FRESHMAN AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
ANSWERS
Gendered Space - Answer-Areas or regions designed for men or women
Infant Mortality Rate - Answer-A figure that describes the number of babies that die
within the first year of their lives in a given population.
J-Curve - Answer-A curve depicting exponential or geometric growth.
Maladaptation - Answer-This is an adaptation that has become less helpful than
harmful. This relates to human geography because it has become less and less suitable
and more of a problem or hindrance in its own right, as time goes on. Which shows as
the world changes so do the things surrounding it
Thomas Malthus - Answer-Human population cannot continue to increase.
Consequences will be war, famine & disease.
Mortality - Answer-Death rate
Natality - Answer-Birth rate
Neo-Malthusian - Answer-Theory that builds upon Malthus' thoughts on overpopulation.
Takes into count two factors that Malthus did not: population growth in LDC's, and
outstripping of resources other than food.
Overpopulation - Answer-The number of a people in an area exceeds the capacity of
the environment to support life at a decent standard of living.
Population Densities - Answer-Number of people living in an area per a unit of
measurement.
Population Distributions - Answer-How population is spread out in an area.
Population Explosion - Answer-The rapid growth of the world's human population during
the past century.
Population Projection - Answer-A statement of a population's future size, age, and sex
composition based on the application of stated assumptions to current data.
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
ANSWERS
Gendered Space - Answer-Areas or regions designed for men or women
Infant Mortality Rate - Answer-A figure that describes the number of babies that die
within the first year of their lives in a given population.
J-Curve - Answer-A curve depicting exponential or geometric growth.
Maladaptation - Answer-This is an adaptation that has become less helpful than
harmful. This relates to human geography because it has become less and less suitable
and more of a problem or hindrance in its own right, as time goes on. Which shows as
the world changes so do the things surrounding it
Thomas Malthus - Answer-Human population cannot continue to increase.
Consequences will be war, famine & disease.
Mortality - Answer-Death rate
Natality - Answer-Birth rate
Neo-Malthusian - Answer-Theory that builds upon Malthus' thoughts on overpopulation.
Takes into count two factors that Malthus did not: population growth in LDC's, and
outstripping of resources other than food.
Overpopulation - Answer-The number of a people in an area exceeds the capacity of
the environment to support life at a decent standard of living.
Population Densities - Answer-Number of people living in an area per a unit of
measurement.
Population Distributions - Answer-How population is spread out in an area.
Population Explosion - Answer-The rapid growth of the world's human population during
the past century.
Population Projection - Answer-A statement of a population's future size, age, and sex
composition based on the application of stated assumptions to current data.
