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WorksheetsAP Human Geography – 2024 Cheatsheet
Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 58mins
What is 'Movement' in the context of AP Human Geography?
Movement refers to the mobility of people, goods, and ideas across places and regions.
Movement is the study of only physical landforms.
Movement describes the process of government formation.
Movement refers to the climate patterns of a region.
What are 'Regions' in AP Human Geography?
Regions are areas that are distinctive from one another.
Regions are only found in urban areas.
Regions are always defined by political boundaries.
Regions are the same as continents.
Which of the following is NOT a type of geography?
Modern (science)
Human (culture)
Physical (landforms/vegetation)
Fictional (mythology)
What is a 'Choropleth' map?
A Choropleth map is a map that uses color to show information.
A Choropleth map is a map that shows elevation using contour lines.
A Choropleth map is a map that displays roads and highways.
A Choropleth map is a map that shows population using dots.
What is a 'Proportional Symbol' map?
A Proportional Symbol map uses circle size to correlate to variable's intensity.
A Proportional Symbol map uses only colors to represent data.
A Proportional Symbol map shows elevation using contour lines.
A Proportional Symbol map displays population density with shading.
What is a 'Population Pyramid'?
A Population Pyramid is a graph showing the percentage of males and females of an age group.
A Population Pyramid is a type of mountain formation.
A Population Pyramid is a chart showing economic growth rates.
A Population Pyramid is a map of population density.
What is the 'Ravenstein’s Laws of Migration'?
Ravenstein’s Laws of Migration are 10 rules about migration patterns.
Ravenstein’s Laws of Migration are economic theories about trade.
Ravenstein’s Laws of Migration are environmental protection laws.
Ravenstein’s Laws of Migration are rules for international diplomacy.
What is 'Crude birth rate'?
Crude birth rate is the number of births per 1000 people.
Crude birth rate is the number of deaths per 1000 people.
Crude birth rate is the number of marriages per 1000 people.
Crude birth rate is the number of immigrants per 1000 people.
A geography teacher showed a map in the class and asked, 'What kind of map is this?'
Choropleth
Cartogram
Political
Physical
You are looking at a map in a geography textbook. What kind of map do you think it is based on the picture?
Choropleth
Cartogram
Political
Physical
You are looking at a map in a geography textbook. What kind of map do you think it is?
Choropleth
Cartogram
Political
Physical
You are looking at a map in a geography textbook. Can you identify the type of map you are seeing?
Choropleth
Cartogram
Political
Physical
The map shown in the picture is a(n)
isoline map
cartogram map
graduated map
dot map
The map shown in the picture is a(n)
isoline map
cartogram map
graduated map
dot map
Which type of map is this?
Isoline
Chloropleth
Graduated Symbol
Dot
Cartogram
Is this country Developed or Developing?
Developed
Developing
How would you describe the population of this country?
They are experiencing rapid population growth
They are experiencing stable population growth
They are experiencing negative population growth
How would you describe the population of this country?
They are experiencing stable population growth
They are experiencing negative population growth
They are experiencing rapid population growth
How would you describe the population of this country?
They are experiencing stable population growth
They are experiencing rapid population growth
They are experiencing negative population growth
Which of the following population densities would be used to show basic information about population and total land area?
Agricultural
Physiological
Arithmetic
Density
Which of the following population densities would be used to show information about farming technology within a country?
Agricultural
Physiological
Arithmetic
Density
Carrying capacity is defined as
the number of people that can be supported with a given number of resources
the number of resources a population can produce
the amount of people in a given area
the pattern of people laid out in a given area
Population density is defined as
the number of people that can be supported with a given number of resources
the number of resources a population can produce
the amount of people in a given area
the pattern of people laid out in a given area
Population distribution is defined as
the number of people that can be supported with a given number of resources
the number of resources a population can produce
the amount of people in a given area
the pattern of people laid out in a given area
Overpopulation occurs when
a population exceeds its carrying capacity
a population is less than its carrying capacity
The number of people that are too young or too old to work on a population pyramid
Gender ratio
Demographic ratio
Dependency ratio
Population ratio
What is population density?
Low cluster of population in a certain region
Growth of population over time
Mass production of arable land
High cluster of a population in a certain region
According to Ravenstein's laws, what is the first law?
Most migrants move to urban areas.
Most migrants move for economic reasons.
Most migrants move long distances.
Most migrants move only a short distance.
People who live in rural areas are more likely to mirgate because of all of the following EXCEPT
More job opportunities in new places
More experiences available in new places
More trees and nature in new places
Betting education in new places
When people migrate to new places...
they bring their culture with them
they hate the new places
they love the new places
the new places do not allow them to enter
Which of the following is the most common reason why people migrate?
Religious Freedom
The Weather
Economic Reasons
More Experiences
What is the term for objects made by human beings, either hand-made or mass-produced?
Artifacts
Mentifacts
Sociofacts
Toponyms
Which of the following describes the part of the physical landscape that represents material culture and is created by humans?
Cultural landscape
Built environment
Traditional architecture
Placelessness
What are forces called that divide a state due to internal religious, political, economic, linguistic, or ethnic differences?
Centripetal forces
Centrifugal forces
Globalization
Sequent occupance
What is the largest language family that includes English and most other languages in the Western Hemisphere?
Sino-Tibetan
Afro-Asiatic
Indo-European
Dravidian
What is the term for neighborhoods where people from similar cultures live together and assert cultural distinction from the dominant group?
Ethnic enclaves
Cultural realms
Folk culture
Popular culture
Compared to popular cultures, folk cultures are...
More cosmopolitan
More homogeneous
More diffuse
More transitory
More contagious Culture
A minaret is an architectural feature common to places of worship in which of the following regions?
Buddhism
Hinduism
Christianity
Judaism
Islam
Which region would most likely display this image as part of their cultural landscape?
Southeast due to relocation diffusion of African religious beliefs.
Southwest due to relocation diffusion of Spanish religious beliefs.
The Great Plains due to hierarchical diffusion of Native American religious beliefs.
The Northeast due to contagious diffusion of Christianity.
This restaurant in Ketchikan, Alaska best demonstrates what concept?
Due to population growth, small towns are changing into urban centers.
Due to ethnocentrism, American culture is spreading globally.
Due to migration, food from Texas and New York arrived in Alaska.
Due to cultural diffusion, ethnic foods change the cultural landscape far from their hearth.
A good example of reverse hierarchical diffusion is
Drake's Jamaican accent.
Kate Middleton's wedding dress being mass produced.
Walmart starting in Bentonville Arkansas.
Americans celebrating Thanksgiving.
Who produces about 70% of food in Sub Saharan Africa?
Quest Workers
Men
Children
Women
The spatial distribution of Native Americans in the United States can be explained because
distribution reflects native tribal lands.
distribution reflects the forced migration onto reservations.
distribution reflects religious ties to the land.
distribution reflects voluntary migration West.
a fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers (people from other cultures)
folk culture
xenophobia
pop culture
xylophone
The idea that previous societies have left an "imprint" that still continues to appear on the cultural landscape after that society has gone
classical architecture
gendered spaces
sequent occupance
cultural landscape
This is the spread of cultural items such as ideas, styles, religions, technologies, and languages between individuals, whether within a single culture or from one culture to another.
Demography
Population Growth
Cultural Diffusion
Geology
Space-time compression describes
How long it takes for a GPS satellite to be enter space after launch.
The arithmetic density of a vernacular region.
The concentration of a phenomena in a space.
The reduction in time it takes for something to reach another place.
The measure of hierarchical diffusion of a phenomena.
Latitude and longitude may be used to determine which of the following characteristics of a place?
Its site features
Its absolute location
Its relative location
Its situation
Corn (maize) was first domesticated in
Northern Argentina
the Tibetan plateau
the Canadian prairie
Central Mexico
Which of the following is an example of an ethnic religion?
Islam
Mormonism
Buddhism
Judaism
The provisions of the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea give coastal countries navigational and economic sovereignty over which of the following zones?
Twelve-nautical-mile territorial sea zone
Export processing zone (EPZ)
Empowerment zone
Continental shelf
A boundary that coincides with significant features of the natural landscape? (i.e. Chile and Argentina)
Geometric Boundary
Subsequent Boundary
Antecedent Boundary
Relic Boundary
Superimposed Boundary
One example of a geometric political boundary is the:
A cultural divide between the Creole and Cajun communities in New Orleans, Louisiana
Straight line of the George Washington Bridge between New York and New Jersey
Curve of the Ohio coast around Lake Erie
Straight line between the states of Kansas and Colorado
A nation-state is most often defined by its twin attributes of sovereignty and
religious tolerance
social democracy
ethnic homogeneity
economic prosperity
a strong anti-terrorist policy
Almost half of the population of Uruguay lives in the capital city of Montevideo, and there are virtually no other important urban centers.
Example of centripetal force
Example of centrifugal force
There are over 250 different cultural groups in Nigeria, among the most important of which are the Hausa, Yoruba, and Ibo.
Example of centripetal force
Example of centrifugal force
From 2000 B.C. onward there is a continuous record of Chinese civilization, a fact which helps China have a very clear cultural identity.
Example of centripetal force
Example of centrifugal force
A farmer who produces only enough food for the immediate family is practicing
shifting cultivation
intensive farming
vegetative planding
subsistence farming
Dairy farmers locate near urban areas because
it is expensive to transport product to market.
land costs are high.
milk has an unlimited shelf life.
of agglomeration pressures.
Livestock ranching and pastoral nomadism both
suffer from low ages
exist in environments too harsh for crop production
rely on the same animals for their livelihood
flourish in central Asia
Which of the following have aided commercial farmers in more developed countries?
transportation improvements and the rise of sea levels
scientific advances and the reduction in the need for electronics
ancient irrigation projects that can be refitte for modern farming
transportation improvements, scientific advances, and electronics
A primate city such as Mexico City is
always located in the center of its country for maximum accessibility
more than twice the size of any other city in its country and dominant economically and culturally
most likely to share its rank size with at least one other city in the country
always a national capital serving as the seat of government and industrial center of the country
Which of the following refers to the size and functional complexity of cities?
Multiplier effect
Urban hierarchy
Threshold ratio
The Sector model
International company headquarters, significant global financial functions, and a polarized social structure are defining characteristics of
primate cities
corporate cities
world cities
edge cities
Which of the following groups would most likely engage in the gentrification of an older residential neighborhood?
University students on limited incomes
Double-income households without children
People above age sixty-five on limited incomes
Recent immigrants on limited incomes
In which zone of the city are land prices the highest?
CBD
Low Class Housing (Inner City)
Middle Class Housing (Suburbs)
High Class Housing (Rural-Urban Fringe)
The (now illegal) practice called "redlining" most often affected
inner-city neighborhoods
suburban neighborhoods
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
Some environmental problems in cities include...
urban canyons
loss of urban wildlife
pollution from rush hour traffic
all of these are correct
Although gentrification can revitalize cities by rehabilitating residential areas, which of the following problems can be explained by the type of building renovations shown in the before and after images?
More parking leading to decreased public transportation use
Higher rents causing displacement of existing residents
New buildings causing environmental sustainability issues
Disuse changing areas into zones of abandonment
Unfair real estate practices resulting in housing and insurance discrimination cases
Which of the following is a direct effect of globalization?
Decreased international trade
Increased cultural isolation
Enhanced global communication
Reduced technological advancement
Which practice is considered sustainable in industrial development?
Overfishing
Deforestation
Recycling
Fossil fuel consumption
What was a significant outcome of the Industrial Revolution?
Decrease in urbanization
Increase in manual labor
Rise of factory systems
Decline in technological innovation
Discuss the impact of interdependent economies on global trade.
They lead to trade barriers
They promote economic isolation
They enhance trade partnerships
They reduce the need for imports
Analyze how the Industrial Revolution contributed to the development of the world economy.
By reducing the need for skilled labor
By increasing agricultural output
By fostering technological innovation and trade
By limiting industrial growth to Europe
Evaluate the effects of sustainable practices on industrial growth.
They hinder economic development
They promote long-term economic stability
They increase environmental degradation
They reduce the need for innovation
How did the Industrial Revolution alter labor patterns?
It decreased the demand for factory workers
It increased reliance on manual labor
It shifted labor from agriculture to industry
It reduced the need for skilled workers
What is the significance of global trade in the world economy?
It limits economic growth
It fosters international cooperation
It reduces market competition
It isolates national economies
Critically analyze the impact of industrial regions on local economies.
They lead to economic stagnation
They create job opportunities and infrastructure development
They reduce the need for local resources
They limit technological advancement
