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AP Human Geography All Chapters Questions and Answers 2025
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AP Human Geography All Chaptersglobalization - answer greater cultural and economic interaction among people all over
the world
geography - answer The study of the earth and its features and of the distribution of life
on the earth, including human life
human geography - answer The study of where and why human activities are located
where they are
physical geography - answer The study where and why natural forces occur as they do
map - answerA two-dimension or flat scale model of something
place - answerA specific point on Earth distinguished by a particular characteristic
region - answeran area of Earth distinguished by a distinctive combination of cultural
and physical features
scale - answerthe relationship between the portion of Earth being studies and Earth as
a whole
space - answerthe physical gap or intervals between two objects
connections - answerrelationships among people and objects across the barrier of
space
cartography - answerthe science of mapmaking
map projection - answerthe scientific method of transferring locations on Earth's surface
to a flat map
Land Ordinance of 1785 - answerdivided much of the country into a system of
townships and ranges to facilitate the sale of land to settlers
GIS (geographic information system) - answera computer system that can capture,
store, query, analyze, and display geographic date
remote sensing - answerthe acquisition of data from a satellite orbiting Earth or from
another long-distance method
,GPS (global positioning system) - answera system that accurately determines the
precise position of something on Earth
location - answerthe position that something occupies on Earth
toponym - answerthe name given to a place on Earth
site - answerphysical character of a place
situation - answerthe location of a place relative to other places
meridian(longitude) - answeran arc drawn between North and South poles
parallel(latitude) - answera circle drawn around the globe parallel to the equator
prime meridian - answer0 degrees longitude - passes through Greenwich, England
equator - answer0 degrees latitude
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) - answermaster reference time for all points on Earth
Age distribution - answerThe proportion of individuals of different ages within a
population. You can use an age distribution to estimat survival by calculating the
difference in proportion of individuals in succeeding age classes
Agricultural revolution - answerthe development of farming
Arithmetic Population Density - answerThe total number of people divided by the total
land area
Capacity - answerthe amount of people an area can support
Census - answerA period count of the population
Child Mortality Rate - answerA figure that describes the number of children that die
between the first and fifth years of their lives in a given population
Chronic Diseases - answerGenerally long - lasting afflictions now more common
because of higher life expectancies
Crude Birth Rate (CBR) - answerThe number of live births yearly per 1,000 people in a
population. (natality)
Crude Death Rate (CDR) - answerThe number of deaths yearly per 1,000 people in a
population
, Demographic momentum - answeris the tendency for growing population to continue
growing after a fertility decline because of their young age distribution. This is important
because once this happens a country moves to a different stage in the demographic
transition model
Demographic Transition - answerHigh birth rates and death rates are followed by
plunging death rates, producing a huge net population gain, this is followed by the
convergence of birth rates and death rates at a low overall level
Demography - answerthe scientific study of population characteristics
Dependency ratio - answerthe number of people who are either too young or too old to
work
Doubling Time - answerthe time it takes for an area's population to double
Ecumene - answerthe area of land occupied by humans
Epidemiological transition - answerThe a distinctive cause of death in each stage of the
demographic transition. Explains how countries' population changes
Expansive Popluation Policies - answerGovernment policies that encourage large
families
and raise the rate of population growth
Exponential growth - answergrowth by a percentile instead of a static number, forms a j-
curve on a graph
Infant Mortality Rate - answerThe total number of deaths in a year among infants under
one year old for every 1000 live births in a society
Life Expectancy - answerA figure indicating how long, on average, a person may be
expected to live
Thomas Malthus - answerBritish economist of late 1700's. considered the first to predict
a population crisis
Medical Revolution - answerthe leap of medical knowledge in stage 2 of the
demographic transition
Megalopolis - answerTerm used to designate large coalescing supercities that are
forming in diverse parts of the world.
Mortality - answerthe rate at which people die
Natality Rate (NIR) - answernumber of birth/ year to every 1000 people in the population
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