9th Grade AP Human Geography Exam
Review Vocabulary Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
agricultural density -
correct answer ✅the ratio of the number of farmers to the total
amount of land suitable for agriculture
arithmetic density -
correct answer ✅the total number of people divided by the total
land area
base line -
correct answer ✅an east-west line designated under the Land
Ordinance of 1785 to facilitate the surveying and numbering of
townships in the United States.
cartography -
correct answer ✅the science of making maps
concentration -
correct answer ✅the spread of something over a given area
,9th Grade AP Human Geography Exam
Review Vocabulary Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
connections -
correct answer ✅relationships among people and objects across
the barrier of space
contagious diffusion -
correct answer ✅the rapid, widespread diffusion of a feature or
trend throughout a population
cultural ecology -
correct answer ✅geographic approach that emphasizes human-
environment relationships
cultural landscape -
correct answer ✅fashioning of a natural landscape by a cultural
group
culture -
correct answer ✅the body of customary beliefs, social forms, and
material traits that together constitute a group of people's distinct
tradition
,9th Grade AP Human Geography Exam
Review Vocabulary Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
density -
correct answer ✅the frequency with which something exists
within a given unit of area
diffusion -
correct answer ✅the process of spread of a feature or trend from
one place to another over time
distance decay -
correct answer ✅the diminishing in importance and eventual
disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its
origin
distribution -
correct answer ✅the arrangement of something across Earth's
surface
environmental determinism -
correct answer ✅A nineteenth- and early twentieth-century
approach to the study of geography that argued that the general
laws sought by human geographers could be found in the physical
, 9th Grade AP Human Geography Exam
Review Vocabulary Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
sciences. Geography was therefore the study of how the physical
environment caused human activities.
expansion diffusion -
correct answer ✅the spread of a feature or trend among people
from one area to another in a snowballing process.
formal region (or uniform or homogenous region) -
correct answer ✅An area in which everyone shares in one or more
distinctive characteristics.
functional (or nodal) region -
correct answer ✅an area organized around a node or focal point
Geographic Information System (GIS) -
correct answer ✅a computer system that can capture, store,
query, analyze, and display geographic data.
Global Positioning System (GPS) -
correct answer ✅a system that determines accurately the precise
position of something on Earth.
Review Vocabulary Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
agricultural density -
correct answer ✅the ratio of the number of farmers to the total
amount of land suitable for agriculture
arithmetic density -
correct answer ✅the total number of people divided by the total
land area
base line -
correct answer ✅an east-west line designated under the Land
Ordinance of 1785 to facilitate the surveying and numbering of
townships in the United States.
cartography -
correct answer ✅the science of making maps
concentration -
correct answer ✅the spread of something over a given area
,9th Grade AP Human Geography Exam
Review Vocabulary Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
connections -
correct answer ✅relationships among people and objects across
the barrier of space
contagious diffusion -
correct answer ✅the rapid, widespread diffusion of a feature or
trend throughout a population
cultural ecology -
correct answer ✅geographic approach that emphasizes human-
environment relationships
cultural landscape -
correct answer ✅fashioning of a natural landscape by a cultural
group
culture -
correct answer ✅the body of customary beliefs, social forms, and
material traits that together constitute a group of people's distinct
tradition
,9th Grade AP Human Geography Exam
Review Vocabulary Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
density -
correct answer ✅the frequency with which something exists
within a given unit of area
diffusion -
correct answer ✅the process of spread of a feature or trend from
one place to another over time
distance decay -
correct answer ✅the diminishing in importance and eventual
disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its
origin
distribution -
correct answer ✅the arrangement of something across Earth's
surface
environmental determinism -
correct answer ✅A nineteenth- and early twentieth-century
approach to the study of geography that argued that the general
laws sought by human geographers could be found in the physical
, 9th Grade AP Human Geography Exam
Review Vocabulary Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
sciences. Geography was therefore the study of how the physical
environment caused human activities.
expansion diffusion -
correct answer ✅the spread of a feature or trend among people
from one area to another in a snowballing process.
formal region (or uniform or homogenous region) -
correct answer ✅An area in which everyone shares in one or more
distinctive characteristics.
functional (or nodal) region -
correct answer ✅an area organized around a node or focal point
Geographic Information System (GIS) -
correct answer ✅a computer system that can capture, store,
query, analyze, and display geographic data.
Global Positioning System (GPS) -
correct answer ✅a system that determines accurately the precise
position of something on Earth.
