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WorksheetsAP Human Geography - First Semester Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
The school's address, 14325 Goldenwest St is an example of
Exact location
Exact coordinates
Relative location
Absolute location
Zip codes and area codes are examples of a
Formal region
Functional region
Vernacular region
Absolute region
Referring to a part of the country as "The South"
Formal region
Functional region
Vernacular region
Absolute region
Map maker
Optometrist
Cartographer
Geographer
Paleontologist
Map distortion is most problematic at
The poles
Iceland
Greenland
The equator
0o Longitude
Equator
Prime Meridian
Antarctic Circle
International Date Line
Earth's crust and a portion of the upper mantle. Including the sea floor
Lithosphere
Atmosphere
Biosphere
Hydrosphere
Higher Infant Mortality Rates are seen in
Many African Nations
Developing Nations
Nations at war
All of the above
What can be assumed about the highlighted countries?
Higher life expactancies
Higher birth rates
Lower infant mortality rates
All of the above
One factor that can increase fertility rates in women is
An economic recession
Higher education for women
Few educational or career opportunities for women
War
A place from which an innovation or idea comes from
Point of origin
Hearth
Origin
Point of diffusion
Spreading culture through a person of power / authority
Hierarchical diffusion
Relocation diffusion
Contagious diffusion
Stimulus diffusion
McDonald's removing beef products from their menu in India
Hierarchical diffusion
Stimulus diffusion
Stimulus diffusion
Contagious diffusion
The environment plays a large role in the formation of our societies
Cultural ecology
Ecological determinism
Environmental determinism
Possibilism
Two largest population clusters
West Africa and North America
South Asia and East Asia
North America and Western Europe
Western Europe and China
Nations with low agricultural densities are usually
Developed countries
Developing countries
Where people have permanently settled
Hearth
Possibilism
Ecology
Ecumene
The world's natural increase rate is
-5.4%
1.2%
5.8%
7.8%
Most of the world's population growth is found in
Africa
Asia
Developed countries
Developing countries
What can be assumed about Nigeria's population?
Growing slowly
Growing rapidly
Stagnant population
Decreasing population
The "big break" in the late 1700s that pushed Europe & North America into Stage 2 of the Demographic Transition Model
The Industrial Revolution
The Agricultural Revolution
The Medical Revolution
The Technological Revolution
Throughout history, the most common form of interregional migration has been
Suburbanization
Counter-urbanization
Internal migration
Urbanization
Currently, most immigrants in the US come from
Africa and Asia
Europe and Africa
Asia and Latin America
Europe and Latin America
The US Population Center has been moving
West and South
East and North
North and South
East and West
In developed countries the most common form of intraregional migration has been
Suburbs to rural
Rural to urban
Urban to rural
Urban to suburban
The purpose of the 1924 Immigration Act
Ban communists
Ensure most immigrants were white
Increase diversity of immigrants
Reunite families
According to Ravenstein's Laws of Migration, most international migrants were
Single women
Single men
Women with children
Entire families
Folk music is characterized by
Urban hearths
Individual artists
Anonymous artists
Rapid change
Dominant language family in North and South America
Romance Languages
Niger-Congo
Indo-European
Altaic
Pilots using English all over the world is an example of
Pidgin language
Toponym
Language convergence
Lingua france
Not related to any other languages in Europe
English
French
Swedish
Basque
In Canada's province of Quebec, most people speak
French
English
German
Mandarin
Largest ethnic religion
Judaism
Christianity
Hinduism
Buddhism
Many African Americans are clustered in
The Southwest
The Northeast
The Northwest
The Southeast
Segregation became illegal in the US after the Supreme Court case
Brown v Board of Education
Miranda v Arizona
Plessy v Ferguson
Mendez v Westminster
The Hutu killed over 800K Tutsis in just 3 months in
Sudan
Ethiopia
Kenya
Rwanda
When humans first started permanent farming settlements
British Agricultural Revolution
Hunter - Gatherer Transition
2nd Agricultural Revolution
Neolithic Revolution
Which of the following is NOT a hearth of agriculture
The Fertile Crescent (Modern Day Iraq and Syria)
The Great Southwest (Modern Day CA and Northern Baja CA)
East Asia
Central Africa
What plant was first domesticated in the highlighted region?
Maize
Rice
Barley
Lentils
Which statement is true for agriculture or consumption in developing countries?
Farms are large and require many people to grow crops
Main source of protein is grains
What is eaten does not necessarily reflect the climate or season
A very small percentage (3%) of the country's population is involved in agriculture
The rise of commercial farming
The 2nd Agricultural Revolution
The Neolithic Revolution
The Green Revolution
The Agribusiness Revolution
What form of agriculture is most likely found in Central Africa?
Ranching
Mixed crop and livestock
Shifting cultivation
Intensive Subsistence Wet Rice
What form of agriculture is most likely found in Western North America?
Intensive Subsistence Wet Rice Dominant
Plantations
Pastoral Nomadism
Ranching
In arid regions of developing countries, the most common form of agriculture is
Intensive Subsistence Wet Rice Dominant
Intensive Subsistence Not Wet Rice
Pastoral Nomadism
Plantations
The outermost ring of the von Thunen Model is
Grazing / livestock
Grains
Dairy / horticulture
Forestry / lumber
During the Green Revolution
Humanity first developed permanent subsistence farming societies after the last ice age
The world avoided widespread famine by improving irrigation and developing more productive strains of crops
The developing world surpassed the developed world in food production by adopting slash and burn techniques
Humanity transitioned from subsistence farming to commercial farming because of improved technology
One coutry that does NOT require GMOs to be labeled in stores
China
Brazil
France
The US
The leader of the Green Revolution
Thomas Malthus
Norman Borlaug
Ester Boserup
Johann von Thunen
In a mixed crop and livestock farm, profit comes from
Selling grain
Developing countries
Selling of animal products
Government subsidies
One issue with plantation style farms is that
Farms are located in developing countries but most profits end up in developed countries
Widespread pollution because of unregulated use of fertilizers and fossil fuels
Desertification has made land less arable
farms are commonly far away from their consumers so there are high rates of spoilage / waste
