AP Human Geo

Barrio is the Spanish term for:

Roman Catholic Christianity was spread to Middle and South American by:

The form of agriculture that refers to a particular climate is:

The visible imprint of human activity is known as:

The Kyoto Protocol:

Plant life and photosynthesis began about 1.5 billion years ago and increased the:

Bio-genetic engineering allows growing of new strains in more arid regions to meet demand of:

Organic food is found in _____ areas.

Which is an example of an interfaith (boundary) conflict?

A form of tropical subsistence agriculture in which fields are rotated after short periods:

The systematic study of the origin and meaning of place names is called:

The concept that which population will continue to grow even after fertility rates decline

The ____ of a group of people included the things they construct.

NAFTA is a supranationalistic organization which attempted to create a free trade zone where?

Reasons why a person feels compelled to leave his or her home area is:

The Second Agricultural Revolution can generally be traced to Europe within what time frame?

Alfred Wegner used his spatial view of the world to develop the theory of:

The ratio of percent labor force to percent of GDP in the agricultural sector of Canada means?

The linking of places by common traits or characteristics is defined as:

The Peace of Westphalia ________

The basic unit of the township-and-range system, the section, has an area of:

What percentage of the Earth's surface is covered by water?

Political boundaries that most poorly represent the linguistic boundaries are of this region:

Nigeria has federal system of government in which they adopted the ___ law in the Muslim North.

Form of villages still existing in many rural landscapes that remind of a turbulent past:

Which of the following countries has the lowest arithmetic density?

Which geographical theme would study the impact of the drainage of the Florida Everglades?

Rice cultivation in Southeast Asia is largely a _______ activity.

In the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, for a judge to be appointed to the country's courts:

TRUE/FALSE: Details of the distribution of wealth in the US features typical at global scale

Which of the following is not an example of a form of expansion diffusion?

The presence of centrifugal forces within a country has led to diffusion of power called:

Race is:

The fundamental doctrine of the Hindu faith is :

According to the text, which of the following is considered a state?

The physical location of a place using the Earth latitude-longitude grid is:

The largest constituency of Christianity is:

The concept that the US was ordained by God to expand across North America was:

The spread of disease where nearly all adjacent individuals are affected is an example of:

Life expectancy is:

Which commodity would be found closest to the market town in von Thunen's model?

Which country has a low arithmetic density, but a high physiological density?

Coffee was domesticated in Ethiopia. Today, 70% of production is in:

All of the following tend to be centripetal forces within a country except:

The fact that trends in popular culture proceed from large global centers to smaller cities is:

One element of the conflict in Sri Lanka is differences of these two religions:

By 1992, the most widely grown crop was a product of the Green Revolution, IR36, a type of:

Language tree diagram of language divergence has some branches with dead ends that represent?

Most scholars believe that seed cultivation (!st Agricultural Revolution) occurred in:

Which of the following is the best example of a nation-state?

Which economic activity is not counted in GNP calculations?

The boundaries between which set of countries were established primarily to separate religions?

In political geography, these forces tend to disrupt and threaten the unity of a state.

Any political power based in the center of Eurasia could gain enough strength to dominate.

The linguistic map of Nigeria reflects extreme fragmentation with nearly ___ languages spoken

Japan is a hearth of global popular culture that influences North America with...

Geomancers, those who know the desires of the spirits of those occupying the natural world are:

The world's largest dominantly Islamic state is:

The Little Ice age was pieced together by farmer's diaries. Those of these were most useful.

Branch of geography that focuses on landforms, climate, soils and vegetation of the Earth is:

Which of the following is an example of a nation seeking its own territory?

Gross National Income does not include:

Map in which data are assigned to class intervals and colors/patterns to distinguish magnitude:

Which of the following is not generally a characteristic of an ethnic religion?

Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) was perhaps the first prominent Indian religious leader to:

TRUE/FALSE: Functional regions are the product of interaction and movement

In 2001, reports indicated that as many as ___ women may have been victims of dowry deaths.

The mental map you have of places you routinely visit is a map of your:

Yugoslavia was a prime example of a:

The concept of culture is closely identified with:

Following the disintegration of the former Soviet Union, the only surviving superpower was:

Fair trade coffee buyers certify that ___% of the retail price goes to the coffee growers.

The Spanish invaders of Middle America, centuries ago, laid out villages and towns in what form

The correct name for the rectangular language division scheme in the US after the American Rev:

This sub field of geography studies political, economic and strategic significance

The importance of the spatial approach that geographers use in their studies is that it shows:

Buying a Native American styled dream catcher at a Wal-Mart store in Ohio is an example of:

_____ refers to the infusing of a locality with meaning and emotion.

Which is not an example of a primary economic activity?

The coordinates of absolute location are useful mainly in determining exact:

_____ culture is conceived as small, incorporating a homogeneous populationand typically rural

Spread of ideas, traits, knowledge and skills from place of origin to areas where adopted

The largest source of international immigrants to the US is from:

The text focuses on 1 local culture in its attempts to lessen the influence of foreign culture

Latin octo (eight) became Italian otto, Spanish ocho and French huit. This is an example of?

The arithmetic population density of the US is _____ per square mile.

The most widely used Indo-European language today is:

The geologic epoch, characterized by global warming, in which we are now living:

Which types of countries usually encompass diverse types of climates, resources and peoples?

Humans do not populate in large numbers to

According to Carl Sauer, the earliest plant domestication __________.

Which form of diffusion cannot be transmitted by media?

In von Thunen's model there was a concentric circle of forest around the city because _______.

The most recent glaciation of the Pleistocene was the ______ Glaciation.

A tsunami's waves result from:

The largest major population concentration of North America is

What is the most residentially segregated metropolitan area for African Americans?

Examples of luxury crops include:

Sikhism is a small compromise religion that arose form the confrontation between Hinduism and:

The most prevalent rural residential pattern in the world's agricultural areas is:

Central government with subnational entities that have representation in governmental processes

The youngest major religion is:

It is estimated that _____ of the world's population is seriously malnourished.

Which of the following states fits the morphology description of compact?

In terms of popular culture, cities like Paris, New York and Milan are referred to as...

Which of the following agricultural activities is widespread in the NE US and NW Europe?

At which scale to boundary disputes occur?

TRUE/FALSE: Cholera outbreaks have not occurred in the Twentieth Century

Environmental determinism was replaced be which approach to geography in the late 20th century?

The most dangerous volcano, _________, erupted about 73,500 years ago.

Zoroastrianism is similar to Islam and Christianity in that it is...

In areas of shifting cultivation the population _________.

Africa experienced a period of decolonization and creation of many new states when?

This type of state has a centralized government and administration that exercises equal control

The US is the most prolific producer of solid waste, producing about __ lbs per person per day.

Which of the following nations is considered a stateless-nation?

The language most widely used as a 2nd language by millions of Indians, Africans, etc.:

The Proto-Indo-European language homeland lies somewhere north of the...

Two Russian scholars have established the core of the pre-porto-Indo-European language named:

In order to replace its population only, a country needs a total fertility rate of...

The Global Environmental Facility funds projects related to four issues. Which is not one?

The phenomenon that the farther a feature moves from a hearth, the less dominant it is

During the Cold War era, which two countries balanced the power of one another?

Which region of the US do geometric boundaries predominate?

The rise of secularism and decline of religious membership are found in:

The ideology of Zionism has as its goal:

By 1960, Mexico no longer depended on imports as production of this crop rose dramatically

The location of a place in relationship to other places or features around it is called:

The boundaries of rocky crustal plates are associated with:

The building of a sense of community identity around the idea of "Swedish-ness" in Kansas is:

In which area of the world are countries in stage one of the demographic transition model found

The Dave Matthews Band established a ____ in VA and gained popularity through _____

Which of the following is considered a sovereign state?

Demand for organic foods is greatest in:

In recent years, many wooded areas in ___ have been deforested to provide beef to the US.

Hawaii and Louisiana are examples of states with...

Friedrich Ratzel's organic theory identified ______ as a state's essential living force.

Which of these sub-regions recently gained more central government powers with parliament?

An example of a country with a population pyramid that has a large base is...

Depletion of the ozone layer is caused by the release of ____ into the atmosphere.

The boundaries of this country are being contested by the Palestinians.

The naming of sports stadiums and other facilities for corporations is an example of:

The highest Crude Birth Rates (CBR) in the world are found in...

When a husband migrates from Mexico to US and earns money to allow for his family to migrate

Which of the following US regional associations is incorrect?

Presently, most population growth in the world is occurring where?

Select the group that is not a supranational organization.

Which of the following would not be part of the cultural landscape?

According to Ravenstein's Laws of Migration, which group is most likely to move?

The greatest concentration of streets memorializing MLK, Jr. are found in:

In villages everywhere, social stratification is reflected by:

Newspaper delivery areas are an example of which type of region?

Mackinder's concerns of Stalin's control led to the development of containment in the US and to

Cultural geographers identify a single element of normal practice as:

A high dependency ratio suggests that a large percentage of the population is...

The product of convergence which allows speakers of two or more languages to communicate:

Geographer Lee Liu found soils in intensively used fields near villages were:

Which region has a high percentage of geometric boundaries to separate states?

Field of study that considers the rolled of politics in shaping human environmental interaction

Which type of boundary uses lines of latitude and longitude and not existing physical features?

Guatemala's agricultural sector produced 22.7% of the country's GDP and employs:

Globally, the consumption of resources is tied to _______ more than any other factor.

The Confucian Classics were the 13 texts that were the focus of education 2,000 years ago in:

Buddhism has its source in:

The Hajj, one of the "pillars of Islam" is:

The same ultraviolet radiation intercepted by darkly pigmented skin stimulates this production

Government efforts to discourage native practice and languages in the US and Canada were:

Skin color is a matter of what pigmentation, a protective element against strong sun.

TRUE/FALSE: The study of landforms, climates and environmental change is physical geography

A geographic boundary within which a particular linguistic feature occurs is called a/an:

Which is am example of a non-material aspect of culture?

The "lost city" located in Sun City, South Africa is a good example of:

The Hindu religion is one of the oldest of the religions and may have begun ___ years ago.

Jerusalem is a sacred place for:

Fragmented states can help create which type of forces within a state?

What region of North America is most densely populated?

Presently, natural increase in population is primarily due to...

This 20th century communist empire controlled many weaker satellite states in Eastern Europe.

A boundary that uses physiological features like rivers or mountains is referred to as a(n):

Which of the following was an example of forced migration?

Convergence processes that produce a pidgin language are first introduced to a population as a:

Taro, yams and bananas are associated with the ______ hearth, according to Spencer and Thomas.

Uneven distribution of wealth and political power after colonialism was due to wealth in:

Corn of the American "Corn Belt" originated in:

When places are "designed" either for women or then they are said to be:

The four major population clusters in the world include the following regions except...

Which describes the general direction that the US population center has moved since 1970?

The degree of direct linkage btw one location and other location in a transport network:

The faith that is most widely dispersed over the world is:

The Sea of Galilee forms a large freshwater reservoir in the Jordan Valley and supplies mainly:

Since 1950, this part of the developing world has seen a dramatic increase in population

Hutterites differ form the Amish in that they...

Is is estimated that ___% of the Sub-Saharan realm's food is produced by females.

The greater the distance from the hearth, the less likely an innovation will be adopted

___ of internet content is in English.

A group of people in a particular space who see themselves as a community and who share traits

The world distribution of precipitation is concentrated in:

TRUE/FALSE: Cultures live in spatial isolation and show little change as a result of diffusion