• The rate is the same in both countries.

For every 1,000 babies born in Burundi in 2024, an estimated 120 of them will have died before reaching their first birthday. The rate of 120 deaths per 1,000 births is known as the

• crude death rate

• infant mortality rate

• life expectancy

• total fertility rate

The number of people who are too young or too old to work in a society compared to the number of working age people is the

• dependency ratio

• life expectancy

• population pyramid

• sex ratio