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WorksheetsAP Human Geography Chapter 1
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Composed of nonliving or inorganic matter
Abiotic
Conservation
Biotic
None of the following
All of the following
The thin layer of gases surrounding Earth.
Atmosphere
Biosphere
Lithosphere
Hydrosphere
Cyrosphere
All living organisms on Earth, including plants and animals, as well as microorganisms
Biosphere
Biotic
Abiotic
Hydrosphere
Cyrosphere
Composed of living organisms
Abiotic
Biotic
Expansion Diffusion
Contagious diffusion
None of the following
The science of map making.
None of the following
Concentration
Connection
Culture
Ecology
Climate is best defined as which of the following?
Long term average weather conditions at a particular location.
The spread of something over a given area.
Two dimensional, or flat, representation of Earth's surface or a portion of it.
Region from which innovative ideas originate.
None of the following
Concentration is best defined as which of the following definitions?
The spread of something over a given area.
Relationships among people and objects across the barrier of space.
Fashioning of a natural landscape by a cultural group.
None of the following
Connection is best defined as which of the following?
Spread of something over a given area.
The frequency with which something exists within a given unit.
The scientific study of ecosystems.
The process of spread of a feature or trend from one place to another over time.
None of the following.
The sustainable management of a natural resource
Conservation
Cultural Ecology
Polder
Hearth
Globalization
Contagious diffusion is best defined as which of the following definitions?
The rapid, widespread diffusion of a feature or trend throughout a population.
The spread of a feature or trend among people from one area to another in an additive process.
The process of spread of a feature or trend from one place to another.
The diminishing in importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from it's origin.
A geographic approach that emphasizes human-environment
Culture
Cultural landscape
The physical gap or interval between two objects.
The physical gap or interval between two objects.
None of the following.
Cultural landscape is best defined by which of the following?
A geographic approach that emphasizes human-environment relationships.
The fashioning of a natural landscape by a cultural group.
The body of customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits that together constitute a group's distinctive tradition.
None of the following
The body of customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits that together constitute a group's distinctive tradition.
Culture
Environmental determinism
Formal region
Cultural ecology
None of the following
Density is best defined as which of the following?
The frequency with which something exists within a given unit of area.
Relationships among people and objects across the barrier of space.
The arrangement of something across earth's surface.
A system used to transfer locations from earths surface to a flat map.
The name given to a portion of earth's surface.
The process of spread of a feature or trend from one place to another over time
Diffusion
Ecology
Culture
Functional Region
None of the following
Distance decay is best defined as which of the following
The diminishing in importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin.
An area organized around a node or focal point
Composed of nonliving or inorganic matter.
An arc drawn on a map between the North and South poles.
None of the following
The arrangement of something across earth's surface.
Distribution
Ecology
Lithosphere
Hydrosphere
Biosphere
Ecology is best defined as which of the following?
A group of living organisms and the abiotic spheres with which they interact.
The spread of an underlying principle even though a specific characteristic is rejected.
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.
None of these are correct.
A group of living organisms and the abiotic spheres with which they interact
Ecology
Ecosystem
Abiotic
Biotic
None of the following
Environmental determinism is best defined as which of the following?
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.
The development and analysis of data about Earth acquired through satellite and other electronic information technologies
Spread of a feature or trend from one key person or node of authority or power to other persons or places.
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.
None of the following
An area in which everyone shares in common one or more distinctive characteristics.
Expansion Diffusion
Diffusion
Space time compression
Stimulus Diffusion
None of the following
An area in which everyone shares in common one or more distinctive characteristics.
Region
Perceptual region
Functional Region
Diffusion
None of the following
An area organized around a node or a focal point?
Formal Region
Functional Region
Region
Diffusion
Perceptual region
The development and analysis of data about Earth acquired through satellite and other electronic information technologies.
Geographic Information Science
Global Positioning System
Geographic Analysis
Globalization
None of the following
A computer system that stores, organizes, analyzes and displays geographic data.
Geographic Information System
Geographic Information Science
Global Positioning System
Globalization
None of the following
A system the determines the precise position of something on earth through a series of satellites, tracking stations, and receivers.
Global Information Science
Global Positioning System
Global information Science
Location
None of the following
Globalization is best defined as which of the following?
Actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope.
The time zone encompassing the prime meridian, or 0 degrees longitude.
The relationship between the size of an object on a map and the size of the actual feature on Earth's surface.
A company that conducts research, operates factories, and sells products in many countries, not just where it's headquarters or shareholders are located.
None of the following
Green-which Mean Time is best defined as which of the following?
An arc drawn on a map between the North and South poles.
The numbering system used to indicate the location of meridians drawn on a globe and measuring distance east and west of the prime meridian.
A circle drawn around the globe parallel to the equator and at right angles to the meridians
The numbering system used to indicate the location of parallels drawn on a globe and measuring distances north and south of the equator.
None of the following
The region from which innovative ideas originate.
Hearth
Hierarchical diffusion
Situation
Diffusion
Expansion Diffusion
The spread of a feature or trend from one key person or node of authority or power to other persons or places.
Diffusion
Stimulus Diffusion
Hierarchical Diffusion
Hearth
None of the following
A rapid increase in the value of houses followed by a sharp decline in their value
Housing Circle
Housing Bubble
Housing Monopoloy
Housing Break
Housing Boom
All of the water on and near Earth's surface.
Hydrosphere
Biosphere
Lithosphere
Cryosphere
Atmosphere
International Date Line is best described as which of the following?
An arc that for the most part follows 180* longitude, although it deviates in several places to avoid dividing land areas.
The time zone in the zone encompassing the prime meridian, or 0* longitude.
The numbering system used to indicate the location of parallels drawn on a globe and measuring distance north and south of the equator.
THe numbering system used to indicate the location of meridians drawn on a globe and measuring distance east and west of the Prime Meridian.
Ratio of the number of farmers to total amount of land suitable for agriculture
Agricultural density
Arithmetic density
Total fertility rate
None of these terms match the definition
Arithmetic density best fits which of the following definitions
Total number of people divided by the amount of cultures in an area.
Total number of people divided by land area.
Total number of babies born in an given unit of area divided by survival rate.
Total number of natural resources available divided by population density.
A complete enumeration of a population is best defined as
Life expectancy
Scale
Census
Density
All of these can fit this definition
The total number of live births in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society fits which of the following?
Crude Death Rate
Crude Survival Rate
Crude Life Expectancy
Crude Birth Rate
The total number of deaths in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society
Crude Birth Rate
Crude Death Rate
Crude Literacy Rate
Crude Oil
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.
Dependency ratio
Demilitarized Zone
Doubling time
Demography
Demographic transition
Demography is best defined as which of the following?
The scientific study of population characteristics.
Scientific study of earths revolutions around the sun.
The scientific approach to geography created to interpret how many stage 3 countries are affected by disease.
Scientific study of the countries east of the 50th parallel.
The scientific approach to how a stage 2 country should best enter the industrial revolution.
The number of people under age 15 and over age 64 compared to the number of people active in the labor force.
Adult workforce
Labor force
Labor Union
Dependency Ratio
The number of years needed to double a population, assuming a constant rate of natural increase.
Double bubble
Double dribble
Doubling time
Double trouble
Double double
The portion of earth's surface occupied by permanent human settlement
Ecumene
Epidemiology
Ecology
Economy
None of these match the definition
Distinctive causes of death in each stage of the demographic transition
Industrial Revolution
Polder
Preservation
Situation
Epidemiologic Transition
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
Epidemiology
Medical Revolution
Ebola
Natural Increase Rate
A series of improvements in the industrial technology that transformed the process of manufacturing goods.
Stage 1
Stage 2
Industrial Revolution
Nomadic population
None of these match the definition
The total number of deaths in a year among infants under one year of age for every 1,000 live births in a society.
Crude Birth Rate
Infant Mortality Rate
Pandemic
Zero Population Growth
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.
Life/ Death Ratio
Life Expectancy
Death Rate
Zero Population Growth
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.
None of these match the definition
Industrial Revolution
Sex Ratio
Total Fertility Rate
Life expectancy
The percentage growth of a population in a year, computed as the crude birth rate minus the crude death rate.
Natural Death Ratio
Natural Increase Rate
Natural Selection
Natural decrease
None of these fit the term above.
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.
Population
Natural Resources
Overpopulation
Population Pyramid
Disease that occurs over a wide geographic area and affects a very high proportion of the population.
Pandemic
Epidemic
Virus
Global Flu
Physiological density best fits which of the following?
Number of people per unit of area of arable land
Bar graph that represents the distribution of population by age and sex.
Ratio of number of farmers to the total amount of land suitable for agriculture.
Total number of people divided by land area.
A bar graph the represents the distribution of population by age and sex
Population density
Population growth
Sex Ratio
Population Pyramid
The number of males per 100 females in the population.
Zero Population growth
Life expectancy
Crude Birth Rate
Sex Ratio
The average number of children a woman will have throughout her childbearing years.
Crude Birth Rate
Survival Rate
Total Fertility Rate
Demographic Model
Natural Increase Rate
A decline of the total fertility rate to the point where the natural increase rate equals zero.
Zero population growth
Life Expectancy
Overpopulation
All of the following
The numbering system used to indicate the location of parallels drawn on a globe and measuring distance north and south of the equator. (0*)
Latitude
Longitude
Arithmetic Density
Equator
International date line
Earth's crust and a portion of upper mantle directly below the crust
Lithosphere
Hydrosphere
Biosphere
Atmosphere
Toponym
Numbering system used to indicate the location of meridians drawn on a globe and measuring distance east and west of the prime meridian (0*)
Latitude
International Date Line
Longitude
Equator
Meridian
A dimensional, or flat, representation of Earth's surface or a portion of it.
Map
Map scale
Mental Map
Geographic Position
The relationship between the size of an object on a map and the size of the actual feature on Earth's surface.
Map
Map scale
Mental Map
Geographic Positioning system
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.
Map
Map Scale
Mental Map
Global Positioning System
An arc drawn on a map between the North and South poles
Meridian
Parallel
Longitude
Latitude
Equator
A chain of communication that connects places
Network
Site
Hearth
Hierarchical Diffusion
Something produced in nature more slowly than it is consumed by humans
Natural increase rate
Zero population growth
Natural death rate
Nonrenewable resource
A circle drawn around the globe parallel to the equator and at right angles to the meridians
Parallel
Place
Polder
Possibilism
The geometric or regular arrangement of something in a study area
Parallel
Pattern
Place
Polder
Possibilism
A specific point on Earth distinguished by a particular characteristic
Situation
Site
Place
Map
Land created by the Dutch by draining water from an area.
Toponym
Polder
Vernacular
Hearth
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.
Polder
Environmental Determinism
Functional Region
Possibilism
Region
The maintenance of resources in their present condition, with as little human impact as possible.
Preservation
Natural resources
Un-natural resources
Zero population growth
Natalist
The meridian, designated as 0 longitude, that passes through the royal observatory at Greenwhich England.
Prime Meridian
Meridian
Greenwich Mean Time
Latitude
Longitude
A system used to transfer locations from Earth's surface to a flat map.
Mental map
Projection
Cartography
Sustainability
Geographic Information System
An area distinguished by a unique combination of trends or features.
Regional studies
Relocation Diffusion
Region
None of the following fit this term
An approach to geography that emphasizes the relationships among social and physical phenomena in a particular study area.
Regional studies
Region
Relocation Diffusion
Environmental Determinism
Spread of a feature or trend through bodily movement of people from one place to another
Diffusion
Hierarchical diffusion
Relocation Diffusion
Distance Decay
Acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satellite orbiting the planet or from other long-distance methods.
Remote sensing
Stimulus Diffusion
Projection
Situation
None of the following
Something produced in nature more rapidly than it is consumed by humans.
Non-renewable resource
Resource
Renewable resource
Overpopulation
A substance in the environment that is useful to people, is economically and technologically feasible to access, and is socially acceptable to use.
Renewable resource
Non-renewable resource
Resource
None of the following.
Generally, the relationship between the portion of Earth being studied and Earth as whole.
Scale
Site
Situation
...
The physical character of a place.
Site
Scale
Toponym
Situation
The use of Earth's renewable and nonrenewable natural resources in ways that do not constrain resources use in the future.
Sustainability
Resource
Renewable resource
Non-renewable resource
The name given to a portion of Earth's surface.
Situation
Toponym
Place
Mental map
A company that conducts research, operates factories, and sells products in many countries, not just where its headquarters or shareholders are located
Trans union
Monopoly
Union
None of these match the definition.
The increasing gap in economic conditions between core, and peripheral regions as a result of the globalization of the economy
Unilateral development
Lateral trade
Horizontal trade
Uneven Development
None of the following match the definition above
An area people believe exists as part of their cultural identity
Stimulus diffusion
Region
Vernacular Region
None of the following match the definition
