APHG Test Review

Question 1

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

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located mainly in Europe and North America

Question 2

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

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nutrient-poor

Question 3

Religious practices that combine traditional tribal elements with Christianity is called

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cultural syncretism

Question 4

Balkanization may result from all of the following factors except

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a strong central government

Question 5

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

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postmodernism

Question 6

The word "geography" literally means

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earth writing

Question 7

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

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central place theory

Question 8

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

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imperialism/colonialism

Question 9

ina 1995 plebiscite, Quebec sought what?

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self-determination

Question 10

Hearths of early Eurasian agriculture were generally located

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in fertile river valleys

Question 11

Sources of forced migration include

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political unrest & ecological degredation

Question 12

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

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Asia

Question 13

The demographic transition model says that

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high econ production level countries have low birth rates

Question 14

The Pleistocene overkill theory argues that

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hunter-gatherers caused much extinction in last ice age

Question 15

One important consequence of cultural extinction is that

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loss of indigeous knowledge

Question 16

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

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Land values decrease farther from the urban center

Question 17

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

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Azimuthal

Question 18

The greatest concentration of linguistic diversity on earth is in

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New Guinea

Question 19

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

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they consume more resources

Question 20

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

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reference/thematic

Question 21

Geographical research that applies to only 1 place or region is

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idiographic

Question 22

The Kurds are an example of an ethnic group that

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has historical homelands spanning many national borders

Question 23

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

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southern Appalachia & the lower Mississippi Valley

Question 24

Hearth regions of early agriculture included present day

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China, India, Turkey, & Mexico

Question 25

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

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hierarchal diffusion

Question 26

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

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material consumption

Question 27

Primary economic activities involve

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direct extraction or harvest of natural resources

Question 28

All choropleth maps use

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shading & coloring

Question 29

A population pyramid

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shows the age & sex structure of a population

Question 30

In the gravity model of spatial interaction, population & distance

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are inversely related

Question 31

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

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Namibia

Question 32

States with federal forms of government must also have

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territorial organization

Question 33

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

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Buddhism

Question 34

Which of the following is true about language extinctions?

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could be several thousand over the next century

Question 35

In distance decay models the slope of the decay function illustrates

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the influence of the "friction of distace"

Question 36

cartography is the art and science of

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map-making

Question 37

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

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increased dramatically

Question 38

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

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cultural ecology

Question 39

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

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boroughs

Question 40

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

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diaspora

Question 41

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

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2000 years

Question 42

Cartographic scale refers to

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relation between a distance on map & distance on the ground

Question 43

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

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part of the Green Revolution

Question 44

Primate cities are those that

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are disproportionately larger than other cities in a nation

Question 45

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

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Istanbul, Turkey

Question 46

Latitude is

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the angular distance north/south of the equator

Question 47

Which model of urban geography best desribes this map?

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sector model of urban development

Question 48

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

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food production/population

Question 49

In the following distance decay function

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distance imposes significant barrier to spatial interaction

Question 50

Longitude is

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angular distance east/west of Greenwich, England

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