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WorksheetsUnits 1-3 ALL Vocab – AP HuG
Total questions: 150
Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins
Select the term that best matches the definition: a group of belief systems, norms, and values practiced by a people.
culture
popular culture
material culture
ethnicity
Select the term that best matches the definition: Culture traditionally practiced by a small, homogeneous, rural group living in relative isolation from other groups.
Folk Culture
popular culture
placelessness
lingua franca
Select the term that best matches the definition: the traditional beliefs, customs, and stories of a community, passed through generations by word of mouth.
folklore
folk songs
nonmaterial culture
dialect
Select the term that best matches the definition: large culture that incorporates heterogeneous populations, is typically urban, and experiences quick changing traits.
popular culture
Folk Culture
standard language
language family
Select the term that best matches the definition: the things a group of people construct, including homes, clothing, sports, and foods. (Must be tangible).
material culture
nonmaterial culture
folk food
language branch
Select the term that best matches the definition: beliefs, practices, and values of a group of people. EX) bowing as a greeting.
nonmaterial culture
material culture
culture
race
Select the term that best matches the definition: Also called economic imperialism, this is the domination of newly independent countries by foreign business interests that causes colonial-style economies to continue, which often caused monoculture (a country only producing one main export like sugar, oil, etc).
neocolonialism
assimilation
acculturation
isogloss
Select the term that best matches the definition: a neighborhood, typically situated in a larger metropolitan city and constructed by or comprised of a local culture, in which a local culture can practice its customs.
ethnic neighborhoods
placelessness
language branch
lingua franca
Select the term that best matches the definition: the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another (typically the minority group into the majority group).
assimilation
acculturation
sequent occupancy
race
Select the term that best matches the definition: the process of adopting SOME elements of the dominant culture. EX) People learning English in the US.
acculturation
assimilation
Folk Culture
dialect
Select the term that best matches the definition: theory that a place is occupied by different groups of people, each group leaving an imprint on the place from which the next group learns.
sequent occupancy
placelessness
isogloss
language family
Select the term that best matches the definition: the loss of uniqueness of place in the cultural landscape so that one place looks like the next.
placelessness
sequent occupancy
popular culture
ethnic neighborhoods
Select the term that best matches the definition: traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture.
folk songs
folklore
standard language
lingua franca
Select the term that best matches the definition: food that is traditionally made by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture.
folk food
material culture
nonmaterial culture
Indo-European language
Select the term that best matches the definition: A group of human beings distinguished by physical traits, genetic code patterns, or genetically inherited characteristics.
race
ethnicity
culture
language branch
Select the term that best matches the definition: the fact or state of belonging to a social group that has a common national or cultural tradition.
ethnicity
race
culture
language family
Select the term that best matches the definition: The form of a language used for official government business, education, and mass communications.
standard language
dialect
lingua franca
isogloss
Select the term that best matches the definition: a variant of a language along regional or ethnic lines. Made of differences in: vocab, spelling, pronunciation. EX) Southern-English.
dialect
language branch
standard language
isogloss
Select the term that best matches the definition: a geographic boundary in which a particular linguistic feature occurs. Rarely a simple line. EX) You say Coke, she says Pop, and he says Soft Drink.
isogloss
lingua franca
dialect
language family
Select the term that best matches the definition: A collection of languages related to each other through a common ancestor long before recorded history.
language family
Language Branch
Indo-European language
standard language
Select the term that best matches the definition: a collection of languages within a family related through a common ancestral language that existed several thousand years ago.
Language Branch
language family
dialect
isogloss
Select the term that best matches the definition: most spoken language family in all the world.
Indo-European language
language family
lingua franca
standard language
Select the term that best matches the definition: A language mutually understood and commonly used in trade by people who have different native languages.
lingua franca
standard language
isogloss
folk songs
Which term is described: A form of speech that adopts a simplified grammar and limited vocabulary of a lingua franca, used for communications among speakers of two different languages.
pidgin language
creole language
official language
multilingual states
Which term is described: a pidgin language that has developed a more complex structure and a vocabulary and has become a native language of a group of people EX) Haitian Creole
creole language
pidgin language
universalizing religions
ethnic religion
Which term is described: countries in which everyone speaks the same language EX) Japan and Iceland are the best examples
monolingual states
multilingual states
ethnic enclave
theocracy
Which term is described: countries in which more than one language is in use EX) US and Spain
multilingual states
monolingual states
official language
ethnic cleansing
Which term is described: The language adopted for use by the government for the conduct of business and publication of documents.
official language
pidgin language
creole language
animistic religion
Which term is described: a religion with one god
monotheistic religion
polytheistic religion
Buddhism
Shintoism
Which term is described: a religion with more than one god
polytheistic religion
monotheistic religion
Judaism
Sikhism
Which term is described: centered on the belief that inanimate objects, such as mts., trees, rivers, and boulders, possess spirits and should be revered. EX) Shamanism
animistic religion
universalizing religions
ethnic religion
Christianity
Which term is described: Religions that seek to gain converts
universalizing religions
ethnic religion
monotheistic religion
polytheistic religion
Which term is described: religion that is identified with a particular ethnic or tribal group and that does not seek new converts
ethnic religion
universalizing religions
Christianity
Sunni Islam
Which term is described: a major religious and cultural tradition of South Asia, developed from Vedic religion.
Hinduism
Buddhism
Judaism
Christianity
Which term is described: A Hindu social class system that controlled every aspect of daily life
caste system
theocracy
ethnic enclave
genocide
Which term is described: a monotheistic religion founded in Punjab in the 15th century by Guru Nanak.
Sikhism
Shintoism
Buddhism
Hinduism
Which term is described: A religion based on the teachings of the Buddha.
Buddhism
Christianity
Judaism
Confucianism
Which term is described: Ethnic faith originated in Japan
Shintoism
Sikhism
Sunni Islam
Hinduism
Which term is described: A philosophy that adheres to the teachings of the Chinese philosopher Confucius. It shows the way to ensure a stable government and an orderly society in the present world and stresses a moral code of conduct.
Confucianism
Buddhism
Christianity
Judaism
Which term is described: A religion with a belief in one god. It originated with Abraham and the Hebrew people. Yahweh was responsible for the world and everything within it. They preserved their early history in the Old Testament.
Judaism
Christianity
Sunni Islam
Shia/Shi'ite Islam
Which term is described: A monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament.
Christianity
Judaism
Buddhism
Shintoism
Which term is described: Muslims belonging to branch of Islam believing that the community should select its own leadership. The majority religion in most Islamic countries.
Sunni Islam
Shia/Shi'ite Islam
Sikhism
Confucianism
Which term is described: a branch of Islam that regards Muhammad's son-in-law Ali as his rightful successor.
Shia/Shi'ite Islam
Sunni Islam
Buddhism
Judaism
Which term is described: A distinctive feature of mosque architecture, a tower from which the faithful are called to worship.
minaret
caste system
theocracy
ethnic enclave
Which term is described: A place with a high concentration of an ethnic group that is distinct from those in the surrounding area
ethnic enclave
genocide
official language
pidgin language
Which term is described: Deliberate extermination of a racial or cultural group
genocide
ethnic cleansing
theocracy
monotheistic religion
Which term is described: Process in which more powerful ethnic group forcibly removes a less powerful one in order to create an ethnically homogeneous region
ethnic cleansing
genocide
ethnic enclave
multilingual states
Which term is described: A government controlled by religious leaders
theocracy
official language
monolingual states
pidgin language
Which term is defined as the belief in the superiority of one's nation or ethnic group?
Ethnocentrism
Cultural relativism
Syncretism
Imperialism
Which term refers to the practice of judging a culture by its own standards?
Cultural relativism
Ethnocentrism
Cultural convergence
Cultural divergence
Which architectural movement combines traditional and contemporary influences?
Postmodern Architecture
Sino-Tibetan Language Family
Cultural convergence
Syncretism
Which language family is the 2nd largest and includes Mandarin, Thai, Cantonese, and Burmese?
Sino-Tibetan Language Family
Postmodern Architecture
Imperialism
Colonialism
Which concept describes an attitude that tends to unify people and enhance support for a state?
Centripetal force
Centrifugal force
Imperialism
Colonialism
Which concept refers to a force that divides people and countries?
Centrifugal force
Centripetal force
Syncretism
Cultural convergence
Which term is an attempt by one country to establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and cultural principles in another territory?
Colonialism
Imperialism
Ethnocentrism
Syncretism
Which term is a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force?
Imperialism
Colonialism
Ethnocentrism
Cultural relativism
Which process is the likelihood or tendency for cultures to become increasingly dissimilar with the passage of time?
Cultural divergence
Cultural convergence
Syncretism
Ethnocentrism
Which process describes cultures becoming more alike as they increasingly share technology and organizational structures in a modern world united by improved transportation and communication?
Cultural convergence
Cultural divergence
Syncretism
Cultural relativism
Which term means the combining of elements of two groups into a new cultural feature?
Syncretism
Cultural convergence
Ethnocentrism
Cultural relativism
Choose the correct term for: Land suitable for farming/agriculture.
Arable Land
Ecumene
Census
Baby Boom
Choose the correct term for: Population of a region per unit of arable (farmable) land.
Physiological Population Density
Arithmetic Population Density
Population Density
Rate of Natural Increase (RNI)
Choose the correct term for: Population of a region divided by total land area.
Arithmetic Population Density
Physiological Population Density
Population Density
Ecumene
Choose the correct term for: Temporary increase in the birth rate of a region.
Baby Boom
Crude Birth Rate
Pro-Natalist Policies
Industrial Revolution
Choose the correct term for: A complete count of a population.
Census
Population Density
Dependency Ratio
Sex Ratio
Choose the correct term for: Total number of child deaths per 1,000 live births.
Child Mortality Rate
Infant Mortality Rates
Crude Death Rate
Life Expectancy
Choose the correct term for: A long-lasting disease that can't generally be prevented.
Chronic Diseases
Pro-Natalist Policies
Industrial Revolution
Ecumene
Choose the correct term for: Total number of live births in a year for every 1,000 people in a society.
Crude Birth Rate
Rate of Natural Increase (RNI)
Sex Ratio
Doubling Time
Choose the correct term for: Total number of deaths per 1,000 people in a society.
Crude Death Rate
Infant Mortality Rates
Child Mortality Rate
Life Expectancy
Choose the correct term for: Number of people too young or too old to work compared to working-age people.
Dependency Ratio
Sex Ratio
Population Density
Doubling Time
Choose the correct term for: A country that has progressed further along in development.
Developed Country
Developing Country
Less Developed Countries (LDC)
More Developed Countries
Choose the correct term for: A country making some progress toward development.
Developing Country
Developed Country
More Developed Countries
Anti-Natalist Policies
Choose the correct term for: Number of years needed to double the population.
Doubling Time
Life Expectancy
Rate of Natural Increase (RNI)
Crude Birth Rate
Choose the correct term for: The areas of earth occupied by human settlement.
Ecumene
Arable Land
Population Density
Industrial Revolution
Choose the correct term for: Time during the 19th century, major improvements in transportation and manufacturing efficiency leads to creation of factories.
Industrial Revolution
Malthusian Theory
Pro-Natalist Policies
More Developed Countries
Choose the correct term for: Annual number of deaths of infants (one year old and under) compared to the number of live births.
Infant Mortality Rates
Child Mortality Rate
Crude Death Rate
Life Expectancy
Choose the correct term for: Non-industrialized, higher birth rates, shorter life expectancies, lower income. Stage two or early three of DTM.
Less Developed Countries (LDC)
More Developed Countries
Developed Country
Developing Country
Choose the correct term for: Average number of years an infant can expect to live.
Life Expectancy
Doubling Time
Crude Birth Rate
Rate of Natural Increase (RNI)
Choose the correct term for: An English economist who was one of the first to argue that the world's population increase was far outrunning the development of food production.
Thomas Malthus
Malthusian Theory
Industrial Revolution
Pro-Natalist Policies
Choose the correct term for: The theory that population grows faster than food supply, leading to catastrophic "natural checks" on the population size.
Malthusian Theory
Rate of Natural Increase (RNI)
Population Density
Anti-Natalist Policies
Choose the correct term for: Industrialized/post-industrialized countries, more resources, access to more advanced technology, longer life expectancies. Stage four or five of the DTM.
More Developed Countries
Less Developed Countries (LDC)
Developing Country
Developed Country
Choose the correct term for: Percent a population grows in a year.
Rate of Natural Increase (RNI)
Crude Birth Rate
Crude Death Rate
Doubling Time
Choose the correct term for: Measurement of population per unit of area.
Population Density
Arithmetic Population Density
Physiological Population Density
Ecumene
Choose the correct term for: Government policies to reduce the rate of natural increase.
Anti-Natalist Policies
Pro-Natalist Policies
Rate of Natural Increase (RNI)
Census
Choose the correct term for: Government policies to increase the rate of natural increase.
Pro-Natalist Policies
Anti-Natalist Policies
Crude Birth Rate
Dependency Ratio
Choose the correct term for: Number of males per 100 females.
Sex Ratio
Dependency Ratio
Population Density
Life Expectancy
Choose the term that matches the definition: Average number of children a woman will have during her 'birthing' years.
Total Fertility Rate
Crude Birth Rate
Infant Mortality Rate
Life Expectancy
Choose the term that matches the definition: When the CBR and the CDR are equal and the rate of natural increase (RNI) is at zero.
Zero Population Growth
Population Momentum
Demographic Dividend
Carrying Capacity
Choose the term that matches the definition: When the number of people in an area exceeds the carrying capacity of the environment to support life at a decent standard of living.
Over-Population
Underpopulation
Population Density
Dependency Ratio
Choose the term that matches the definition: A model that demonstrates the shift in population growth throughout time.
Demographic Transition Model
Gravity Model
Von Thünen Model
Rank-Size Rule
Identify the stage of the DTM described: High Stationary — a pre-industrial agrarian society with a high CBR, high CDR, and a zero RNI.
Stage 1 DTM
Stage 2 DTM
Stage 3 DTM
Stage 4 DTM
Identify the stage of the DTM described: Early Expanding — an industrializing society with a CBR that remains high but stable, a CDR that declines dramatically, and a rapidly increasing RNI.
Stage 2 DTM
Stage 1 DTM
Stage 3 DTM
Stage 4 DTM
Identify the stage of the DTM described: Decreasing growth — an industrializing society with a CBR that declined significantly, a CDR that continues to decline, and an RNI that begins to decrease.
Stage 3 DTM
Stage 2 DTM
Stage 4 DTM
Stage 5 DTM
Identify the stage of the DTM described: Low Growth — a modern industrialized country with a low CBR, low CDR, and low RNI.
Stage 4 DTM
Stage 3 DTM
Stage 2 DTM
Stage 5 DTM
Identify the stage of the DTM described: A modern industrialized country with a very low CBR, an increasing CDR, and a negative RNI.
Stage 5 DTM
Stage 3 DTM
Stage 2 DTM
Stage 4 DTM
Select all causes listed for declining birth rates.
Urbanization
High costs of childcare
Female education/literacy
Contraceptives
According to many geographers who criticize Malthus, which statements reflect their view of Malthus's beliefs? Select all that apply.
Malthusian beliefs are unrealistically pessimistic
They are based on a belief that the world's supply of resources is fixed rather than expanding
A larger population could stimulate economic growth and therefore the production of more food
Global resources automatically increase without human innovation
Choose the term that matches the definition: The branch of medical science concerned with the incidence, distribution, and control of diseases.
Epidemiology
Pathology
Microbiology
Public Administration
Choose the term that matches the definition: A disease that spreads over a large region.
Epidemic
Endemic
Outbreak
Vector
Choose the term that matches the definition: A disease that spreads globally and affects a very high proportion of the population.
Pandemic
Epidemic
Sporadic
Seasonal
Choose the term that matches the definition: The difference between the number of immigrants and the number of emigrants.
Net migration
Refugee flow
Chain migration
Internal displacement
Select all reasons listed for migration.
Economic opportunity
Cultural/political freedom
Better healthcare
Environmental comfort
According to Ravenstein's Laws of Migration, which statements are accurate? Select all that apply.
Most migrants travel only a short distance
The number of migrants to a destination declines as the distance they must travel increases
Migrants who move longer distances tend to choose major cities
Every migration flow generates a return or counter flow
Families are less likely to make international moves than young adults
Select all consequences of migration listed in the worksheet.
Change to the basic structure of a population (demographic consequences)
Increase in cost and building of health care, education, public services, and housing (economic consequences)
Lost tax revenue from illegal migrants (economic consequences)
Better cultural understanding (social consequences)
Conflict among groups (social consequences)
Choose the term that matches the description: These immigrants serve a useful role in Europe, taking low-status and low-skill jobs that local residents won't accept.
Migrant Workers
Asylum Seekers
Tourists
Retirees
Which term is defined as a person who has a well‑founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion?
Refugee
Asylum seeker
Guest workers
Undocumented immigrants
Which term is defined as someone who declares to be a refugee?
Asylum seeker
Refugee
Dependents
Guest workers
Which term refers to the total fertility rate (TFR) of 2.1 that maintains a stable population size?
Replacement fertility rate
Zero Population Growth (ZPG)
Urbanization
Suburbanization
Which term describes a situation that occurs when the birth rate equals the death rate?
Zero Population Growth (ZPG)
Replacement fertility rate
Urbanization
Distance Decay
Which term is defined as a large‑scale emigration by talented or skilled people, leaving a lack of talented or skilled people in the home country?
Brain Drain
Chain migration
Step migration
Internal Migration
Which term describes short‑term, repetitive, or cyclical movements of people that recur on a regular basis?
Cyclical Migration
Step migration
Transhumance
Internal Migration
Which term refers to foreign laborers living and working temporarily in another country?
Guest Workers
Undocumented immigrants
Dependents
Refugee
Which term is defined as an environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration?
Intervening Obstacle
Distance Decay
Quotas
Push Factors of Immigration
Which term is defined as permanent movement within the same country?
Internal Migration
Step migration
Chain migration
Transhumance
Which term is defined as the seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and lowland pastures?
Transhumance
Cyclical Migration
Chain migration
Internal Migration
Which term refers to money migrants send back to family and friends in their home countries?
Remittances
Quotas
Dependents
Brain Drain
Which term describes migration to a distant destination that occurs in stages?
Step migration
Chain migration
Cyclical Migration
Internal Migration
Which term describes a pattern of migration that develops when migrants move via kinship links?
Chain migration
Step migration
Internal Migration
Guest Workers
Which term is defined as an increase in the percentage and in the number of people living in urban settlements?
Urbanization
Suburbanization
Zero Population Growth (ZPG)
Replacement fertility rate
Which term is defined as the process of population movement from within towns and cities to the rural‑urban fringe?
Suburbanization
Urbanization
Internal Migration
Step migration
Which term refers to people who rely on another, especially a family member, for financial support?
Dependents
Guest Workers
Refugee
Undocumented immigrants
Which term describes the effects of distance on interaction, generally the greater the distance the less interaction?
Distance Decay
Intervening Obstacle
Internal Migration
Urbanization
Which of the following are push factors of immigration? Select all that apply.
War/Genocide
Jobs/Economic opportunities
Lack of freedom
Peace and stability
Which of the following are push factors of immigration? Select all that apply.
Environment/climate
Educational opportunities
Poverty/lack of economic opportunities
Taxes
Which of the following are pull factors of immigration? Select all that apply.
Jobs/Economic opportunities
Land/Freedom
Peace and stability
War/Genocide
Which of the following are pull factors of immigration? Select all that apply.
Healthcare
Weather
Educational opportunities
Poverty/lack of economic opportunities
Which term is defined as established limits by governments on the number of immigrants who can enter a country each year?
Quotas
Remittances
Distance Decay
Replacement fertility rate
Which term refers to immigrants who come into a country without the government's permission?
Undocumented immigrants
Guest Workers
Refugee
Dependents
Choose the term that matches the definition: the coordinates of a place using latitude and longitude.
absolute location
accessibility
distribution
equator
Choose the term that matches the definition: the ability to reach a place with respect to another place.
connectivity
accessibility
distance decay
cartography
Choose the term that matches the definition: the number of farmers per unit of farmland.
agricultural density
arithmetic density
density
concentration
Choose the term that matches the definition: the total number of objects in an area.
arithmetic density
distribution
density
concentration
Choose the term that matches the definition: the science of map‑making.
GIS
cartography
GPS
choropleth map
Choose the term that matches the definition: a thematic map using shading to show a pattern of a variable (the darker the shading, the higher the concentration of the variable).
choropleth map
isoline map
cartography
GIS
Choose the term that matches the definition: the extent of a feature’s spread over space.
distribution
concentration
density
diffusion
Choose the term that matches the definition: relationships among people and objects across the barrier of space.
connectivity
globalization
accessibility
formal region
Choose the term that matches the definition: the rapid, widespread diffusion of a characteristic throughout the population.
expansion diffusion
contagious diffusion
hierarchical diffusion
distance decay
Choose the term that matches the description: central, wealthy, technologically advanced countries vs. less‑developed, poor, and dependent countries.
formal region
core‑periphery
functional region
globalization
Choose the term that matches the definition: the geographic study of human‑environment relationships.
cultural landscape
environmental determinism
cultural ecology
distribution
Choose the term that matches the definition: forms superimposed on the physical environment by humans.
cultural landscape
formal region
hearth
cartography
Choose the term that matches the definition: the frequency with which something occurs in space.
density
distribution
concentration
arithmetic density
Choose the term that matches the definition: the process by which a characteristic spreads across space from one place to another over time.
diffusion
distribution
globalization
connectivity
Choose the term that matches the definition: contact diminishes with increasing distance and eventually disappears.
distance decay
diffusion
distribution
accessibility
Choose the term that matches the definition: the arrangement of a feature in space.
density
distribution
concentration
formal region
Choose the term that matches the definition: the theory that the physical environment causes social development.
environmental determinism
cultural ecology
formal region
core‑periphery
Choose the term that matches the definition: the parallel with the largest circumference and the place with 12 hours of daylight (0 degrees latitude).
prime meridian
equator
Greenwich Mean Time
latitude
Choose the individual described: created the word geography, accepted the Earth is spherical, calculated its circumference, and created a map of the Earth dividing it into climatic regions.
Ptolemy
Eratosthenes
Mercator
Humboldt
Choose the term that matches the definition: the spread of a feature from one place to another in a snowballing process.
expansion diffusion
contagious diffusion
hierarchical diffusion
distance decay
Choose the term that matches the definition: an area within which everyone shares in a common one or more distinctive characteristics.
functional region
formal region
core‑periphery
cultural landscape
Choose the term that matches the definition: an area organized around a node or central point.
formal region
functional region
hearth
distribution
Choose the term that matches the definition: a computer system that can capture, store, query, analyze, and display geographic data.
GPS
GIS
cartography
remote sensing
