AP Human Geography
Final Exam Review
1. The two most numerous ethnicities in the U.S. are:
2. The Taliban are most often associated with which country?
3. Muslims, Christians, and Jews all consider which territory to be a holy place?
4. At the height of the 18th century slave demand, a number of European countries adopted an efficient trading pattern known as:
5. The importance of the Supreme Court decision known as Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas is:
6. The word “Boer” means:
7. The result of “blockbusting” was:
8. Explain the term “state” and give an example.
9. Loyalty and devotion to a nationality is called:
10. An example of centripetal force for American nationalism would be:
11. The word “ghetto” originated from:
12. Who is Nelson Mandela?
13. Explain centrifugal force for American nationalism and give an example.
14. The belief that race is the primary determinant for human traits and capabilities and that racial differences produce superiority of a particular race is called:
15. “Separate but equal” laws are also know also know as:
Write 2 sentences for the following terms
16. Ethnic cleansing
17. Apartheid
18. Ottoman Empire
19. The IRA
20. Caste System
21. A condition of roughly equal strength between opposing alliances is known as:
22. Landlocked states are most common in which continent?
23. Define physical boundary and give an example.
24. NATO and the Warsaw Pact were two alliances formed after what era?
25. Fundamentalist Muslims known as the “mujahedeen” are also known as:
26. The Gulf War of 1991 (Operation Desert Storm) began because Iraq invaded which Arab country?
27. What index is used to measure a country’s level of development?
28. Subsistence farming is found mostly in:
29. Commercial agriculture using food processing and ownership through large corporations is called:
30. Seasonal migration of livestock between mountains and lower pasture areas is called:
31. The Industrial Revolution began in which country?
32. What are textiles?
33. Factories built by U.S. companies in Mexico near the U.S. border, to take advantage of much lower labor costs in Mexico are called:
34. Milksheds have become larger due to which of the following inventions.
35. The steel manufacturing industry is associated with which region in the United States?
Write 2 sentences for the following terms
36. primary sector
37. bulk-reducing industry
38. secondary sector
39. tertiary sector
40. bulk-gaining industry
41. zoning ordinances
42. concentric zone model
43. urbanization
44. megalopolis
45. outsourcing
46. rank-size rule
47. gravity model
48. threshold
49. density gradient
50. sprawl