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AP Human Geography Semester 1 Exam Review
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- 1. Multiple Choice
The relationship among people and objects across space is defined as
scale
connection
diffusion
density
location
- 2. Multiple Choice
The art and science of making maps is
cardemography
cartography
topography
geomorphology
geography
- 3. Multiple Choice
Scale is
the system used by geographers to transfer locations from a globe to a map.
the spread of a phenomenon over a given area.
the difference in elevation between two points in an area.
the relationship between the length of an object on a map and that feature on the landscape.
the ratio of the largest to smallest areas on a map.
- 4. Multiple Choice
1:24,000 is an example of what kind of scale?
a bar line
a metric scale
a graphic scale
a written scale
a ratio or fraction
- 5. Multiple Choice
A mathematical process for transferring locations from a globe to a flat map is a(n)
distribution.
interruption.
rendition.
scale.
projection.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Sustainability
eliminates the use of nonrenewable resources.
curtails the use of nonrenewable resources and controlling the use of renewable resources to ensure availability in the future.
demands the elimination of fossil fuel use.
curtails the use of renewable resources and controls the use of nonrenewable resources to ensure availability in the future.
encourages wholesale dependence on wood products.
- 7. Multiple Choice
The name of a location on Earth's surface is a
scale name.
site.
situation.
toponym.
geonym.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Situation identifies a place by its
location relative to other objects or places.
mathematical location on Earth's surface.
nominal location.
unique, internal physical and cultural characteristics.
primary dimensions.
- 9. Multiple Choice
The Earth area of permanent human settlement is called the
hot zone.
civilized world.
geophenom.
ecumene.
subpolar region.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Relatively few people live at ________, but there are significant exceptions, especially in low latitudes.
low elevations
sea-level
high elevations
or near coastlines
the poles
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is NOT a physical environment where human beings are likely to avoid clustering?
hot lands
dry lands
high lands
cold lands
wet lands
- 12. Multiple Choice
Arithmetic density is
the total amount of land in a country.
the amount of land available for farming.
the amount of land available for people to build houses on.
the total number of people in a country.
the total number of objects in an area.
- 13. Multiple Choice
The percentage by which a population grows in years is called the
doubling time.
crude birth rate.
natural increase rate.
total fertility rate.
life expectancy.
- 14. Multiple Choice
The average number of births women bear in their lifetimes is
total birth rate.
crude birth rate.
total fertility rate.
total increase rate.
crude fertility rate.
- 15. Multiple Choice
The lowest crude birth rates are found in countries in which stage of the demographic transition?
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
None of these stages
- 16. Multiple Choice
Zero population growth is best represented by a
TFR of 2.1 percent.
doubling rate of 2.1 percent.
CBR equal to the CDR.
negative NIR.
CDR greater than CBR.
- 17. Multiple Choice
The frequent repetition of an act, to the extent that it becomes characteristic of a group of people, is a
custom.
popular culture.
habit.
taboo.
character trait.
- 18. Multiple Choice
A repetitive act performed by an individual is a
custom.
popular culture.
habit.
taboo.
character trait.
- 19. Multiple Choice
In contrast to folk culture, popular culture is typical of large and
homogeneous groups.
heterogeneous groups.
groups living in isolated rural areas.
groups that have little interaction with other groups.
groups of specialists.
- 20. Multiple Choice
Terroir refers to
a group’s sense of place.
a group’s food taboos.
the relationship between the physical environment and culture.
an act of violence that may have been, in part, a reaction against globalization.
the sum of the effects of the local environment on a food item.
- 21. Multiple Choice
A restriction on behavior imposed by social custom is a
folk culture.
habit.
popular culture.
taboo.
tariff.
- 22. Multiple Choice
________ has been the most important mechanism by which popular culture has rapidly diffused across the globe.
Mass migrations
Radio technology
Word of mouth
Printed media
Television
- 23. Multiple Choice
Marriage dowries in India reflect
that some families value male children more.
a legally enforced tradition.
a popular fad.
the value of women as mothers and wives.
that most families value female children more.
- 24. Multiple Choice
Folk cultures are spread primarily by
contagious diffusion.
hierarchical diffusion.
relocation diffusion.
stimulus diffusion.
epidemic diffusion.
- 25. Multiple Choice
The largest number of legal, documented and illegal, undocumented immigrants to the United States come from what country?
the Philippines
Dominican Republic
South Korea
Mexico
Cuba
- 26. Multiple Choice
A principal pull factor in California in the 1840s was
a “dust bowl.”
the Great Plains.
a war with Mexico.
a gold rush.
a “nitrate rush.”
- 27. Multiple Choice
Brain Drain is
the process by which people are given reference for migration.
a cultural feature that hinders migration.
people forced to migrate for political reasons.
the large-scale emigration of talented people.
a net decline in literacy.
- 28. Multiple Choice
The most prominent type of intraregional migration in the world is
rural to urban.
city to city.
north to south.
urban to rural.
region to region.
- 29. Multiple Choice
The most important pull factor for migrants to North America today is
political
economic
forced
environmental
geomagnetic
- 30. Multiple Choice
Counterurbanization is
due to expanding suburbs.
migration to rural areas and small towns from central cities or suburbs.
the trend of the elderly retiring to communities in southern states such as Arizona or Florida.
moving from an urban core to suburban areas.
the decline of the inner-city infrastructure.
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