1. AP Human Geography
Fall Final Exam Review
2010

2. C. contagious diffusion D. spatial distribution E. globalization
A set of processes that are increasing interactions and inter- dependence without regard to country borders
A. culture complex
B. culture trait
C. contagious diffusion
D. spatial distribution
E. globalization

3. The study of how people make places, organize space, and interact with each other
Human geography
Physical geography
Cultural landscape
Cultural diffusion
Globalization

4. The physical arrangement of a geographic phenomena across space
A. Contagious diffusion B. Spatial distribution C. Physical geography D. Cultural landscape E. Mental Map

5. The origin of a particular way of life
Culture Complex
Culture Hearth
Diffusion
Inception
Epicenter

6. A tangible production identifiable to a particular way of life
Religion
Philosophy
anthropology
Culture complex
Culture trait

7. The movement of ideas from one culture to another
Migration
Incorporation
Assimilation
Acculturation
Diffusion

8. The distance-controlled spreading of an idea, innovation, or some other item through a local population by contact from person to person is:
Distance Decay
Movement of ideas
Globalization
Contagious Diffusion
Glocalization

9. Which of the following is NOT one of the five themes of geography?
Religion
Place
Location
People-Environment
Region

10. Which is false about latitude and longitude?
latitude lines run east – west
Longitude lines measure north- south
They help people locate exact location
They form an imaginary grid system
They are listed with latitude stated first

11. What is the difference between a topographic map and a toponym?
The topographic map shows political place- names, while the toponym explains how a place is named.
The topographic map shows population statistics through the use of varying sizes of dots, the toponym identifies size of population by size of dot.
The topographic map shows changes in elevation, while the toponym is a place name.
The topographic map identifies physical features, a toponym categorizes features.

12. What does a large scale map show?
A large amount of land with great detail.
A large amount of land with scant detail.
A small amount of land with scant detail.
A small amount of land with great detail.

13. example of a perceptual region?
Northeast Corridor
Dairy Belt
Dixie
Northeast Division of the American Hockey League
Metropoitan Mexico

14. True or False
A formal region is defined by the particular set of activities or interactions that occur within it.
False
Functional

15. Which is not a Types of map scale
Regional
Linear
Representative Fraction
Verbal

16. True or False
A concept of culture is an expression of artistic qualities found in music, drama, and dance
True

17. True or False
A concept of culture is learned patterns of behavior common to a group of people
True

18. True or False
The concept of culture includes habits of mind learned specifically through formal schooling.
False

19. When you picture your activity space in your mind, this is called a …
Physical Map
Special Purpose Map
Thematic Map
Mental Map
Topographic Map

20. What does a country's rate of natural increase indicate?
how much energy it uses each year
how many babies are born there each year
how fast its population is growing each year
how many businesses start there each year
how much the economy has grown in a year

21. Special economic zones attract more foreign business than other parts of China because they offer companies that locate there…
A. cleaner air. B. greater freedom. C. cheaper energy D. warmer weather.

22. The "lost city" located in Sun City, South Africa is a good example of:
an ethnic enclave.
modernization.
an authentic landscape.
the commodification of nature.

23. What is arable land? Land that has been developed
Land that can be cultivated
Land that is desolate and useless
Land that is dry and rugged

24. What is physiologic density?
Pertaining to people per square unit of measure
Pertaining to physical features on the Earth’s surface
Pertaining to people per square unit of inhabitable land.
Pertaining to people per square unit of farmable land.

25. Where do most people in the world live?
In the northern hemisphere
In Asia
In developing countries
All of the above
None of the above

26. True or False
Populations generally develop in river valleys and along coastal areas.
True

27. True or False When a country has consistently low fertility rates over a period of years…
the rate of natural increase of the total population will typically increase.
False
and the death rate also decreases, the rate of natural increase could stabilize
True
It creates fewer younger people to support an aging population

28. Areas with low fertility rates include:
Developing countries
Eastern Europe, India and Africa
Areas where females have less political and economic power
All of the above
None of the above

29. True or False When a population pyramid is shaped:
With a wide base at the bottom narrowing progressively as it rises to the top means
There is a growing population
True
There is a large young dependent population
There will be a large number of people competing for jobs in two decades