AP Human Geography -- Semester 1 2010
A study quiz for AP human geography course. Answer with basic explanations.
- 1.The term for the large-scale emigration of talented people is called....?
- 2.What movement occurred in Great Britain for the purpose of making Agriculture more efficient?
- 3.In Western Europe, where have the majority guest workers come from?
- 4.What is something we might assume from GDP that is wrong?
- 5.Components of tertiary sector?
- A.
Transportation, Government Jobs, and Producer Services
- B.
Producer Services, Agriculture, and Transportation
- C.
CEOs, Government Jobs, Producer Services
- D.
Government Jobs, Agriculture, and Management
- 6.The majority of Chinese people are...?
- A.
Commercial Farmers
- B.
Scientists
- C.
Doctors
- D.
Subsistence Farmers
- 7.Major contributing factor to poor health care in LDCs?
- 8.What is something Anglo America has plenty of, but Western Europe does not? What did Western Europe do to solve this problem?
- A.
Natural Resources; Traded with LDCs
- B.
Labor; Colonized
- C.
Natural Resources; Colonized
- D.
Labor; Used LDCs
- 9.Term given that cartographers use to show distances between places on a map?
- 10.Unique physical characteristics are an example of...
- A.
Site
- B.
Situation
- 11.Which has all of the same circumference?
- A.
Longitude
- B.
Latitude
- 12.Which term is concerned with the frequency of occurrence of a phenomenon?
- 13.Place a phenomenon begins?
- 14.Which type of region is based on our perceptions?(Ex: One person's perception may be that the South tends to be more hospitable than the North, but another may tend to think the opposite.)
- A.
Formal
- B.
Vernacular
- C.
Functional (Noble)
- D.
Expansion
- E.
Uniform
- 15.Which region is the circulation area of a newspaper?
- A.
Formal
- B.
Vernacular
- C.
Functional (Noble)
- D.
Expansion
- E.
Uniform
- 16.What type of region would the set city limits of Detroit be?
- A.
Formal
- B.
Vernacular
- C.
Functional (Noble)
- D.
Expansion
- E.
Uniform
- 17.Which region do we see the fastest rise and growth of population?
- A.
Western Europe
- B.
Anglo America
- C.
Southern Asia
- D.
Northern Africa
- E.
Eastern Asia
- 18.What term refers to the average number of children a woman will have between the ages of 14-49?
- 19.An increase in Crude Birth Rate (CBR) -- will doubling time increase, decrease, or remain the same?
- A.
Increase
- B.
Decrease
- C.
Remain the same
- 20.DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION MODEL:Which stage has the lowest Crude Birth Rate (CBR) ?
- A.
1
- B.
2
- C.
3
- D.
4
- E.
5
- 21.DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION MODEL:Which stage has the highest Crude Death Rate (CDR) ?
- A.
1
- B.
2
- C.
3
- D.
4
- E.
5
- 22.DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION MODEL:Which TWO stages have equal CBRs and CDRs?
- A.
1, 4
- B.
3, 5
- C.
2, 3
- D.
1, 5
- E.
2, 4
- 23.Shape of a Population Pyramid-- what has the greatest impact on it ?
- A.
Immigration
- B.
CBR
- C.
CDR
- D.
Total Fertility Rate
- 24.Why was Malthus' prediction wrong?
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