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AP Human Geography Chapter 1

Total questions: 87

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Composed of nonliving or inorganic matter

a)

Abiotic

b)

Conservation

c)

Biotic

d)

None of the following

e)

All of the following

2.

The thin layer of gases surrounding Earth.

a)

Atmosphere

b)

Biosphere

c)

Lithosphere

d)

Hydrosphere

e)

Cyrosphere

3.

All living organisms on Earth, including plants and animals, as well as microorganisms

a)

Biosphere

b)

Biotic

c)

Abiotic

d)

Hydrosphere

e)

Cyrosphere

4.

Composed of living organisms

a)

Abiotic

b)

Biotic

c)

Expansion Diffusion

d)

Contagious diffusion

e)

None of the following

5.

The science of map making.

a)

None of the following

b)

Concentration

c)

Connection

d)

Culture

e)

Ecology

6.

Climate is best defined as which of the following?

a)

Long term average weather conditions at a particular location.

b)

The spread of something over a given area.

c)

Two dimensional, or flat, representation of Earth's surface or a portion of it.

d)

Region from which innovative ideas originate.

e)

None of the following

7.

Concentration is best defined as which of the following definitions?

a)

The spread of something over a given area.

b)

Relationships among people and objects across the barrier of space.

c)

Fashioning of a natural landscape by a cultural group.

d)

None of the following

8.

Connection is best defined as which of the following?

a)

Spread of something over a given area.

b)

The frequency with which something exists within a given unit.

c)

The scientific study of ecosystems.

d)

The process of spread of a feature or trend from one place to another over time.

e)

None of the following.

9.

The sustainable management of a natural resource

a)

Conservation

b)

Cultural Ecology

c)

Polder

d)

Hearth

e)

Globalization

10.

Contagious diffusion is best defined as which of the following definitions?

a)

The rapid, widespread diffusion of a feature or trend throughout a population.

b)

The spread of a feature or trend among people from one area to another in an additive process.

c)

The process of spread of a feature or trend from one place to another.

d)

The diminishing in importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from it's origin.

11.

A geographic approach that emphasizes human-environment

a)

Culture

b)

Cultural landscape

c)

The physical gap or interval between two objects.

d)

The physical gap or interval between two objects.

e)

None of the following.

12.

Cultural landscape is best defined by which of the following?

a)

A geographic approach that emphasizes human-environment relationships.

b)

The fashioning of a natural landscape by a cultural group.

c)

The body of customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits that together constitute a group's distinctive tradition.

d)

None of the following

13.

The body of customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits that together constitute a group's distinctive tradition.

a)

Culture

b)

Environmental determinism

c)

Formal region

d)

Cultural ecology

e)

None of the following

14.

Density is best defined as which of the following?

a)

The frequency with which something exists within a given unit of area.

b)

Relationships among people and objects across the barrier of space.

c)

The arrangement of something across earth's surface.

d)

A system used to transfer locations from earths surface to a flat map.

e)

The name given to a portion of earth's surface.

15.

The process of spread of a feature or trend from one place to another over time

a)

Diffusion

b)

Ecology

c)

Culture

d)

Functional Region

e)

None of the following

16.

Distance decay is best defined as which of the following

a)

The diminishing in importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin.

b)

An area organized around a node or focal point

c)

Composed of nonliving or inorganic matter.

d)

An arc drawn on a map between the North and South poles.

e)

None of the following

17.

The arrangement of something across earth's surface.

a)

Distribution

b)

Ecology

c)

Lithosphere

d)

Hydrosphere

e)

Biosphere

18.

Ecology is best defined as which of the following?

a)

A group of living organisms and the abiotic spheres with which they interact.

b)

The spread of an underlying principle even though a specific characteristic is rejected.

c)

A 19th and early 20th century approach to the study of geography which argued that the general laws sought by human geographers could be found in physical sciences.

d)

None of these are correct.

19.

A group of living organisms and the abiotic spheres with which they interact

a)

Ecology

b)

Ecosystem

c)

Abiotic

d)

Biotic

e)

None of the following

20.

Environmental determinism is best defined as which of the following?

a)

A 19th and early 20th century approach to the study of geography which argued that the general laws sought by human geographers could be found in the physical sciences. Geography was therefore the study of how the physical environment caused human activities.

b)

The development and analysis of data about Earth acquired through satellite and other electronic information technologies

c)

Spread of a feature or trend from one key person or node of authority or power to other persons or places.

d)

The theory that the physical environment may set limits on human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to the physical environment and choose a course of action from many alternatives.

e)

None of the following

21.

An area in which everyone shares in common one or more distinctive characteristics.

a)

Expansion Diffusion

b)

Diffusion

c)

Space time compression

d)

Stimulus Diffusion

e)

None of the following

22.

An area in which everyone shares in common one or more distinctive characteristics.

a)

Region

b)

Perceptual region

c)

Functional Region

d)

Diffusion

e)

None of the following

23.

An area organized around a node or a focal point?

a)

Formal Region

b)

Functional Region

c)

Region

d)

Diffusion

e)

Perceptual region

24.

The development and analysis of data about Earth acquired through satellite and other electronic information technologies.

a)

Geographic Information Science

b)

Global Positioning System

c)

Geographic Analysis

d)

Globalization

e)

None of the following

25.

A computer system that stores, organizes, analyzes and displays geographic data.

a)

Geographic Information System

b)

Geographic Information Science

c)

Global Positioning System

d)

Globalization

e)

None of the following

26.

A system the determines the precise position of something on earth through a series of satellites, tracking stations, and receivers.

a)

Global Information Science

b)

Global Positioning System

c)

Global information Science

d)

Location

e)

None of the following

27.

Globalization is best defined as which of the following?

a)

Actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope.

b)

The time zone encompassing the prime meridian, or 0 degrees longitude.

c)

The relationship between the size of an object on a map and the size of the actual feature on Earth's surface.

d)

A company that conducts research, operates factories, and sells products in many countries, not just where it's headquarters or shareholders are located.

e)

None of the following

28.

Green-which Mean Time is best defined as which of the following?

a)

An arc drawn on a map between the North and South poles.

b)

The numbering system used to indicate the location of meridians drawn on a globe and measuring distance east and west of the prime meridian.

c)

A circle drawn around the globe parallel to the equator and at right angles to the meridians

d)

The numbering system used to indicate the location of parallels drawn on a globe and measuring distances north and south of the equator.

e)

None of the following

29.

The region from which innovative ideas originate.

a)

Hearth

b)

Hierarchical diffusion

c)

Situation

d)

Diffusion

e)

Expansion Diffusion

30.

The spread of a feature or trend from one key person or node of authority or power to other persons or places.

a)

Diffusion

b)

Stimulus Diffusion

c)

Hierarchical Diffusion

d)

Hearth

e)

None of the following

31.

A rapid increase in the value of houses followed by a sharp decline in their value

a)

Housing Circle

b)

Housing Bubble

c)

Housing Monopoloy

d)

Housing Break

e)

Housing Boom

32.

All of the water on and near Earth's surface.

a)

Hydrosphere

b)

Biosphere

c)

Lithosphere

d)

Cryosphere

e)

Atmosphere

33.

International Date Line is best described as which of the following?

a)

An arc that for the most part follows 180* longitude, although it deviates in several places to avoid dividing land areas.

b)

The time zone in the zone encompassing the prime meridian, or 0* longitude.

c)

The numbering system used to indicate the location of parallels drawn on a globe and measuring distance north and south of the equator.

d)

THe numbering system used to indicate the location of meridians drawn on a globe and measuring distance east and west of the Prime Meridian.

34.

Ratio of the number of farmers to total amount of land suitable for agriculture

a)

Agricultural density

b)

Arithmetic density

c)

Total fertility rate

d)

None of these terms match the definition

35.

Arithmetic density best fits which of the following definitions

a)

Total number of people divided by the amount of cultures in an area.

b)

Total number of people divided by land area.

c)

Total number of babies born in an given unit of area divided by survival rate.

d)

Total number of natural resources available divided by population density.

36.

A complete enumeration of a population is best defined as

a)

Life expectancy

b)

Scale

c)

Census

d)

Density

e)

All of these can fit this definition

37.

The total number of live births in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society fits which of the following?

a)

Crude Death Rate

b)

Crude Survival Rate

c)

Crude Life Expectancy

d)

Crude Birth Rate

38.

The total number of deaths in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society

a)

Crude Birth Rate

b)

Crude Death Rate

c)

Crude Literacy Rate

d)

Crude Oil

39.

The process of change in a society's population from condition of high crude birth and death rates and low rate of natural increase to a condition of low crude birth and death rates, low rate of natural increase, and higher total population.

a)

Dependency ratio

b)

Demilitarized Zone

c)

Doubling time

d)

Demography

e)

Demographic transition

40.

Demography is best defined as which of the following?

a)

The scientific study of population characteristics.

b)

Scientific study of earths revolutions around the sun.

c)

The scientific approach to geography created to interpret how many stage 3 countries are affected by disease.

d)

Scientific study of the countries east of the 50th parallel.

e)

The scientific approach to how a stage 2 country should best enter the industrial revolution.

41.

The number of people under age 15 and over age 64 compared to the number of people active in the labor force.

a)

Adult workforce

b)

Labor force

c)

Labor Union

d)

Dependency Ratio

42.

The number of years needed to double a population, assuming a constant rate of natural increase.

a)

Double bubble

b)

Double dribble

c)

Doubling time

d)

Double trouble

e)

Double double

43.

The portion of earth's surface occupied by permanent human settlement

a)

Ecumene

b)

Epidemiology

c)

Ecology

d)

Economy

e)

None of these match the definition

44.

Distinctive causes of death in each stage of the demographic transition

a)

Industrial Revolution

b)

Polder

c)

Preservation

d)

Situation

e)

Epidemiologic Transition

45.

The branch of medical science concerned with the incidence, distribution, and control of diseases that are prevalent among a population at a special time and are produced by some special causes not generally present in the affected locality

a)

Epidemiology

b)

Medical Revolution

c)

Ebola

d)

Natural Increase Rate

46.

A series of improvements in the industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods.

a)

Stage 1

b)

Stage 2

c)

Industrial Revolution

d)

Nomadic population

e)

None of these match the definition

47.

The total number of deaths in a year among infants under one year of age for every 1,000 live births in a society.

a)

Crude Birth Rate

b)

Infant Mortality Rate

c)

Pandemic

d)

Zero Population Growth

48.

The average number of years an individual can be expected to live, given current social, economic, and medical conditions. Life expectancy at birth is the average number years a newborn infant can expect to live.

a)

Life/ Death Ratio

b)

Life Expectancy

c)

Death Rate

d)

Zero Population Growth

49.

Medical technology invented in Europe and North America that has diffused to the poorer countries in Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Improved medical practices have eliminated enabled more people to live longer and healthier lives.

a)

None of these match the definition

b)

Industrial Revolution

c)

Sex Ratio

d)

Total Fertility Rate

e)

Life expectancy

50.

The percentage growth of a population in a year, computed as the crude birth rate minus the crude death rate.

a)

Natural Death Ratio

b)

Natural Increase Rate

c)

Natural Selection

d)

Natural decrease

e)

None of these fit the term above.

51.

A situation in which the number of people in an area exceeds the capacity of the environment to support life at a decent standard of living.

a)

Population

b)

Natural Resources

c)

Overpopulation

d)

Population Pyramid

52.

Disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very high proportion of the population.

a)

Pandemic

b)

Epidemic

c)

Virus

d)

Global Flu

53.

Physiological density best fits which of the following?

a)

Number of people per unit of area of arable land

b)

Bar graph that represents the distribution of population by age and sex.

c)

Ratio of number of farmers to the total amount of land suitable for agriculture.

d)

Total number of people divided by land area.

54.

A bar graph the represents the distribution of population by age and sex

a)

Population density

b)

Population growth

c)

Sex Ratio

d)

Population Pyramid

55.

The number of males per 100 females in the population.

a)

Zero Population growth

b)

Life expectancy

c)

Crude Birth Rate

d)

Sex Ratio

56.

The average number of children a woman will have throughout her childbearing years.

a)

Crude Birth Rate

b)

Survival Rate

c)

Total Fertility Rate

d)

Demographic Model

e)

Natural Increase Rate

57.

A decline of the total fertility rate to the point where the natural increase rate equals zero.

a)

Zero population growth

b)

Life Expectancy

c)

Overpopulation

d)

All of the following

58.

The numbering system used to indicate the location of parallels drawn on a globe and measuring distance north and south of the equator. (0*)

a)

Latitude

b)

Longitude

c)

Arithmetic Density

d)

Equator

e)

International date line

59.

Earth's crust and a portion of upper mantle directly below the crust

a)

Lithosphere

b)

Hydrosphere

c)

Biosphere

d)

Atmosphere

e)

Toponym

60.

Numbering system used to indicate the location of meridians drawn on a globe and measuring distance east and west of the prime meridian (0*)

a)

Latitude

b)

International Date Line

c)

Longitude

d)

Equator

e)

Meridian

61.

A dimensional, or flat, representation of Earth's surface or a portion of it.

a)

Map

b)

Map scale

c)

Mental Map

d)

Geographic Position

62.

The relationship between the size of an object on a map and the size of the actual feature on Earth's surface.

a)

Map

b)

Map scale

c)

Mental Map

d)

Geographic Positioning system

63.

A representation of a portion of earth's surface based on what an individual knows about a place, containing personal impressions of what is in the place and where the place is located.

a)

Map

b)

Map Scale

c)

Mental Map

d)

Global Positioning System

64.

An arc drawn on a map between the North and South poles

a)

Meridian

b)

Parallel

c)

Longitude

d)

Latitude

e)

Equator

65.

A chain of communication that connects places

a)

Network

b)

Site

c)

Hearth

d)

Hierarchical Diffusion

66.

Something produced in nature more slowly than it is consumed by humans

a)

Natural increase rate

b)

Zero population growth

c)

Natural death rate

d)

Nonrenewable resource

67.

A circle drawn around the globe parallel to the equator and at right angles to the meridians

a)

Parallel

b)

Place

c)

Polder

d)

Possibilism

68.

The geometric or regular arrangement of something in a study area

a)

Parallel

b)

Pattern

c)

Place

d)

Polder

e)

Possibilism

69.

A specific point on Earth distinguished by a particular characteristic

a)

Situation

b)

Site

c)

Place

d)

Map

70.

Land created by the Dutch by draining water from an area.

a)

Toponym

b)

Polder

c)

Vernacular

d)

Hearth

71.

The theory that the physical environment may set limits on human actions, but people have the ability to adjust to the physical environment and choose a course of action from many alternatives.

a)

Polder

b)

Environmental Determinism

c)

Functional Region

d)

Possibilism

e)

Region

72.

The maintenance of resources in their present condition, with as little human impact as possible.

a)

Preservation

b)

Natural resources

c)

Un-natural resources

d)

Zero population growth

e)

Natalist

73.

The meridian, designated as 0 longitude, that passes through the royal observatory at Greenwhich England.

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Meridian

c)

Greenwich Mean Time

d)

Latitude

e)

Longitude

74.

A system used to transfer locations from Earth's surface to a flat map.

a)

Mental map

b)

Projection

c)

Cartography

d)

Sustainability

e)

Geographic Information System

75.

An area distinguished by a unique combination of trends or features.

a)

Regional studies

b)

Relocation Diffusion

c)

Region

d)

None of the following fit this term

76.

An approach to geography that emphasizes the relationships among social and physical phenomena in a particular study area.

a)

Regional studies

b)

Region

c)

Relocation Diffusion

d)

Environmental Determinism

77.

Spread of a feature or trend through bodily movement of people from one place to another

a)

Diffusion

b)

Hierarchical diffusion

c)

Relocation Diffusion

d)

Distance Decay

78.

Acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or from other long-distance methods.

a)

Remote sensing

b)

Stimulus Diffusion

c)

Projection

d)

Situation

e)

None of the following

79.

Something produced in nature more rapidly than it is consumed by humans.

a)

Non-renewable resource

b)

Resource

c)

Renewable resource

d)

Overpopulation

80.

A substance in the environment that is useful to people, is economically and technologically feasible to access, and is socially acceptable to use.

a)

Renewable resource

b)

Non-renewable resource

c)

Resource

d)

None of the following.

81.

Generally, the relationship between the portion of Earth being studied and Earth as whole.

a)

Scale

b)

Site

c)

Situation

d)

...

82.

The physical character of a place.

a)

Site

b)

Scale

c)

Toponym

d)

Situation

83.

The use of Earth's renewable and nonrenewable natural resources in ways that do not constrain resources use in the future.

a)

Sustainability

b)

Resource

c)

Renewable resource

d)

Non-renewable resource

84.

The name given to a portion of Earth's surface.

a)

Situation

b)

Toponym

c)

Place

d)

Mental map

85.

A company that conducts research, operates factories, and sells products in many countries, not just where its headquarters or shareholders are located

a)

Trans union

b)

Monopoly

c)

Union

d)

None of these match the definition.

86.

The increasing gap in economic conditions between core, and peripheral regions as a result of the globalization of the economy

a)

Unilateral development

b)

Lateral trade

c)

Horizontal trade

d)

Uneven Development

e)

None of the following match the definition above

87.

An area people believe exists as part of their cultural identity

a)

Stimulus diffusion

b)

Region

c)

Vernacular Region

d)

None of the following match the definition