AP Human Geography Unit 2 & 3 Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Demography -
correct answer ✅scientific study of population characteristics.
Overpopulation -
correct answer ✅number of people in an area exceeds the
capacity of the environment to support life at a decent standard of
living.
Census -
correct answer ✅complete enumeration of a population.
Ecumene -
correct answer ✅portion of Earth's surface occupied by
permanent human settlement.
Arithmetic density -
correct answer ✅total number of people divided by the total land
area
Physiological density -
correct answer ✅number of people per unit of area of arable land,
divide population by arable land area
,AP Human Geography Unit 2 & 3 Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Agricultural density -
correct answer ✅ratio of the number of farmers to the total
amount of land suitable for agriculture, divide population of
farmers by arable land
Crude birth rate -
correct answer ✅total number of live births in a year for every
1000 people alive in the society.
Crude death rate -
correct answer ✅total number of deaths in a year for every 1000
people alive in the society.
Natural increase rate (NIR) -
correct answer ✅percentage growth of a population in a year,
computed as the crude birth rate minus the crude death rate.
Doubling time -
correct answer ✅number of years needed to double a population,
assuming a constant rate of natural increase.
, AP Human Geography Unit 2 & 3 Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Total fertility rate -
correct answer ✅average number of children a woman will have
throughout her childbearing years (world: 2.5) 2.1
Population pyramid -
correct answer ✅bar graph representing the distribution of
population by age and sex.
Dependency ratio -
correct answer ✅number of people under the age of 15 and over
the age 64, compared to the number of people active in the labor
force
Sex ratio -
correct answer ✅number of males per 100 females in a population
Demographic transition -
correct answer ✅process of change in a society's population from
a condition of high crude birth and death rates and low rate of
natural increase to a condition of low crude birth and death rates,
low rate of natural increase, and a higher total population.
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Demography -
correct answer ✅scientific study of population characteristics.
Overpopulation -
correct answer ✅number of people in an area exceeds the
capacity of the environment to support life at a decent standard of
living.
Census -
correct answer ✅complete enumeration of a population.
Ecumene -
correct answer ✅portion of Earth's surface occupied by
permanent human settlement.
Arithmetic density -
correct answer ✅total number of people divided by the total land
area
Physiological density -
correct answer ✅number of people per unit of area of arable land,
divide population by arable land area
,AP Human Geography Unit 2 & 3 Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Agricultural density -
correct answer ✅ratio of the number of farmers to the total
amount of land suitable for agriculture, divide population of
farmers by arable land
Crude birth rate -
correct answer ✅total number of live births in a year for every
1000 people alive in the society.
Crude death rate -
correct answer ✅total number of deaths in a year for every 1000
people alive in the society.
Natural increase rate (NIR) -
correct answer ✅percentage growth of a population in a year,
computed as the crude birth rate minus the crude death rate.
Doubling time -
correct answer ✅number of years needed to double a population,
assuming a constant rate of natural increase.
, AP Human Geography Unit 2 & 3 Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Total fertility rate -
correct answer ✅average number of children a woman will have
throughout her childbearing years (world: 2.5) 2.1
Population pyramid -
correct answer ✅bar graph representing the distribution of
population by age and sex.
Dependency ratio -
correct answer ✅number of people under the age of 15 and over
the age 64, compared to the number of people active in the labor
force
Sex ratio -
correct answer ✅number of males per 100 females in a population
Demographic transition -
correct answer ✅process of change in a society's population from
a condition of high crude birth and death rates and low rate of
natural increase to a condition of low crude birth and death rates,
low rate of natural increase, and a higher total population.
