Barron's AP Human Geography Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Indo European Language Family -
correct answer ✅Broken down first into major lang: Albanian,
Celtic, Germanic, Italic, among others
Each is an ancestor to other languages, like latin, in the Italic branch
Latin has several offspring, including French Italian Portuguese
spanish among others
English descends from low German Branch of Germanic offspring
Each language has a similarity complex tree encompassing a wide
variety of both current and extinct languages
Judaism -
correct answer ✅First major monotheistic religion
Based on sense of ethnic identity; adherents form tight-knit
communities where they live
In 1948, Jewish established own state in Israel, where, in addition
to US is where most Jews reside
Stimulus Expansion Diffusion -
correct answer ✅Describes pattern by which a concept is diffused
but not in same form as original contact
,Barron's AP Human Geography Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Ex: Native American exposure to written lang stimulated them to
develop their own written language systems that differed from the
lang they were exposed to
Simplification -
correct answer ✅Refers to level of detail portrayed on a map
If cartographer designs map of US, would likely not include minute
details, like towns with less than 50 thousand people.
Level of simplification depends on purpose of map and size of area
it is portraying
Guest Workers -
correct answer ✅Individuals who migrate temporarily to take
advantage of job opportunities in other countries
Send significant portion of pay called remittances back home to
support friends and fam
In some countries, remittances significant source of income for the
country
Language extinction -
correct answer ✅Occurs when language is no longer in use by any
living people
,Barron's AP Human Geography Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Thousands extinct sine lang first developed, but process
accelerated greatly during past 300 years
Colonialism in 18 and 19th centuries and ec globalization in 20th
and 21st centuries have driven many languages to premature
extinction
Causes loss of tremendous amount of history and knowledge
Region -
correct answer ✅One of the fundamental units of analysis in
Human Geo
Regionalizing allows geographers to group pieces of earth's surface
together according to certain similarities
Regions do not exist as well defined unis in the landscape instead
they are conceptual constructions that geographers use for
convenience and comparison
Crude Death Rate (CDR) -
correct answer ✅Number of deaths per 1000 people
Crude because does not take into account age structures of a
population
West Europe have high death rates because of a high proportion of
individuals in older age cohorts
, Barron's AP Human Geography Exam
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Demographic accounting equation -
correct answer ✅Predicts pop change within a particular area as
function of nat increase/ decrease and in/ out migration.
P(t, t+1)= P(t) . . .
+ B(t, t+1) - D(t, t+1) natural change
+ I(t, t+1) - E(t, t+1) net migration
Where: P= pop, B= births, D=Deaths, I=immigration, E=emigration,
t= time now, t+1= some time in the future
Crude Birth Rate (CBR) -
correct answer ✅The number of live births in a single year for
every 1000 people
Highest birth rates in least developed regions where the number of
women at or near reproducing age and fertility rates are high
Places with high birth rates have little access for women's
education
High birth rates have a high population engaged in agriculture;
more children= more laborers
Time-Distance Decay -
correct answer ✅The idea that the longer it takes for something to
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Indo European Language Family -
correct answer ✅Broken down first into major lang: Albanian,
Celtic, Germanic, Italic, among others
Each is an ancestor to other languages, like latin, in the Italic branch
Latin has several offspring, including French Italian Portuguese
spanish among others
English descends from low German Branch of Germanic offspring
Each language has a similarity complex tree encompassing a wide
variety of both current and extinct languages
Judaism -
correct answer ✅First major monotheistic religion
Based on sense of ethnic identity; adherents form tight-knit
communities where they live
In 1948, Jewish established own state in Israel, where, in addition
to US is where most Jews reside
Stimulus Expansion Diffusion -
correct answer ✅Describes pattern by which a concept is diffused
but not in same form as original contact
,Barron's AP Human Geography Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Ex: Native American exposure to written lang stimulated them to
develop their own written language systems that differed from the
lang they were exposed to
Simplification -
correct answer ✅Refers to level of detail portrayed on a map
If cartographer designs map of US, would likely not include minute
details, like towns with less than 50 thousand people.
Level of simplification depends on purpose of map and size of area
it is portraying
Guest Workers -
correct answer ✅Individuals who migrate temporarily to take
advantage of job opportunities in other countries
Send significant portion of pay called remittances back home to
support friends and fam
In some countries, remittances significant source of income for the
country
Language extinction -
correct answer ✅Occurs when language is no longer in use by any
living people
,Barron's AP Human Geography Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Thousands extinct sine lang first developed, but process
accelerated greatly during past 300 years
Colonialism in 18 and 19th centuries and ec globalization in 20th
and 21st centuries have driven many languages to premature
extinction
Causes loss of tremendous amount of history and knowledge
Region -
correct answer ✅One of the fundamental units of analysis in
Human Geo
Regionalizing allows geographers to group pieces of earth's surface
together according to certain similarities
Regions do not exist as well defined unis in the landscape instead
they are conceptual constructions that geographers use for
convenience and comparison
Crude Death Rate (CDR) -
correct answer ✅Number of deaths per 1000 people
Crude because does not take into account age structures of a
population
West Europe have high death rates because of a high proportion of
individuals in older age cohorts
, Barron's AP Human Geography Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Demographic accounting equation -
correct answer ✅Predicts pop change within a particular area as
function of nat increase/ decrease and in/ out migration.
P(t, t+1)= P(t) . . .
+ B(t, t+1) - D(t, t+1) natural change
+ I(t, t+1) - E(t, t+1) net migration
Where: P= pop, B= births, D=Deaths, I=immigration, E=emigration,
t= time now, t+1= some time in the future
Crude Birth Rate (CBR) -
correct answer ✅The number of live births in a single year for
every 1000 people
Highest birth rates in least developed regions where the number of
women at or near reproducing age and fertility rates are high
Places with high birth rates have little access for women's
education
High birth rates have a high population engaged in agriculture;
more children= more laborers
Time-Distance Decay -
correct answer ✅The idea that the longer it takes for something to
