AP Human Geo

Africa experienced a period of decolonization and creation of many new states when?

Skin color is a matter of what pigmentation, a protective element against strong sun.

According to the text, which of the following is considered a state?

Which describes the general direction that the US population center has moved since 1970?

The youngest major religion is:

Coffee was domesticated in Ethiopia. Today, 70% of production is in:

The building of a sense of community identity around the idea of "Swedish-ness" in Kansas is:

Which of the following states fits the morphology description of compact?

Which of the following nations is considered a stateless-nation?

Mackinder's concerns of Stalin's control led to the development of containment in the US and to

The linguistic map of Nigeria reflects extreme fragmentation with nearly ___ languages spoken

Alfred Wegner used his spatial view of the world to develop the theory of:

The boundaries of rocky crustal plates are associated with:

Which economic activity is not counted in GNP calculations?

Gross National Income does not include:

Which geographical theme would study the impact of the drainage of the Florida Everglades?

The Hindu religion is one of the oldest of the religions and may have begun ___ years ago.

Guatemala's agricultural sector produced 22.7% of the country's GDP and employs:

Presently, most population growth in the world is occurring where?

Which is am example of a non-material aspect of culture?

The boundaries of this country are being contested by the Palestinians.

Which commodity would be found closest to the market town in von Thunen's model?

Any political power based in the center of Eurasia could gain enough strength to dominate.

By 1960, Mexico no longer depended on imports as production of this crop rose dramatically

Fragmented states can help create which type of forces within a state?

The Dave Matthews Band established a ____ in VA and gained popularity through _____

The most recent glaciation of the Pleistocene was the ______ Glaciation.

The world's largest dominantly Islamic state is:

According to Carl Sauer, the earliest plant domestication __________.

The correct name for the rectangular language division scheme in the US after the American Rev:

The largest major population concentration of North America is

Form of villages still existing in many rural landscapes that remind of a turbulent past:

A high dependency ratio suggests that a large percentage of the population is...

Which form of diffusion cannot be transmitted by media?

The degree of direct linkage btw one location and other location in a transport network:

The Second Agricultural Revolution can generally be traced to Europe within what time frame?

Which of the following is not an example of a form of expansion diffusion?

At which scale to boundary disputes occur?

The most prevalent rural residential pattern in the world's agricultural areas is:

Hutterites differ form the Amish in that they...

What percentage of the Earth's surface is covered by water?

Yugoslavia was a prime example of a:

In areas of shifting cultivation the population _________.

The importance of the spatial approach that geographers use in their studies is that it shows:

The Proto-Indo-European language homeland lies somewhere north of the...

Convergence processes that produce a pidgin language are first introduced to a population as a:

Which is an example of an interfaith (boundary) conflict?

Which of these sub-regions recently gained more central government powers with parliament?

The same ultraviolet radiation intercepted by darkly pigmented skin stimulates this production

What region of North America is most densely populated?

The concept that the US was ordained by God to expand across North America was:

Buying a Native American styled dream catcher at a Wal-Mart store in Ohio is an example of:

Central government with subnational entities that have representation in governmental processes

The product of convergence which allows speakers of two or more languages to communicate:

The visible imprint of human activity is known as:

Two Russian scholars have established the core of the pre-porto-Indo-European language named:

The Spanish invaders of Middle America, centuries ago, laid out villages and towns in what form

In villages everywhere, social stratification is reflected by:

Sikhism is a small compromise religion that arose form the confrontation between Hinduism and:

According to Ravenstein's Laws of Migration, which group is most likely to move?

The most widely used Indo-European language today is:

Fair trade coffee buyers certify that ___% of the retail price goes to the coffee growers.

A boundary that uses physiological features like rivers or mountains is referred to as a(n):

Plant life and photosynthesis began about 1.5 billion years ago and increased the:

Bio-genetic engineering allows growing of new strains in more arid regions to meet demand of:

The faith that is most widely dispersed over the world is:

The greatest concentration of streets memorializing MLK, Jr. are found in:

Latin octo (eight) became Italian otto, Spanish ocho and French huit. This is an example of?

Japan is a hearth of global popular culture that influences North America with...

In recent years, many wooded areas in ___ have been deforested to provide beef to the US.

Organic food is found in _____ areas.

Life expectancy is:

Since 1950, this part of the developing world has seen a dramatic increase in population

_____ refers to the infusing of a locality with meaning and emotion.

The geologic epoch, characterized by global warming, in which we are now living:

Which is not an example of a primary economic activity?

The form of agriculture that refers to a particular climate is:

TRUE/FALSE: The study of landforms, climates and environmental change is physical geography

Language tree diagram of language divergence has some branches with dead ends that represent?

Cultural geographers identify a single element of normal practice as:

Which of the following is the best example of a nation-state?

TRUE/FALSE: Functional regions are the product of interaction and movement

Which of the following is not generally a characteristic of an ethnic religion?

The Little Ice age was pieced together by farmer's diaries. Those of these were most useful.

Which country has a low arithmetic density, but a high physiological density?

Rice cultivation in Southeast Asia is largely a _______ activity.

The Sea of Galilee forms a large freshwater reservoir in the Jordan Valley and supplies mainly:

This type of state has a centralized government and administration that exercises equal control

Corn of the American "Corn Belt" originated in:

A group of people in a particular space who see themselves as a community and who share traits

All of the following tend to be centripetal forces within a country except:

The ____ of a group of people included the things they construct.

In the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, for a judge to be appointed to the country's courts:

Newspaper delivery areas are an example of which type of region?

Humans do not populate in large numbers to

Branch of geography that focuses on landforms, climate, soils and vegetation of the Earth is:

Most scholars believe that seed cultivation (!st Agricultural Revolution) occurred in:

The greater the distance from the hearth, the less likely an innovation will be adopted

Geographer Lee Liu found soils in intensively used fields near villages were:

Which region of the US do geometric boundaries predominate?

In order to replace its population only, a country needs a total fertility rate of...

The US is the most prolific producer of solid waste, producing about __ lbs per person per day.

_____ culture is conceived as small, incorporating a homogeneous populationand typically rural

Is is estimated that ___% of the Sub-Saharan realm's food is produced by females.

Race is:

Depletion of the ozone layer is caused by the release of ____ into the atmosphere.

The largest source of international immigrants to the US is from:

When a husband migrates from Mexico to US and earns money to allow for his family to migrate

Presently, natural increase in population is primarily due to...

Following the disintegration of the former Soviet Union, the only surviving superpower was:

The spread of disease where nearly all adjacent individuals are affected is an example of:

___ of internet content is in English.

The Peace of Westphalia ________

Buddhism has its source in:

A geographic boundary within which a particular linguistic feature occurs is called a/an:

The world distribution of precipitation is concentrated in:

The Global Environmental Facility funds projects related to four issues. Which is not one?

Taro, yams and bananas are associated with the ______ hearth, according to Spencer and Thomas.

This 20th century communist empire controlled many weaker satellite states in Eastern Europe.

Select the group that is not a supranational organization.

The concept that which population will continue to grow even after fertility rates decline

An example of a country with a population pyramid that has a large base is...

The fundamental doctrine of the Hindu faith is :

Nigeria has federal system of government in which they adopted the ___ law in the Muslim North.

The largest constituency of Christianity is:

Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) was perhaps the first prominent Indian religious leader to:

The linking of places by common traits or characteristics is defined as:

One element of the conflict in Sri Lanka is differences of these two religions:

Globally, the consumption of resources is tied to _______ more than any other factor.

The concept of culture is closely identified with:

The most dangerous volcano, _________, erupted about 73,500 years ago.

It is estimated that _____ of the world's population is seriously malnourished.

The four major population clusters in the world include the following regions except...

TRUE/FALSE: Details of the distribution of wealth in the US features typical at global scale

Demand for organic foods is greatest in:

Uneven distribution of wealth and political power after colonialism was due to wealth in:

In 2001, reports indicated that as many as ___ women may have been victims of dowry deaths.

Which of the following is an example of a nation seeking its own territory?

Which of the following is considered a sovereign state?

The "lost city" located in Sun City, South Africa is a good example of:

The text focuses on 1 local culture in its attempts to lessen the influence of foreign culture

The arithmetic population density of the US is _____ per square mile.

TRUE/FALSE: Cultures live in spatial isolation and show little change as a result of diffusion

Environmental determinism was replaced be which approach to geography in the late 20th century?

The presence of centrifugal forces within a country has led to diffusion of power called:

Reasons why a person feels compelled to leave his or her home area is:

In political geography, these forces tend to disrupt and threaten the unity of a state.

The phenomenon that the farther a feature moves from a hearth, the less dominant it is

NAFTA is a supranationalistic organization which attempted to create a free trade zone where?

The systematic study of the origin and meaning of place names is called:

By 1992, the most widely grown crop was a product of the Green Revolution, IR36, a type of:

The highest Crude Birth Rates (CBR) in the world are found in...

Which of the following US regional associations is incorrect?

Which type of boundary uses lines of latitude and longitude and not existing physical features?

When places are "designed" either for women or then they are said to be:

Map in which data are assigned to class intervals and colors/patterns to distinguish magnitude:

The basic unit of the township-and-range system, the section, has an area of:

A tsunami's waves result from:

Government efforts to discourage native practice and languages in the US and Canada were:

Hawaii and Louisiana are examples of states with...

The Hajj, one of the "pillars of Islam" is:

What is the most residentially segregated metropolitan area for African Americans?

The rise of secularism and decline of religious membership are found in:

This sub field of geography studies political, economic and strategic significance

Spread of ideas, traits, knowledge and skills from place of origin to areas where adopted

The physical location of a place using the Earth latitude-longitude grid is:

Which types of countries usually encompass diverse types of climates, resources and peoples?

The naming of sports stadiums and other facilities for corporations is an example of:

In von Thunen's model there was a concentric circle of forest around the city because _______.

Roman Catholic Christianity was spread to Middle and South American by:

A form of tropical subsistence agriculture in which fields are rotated after short periods:

In which area of the world are countries in stage one of the demographic transition model found

The mental map you have of places you routinely visit is a map of your:

The Confucian Classics were the 13 texts that were the focus of education 2,000 years ago in:

The ratio of percent labor force to percent of GDP in the agricultural sector of Canada means?

Geomancers, those who know the desires of the spirits of those occupying the natural world are:

Which region has a high percentage of geometric boundaries to separate states?

Which of the following countries has the lowest arithmetic density?

Examples of luxury crops include:

TRUE/FALSE: Cholera outbreaks have not occurred in the Twentieth Century

The boundaries between which set of countries were established primarily to separate religions?

Political boundaries that most poorly represent the linguistic boundaries are of this region:

Which of the following agricultural activities is widespread in the NE US and NW Europe?

Jerusalem is a sacred place for:

The coordinates of absolute location are useful mainly in determining exact:

The language most widely used as a 2nd language by millions of Indians, Africans, etc.:

In terms of popular culture, cities like Paris, New York and Milan are referred to as...

During the Cold War era, which two countries balanced the power of one another?

Which of the following would not be part of the cultural landscape?

Friedrich Ratzel's organic theory identified ______ as a state's essential living force.

Which of the following was an example of forced migration?

The location of a place in relationship to other places or features around it is called:

Field of study that considers the rolled of politics in shaping human environmental interaction

Zoroastrianism is similar to Islam and Christianity in that it is...

The Kyoto Protocol:

The fact that trends in popular culture proceed from large global centers to smaller cities is:

The ideology of Zionism has as its goal:

Barrio is the Spanish term for: