AP Human Geography: Introduction to Human Geography (Cumulative Review)

Question 1

Ohio, Michigan, and Pennsylvania are states that were once part of _______.

Accepted Answer

the Rust Belt

Question 2

An example of a well-known pilgrimage would be the journey to _______.

Accepted Answer

Mecca

Question 3

This famous geographer and economist wrote about the principles of population in 1798.

Accepted Answer

Thomas Malthus

Question 4

Carl Sauer argued that _______.

Accepted Answer

there is no landscape that human activity has not altered

Question 5

The distance between places can be described in which three ways?

Accepted Answer

absolute, relative, and connectedness

Question 6

The study of human population is called _______.

Accepted Answer

demography

Question 7

Cultural geography helps us understand _______.

Accepted Answer

spatial dimensions and cultures around the world

Question 8

An integrated network of satellites that orbits Earth and broadcasts information back is called a _______.

Accepted Answer

global positioning system (GPS)

Question 9

A hodge-podge form of language is also known as _______.

Accepted Answer

pidgin

Question 10

A group of people distinguished by physical traits, blood types, genetic code, and like characteristics is called ____.

Accepted Answer

a race

Question 11

Crude death rate measures the _______.

Accepted Answer

number of deaths per thousand people

Question 12

Migration is considered _______.

Accepted Answer

long-term

Question 13

This indicator is used to track gender-related devlopment based on reproductive health, employment, and empowerment.

Accepted Answer

UN index

Question 14

What type of maps use isoline lines?

Accepted Answer

topographic maps

Question 15

Which word indicates a cohesive group of people?

Accepted Answer

ethnicity

Question 16

TFR, or total fertility rate, is the _______.

Accepted Answer

measure of average number of children born to a woman in her lifetime

Question 17

How many phases are in a demographic transition model?

Accepted Answer

4

Question 18

What is the name of the formula geographers use to predict population growth?

Accepted Answer

demographic accounting equation

Question 19

Ethnic religions appeal to smaller groups with a common ________.

Accepted Answer

heritage

Question 20

Refugees leave their homes _______.

Accepted Answer

because they are being forced out

Question 21

These types of maps use colors or tonal shadings to represent categories of data for geographic areas.

Accepted Answer

chloropleth maps

Question 22

When a language is no longer in use it is called _______.

Accepted Answer

language extinction

Question 23

Population pyramids are useful for _______.

Accepted Answer

all of these

Question 24

Cartography is the study of

Accepted Answer

map making

Question 25

One of the basic tasks of Human Geography is to

Accepted Answer

describe places in terms of locations and their relationships

Question 26

The Mercator projecton preserves _______.

Accepted Answer

compass direction

Question 27

People's different languages are considered _______.

Accepted Answer

all of these

Question 28

The degree of economic, social, and political connection between two places is called _______.

Accepted Answer

connectivity

Question 29

Traditional societies may develop _______.

Accepted Answer

folk culture

Question 30

The gravity model is based on whose research?

Accepted Answer

Isaac Newton

AP Human Geography: Introduction to Human Geography (Cumulative Review)

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AP Human Geography: Introduction to Human Geography (Cumulative Review)

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