Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Final Exam Review

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

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