AP Human Geography Fall Review

Which is an example of a shatterbelt region?

The Malthusian view of the world suggests that...

Crossing which of the following borders requires few, if any, formalities...

The state shape that is most likely to promote efficient political governance is

This continent has the most landlocked states

Toponyms in southern California reflect which of the following?

Change from high CBR & DR & low RNI to a low CBR & DR, low RNI and a higher total population

What is a cultural hearth?

Which of the following accounts for the widespread global appeal of American movies?

Longitude is to the prime meridian as latitude is to the

When people move, their culture spreads by which type of diffusion?

Geographers apply spatial perspective by showing interest in all of the following EXCEPT

Collection of languages related by a common ancestor that has existed for a few thousand years

The diffusion pattern of Walmart stores, which have spread from small towns to large cities, is

The spread of fashion is an example of which type of diffusion?

A language that is a combination of Elizabethan English and African dialects is an example of?

Where are the world's top four major population density clusters?

Which is NOT a characteristic of Hinduism?

According to Malthus, famine is inescapable as a population check because

What did Carl Saur say about the Cultural Landscape?

In the first decade of the 21st century, which country had the lowest fertility rate?

What is a pandemic?

Movement is considered migration when

A geographer that manipulates different types of geographic info into layers of an image or map

The idea that morals should be adhered to, but no prescriptions of a deity or afterlife

A cultures assumption about the differences between men and women

An example of a geometric boundary

A population with a relatively young age structure is most likely to be found in

Geographers' applying spatial perspective is illustrated by all of the following EXCEPT

A unitary form of government

A collection of UN member countries is an international organization.  What is another name?

Which of the following is NOT correct about the demographic transition?

Which of the following is NOT part of the definition of a State?

All of the following were French colonies except

The further an innovation must travel from the source, the less likely it will be adopted

A unitary system of government

Transnational migrants send money back to their home countries. That money is called...

Sikhism & Baha'i are viewed as universalizing religions because they both

Tendency for a migrant to move in short stages

The global power lies in land that touches the oceans and seas

The rapidly changing tastes & customs of a group of people can be characterized as 

This stateless nation is located in the area of eastern Turkey, northern Iraq & western Iran

This person stated that the population was growing more rapidly than the earth's food supply.

The regional organization that reflects the trend toward integration in the world today is

Moving from California to New York would be considered this type of migration?

A piece of national territory separated from the main body of a country by another country

A process by which countries adopt customs & knowledge & use them for their own benefit

Gerrymandering adjusts voting district boundaries in order to 

During which century has population doubling time been the shortest?

Toponymy is the study of

Wallerstein said that

The study of politics, economics, religion, languages, population & art

A boundary that no long exists, but you can still feel its effects is an...

Shintoism is a major religion in 

Variant of a language a country uses in schools, govt, media and other aspects of public life

Which of the following is a barrier to the diffusion process?

All of the following languages are part of the Indo-European language family EXCEPT

What is the difference between centripetal & centrifugal forces?

The rapidly changing tastes and customs of a group of people can be characterized as

Why are Canada, Russia, Norway, Denmark and the US fighting over the North Pole?

In which of the following countries has the diffusion of Christianity met with most resistance

Which describes a nation-state?

People follow previous family members or friends to an new country

The measure of the average number of children who are born to women of childbearing age

Study of maps and mapmaking

Borders of individual words - common use south of line but not north of line.

Match the religion with its hearth

Which of the following is true of folk culture?

Which of the following would have the largest activity space?

Centripetal forces are usually made stronger when a state has a strong sense of

The spreading of the common cold is an example of which type of diffusion?

A group of people bound by common ancestry & culture, not necessarily DNA

Environmental Determinism Implies that...

One important consequence of the "one child policy" is China has been a(n)

Devolution is

The study of natural features, weather, climates & interaction btw people & their environment

The key to global power lies within a large swath of land that touches oceans & seas

In the world today, population patterns have...

An Ethnic neighborhood is

A language spoken & understood by many peoples, even though they speak another language is

Which of the following most likely will increase the number of refugees leaving a region?

Moving electoral districts so that each district is approximately the same size

Until about 1750 the world's population increased slowly primarily because

The carrying capacity of an area is based most closely on its 

Number of people per unit of arable land