AP Human Geo | Fast & Curious Day 1

What theory suggests that people can adapt and modify their environment using technology and social practices?

• Environmental Determinism

• Possibilism

• Wallerstein’s World System Theory

• Sequent Occupance

What is a 'Formal Region' characterized by?

• A node or focal point

• A uniform area with shared characteristics

• The spread of ideas through physical movement

• The rapid diffusion of characteristics

What does the Dependency Ratio indicate?

• The number of people who are employed

• The number of people who are too young or too old to work

• The number of people who are self-employed

• The number of people who are retired

What does Ecumene refer to?

• The proportion of Earth's surface covered by water

• The proportion of Earth's surface occupied by permanent human settlement

• The proportion of Earth's surface covered by forests

• The proportion of Earth's surface used for agriculture

What is population density?

• The number of people living in a given area

• The number of animals in a zoo

• The number of cars in a parking lot

• The number of trees in a forest

What does the gravity model predict?

• The optimal location of a service

• The number of people in a city

• The distance between two countries

• The size of a population

What is acculturation?

• Adopting customs to one's advantage

• Losing one's culture

• Isolating from other cultures

• Creating a new language

What is assimilation?

• Losing less dominant cultures to a more dominant culture

• Gaining new cultural traits

• Mixing two cultures equally

• Creating a new culture

What is an attitude that unifies people and enhances support for the state?

• Centrifugal

• Centripetal

• Devolution

• Rimland

What term describes the decentralization of a government from a unitary to a federal system?

• Colonialism

• Devolution

• Heartland

• Rimland