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WorksheetsAP Human Geo 1st Semester Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Starting in the 1990's, a movement known as _________ began to feature mixed-use neighborhoods with businesses and residential properties, walkable areas and a variety of price ranges for homes.
blockbusting
gentrification
leapfrogging
new urbanism
Blockbusting and redlining have contributed to... in American cities.
gated communities
racial segregation
public transportation
exurbanization
A factor that persuades an immigrant to settle en route to his or her planned destination is called an ...
interfering factor
intervening opportunity
interruption
interceding force
Distributing opportunity
An internally displaced person is someone who ...
was forced to leave his or her country for political, social or economic reasons
was forced to leave his or her home for political, social or economic reasons but is still within his or her home country
has travelled to another country and is asking to be recognized as a refugee
is a seasonal worker who travels for his or her job
works in one country but lives in another
The Smith family visits the K-Mart 2 miles away and the food market 1 mile away several times a year. They only visit the Woolworth's store that is 25 miles away about once or twice a year.
This is an example of:
flow
distance decay
nodal awareness
distribution
I am going on vacation and I enter 27.9659° N, 82.8001° W into my GPS. I will arrive at the proper destination because I know the
Northern location
vernacular location
relative location
absolute location
______ is the term used for economies, cultures, and populations, brought about by cross-border trade in goods and services, technology, and flows of investment, people, and information
Local economic stimulus
Cosmopolitan-based
Mental maps
Globalization
Density of Distribution
The fact that humans were able to establish research bases on Antarctica is a prime example of
Environmental Determinism
Local Sustainability Cooperatives
World System Theory
Possibilism
All of the following are traits common to Muslim religions of the world EXCEPT ___________.
fasting
pilgimage
Sharia law
polytheism
daily ritual prayers
Depicts what an individual knows about a place, containing personal impressions of what is in a place and where places are located and is not based upon any actual measurement.
mental map
thematic map
reference map
These maps show the importance of changing _____________ in understanding something (like cancer rates in the US)
regions
scale
site
physical map
The Berlin Conference established the borders of North African countries including Egypt, Libya, and Sudan. The landscape of these countries influenced the types of boundaries imposed by the European colonial powers. Which of the following boundary types best explains the influence of landscape on the political borders of the North African region?
Antecedent, based on tribal cultural boundaries that existed before European colonization
Subsequent, with smaller buffer states placed between larger states to prevent political conflicts
Consequent, accounting for local differences in language and religion during European colonization
Natural, with irregular lines, accounting for regional physical features such as mountains or water
Geometric, with straight lines, disregarding physical features or tribal cultural differences of the areas
Chicago's relative location near other major city networks gave the urban place a comparative advantage for successful economic growth. This statement best describes Chicago's
threshold
site
situation
density
functional zonation
The above cities located within the same country represent what geographic factor?
Urban hierarchy
Rank-size rule
Dispersed settlement
Gentrification
Centralization
The largest universalizing religion is
Hinduism
Islam
Buddhism
Christianity
Which locations and religions are correctly paired in terms of place or origin/hearth?
Islam: Egypt
Buddhism: India
Hinduism: South America
Judaism: Saudi Arabia
The shown population pyramid is typical of countries
from the 1800s, but not today
in Europe and North America
in less developed regions of the world
with a stable population size
with a shrinking population
The Population Pyramid shown is most likely which country?
Canada
Japan
Zimbabwea
Algeria
What does this say about the cultural landscape of the area?
Buddhism is important to the area, which is why great care has been taken for the temple. It shows that religion is important for the area.
Hinduism is important for the area, which is why great care has been taken for the temple. It shows that religion is important for the area.
It shows that there is a connection between language and religion of the area
It is clear that the area has been impacted by their colonial leaders because Buddhism has been diffused there
Why might western Africa speak French or have a connection to the French language?
Because at the time French was the language of trade and during colonialism the western part of Africa needed to learn French to communicate with traders
Because France became the lingua franca of the area
Because France had allowed for freedom and the Africans wanted to incorporate the French language
Because France had colonized Western Africa, and the language spread by their colonial leaders
On the Demographic Transition Model, which stage(s) is/are characterized by HIGH death rates, High BIRTH RATES, but LOW populations.
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stages 4 and 5
