AP HuG Exam ; Units 1-2

Why would a town planner use a map at 1:24,000 scale rather than a map at the 1:250,000 scale?

the mercator projection would be highly inappropriate for which use

the 3 main properties of distribution that geographers look at are

In descriptions of interaction between ppl & the environment, the term "environmental determinism" implies that

for every 1k babies born in burundi in 2008, ~120 will die before their 1st bday. the rate of 120 deaths per 1k births:

a country develops new technologies for farming, increasing food supply. according to malthusian theory, which explains

when mass media is used to promote consumption of a product its drawing on the power of

which of the following best explains an effect of migration within the US between 1950-2010

all the terms listed above could be used to illstrate what concept?

the common bond that distinguishes geography from other social science scholars is their interest in

which of the boxes is in an area where the population density is high & the level of economic development is low

the largest number of legal immigrants to the US come from what country

Every map projection has some degree of distortion because

in comparing malthus's theory to actual food production & pop. growth the principle difference is

two thirds of the worlds population is clustered in 4 regions. which isn't 1 of the 4?

changes in social roles, lifestyles, & employment of women in europe/canada/usa have affected the population through

neo-malthusian theory can be used to explain which of the following situations

the emigration of swedes from a region of sweden to isanti county bc of communications from friends/relatives is

Which of the following describes a concern for a country with an aging population

which of the following best describes the type of information provided in the directions?

the world's pop. in 1995 was ~6 billion & a rate of growth was expected to reach 12 billion in ~45 years. this period is

which of the following describes a pull factor affecting migration to some of the more developed countries

which of the following profiles characterizes the population group thats most likely to migrate

based on reed's explanation, the south is best described as which kind of region?

Given the defintions, watershed and milksheds can best be classified as what type of region?

a geographer interested in functional regions would focus most carefully on

the percentage of people who are too young or too old to work in a society is the

which of the following is the best example of an administrative region

golf courses in arab emirates, polders in netherlands, Dam in China show land use. they reflect which human environment

a map w/ large scale usually shows

a type of cultural diffusion in which ideas spread first w/ larger places / popular ppl and later to smaller places is

a student who lives in minneapolis chooses florida than jamaica bc its closer / cheaper. this illustrates the concept of

according to the US Committee for refugees, the 3 largest groups of international refugees are

learned patterns of behavior shared by a group of people is known as

which of the following set of maps would help explain how scale of inquiry affects truth

india & the UK have around the same arithmetic density. we can conclude the 2 countries have the same

a physical feature, like water, which hinders migration is an example of

the robinson map projection corrects which of the problems w/ the mercator projection

which of the following best describes the spatial pattern suggested

Which of the following would provide demographic data that could be used to compare 1 urban neighborhood to others?

in the 19th & early 20th century, the demographic transition in europe was best characterized by

the spread of something over a given study area is

Which of the following data sources is most frequently used to create the spatial analysis products shown?

several million irish migrated in the 1840s primarily because

which of the following country demographics would be used to explain the need for the pronatalist policies shown

Which of the following questions must be answered in order to identify a functional region?

which describes a characteristic of a country moving from stage 2 to 3 of the demographic transition model

refugees migrate primarily because of which type of push factor

Which of the following statements best explains why these images are geometrically distorted representations of Earth?

the data presented in the map shown depict

the map shown above best fits which of the following map types

most people live in cities in which region

a traveler sets the clock back 24 hours as she crosses the international date line. this means she's traveling from

which of the following scenarios explains a demographic push factor for less developed countries

A formal culture region differs from other regions in that it

a possible stage 5 epidemiological transition is the stage of

which of the following best describes an example of transhumance

where something is located in relationship to something else is referred to as

which of the following are the best examples of vernacular regions

the term that describes that population will grow even after fertility rates decline is known as

which of the following map projections is direction true everywhere on the map

the technology that allows a geographer to store each type of information in a layer is

which of the following characteristics is most basic to defining a perceptual region

The "why of where" refers to

there's been an increase in asylum seekers from syria to the EU. which describes the reason for this migration?

physical geography differs from human geography in that human geography focuses on

latitude & longitude may be used to determine which of the following characteristics of a place

Which of the following is a characteristic of the Mercator projection

which is a good example of a functional region

geographers call the physical gap or distance between 2 objects

which of the following scales is represented in the map shown

which population pyramid shown above represents a college town

the medical revolution has been characterized by

physiological population density is viewed as a superior measure of population density because

wich of the following map scales would be useful for studying the geographic features in the landscape of a farming

the map shows the number of people per unit of land. which of the following types of data are shown in the map

which of the following terms best describes regions that make up the poltical geographic divisions within a country

in contrast to more developed countries, less developed countries entered stage 2 of the demographic transition through

most asians are currently migrating to the US through the process of

which of the following is false regarding cognitie maps

thomas malthus concluded that

GPS stands for

migration to the US increased from Europe after 1800 in part because of

country x has a cbr of 40 & cdr of 15; country y has a cbr of 20 & cdr of 9. which has a higher natural increase rate

the NFL network is an example of a

which of the descriptions most accurately describes the process of globalization

which of the following would best describe the federal government's use of geospatial data gathered from GIS?

the migration transition model predicts that international emigration reaches a peak at _ of the demographic transition

of the following 5 countries, the highest natural increase rate is found in

which of the following changes the size of the polygon being represented to its proportion of the variables represented

which of the following is the oldest field of geography

brain drain is

the earth's area of permanent human settlement is called

Which of the following patterns is indicated by the population pyramid

which characteristics is shared by switzerland, canada, & new zealand?