AP Human Geography Ultimate
Review Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
The Greeks -
correct answer ✅The first group of people to introduce geography
as a subject
Eratosthenes -
correct answer ✅The first person to use geography as a term
Five themes of geography -
correct answer ✅Place
region
location
human interaction spatial interaction
Diffusion -
correct answer ✅The spread of something from one place to
another; relocation, expansion, contagious, stimulus, and
hierarchical are the different types
Types of regions -
correct answer ✅Formal, functional or nodal, and perceptual or
vernacular
,AP Human Geography Ultimate
Review Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
Aspects of distribution -
correct answer ✅Density, concentration, and patterns
Environmental determinism -
correct answer ✅Theory that argues that the human behavior is
determined by the physical environment
Possiblism -
correct answer ✅Theory that argues that the natural environment
places limits on the possibilities available to people
GPS -
correct answer ✅Determines the precise position of something on
earth are satellites, tracking stations, and receivers
GIS -
correct answer ✅A computer system that stores, organizers,
analyzes, and displays geographic data. Information combined into
layers
,AP Human Geography Ultimate
Review Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
Remote sensing -
correct answer ✅Acquisition of data about the earths surface from
a satellite orbiting the planet or from other long distance methods
Map scale -
correct answer ✅The relation of a features size on the map to
actual size
Large scale versus small scale -
correct answer ✅Large scale is a map of a county
Small scale is a world map
Isoline map -
correct answer ✅Use lines of equal value to represent data like
elevation, barometric pressure, or temperature
Choropleth map -
correct answer ✅A somatic map in which a variable is depicted
with shading patterns or colors
, AP Human Geography Ultimate
Review Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
Dot map -
correct answer ✅Ethan Maddock map in which a dot represents
some frequency of the mapped variable
Cartogram -
correct answer ✅A theatic map using relative size or political units
to convey value
Mercator projection -
correct answer ✅Distortion on size, shape, and direction. The
standard map projection use for nautical purposes
Robinson projection -
correct answer ✅Distortion on everything in small amounts. It's
primarily used to create visually appealing maps of the entire world
Goode Homolosine projection -
correct answer ✅Eastern and Western hemispheres are separated
into two pieces (oceans are interrupted)
Review Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
The Greeks -
correct answer ✅The first group of people to introduce geography
as a subject
Eratosthenes -
correct answer ✅The first person to use geography as a term
Five themes of geography -
correct answer ✅Place
region
location
human interaction spatial interaction
Diffusion -
correct answer ✅The spread of something from one place to
another; relocation, expansion, contagious, stimulus, and
hierarchical are the different types
Types of regions -
correct answer ✅Formal, functional or nodal, and perceptual or
vernacular
,AP Human Geography Ultimate
Review Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
Aspects of distribution -
correct answer ✅Density, concentration, and patterns
Environmental determinism -
correct answer ✅Theory that argues that the human behavior is
determined by the physical environment
Possiblism -
correct answer ✅Theory that argues that the natural environment
places limits on the possibilities available to people
GPS -
correct answer ✅Determines the precise position of something on
earth are satellites, tracking stations, and receivers
GIS -
correct answer ✅A computer system that stores, organizers,
analyzes, and displays geographic data. Information combined into
layers
,AP Human Geography Ultimate
Review Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
Remote sensing -
correct answer ✅Acquisition of data about the earths surface from
a satellite orbiting the planet or from other long distance methods
Map scale -
correct answer ✅The relation of a features size on the map to
actual size
Large scale versus small scale -
correct answer ✅Large scale is a map of a county
Small scale is a world map
Isoline map -
correct answer ✅Use lines of equal value to represent data like
elevation, barometric pressure, or temperature
Choropleth map -
correct answer ✅A somatic map in which a variable is depicted
with shading patterns or colors
, AP Human Geography Ultimate
Review Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
Dot map -
correct answer ✅Ethan Maddock map in which a dot represents
some frequency of the mapped variable
Cartogram -
correct answer ✅A theatic map using relative size or political units
to convey value
Mercator projection -
correct answer ✅Distortion on size, shape, and direction. The
standard map projection use for nautical purposes
Robinson projection -
correct answer ✅Distortion on everything in small amounts. It's
primarily used to create visually appealing maps of the entire world
Goode Homolosine projection -
correct answer ✅Eastern and Western hemispheres are separated
into two pieces (oceans are interrupted)
