stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
Duplicate of AP Human Geography Semester 1 Review CHS Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
Duplicate of AP Human Geography Semester 1 Review CHS
Duplicate of AP Human Geography Semester 1 Review CHS
55 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
175 plays
Imported from external platform
Flashcards
55 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
55
Answers
1
By 2050 which country is projected to have the highest population in the world?
China
India
Russia
Japan
2
The number of people a region can support, given its landscape and resourses is known as... ?
Physiological density
Carrying Capacity
Overpopulation
<p>Infrastructure</p>
3
In _______ religions, common history and social relations are intertwined with spiritual belief
Evangelical
Local
Monotheistic
Ethnic
4
The worlds most widespread religion is?
Islam
Hinduism
Christianity
Animism
5
Which of the following regions produces the least amount of wheat?
Ukraine
United States
Canada
Greece
6
According to the Von Thünen model of Rural land use, what is produced furthest from the market?
Feed grains
Wool and hides
Fruits and vegetables
Butter, cheese and eggs
7
Italy's demographic data differs from Algeria's in that Italy has...
a much higher percentage of women
a lower average life expectancy
a larger percentage of dependents
more people who are rural dwellers
8
If its 3 p.m in your city and 1 p.m in Greenwich, England, what is the longitude of your city?
30 degrees west
15 degrees east
15 degrees west
30 degrees east
9
ConFORMal maps maintain what?
Shape
Direction
Area
Distance
10
A map that uses a symbol to display frequency (larger symbol=higher frequency) is a(n)...
dot density map
isoline map
choropleth map
proportional symbol map
11
Overpopulation occurs when...
there is more of one sex than the other
the country imports food
total population reaches 10 billion
the country's population outgrows its carrying capacity
12
A caste system of socioeconomic segregation based on family and occupation was/is prominent in?
Russia
India
Saudi Arabia
Vietnam
13
Which of the following has the smallest map scale?
Map of Nashville,Tennessee
Map of the world
Map of Kentucky
Map of Asia
14
The simplest component of a culture is a...? One element of culture is:
cultural diffusion
culture system
culture complex
culture trait
15
Which of the following lists all the religions that started in Southwest Asia?
Taoism, Christianity and Hinduism
Shintoism, Sikhism and Judaism
Islam, Judaism and Christianity
Buddhism, Hindusim and Islam
16
Beef consumption is at the lowest level in which of the following regions?
Romania
India
United States
Italy
17
Population pyramids are used to show...
death rates of a country
the average income of a country's population
the life expectancy
Age and Sex of the country
18
Human geography is best defined as the study of...
where and why natural forces occur as they do
populations and birth rates
where and why human activities are located
human conflicts
19
Which of the following is most clearly a pronatalist policy?
one-child policy
Giving tax breaks to families wiht three or more children
forced sterilization programs
Giving families cash rewards for not having three kids
20
Which of the following is NOT one of the five themes of geography?
Region
Location
Place
Maps
21
Which prominent geographer in the 20th century championed the study of cutural landscapes?
Joel Garreau
Walter Christaller
Ellen Semple
Carl Sauer
22
Which stage of the Demographic Transition Model does the medical revolution take place?
3
4
1
2
23
In which country does shamanism currently have the highest presence?
North America
Sub-Saharan Africa
Western Europe
South America
24
In the 1990s the United States...
Saw few changes in its ethnic composition
Became less ethnically diverse
Saw dramatic changes in its ethnic composition
Decreased in overall population
25
Wooden shoes are characteristic of the Dutch culture are an example of ...?
A custom
An artifact
A mentifact
Syncretism
26
Appox. 81% of the earths population lives in poorer less developed countries in which regions?
Europe, Africa and Paciofic Rim
North America, Asia and South America
Latin America, Africa and Asia
Africa, Australia and Asia
27
What are the two major branches of Islam?
Sunni and Shinto
Sunni and Shaman
Shiite and Shaman
Shiite and Sunni
28
Which of the following applies to all aspects of human geography?
Space
Gender
Ethnicity
Climate
29
Which of the following export oriented cash crops is often grown
formerly
in European colonies?
Rubber
Wheat
Sorghum
Corn
30
All of the following are associated with the second agricultural revolution except...?
Improved food storage capacity
The industrial revolution
Invention of barbed wire
GMO's
31
Which of the following is an example of absolute location?
123 Main Street, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
18 degrees north
3 miles west of Denver
The equator
32
Which of the following agricultural practices is most likely to be found in the Tibetan plateau
Mediterranean
Pastoralism
Truck
Slash and burn
33
Which of the following maps is most useful for showing levels of oceanic elevation?
Dot Density
Cartogram
Isoline
Proportional Symbol
34
Religions reserved for a particular group of people and people are usually born into:
universalizing religions
ethnic religions
polytheistic religons
monotheistic religions
35
The seasonal movement from highlands to lowland pastures is known as...?
Mediterranean agriculture
Mixed crop and livestock farming
Transhumance
Slash and burn
36
________ is an excellent example of a nonevangelical universalizing religion
Buddhism
Christianity
Polytheism
Hinduism
37
All evangelical religions are also? Religions that "spread" the word.
Local religions
Universal religions
Animist religions
Ethnic religions
38
All of the following are locations of agricultural hearths, EXCEPT?
England
China
Iraq
SE Asia
39
Verbal, ratio, and fraction are all forms of?
Geographic themes
Cardinal directions
Maps
Scales
40
Which country is in the region with the highest concentration of people?
United States
South Korea
Brazil
Nigeria
41
Which of the following has the highest concentration of Muslims?
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Jakarta, Indonesia
Vatican City
Laos, Camodia
42
Which of the following has the coarsest level of data aggregation (the largest area of study)?
Literacy rates in Afganistian
Copyright violations in Germany
Gender ratios in Kentucky
Birthrates in all of Asia
43
Cultural geography is the study of...?
Human-environment interaction
Global customs
The spatial distribution of cultural traits
Cultural complexes
44
In which of the following countries is life expectancy projected to drop?
Russia, E. Europe
Japan, E. Asia
Namibia, Africa
Luxemburg, W. Europe
45
Which of the following is not used by geographers to determine absolute location?
equator
distance from the ocean
latitude
prime meridian
46
In approximately 365 and a half days the earth completes ...
One solstice
One rotation
One leap year
One revolution
47
Map distortion can be defined as ...?
a mathematical formula
The error that occurs in all maps
the process of calculating map scale
a spherical, scaled model of the earth
48
An ethnicity is defined as...?
A group of people who share a common skin color
A group of people with a common nationality
A group of people with similar physical characteristics
A group of people with a common history and culture
49
Mecca, Saudi Arabia, is the holiest site for which religion?
Hinduism
Islam
Shintoism
Buddhism
50
Which of these countries has the highest physiological density?
Egypt
Germany
Brazil
United States
51
Europe and Asia are primarily divided along the line that extends along the...?
Volga River and Dinaric Alps
Ural Mountains, Black Sea and Caspian Sea
Himalayas and Indian Ocean
Alps, Black Sea
52
Which map projection counters Mercator's distorted map, elongating points near the Equator
Mercator projection
Gall-Peters projection
Robinson projection
Mollewedie projection
53
Geographer Esther Boserup would most likely agree with which of the following statements?
Farmers cannot affect the level of food supply
Population will outgrow food supply
The food supply is adapted by farmers to the changing pop.
Population growth is unrelated to food supply
54
Which of the following is correlated with a universalizing religion?
Shaman
Mosque
Taoism/Confucianism
Synagogue
55
Saying "Louisville, Kentucky, is located north of Florida" is its...
absolute location
relative location
region
functional region
