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AP Human Geo Units 1&2 Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An area where everyone shares 1 or more distinctive characteristics (Texas and their set of laws)

a)

Formal Region

b)

Functional Region

c)

Vernacular Region

2.

An area people believe exist as part of their culutral idenity and their informal sense of place

answer choices

a)

Formal Region

b)

Functional Region

c)

Vernacular Region

3.

Migrating to a new country because your grandparents live there is an example of...

a)

chain migration

b)

forced migration

c)

voluntary migration

d)

Population Growth Rate

4.

a)

Formal region

b)

Functional (nodal) region

c)

Perceptual (vernacular) region

d)

Developmental region

5.
a)

small scale

b)

large scale

c)

global scale

d)

national scale

6.

Your teacher in the United States teaches an online English class at night to students in Japan.


This idea is called:

a)

time-space compression

b)

possibilism

c)

Trigeminal neuralgia

d)

core stabilization

7.

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

a)

Northern location

b)

vernacular location

c)

relative location

d)

absolute location

8.

The belief that the natural world, most notably its physical factors such as landforms and climate, determines the patterns of human culture and societal development.

a)

Environmental Determinism

b)

Local Sustainability Cooperatives

c)

World System Theory

d)

Possibilism

9.

______ 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

a)

Local economic stimulus

b)

Cosmopolitan-based

c)

Mental maps

d)

Globalization

e)

Density of Distribution

10.

The fact that humans were able to establish research bases on Antarctica is a prime example of

a)

Environmental Determinism

b)

Local Sustainability Cooperatives

c)

World System Theory

d)

Possibilism

11.
What is Human/Environment Interaction
a)
Tells us where what makes an area so special and what it is different from every other area
b)
Tells us how people can change an area and how the area can change people
c)
Tells us where people and places are
d)
None of the Above
12.
According to the map of calories per capita per day shows that
a)
lower caloric intake in the Americas overall. 
b)
higher caloric intake in Southern Asia overall
c)
lower caloric intake in Europe and Russia overall. 
d)
lower caloric intake in Africa and parts of Asia. 
13.

On the Demographic Transition Model, which stage(s) is/are characterized by HIGH death rates, High BIRTH RATES, but LOW populations.

a)

Stage 1

b)

Stage 2

c)

Stage 3

d)

Stages 4 and 5

14.

The shown population pyramid is typical of countries

a)

from the 1800s, but not today

b)

in Europe and North America

c)

in less developed regions of the world

d)

with a stable population size

e)

with a shrinking population

15.

Prior to the 19th century, the total fertility rate was much higher than today, but population growth was low primarily because

a)

religion had greater influence on societies in the past

b)

the Industrial Revolution had shortened life expectancy

c)

infant mortality rates were higher in the past

d)

crude birth rates were comparatively low

e)

government programs discouraged large families

16.

Which is a major positive impact that migrants have on their country of origin?

a)

Migrants often return to open businesses and employ workers

b)

Migrants regularly send remittances to their family

c)

Migrants do not use social welfare benefits in their country of origin

d)

Migrants who commit crimes are sent abroad to save the cost of prison

e)

Migrants bring over family members, easing the tax burden of their country

17.

Which is the most accurate term to describe the people who were forced to move away from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in 2005?

a)

refugees

b)

asylum seekers

c)

forced migrants

d)

chain migrants

e)

internally displaced persons

18.

Which is the most likely explanation for why Southeast Asia has a higher population density than Southern Africa?

a)

Southeast Asia has been settled by humans for a longer time

b)

Southeast Asia has poorer soil so it became more urbanized

c)

Southeast Asia lost fewer people to European disease

d)

Southeast Asia has better conditions for agriculture

e)

Southeast Asia has a higher total fertility rate

19.
Scale is…                                     
a)
the system used by geographers to transfer locations  from a globe to a map
b)
the extent of spread of a phenomenon 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
20.
Billy thinks that in the south, everyone eats grits, eats fried chicken and watches football.  He would be creating what type of region of the south with these ideas?
a)
Formal
b)
Functional
c)
Perceptual
d)
Uniform
21.

Common practices of ________ include using the distinctive economic assets of different countries and regions, organizing production according to a spatial division of labor, placing earnings in offshore bank accounts to avoid paying taxes, and moving factories from high wage regions to low wage regions.

a)

nationalized corporations

b)

mom and pop shops

c)

transnational corporations (multinational corporations

d)

The Illuminati

e)

millionaires and billionaires

22.
What type of map
a)
physical
b)
political
c)
climate
d)
historical
23.

The process whereby new fashion trends typically appear in large global centers

a)

hierarchical diffusion

b)

independent invention

c)

stimulus diffusion

d)

cultural mimicry

24.

The five classifications geographers use for climate – A Tropical Climates, B Dry Climates, C Warm Mid-Latitude Climates, D Cold Mid-Latitude Climates, E Polar Climates

a)

Doppen System

b)

Koppen System

c)

Broppen System

25.

From a spatial perspective (maps) what became clear about WHO was most negatively impacted by Hurrican Katrina BEFORE and AFTER the floods.

a)

Hispanics

b)

Whites

c)

African Americans

d)

Native Americans

26.

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

a)

threshold

b)

site

c)

situation

d)

density

e)

functional zonation

27.
In LDC's this would be typically low.
a)
CDR
b)
CBR
c)
Infant mortality
d)
life expectancy
28.
This caused a jump in the worlds' population.
a)
the Renaissance
b)
the Industrial Revolution
c)
the Medical Revolution
d)
the Scientific Revolution
29.
Which of the following events would not change the arithmetic density of a nation?
a)
Annexation of new territory 
b)
an increasing natural increase rate 
c)
movement of people from rural to urban areas 
d)
a war with a large number of deaths 
30.

Which generalization is best illustrated by the world map shown?

a)

Climate is the primary factor influencing population distribution

b)

People are spread out evenly throughout the world

c)

The majority of the worlds population lives between 30° North and 60° North latitude

d)

More people live in the Western Hemisphere been in the Eastern Hemisphere

e)

People have preserved fertile land for farming by choosing to settle heavily in areas with poor farmland