AP Human Geography

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1. What is remote sensing?

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2. What is cultural landscape?
Globalization allows money and products to be transacted very - very quickly - with thanks to modern technology. However - it has heightened economic differences among some places.
MDCs
Defined by Carl Sauer - it is the area of Earth modified by human habitation.
Islands of Java - Sumatra - Borneo - Sulawesi - and Philippines.


3. What is projection?

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4. What is a map?

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5. In stage 2 what happens to CDR and CBR?
The spread of something from one key person or node of authority and power to other lower persons or places.
A low agricultural density because they have technology to make up for farmers. This frees farmers to work in factories and such.
CDR plummets and CBR stays pretty much the same.
The geometric arrangement of objects in space.


6. All of the top population clusters have what similarities?
An area of Earth distinguished by a distinctive combination of cultural and physical features.
Easy access to water - low lying areas - fertile soil - temperate climate.
A piece of land that is created by draining water from an area.
Portuguese.


7. Who was the first to demonstrate that Earth is spherical?
Defined by Carl Sauer - it is the area of Earth modified by human habitation.
It continues to grow - because CBR is higher than CDR.
Aristotle.
A two dimensional model of Earth's surface - or a portion of it.


8. About how many people are being added to the world yearly?
Zero duh fatso.
80 million
The spread of an idea through the physical movements of people.
Tropical climates - dry climates - warm mid-latitude climates - cold mid-latitude climates - and polar climates.


9. What is distribution?
The science of map-making.
The physical character of a place.
The arrangement of a feature in a space.
Islands of Java - Sumatra - Borneo - Sulawesi - and Philippines.


10. Virtually 100% of the world's Natural Increase is located where?
The name given to a place on Earth.
- Improved medical technologies ensure newborns to live a full life - so parents will have less. - People are more likely to work in offices or shops rather than in farms - so they don't need lots of kids to help with chores on the farm.
Dry - wet - cold - or high.
LDCs


11. What is The Board of Geographical Names?
An area of Earth distinguished by a distinctive combination of cultural and physical features.
1. More people are alive now than any other point in Earth's history. 2. The world's population has increased a lot lately 3. Virtually all population growth is concentrated in LDCs.
Global Positioning System. A system that determines one's exact location on Earth.
A committee established in the late nineteenth century to be the final arbiter of names on U.S. maps.


12. What is GMT?
Global Positioning System. A system that determines one's exact location on Earth.
The relationship between a map's distances and the actual distances on Earth.
Greenwich Mean Time. The internationally agreed upon official time reference for Earth.
The Netherlands.


13. What was the industrial revolution?
The total number of people per unit of arable land.
The longitude at which one moves forward or backward 1 day.
A period of improvements in industrial technology - like the invention of steam engines and mass production.
East Asia - South Asia - Europe - Southeast Asia.


14. Where are the highest populations in Europe?
Islands of Java - Sumatra - Borneo - Sulawesi - and Philippines.
The number of people in an area exceeds the capacity of the environment to support life at a decent standard of living.
Near the coalfields of England - Germany - and Belgium.
China.


15. How is NIR in stage 3?
One's perceived image of the surrounding landscape's organization.
Greenwich Mean Time. The internationally agreed upon official time reference for Earth.
It declines.
LDCs


16. What is the equation for arithmetic density?
It continues to grow - because CBR is higher than CDR.
Total number of people divided by total land area.
The spread of an idea through the physical movements of people.
A process that involves the entire world and results in making something worldwide in scope.


17. What is a toponym?
The name given to a place on Earth.
CBR and CDR.
The body of customary beliefs - material traits - and social forms that constitute the distinct tradition of a group of people.
Greenwich Mean Time. The internationally agreed upon official time reference for Earth.


18. What is stimulus diffusion?
The spread of an underlying principle - even if the characteristic itself fails to diffuse.
Dutch.
It continues to decline - but not as rapidly as in stage 2.
The scientific study of population characteristics.


19. What is situation?
The location of a place relative to other places.
The total number of farmers per unit of arable land.
Portuguese.
Globalization allows money and products to be transacted very - very quickly - with thanks to modern technology. However - it has heightened economic differences among some places.


20. What is Meridian?
A process that involves the entire world and results in making something worldwide in scope.
Eratosthenes.
Longitude. An arc drawn between the North and South poles.
One's perceived image of the surrounding landscape's organization.


21. Place names have what kind of origins in S. Africa?
The spread of an idea through 'snowballing.' This is further divided into 3 subgroups.
CBR and CDR.
Dutch.
Babylonian clay tablets.


22. The reason behind many countries entering stage 2 after 1750 was...?
The rapid - widespread diffusion of a feature or trend throughout a population.
The industrial revolution.
Hierarchical - contagious - and stimulus.
Globalization allows money and products to be transacted very - very quickly - with thanks to modern technology. However - it has heightened economic differences among some places.


23. Climate of often classified using a system developed by who?
Portuguese.
Defined by Carl Sauer - it is the area of Earth modified by human habitation.
German Vladimir Koppen.
When CBR begans to drop sharply.


24. What are the two kinds of diffusion?
It shoots up like a rocket ship.
It continues to decline - but not as rapidly as in stage 2.
Relocation and expansion.
A two dimensional model of Earth's surface - or a portion of it.


25. How many countries are still in stage 1?
Zero duh fatso.
- Improved medical technologies ensure newborns to live a full life - so parents will have less. - People are more likely to work in offices or shops rather than in farms - so they don't need lots of kids to help with chores on the farm.
A process that involves the entire world and results in making something worldwide in scope.
The new machines resulted in fact agricultural production - which caused more wealth - which meant more money towards sanitation and personal hygiene.


26. Who was the first person to use the word 'geography'?
The total number of farmers per unit of arable land.
Eratosthenes.
A low agricultural density because they have technology to make up for farmers. This frees farmers to work in factories and such.
Tropical climates - dry climates - warm mid-latitude climates - cold mid-latitude climates - and polar climates.


27. How is the NIR in stage 2?
1/5.
The demographic transition.
It shoots up like a rocket ship.
The industrial revolution.


28. What countries does the East Asian region include?
A process that involves the entire world and results in making something worldwide in scope.
The demographic transition.
MDCs
Japan - Korea - and Taiwan - and China.


29. What is the world's most populous country?
China.
The geometric arrangement of objects in space.
The first.
Islands of Java - Sumatra - Borneo - Sulawesi - and Philippines.


30. What is a place?
The physical character of a place.
- Improved medical technologies ensure newborns to live a full life - so parents will have less. - People are more likely to work in offices or shops rather than in farms - so they don't need lots of kids to help with chores on the farm.
A specific point on Earth distinguished by a particular character.
A place that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity.


31. How is globalization affecting world cultures?

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32. What is a polder?
LDCs
A piece of land that is created by draining water from an area.
The geometric arrangement of objects in space.
Global Positioning System. A system that determines one's exact location on Earth.


33. What is a region?
CDR plummets and CBR stays pretty much the same.
Dry - wet - cold - or high.
An area of Earth distinguished by a distinctive combination of cultural and physical features.
The method of transferring locations on Earth's surface to a map.


34. Parallel
The first.
Latitude. A circle drawn around the globe PARALLEL to the equator.
India - Pakistan - Bangladesh - and Sri Lanka.
Tropical climates - dry climates - warm mid-latitude climates - cold mid-latitude climates - and polar climates.


35. Who were the pioneers of environmental determinism?
Florida.
Alex con Humboldt and Carl Ritter.
One's perceived image of the surrounding landscape's organization.
An area of Earth distinguished by a distinctive combination of cultural and physical features.


36. What were the results of the medical revolution in recent LDCs?
They eliminated many traditional causes of death and enambled more people to experience longer and healthier lives.
The acquisition of data about Earth's surface from a satellite.
The spread of an idea through 'snowballing.' This is further divided into 3 subgroups.
CBR and CDR.


37. What is distance decay?
The first.
An area within which everyone shares one or more distinctive characteristics.
The medical revolution.
The diminishing in importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin.


38. What is contagious diffusion?
The counter to environmental determinism; the belief that while environment may limit certain actions of a people - it cannot TOTALLY predestine their development - and humans may adapt.
The portion of Earth's surface permanently occupied by humans.
The spread of an idea through the physical movements of people.
The rapid - widespread diffusion of a feature or trend throughout a population.


39. What is overall population like during stage 3?
It continues to grow - because CBR is higher than CDR.
Japan - Korea - and Taiwan - and China.
The scientific study of population characteristics.
The geographic study of human-environment relations.


40. What was the NIR like in the first stage of the demographic transition?
Stayed around zero.
The rapid - widespread diffusion of a feature or trend throughout a population.
The method of transferring locations on Earth's surface to a map.
The number of people in an area exceeds the capacity of the environment to support life at a decent standard of living.


41. What is agricultural density?
A process that involves the entire world and results in making something worldwide in scope.
Relocation and expansion.
The total number of farmers per unit of arable land.
The medical revolution.


42. Africa - Asia - and Latin America entered stage 2 for a different reason than the previous countries had. What was this push?
The medical revolution.
The physical character of a place.
Geographic Information System. A computer that can capture - store - query - analyze - and display geographic data.
LDCs


43. What is TFR?
Total fertility rate. The average number of births a woman will have in her lifetime during her childbearing years.
India - Pakistan - Bangladesh - and Sri Lanka.
The relationship between a map's distances and the actual distances on Earth.
A two dimensional model of Earth's surface - or a portion of it.


44. Why does CBR decline in stage 3?

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45. What is density?
The location of a place relative to other places.
The geographic study of human-environment relations.
The frequency with which something occurs.
The rapid - widespread diffusion of a feature or trend throughout a population.


46. Africa - Asia - and Latin America entered stage 2 when?
A piece of land that is created by draining water from an area.
The total number of people per unit of arable land.
A low agricultural density because they have technology to make up for farmers. This frees farmers to work in factories and such.
Around the 1950s.


47. What is a geographic model that divides a country's development into 4 stages based on its population growth patterns?
A specific point on Earth distinguished by a particular character.
Crude death rate. The total number of deaths per every 1000 people per year.
The demographic transition.
The longitude at which one moves forward or backward 1 day.


48. What is GIS?
The number of years needed to double a population - assuming a constant NIR.
Geographic Information System. A computer that can capture - store - query - analyze - and display geographic data.
Zero duh fatso.
The spread of something from one key person or node of authority and power to other lower persons or places.


49. What is cartography?
Latitude. A circle drawn around the globe PARALLEL to the equator.
The science of map-making.
The diffufsion of medical technology from MDCs to the LDCs.
80 million


50. What is the International Date Line?
The longitude at which one moves forward or backward 1 day.
The science of map-making.
1.2%
The body of customary beliefs - material traits - and social forms that constitute the distinct tradition of a group of people.