AP Human Geography Review

Vocabulary

100

The impact that humans leave on the physical enviornment 

Cultural Landscape

200

Process of less dominant cultures losing their culture to a more dominant culture

Assimilation

300

A French system in which houses are erected on narrow lots perpendicular along a river, so that each original settler had equal river access.

Long Lots

400

Rapid diffusion of new agricultural techniques between 1970’s and 1980’s, especially new high-yield seeds and fertilizers. Has caused agricultural productivity at a global scale to increase faster than population growth.

Green Revolution

500

A model that explains that the price/demand for land increases closer to the CBD 

Bid-Rent Theory

Cities of the Wolrd

100

This city is where the Acropolis located, symbolizing the birthplace of democracy

Athens

200

Located in the most populous country in the world, this city was declared the country's capital in 1947 by the British Empire 

(New) Dehli 

300

This city is considered sacred by Jewish, Christian and Islamic faith 

Jerusalem

400

This city is also the smallest country on Earth and is the center of Catholic Church 

Vatican City 

500

This city is the most populous in Africa and was the captial of Nigeria until it was moved to Abuja in 1991

Lagos

The Numbers

100

If dt= 70/r, what would be the doubling time of a country whose annual rate of growth is 2%

35 = 70/2

200

This figure is the combination of all compensation to employees in a country

Gross National Income 

300

This Total Fertility Rate is considered the "replacement rate" or what is required to keep the population the same as it is now 

2.1

400

This score takes into account reproductive health, empowerment in government and percentage of women in the workforce to give a score between 0 and 1

Gender Inequality Index (GII) 

500

The formula to calculate the rate of natural increase 

CBR-CDR= NIR

Language

100

In Haiti the primary langage spoken is Haitian Creole which a mixure of African language and what Romance language?

French

200

Of the 14 widely spoken languages in India, this one is the most common with half a billion speakers

Hindi

300

Thanks largely to colonization, this language is the most widely spoken on Earth with 1.5 billion speakers

English

400

While Romance languages like Spanish, French and Portugese decended from latin, Cyrillic languages, like Russian, have a differnt alphabet, which is decended from what parent language?

Greek

500

There are two official languages in China, one is Cantonese, what is the other?

Mandarin