APHG Test Review

Idea that impressions/experiences are filtered thru lens of our own culture is called

States with federal forms of government must also have

Ag techniques developed in temperate areas are bad for wet tropical climates bc rainforest soil

_ describes a group of people w/ a common ethnic ID that's spread out over a large area.

The word "geography" literally means

The Kurds are an example of an ethnic group that

Geographical research that applies to only 1 place or region is

Von Thunen's model of rural land use is based on which of the following premises?

_ maps work well for locating/navigating while _ display 1+ variables across a specific place.

According to Malthus _ grows linear (arithmetically) while _ grows exponentially (geometric).

How long did it take hunter-gatherers to reach southern tip of SA after arrival in Alaska?

The greatest concentration of linguistic diversity on earth is in

Primate cities are those that

NYC is divided into 5 ____ in order to better organize social services for millions of people.

Since 1960 difference between per capita GNP of world's wealthiest and poorest countires has

Hearths of early Eurasian agriculture were generally located

Cartographic scale refers to

In the world systems model, the core nations of the world are

Longitude is

Where would you expect to find the highest rate of population growth?

_ involves econ/political domination of 1 state over another, _ includes offical gov't rule.

Slash-and-burn agriculture meets all the following conditions except

Latitude is

All choropleth maps use

Which religion originated in India & spread to SE Asia, Indonesia, & Japan?

___ by industrialized nations has had extreme environmental consequences, according to India.

Which of the following is true about language extinctions?

In the gravity model of spatial interaction, population & distance

Primary economic activities involve

Core-periphery patterns exist within countries as well as among them. In the US, they include

One important consequence of cultural extinction is that

What theory explains urban areas organized based on their functions & goods/services they offer

Which projection places the North or South Pole at the center of the view?

The study of interaction between human cultures and natural ecosystems is called

Spatial diffuson that occurs between nodes without being absorbed by other groups is called

cartography is the art and science of

Sources of forced migration include

In the following distance decay function

Religious practices that combine traditional tribal elements with Christianity is called

Advanced econ countries may produce more pollution than less econ advanced countries because

Balkanization may result from all of the following factors except

_ borders two continents, making it the intersection of many cultures & religions.

The Pleistocene overkill theory argues that

By 2020, most of the world's biggest cities will be located in

The demographic transition model says that

Which model of urban geography best desribes this map?

ina 1995 plebiscite, Quebec sought what?

A population pyramid

In distance decay models the slope of the decay function illustrates

Hearth regions of early agriculture included present day