WorksheetsFinal Review AP Human Geo
Total questions: 96
Worksheet time: 48mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
My home address is an example of what kind of location?
a)
Absolute
b)
Relative
c)
Movement
d)
Space
2.
Does the prime merirdian stretch:
a)
North to South
b)
East to West
c)
North and East
d)
South and West
3.
I drive 32 miles everyday to get to school. This is an example of:
a)
Time distance
b)
Linear distance
c)
Psychological distance
d)
No distance
4.
An azimuthal map is projected from a:
a)
Single point
b)
Equator
c)
Cone
d)
Globe
5.
What two characteristics do we look for when describing a place?
a)
Human and physical
b)
Human and plants
c)
Physical and mountains
d)
Physical and buildings
6.
In what hemisphere does New Orleans lie in?
a)
Northwest
b)
Northeast
c)
Southwest
d)
Southeast
7.
When I want to know where something is on Earth, what geologoical theme do I use?
a)
Location
b)
Place
c)
Region
d)
Movement
8.
At what point does a cylindrical map project?
a)
The Equator
b)
A single point
c)
Onto a cone
d)
Prime meridian
9.
When people adapt or change the environment to fit their needs, what kind of geological theme is this?
a)
Region
b)
Movement
c)
H.E.I.
d)
Location
10.
"People from the south all have a similar accent," is what kind of geological theme?
a)
Place
b)
Region
c)
Movement
d)
H.E.I.
11.
The location of a place using the latitude-longitude grid is called:
a)
referenced location
b)
central location
c)
relative location
d)
absolute location
12.
The location of a place in relationships to other places or features around it is called:
a)
absolute location
b)
relative location
c)
site
d)
situation
13.
Scale is…
a)
the system used by geographers to transfer locations from a globe to a map
b)
the extent of spread of a phenonmenon over a given area
c)
the difference in elevation between two points in an area
d)
the relationship between the length of an object on a map and that feature on the landscape
14.
The process of the spread of an idea from its source area to other culture, is the process of cultural:
a)
diffusion
b)
simulation
c)
adaptation
d)
movement
15.
The physical qualities of the original location for a city is referred to as the
a)
site
b)
relative location
c)
situation
d)
absolute location
16.
Geographer usually categorize cultural diffusion into two broad categories of
a)
Expansion and hierarchical
b)
Contagious and stimulus
c)
Expansion and relocation
d)
Migrant and hierarchical
17.
What is it called when you take a 3D image and put it onto a 2D surface?
a)
Cartogram
b)
Projection
c)
Globe
d)
Instagram
18.
Asking the question, "Why is something found in a particula place", is using which theme of geography?
a)
Place
b)
Movement
c)
H.E.I.
d)
Location
19.
If you have not been to a place, but have developed negative feelings about it based off of what you heard in the news or from a friend, you would be using:
a)
sense of place
b)
perceptions of a place
c)
movement
d)
H.E.I.
20.
Geographers group like things together into regions in order to make them easier to study. What type of region would a cord field be?
a)
Perceptual
b)
Formal
c)
Functional
d)
Vernacular
21.
The imprint that humans leave, such as buildings, roads, cemeteries, etc. are all considered to be part of the:
a)
Location
b)
Region
c)
Cultural Landscape
d)
Move
22.
The spread of ideas, inventions, or patterns of behavior is called ______________.
a)
acculturation
b)
innovation
c)
cultural hearth
d)
diffusion
23.
Which of the following divides the Earth into Eastern and Western Hemishpheres?
a)
Prime meridean
b)
Hemishphere Line
c)
Equator
d)
Tropic of Capricorn
24.
Which type of map would show the boundaries of countries?
a)
vegeation map
b)
political map
c)
land-use map
d)
elevation map
25.
What is remote sensing?
a)
analyzing different types of data
b)
tracking changes on Earth's surface
c)
using software to combine data
d)
getting information from far away
26.
Which of the following is not a use of GPS?
a)
tracking airplans
b)
determine when a volcano will erupt
c)
help farmers in their fields
d)
provide driving directions to a destenation
27.
Which of the following shows places on the Earth's surface most accurately?
a)
thematic maps
b)
globes
c)
general-purpose maps
d)
physical maps
28.
What is one or more features that make an area different from those around it?
a)
formal region
b)
perceptual region
c)
functional region
d)
region
29.
What are the lines on a globe drawn in an east-west direction and measured in degrees?
a)
longitude
b)
latitude
c)
grid
d)
equator
30.
Culture is spread by….
a)
movement of people
b)
TV and Internet
c)
War and conquest
d)
All are correct
31.
Explain Thomas Malthus's population theory.
a)
the world's population increase was higher than the food supply
b)
crude birth rates must balance crude death rates
c)
population increased arithmetically while food increased linguistically
d)
population growth was outpacing available resources in every country
32.
Combined, East Asia and South Asia make up _____ of the worlds population.
a)
1/2
b)
1/4
c)
1/8
d)
1/9
33.
What four sparse regions is it unlikely to see human inhabitants?
a)
Dry lands, wet lands, cold lands, and high lands
b)
Ocean lands, dry lands, wet lands, high lands
c)
wet lands, humid lands, cold lands, dry lands
d)
low lands, high lands, mid lands, desert lands
34.
The total number of people divided by land area is:
a)
Arithmetic Density
b)
Agricultural Density
c)
Physiological Density
d)
Population Density
35.
In what stage of the demographic transition are most European countries?
a)
4
b)
3
c)
2
d)
5
36.
What does an "upside down" population pyramid indicate?
a)
lots of elderly/older people
b)
lots of young poeple
c)
lots of middle age people
d)
lots of babies
37.
The ratio of people who are too young or too old to work compared to the working population is called the
a)
dependency ratio
b)
dependent group
c)
retirement ratio
d)
population pyramid
38.
This caused a jump in the worlds' population in the late 1700's and helped send England into stage 2:
a)
Industrial Revolution
b)
Medical Revolution
c)
Renaissance
d)
Scientific Revolution
39.
The world's most populated region is
a)
East Asia
b)
South Asia
c)
Europe
d)
South East Asia
40.
A characteristic of stage 3 of the demographic transition shows
a)
Declining birth and death rates
b)
High birth and death rates
c)
Low death and high birth rates
d)
High death and low birth rates
41.
What is the portion of earth's surface occupied by permanent human settlement?
a)
Ecumene
b)
Pandemic
c)
Census
d)
Cohort
42.
Which of the following is a pull factor?
a)
Higher Paying jobs in New Country
b)
Insufficient food supply
c)
High crime rates
d)
Land opportunities
43.
Which of the following are part of EG Ravenstein’s Laws of Migration?
a)
most migrants are male
b)
most migrants move short distances
c)
most long distance migrants move to large urban areas
d)
all of the above
44.
According to Ravenstein’s Laws of Migration, which group is most likely to move?
a)
Younger adults
b)
Older adults
c)
Children
d)
Families
45.
Which areas of the world generally have net out-migration?
a)
Africa and Asia
b)
Asia and North America
c)
Africa and Europe
d)
Latin America and Europe
46.
The wave of immigrants to America around 1900-1915 was different from earlier waves of migration because most were from
a)
Southern and Eastern Europe
b)
Asia
c)
Latin America
d)
Africa
47.
Since the 1980's, most US In-Migration has come from
a)
Latin America
b)
East Asia
c)
South Asia
d)
Africa
48.
Most migrants move for
a)
economic reasons
b)
Persecution reasons
c)
Cultural reasons
d)
Environmental reasons
49.
If a country's Immigration is LESS than it's Emigration it has
a)
net-out migration
b)
net-in migration
c)
needs to set quota laws
d)
increasing population
50.
Which of the following is a PULL factor?
a)
opening a new factory
b)
a huricane
c)
increase in taxes
d)
failed harvest
51.
The ability to move from one place to another is
a)
mobility
b)
migration
c)
net migration
d)
voluntary migration
52.
The Atlantic Ocean is an example of
a)
an intervening obstacle
b)
an environmental push factor
c)
an economic factor
d)
an environmental pull factor
53.
Most migrants to the US from 1800-1850 came from which part of Europe?
a)
north and west
b)
north and east
c)
north and south
d)
south and east
54.
What is an example of forced migration?
a)
African slaves brought to the Americas.
b)
Spanish moving to Mexico
c)
Syrians moving to Turkey
d)
African Americans moving north at the end of the civil war
55.
Which would not be an environmental pull factor?
a)
lumberjack job in the Pacific Northwest
b)
clear, dry air in Arizona
c)
beautiful, clear water by the beach
d)
Rocky Mountain scenery
56.
Brain drain is
a)
emigration of talented and smart people
b)
emigration from MDCs to LDCs
c)
when you can't come up with the answer on a test
d)
forcing emigration for political reasons
57.
What is land suited for agriculture known as?
a)
arable land
b)
agricultural density
c)
population density
d)
physiological density
58.
How are Stages 1 and 4 of the demographic transition model similar?
a)
both have low growth rates
b)
both have low dependency ratios
c)
both have low life expectancy
d)
both have low death rates
59.
A country with a large amount of arable land and a small number of farmers will have a
a)
low agricultural density
b)
low arithmetic density
c)
high physiological density
d)
low arithmetic density
60.
A decline in a country's crude birth rate would result in an increase in that country's
a)
doubling time
b)
life expectancy
c)
total fertility rate
d)
natural increase rate
61.
One demographic feature with the most significant future implications is that
a)
the most rapid growth is occurring in the less developed countries.
b)
the less developed countries have the highest combined crude death rate
c)
the natural increase rate is larger every year
d)
there are fewer people in the world now than the peak of the 20th century
62.
If your ancestors migrated to the United States during the 1840s and 1850s, the probably came from
a)
Ireland or Germany.
b)
Spain or Portugal
c)
Italy or Poland
d)
Norway or England
63.
What does a population pyramid display?
a)
Age and gender groups in a bar graph
b)
Gender in a bar graph
c)
Age in a bar graph
d)
Family size in a bar graph
64.
Why would a country argue for a higher population?
a)
More men in the army, equals more power
b)
More people spending money means more jobs
c)
More people equals higher fertility status
d)
No one wants higher populations
65.
Friedrich Engels argued that doing what would eliminate global hunger and poverty?
a)
Sharing resources
b)
Fighting to the death
c)
World peace
d)
Disease
66.
What two things have proven to lower birth rates?
a)
Economic development and contraception
b)
Disease and contraception
c)
Economic development and disease
d)
War and disease
67.
In epidemiological transition, what stage would you find the Black Plague?
a)
Stage 4
b)
Stage 3
c)
Stage 2
d)
Stage 1
68.
In epidemiological transition, what stage would you find outbreaks of cholera?
a)
Stage 4
b)
Stage 3
c)
Stage 2
d)
Stage 1
69.
What health problems do people face in stage 3 and 4 of the epidemiological transition?
a)
Cardiovascular diseases and various cancers
b)
Reemerging viruses
c)
Various cancers and AIDS
d)
Cardiovascular diseases and reemerging viruses
70.
What is stage 5 of the epidemiological transition known for?
a)
Reemergence of past diseases
b)
Cholera
c)
The Black Plague
d)
Various cancers
71.
What is the most lethal epidemic?
a)
AIDS
b)
Black Plague
c)
Cancer
d)
People
72.
What has allowed relocation diffusion more feasible now then in the past?
a)
Cars and airplanes
b)
Horses and boats
c)
Internet
d)
Spaceships
73.
Entering the country without proper documents makes a person a(n)
a)
unauthorized immigrants
b)
green card holder
c)
guest worker
d)
immigrant
74.
When did Americans decide the border has "closed"?
a)
Early 20th century
b)
19th century
c)
Always
d)
Never
75.
The Mariel Boatlift was a group of asylum seekers coming from what country?
a)
Cuba
b)
Vietnam
c)
Haiti
d)
Puerto Rico
76.
A majority of people applying to come into the U.S. are asking to come here to
a)
Reunify families
b)
Find work
c)
Win the lottery
d)
Seek asylum
77.
What is a habit?
a)
a repetitive act that an individual performs
b)
a repetitive act of a group, performed to the extent it becomes a characterisitic
c)
a tradition practiced by a small group
d)
a taboo performed by no one
78.
What is a custom?
a)
a repetitive act that an individual performs
b)
a repetitive act of a group, performed to the extent it becomes a characterisitic
c)
a tradition practiced by a small group
d)
a taboo performed by no one
79.
Which of these is an example of a habit?
a)
Me drinking coffee everyday
b)
Biting nails when nervous
c)
Eating with plactic cutlery
d)
All of the above
80.
What is the difference between folk and popular culture?
a)
Folk is practiced in small, isolated regions
b)
Folk is practed in large societies
c)
Folk is not practiced anymore
d)
There is no difference
81.
What of these is not an example of a a folk culture origin?
a)
The emperor of China cutting bamboo poles to produce the sound of the Phoenix
b)
Kids plays "Kick the Dane's head"
c)
DJ Kool Herc and hip-hop
d)
Grimm fairy tales
82.
How does folk culture diffuse?
a)
Through hierarchical diffusion
b)
Migration
c)
Cell phones
d)
Internet
83.
What stops the distribution of popular culture?
a)
Lack of income
b)
Isolation
c)
Lack of interaction
d)
All of the above
84.
What is terroir?
a)
combination of soil, climate, and other physical characteristics
b)
territoty
c)
a French desert
d)
combination of territories
85.
What two things do popular clothing habits reflect?
a)
Occupation and Income
b)
Income and class
c)
Occupation and age
d)
Income and age
86.
Why do the Ainu avoid eating otters?
a)
They fear memory loss
b)
They are too adorable to eat
c)
They are too dirt to eat
d)
They can't catch them
87.
What is a taboo?
a)
A restriction imposed by religious or social cutoms
b)
A restriction based on personal beliefs
c)
A restriction based on nothing
d)
A restriction based on social customs
88.
What do taboos help protect?
a)
Nothing
b)
Endagered animals and natural resources
c)
People
d)
Incomes
89.
What is an example of a food taboo?
a)
Ms. Moertle not eating broccoli
b)
Muslims eating pork
c)
Hindus not eating cows
d)
Jews eating shellfish
90.
What two influences can you see in folk housing?
a)
Environmental and cultural
b)
Time and place
c)
Money and Environmental
d)
Culture and Isolation
91.
Fred Kniffen identified ______ major hearth of folk houses in the United States.
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
92.
What is cultural approriation?
a)
The theft of a culture
b)
Appreciating another culture
c)
Borrowing a culture
d)
Theft of a culture for profit
93.
What two example did Mr. Ludlow first use in class to discuss cultural appropriation?
a)
Disney and personal stories
b)
Disney and Marshall Mathers III
c)
Marshall Mathers III and personal stories
d)
Fairy tales and Disney
94.
What was one of the foods the Lost Boys of Sudan ate on the plane?
a)
Butter
b)
Potato chips
c)
Donut
d)
Burger
95.
What was Jimmy Nelson's goal in "Before They Pass Away"?
a)
Share cultural lessons from extinct tribal peoples
b)
Photograph endagered tribal peoples
c)
To be licked by a reindeer
d)
Tell the story of how he went bald
96.
Sometimes there is no clear explenation of a regional variation when it comes to food choices in the United States. What is an example of this?
a)
In-N-Out
b)
White Castle
c)
Kripy Kreme
d)
McDonald's
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