AP Human Geography

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1. What are resources?
Smaller cultures are slowly diminishing as popular culture takes over - and many argue that 'western' culture is destroying many other cultures.
The substances found on Earth that are useful to people.
Infant mortality rate. The annual number of deaths of infants under one year old compared to number of live births.
Florida.


2. Who was the first person to use the word 'geography'?
Portuguese.
Dutch.
1.2%
Eratosthenes.


3. What was the NIR like in the first stage of the demographic transition?
The method of transferring locations on Earth's surface to a map.
The agricultural revolution.
Stayed around zero.
A piece of land that is created by draining water from an area.


4. The worlds NIR in the first decade of the 21st century is...?
An area of Earth distinguished by a distinctive combination of cultural and physical features.
A period of improvements in industrial technology - like the invention of steam engines and mass production.
1.2%
India - Pakistan - Bangladesh - and Sri Lanka.


5. Factors with similar distributions have what?
The agricultural revolution.
One's perceived image of the surrounding landscape's organization.
German Vladimir Koppen.
Spatial association.


6. What is culture?
The total number of people per unit of arable land.
It shoots up like a rocket ship.
Dutch.
The body of customary beliefs - material traits - and social forms that constitute the distinct tradition of a group of people.


7. About how many people are being added to the world yearly?
The relationship between a map's distances and the actual distances on Earth.
MDCs
Hearths.
80 million


8. What is expansion diffusion?

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9. What is remote sensing?

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10. What is concentration?

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11. What is a geographic model that divides a country's development into 4 stages based on its population growth patterns?
The spread of an idea through 'snowballing.' This is further divided into 3 subgroups.
MDCs
The demographic transition.
Japan - Korea - and Taiwan - and China.


12. What European country has been thoroughly modified again and again?
The Netherlands.
The scientific study of population characteristics.
A period of improvements in industrial technology - like the invention of steam engines and mass production.
Geographic Information System. A computer that can capture - store - query - analyze - and display geographic data.


13. What is physiological density?
The total number of people per unit of arable land.
A piece of land that is created by draining water from an area.
Crude death rate. The total number of deaths per every 1000 people per year.
Total fertility rate. The average number of births a woman will have in her lifetime during her childbearing years.


14. The reason behind many countries entering stage 2 after 1750 was...?
The location of a place relative to other places.
The body of customary beliefs - material traits - and social forms that constitute the distinct tradition of a group of people.
The industrial revolution.
India - Pakistan - Bangladesh - and Sri Lanka.


15. What is relocation diffusion?
The longitude at which one moves forward or backward 1 day.
The spread of an idea through the physical movements of people.
A period of improvements in industrial technology - like the invention of steam engines and mass production.
A specific point on Earth distinguished by a particular character.


16. What is CDR?
Crude birth rate. The total number of live births per every 1000 people per year.
Crude death rate. The total number of deaths per every 1000 people per year.
The portion of Earth's surface permanently occupied by humans.
The position that something occupies on Earth's surface.


17. What are the 3 subgroups of expansion diffusion?
An area of Earth distinguished by a distinctive combination of cultural and physical features.
Hierarchical - contagious - and stimulus.
Yangtze and Huang.
The longitude at which one moves forward or backward 1 day.


18. What is diffusion?
The process by which a characteristic spreads over space.
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.
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.
The substances found on Earth that are useful to people.


19. What is TFR?
The spread of something from one key person or node of authority and power to other lower persons or places.
Total fertility rate. The average number of births a woman will have in her lifetime during her childbearing years.
MDCs
A piece of land that is created by draining water from an area.


20. What countries does the South Asian region include?
Latitude. A circle drawn around the globe PARALLEL to the equator.
The method of transferring locations on Earth's surface to a map.
India - Pakistan - Bangladesh - and Sri Lanka.
The Netherlands.


21. What is cartography?
Stayed around zero.
The new machines resulted in fact agricultural production - which caused more wealth - which meant more money towards sanitation and personal hygiene.
The Netherlands.
The science of map-making.


22. What is the world's most populous country?
The frequency with which something occurs.
Stayed around zero.
A committee established in the late nineteenth century to be the final arbiter of names on U.S. maps.
China.


23. What were the results of the medical revolution in recent LDCs?
The number of people in an area exceeds the capacity of the environment to support life at a decent standard of living.
The belief that the physical environment directly CAUSES social development.
When CBR begans to drop sharply.
They eliminated many traditional causes of death and enambled more people to experience longer and healthier lives.


24. Parallel
Latitude. A circle drawn around the globe PARALLEL to the equator.
A place that people believe exists as part of their cultural identity.
A two dimensional model of Earth's surface - or a portion of it.
The scientific study of population characteristics.


25. A country moves from stage 2 to 3 when CBR does what?
1/5.
Around the 1950s.
The rapid - widespread diffusion of a feature or trend throughout a population.
When CBR begans to drop sharply.


26. What is contagious diffusion?
Aristotle.
The rapid - widespread diffusion of a feature or trend throughout a population.
Dutch.
A low agricultural density because they have technology to make up for farmers. This frees farmers to work in factories and such.


27. What is a map?

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28. Climate of often classified using a system developed by who?
German Vladimir Koppen.
The relationship between a map's distances and the actual distances on Earth.
It declines.
The industrial revolution.


29. What is agricultural density?
The frequency with which something occurs.
The total number of farmers per unit of arable land.
The arrangement of a feature in a space.
A two dimensional model of Earth's surface - or a portion of it.


30. Vladimir Koppen's climate classifications divides Earth into 5 climate regions - which are...
The scientific study of population characteristics.
Spatial association.
Tropical climates - dry climates - warm mid-latitude climates - cold mid-latitude climates - and polar climates.
Yangtze and Huang.


31. What is site?
The geographic study of human-environment relations.
The geometric arrangement of objects in space.
The physical character of a place.
Near the coalfields of England - Germany - and Belgium.


32. Where is two-thirds of the world's population clustered - in order of highest population to lowest population?
The diminishing in importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin.
East Asia - South Asia - Europe - Southeast Asia.
Eratosthenes.
They eliminated many traditional causes of death and enambled more people to experience longer and healthier lives.


33. What is globalization?
Natural increase rate. The percentage by which a population grows in a year - excluding migration.
A process that involves the entire world and results in making something worldwide in scope.
The belief that the physical environment directly CAUSES social development.
The new machines resulted in fact agricultural production - which caused more wealth - which meant more money towards sanitation and personal hygiene.


34. What is stimulus diffusion?
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.
The industrial revolution.
The spread of an underlying principle - even if the characteristic itself fails to diffuse.
An area of Earth distinguished by a distinctive combination of cultural and physical features.


35. What is density?
Near the coalfields of England - Germany - and Belgium.
Crude death rate. The total number of deaths per every 1000 people per year.
The frequency with which something occurs.
Global Positioning System. A system that determines one's exact location on Earth.


36. What is the equation for arithmetic density?
Relocation and expansion.
Total number of people divided by total land area.
The science of map-making.
LDCs


37. Place names have what kind of origins in S. Africa?
Dutch.
The spread of an underlying principle - even if the characteristic itself fails to diffuse.
China.
The first domestication of animals and plants.


38. What is hierarchical diffusion?
The spread of something from one key person or node of authority and power to other lower persons or places.
The first domestication of animals and plants.
The diminishing in importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin.
Longitude. An arc drawn between the North and South poles.


39. How is globalization affecting the world's economy?
The frequency with which something occurs.
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.
Geographic Information System. A computer that can capture - store - query - analyze - and display geographic data.
When CBR begans to drop sharply.


40. What is distance decay?
The name given to a place on Earth.
The diminishing in importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin.
The longitude at which one moves forward or backward 1 day.
Islands of Java - Sumatra - Borneo - Sulawesi - and Philippines.


41. What is projection?

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42. Who were the pioneers of environmental determinism?
Alex con Humboldt and Carl Ritter.
The geographic study of human-environment relations.
Yangtze and Huang.
Portuguese.


43. What is the International Date Line?
The average a number of years a newborn can expect to live at current mortality levels.
The position that something occupies on Earth's surface.
India - Pakistan - Bangladesh - and Sri Lanka.
The longitude at which one moves forward or backward 1 day.


44. How many countries are still in stage 1?
1.2%
The scientific study of population characteristics.
Defined by Carl Sauer - it is the area of Earth modified by human habitation.
Zero duh fatso.


45. What is scale?

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46. What is IMR?
The name given to a place on Earth.
China.
Infant mortality rate. The annual number of deaths of infants under one year old compared to number of live births.
The spread of an idea through 'snowballing.' This is further divided into 3 subgroups.


47. What is arithmetic density?
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 position that something occupies on Earth's surface.
The total number of people per unit of arable land.
The new machines resulted in fact agricultural production - which caused more wealth - which meant more money towards sanitation and personal hygiene.


48. Around 8000 BC - the world population started increasing because of what?
A specific point on Earth distinguished by a particular character.
The agricultural revolution.
The spread of an idea through 'snowballing.' This is further divided into 3 subgroups.
The belief that the physical environment directly CAUSES social development.


49. What is GMT?
Greenwich Mean Time. The internationally agreed upon official time reference for Earth.
It continues to grow - because CBR is higher than CDR.
The arrangement of a feature in a space.
The process by which a characteristic spreads over space.


50. What is life expectancy?
The average a number of years a newborn can expect to live at current mortality levels.
The geographic study of human-environment relations.
The process by which a characteristic spreads over space.
Crude birth rate. The total number of live births per every 1000 people per year.