WorksheetsAP Human Geo Units 1&2 Review
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 17mins
An area where everyone shares 1 or more distinctive characteristics (Texas and their set of laws)
Formal Region
Functional Region
Vernacular Region
An area people believe exist as part of their culutral idenity and their informal sense of place
answer choices
Formal Region
Functional Region
Vernacular Region
Migrating to a new country because your grandparents live there is an example of...
chain migration
forced migration
voluntary migration
Population Growth Rate
Formal region
Functional (nodal) region
Perceptual (vernacular) region
Developmental region
small scale
large scale
global scale
national scale
Your teacher in the United States teaches an online English class at night to students in Japan.
This idea is called:
time-space compression
possibilism
Trigeminal neuralgia
core stabilization
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
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.
Environmental Determinism
Local Sustainability Cooperatives
World System Theory
Possibilism
______ 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
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
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
Prior to the 19th century, the total fertility rate was much higher than today, but population growth was low primarily because
religion had greater influence on societies in the past
the Industrial Revolution had shortened life expectancy
infant mortality rates were higher in the past
crude birth rates were comparatively low
government programs discouraged large families
Which is a major positive impact that migrants have on their country of origin?
Migrants often return to open businesses and employ workers
Migrants regularly send remittances to their family
Migrants do not use social welfare benefits in their country of origin
Migrants who commit crimes are sent abroad to save the cost of prison
Migrants bring over family members, easing the tax burden of their country
Which is the most accurate term to describe the people who were forced to move away from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in 2005?
refugees
asylum seekers
forced migrants
chain migrants
internally displaced persons
Which is the most likely explanation for why Southeast Asia has a higher population density than Southern Africa?
Southeast Asia has been settled by humans for a longer time
Southeast Asia has poorer soil so it became more urbanized
Southeast Asia lost fewer people to European disease
Southeast Asia has better conditions for agriculture
Southeast Asia has a higher total fertility rate
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.
nationalized corporations
mom and pop shops
transnational corporations (multinational corporations
The Illuminati
millionaires and billionaires
The process whereby new fashion trends typically appear in large global centers
hierarchical diffusion
independent invention
stimulus diffusion
cultural mimicry
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
Doppen System
Koppen System
Broppen System
From a spatial perspective (maps) what became clear about WHO was most negatively impacted by Hurrican Katrina BEFORE and AFTER the floods.
Hispanics
Whites
African Americans
Native Americans
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
Which generalization is best illustrated by the world map shown?
Climate is the primary factor influencing population distribution
People are spread out evenly throughout the world
The majority of the worlds population lives between 30° North and 60° North latitude
More people live in the Western Hemisphere been in the Eastern Hemisphere
People have preserved fertile land for farming by choosing to settle heavily in areas with poor farmland
