AP Human Geo Review

Question 1

True or false? Latitude measures distance east or west of the Prime Meridian

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

What makes ethnic conflicts different from racial conflicts?

Accepted Answer

Ethnic conflicts are between people of same skin colors

Question 3

Which type of map projection is shown in this map?

Accepted Answer

Peter's projection

Question 4

What is a cohort?

Accepted Answer

A population group with a common characteristic

Question 5

Process whereby regions gain strength and autonomy at the expense of main government in a state

Accepted Answer

Devolution

Question 6

Chile is an example of this type of state...

Accepted Answer

Elongated state

Question 7

What is organic theory?

Accepted Answer

Basis of Hitler's expansionist theory, lebensraum, View that states are biological organisms with life cycles

Question 8

Assimilation is...

Accepted Answer

Process where people of one culture merge into another

Question 9

What is the agreement between US, Canada, and Mexico to allow free trade across their borders?

Accepted Answer

NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)

Question 10

Hinduism is... (mono/polytheistic, ethnic/universalizing)

Accepted Answer

Ethnic and polytheistic

Question 11

What is the view that the natural environment has a controlling influence over human life?

Accepted Answer

Environmental determinism

Question 12

The difference between pandemic and epidemic is...

Accepted Answer

Epidemic is regional, pandemic is global

Question 13

The Western Wall is...

Accepted Answer

A Jewish holy site in Jerusalem

Question 14

True or false? Creole languages began as pidgin languages.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

Yugoslavia was an example of what?

Accepted Answer

Multinational state

Question 16

Which is NOT an example of a centrifugal force?

Accepted Answer

Nationalism

Question 17

Which geographer focused on the relationship between humans and the environment?

Accepted Answer

George Perkins Marsh

Question 18

Why did African-Americans move from the South to the North and Northeast in the early 1900s?

Accepted Answer

To escape racial oppression of the south, Lots of job opportunities

Question 19

Which cadastral system is this?

Accepted Answer

Long-lot system

Question 20

How are physiological population density and arithmetic population density different?

Accepted Answer

Physiological is only arable land; arithmetic is total land

Question 21

What type of boundaries were placed by colonizers over the preexisting cultures in Africa?

Accepted Answer

Superimposed boundaries

Question 22

How did the growth of cities impact agriculture?

Accepted Answer

Brought machines into farming through industrial revolution, decreased land availability for farming

Question 23

Which are examples of luxury crops?

Accepted Answer

Tobacco and sugarcane

Question 24

How would the population pyramid of a less developed country look?

Accepted Answer

wide base, narrow top

Question 25

In what stage of the demographic transition model is Japan?

Accepted Answer

Four/five

Question 26

Which is NOT an example of a Romance language?

Accepted Answer

Bulgarian

Question 27

Which type of map uses isolines to show areas with constant elevation?

Accepted Answer

Topographic map

Question 28

Newborn mortality rate is...

Accepted Answer

Number of deaths in the first month of life per 1000 births

Question 29

How does a dependency ratio affect development of a country?

Accepted Answer

High dependency ratio, low development

Question 30

What are the five main world religions?

Accepted Answer

Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism

Question 31

A lingua franca is used for...

Accepted Answer

Trade

Question 32

True or false? The US uses both the popular vote and electoral college to choose the President.

Accepted Answer

False: it only uses the electoral college

Question 33

What was the largest involuntary (forced) migration of all time?

Accepted Answer

Atlantic slave trade

Question 34

What is located in the center of the Von Thunen model?

Accepted Answer

Marketplace

Question 35

Drier climatic regions rely on what type of farming?

Accepted Answer

Ranching

Question 36

During which agricultural revolution did mechanization occur?

Accepted Answer

Second agricultural revolution

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AP Human Geo Review

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