2024 D199 PHYSICAL HUMAN GEO
EXAM WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Green House Gas Emission Ranked - CORRECT-ANSWERS1.
Energy/Electricity/Transport
2. Agriculture/Forestry/Land Use
3.Industry (chemicals + cement)
4. Waste
Global Warming - CORRECT-ANSWERSGreenhouse Gassess such as Carbon
emitted into the atmosphere, absorbs heat from the Sun and warms the
earth
Green House Gasses - CORRECT-ANSWERSMethane, Hydrocarbon, Amonia,
Sulfur dioxide
Effects of global warming - CORRECT-ANSWERSDisease, Drought, Flooding
earliest maps - CORRECT-ANSWERSwritten on clay tablets with stick;
figurative maps
Reference Maps - CORRECT-ANSWERSdisplay the anatomy of a geographic
area ex. routes, rivers, bodies of water
thematic map - CORRECT-ANSWERSmaps that emphasize a specific subject
area or theme across a geographic area ex. population, vegetation
3 main human alterations to earth - CORRECT-ANSWERSland use, nitrogen
cycle, carbon cycle
degradation - CORRECT-ANSWERSGradual decline in the integrity of Earth
Ex. Pollution
Urban Ecosystem - CORRECT-ANSWERSEcosystem of a densely populated
city/area, natural and artificial components, takes in A LOT of natural
resources to run, and produces ALOT of waste & emissions
Anthropocene Era - CORRECT-ANSWERSPeriod of humans activities changing
the Earth
,Anthropogenic Mass - CORRECT-ANSWERStotal mass of products created by
humans; doubles every 20 years; greater than natural biomass
Natural Biomass - CORRECT-ANSWERSThe total mass of all of Earths
organism
3 factors of the Great Acceleration of human impact - CORRECT-
ANSWERS1.Industrialization, Urbanization, and Technological advancement
of the past 200 years
2. Increase in population and food production
3. Low cost Mass production = significant increase in carbon footprint
5 Anthropocene long-term effects - CORRECT-ANSWERSWater quality, water
availability, carbon sequestration, soil fertility, and biodiversity
Carbon sinks and redistribution - CORRECT-ANSWERSCarbon sinks are
natural carbon storage in the form soil, forests, and organic matter deeply
deposited in Earth, as soil is turned, forests are cut down, and fossil fuels
extracted and burned , carbon is redistributed into the atmosphere and it is
changing the chemical makeup of Earths oceans and soil.
Helocene Period - CORRECT-ANSWERSWarm peiod that followed the Ice
Age,m started 12,000 years ago
low-income nations economy - CORRECT-ANSWERS50% of revenue comes
from services provided within nation, crucial to their growth; people leaving
agricultural work to be employed in tourism and retail service sectors
Places with names tied to their economy - CORRECT-ANSWERSBanana
Republics, Bread Basket, Silver City, Manufacturing Belt, Copper Canyon,
Goldcoast of W. Africa
modern consumer societies - CORRECT-ANSWERSUrban areas with market
economies
Demographic Transition Model (Thompson, 1929) - CORRECT-ANSWERSUsed
to predict birth, death, and population changes as a country industrializes.
Basted on demographic history
Rostow's Stages of Development (1960) - CORRECT-ANSWERSUsed to
classify a nation into 1 of 5 stages of economic modernization
Rostow's Modernization Stages - CORRECT-ANSWERS1.Traditional economy-
agrarian economy, intensive labor, ow level of trading, no modern science or
technology
2. Preconditions to take off- begin manufacturing
, 3. Takeoff- short intensive period of industrialization; shift from a local to
national/international mindset
4. Drive to maturity - long period of technological advancement, increase in
standard of living, and and national economy rises and diversifies
5 - Age of mass consumerism - "developed" stage with a capitalist economy,
such as US, marked by mass production and mass consumerism
Human Development Index (HDI) (1990) - CORRECT-ANSWERSMeasures
quality of life of a nation with factors such as literacy rate, standard of living,
life expectancy
Human development approach - CORRECT-ANSWERSGDP alone is not a
sufficient indicator of quality of life/development
More Developed Country (MDC) - CORRECT-ANSWERScountries with high
quality education and healthcare available, as well as a stable economy;
more productive because more access to technology; tertiary economic
activity is the driving force of the economy
Early greek maps - CORRECT-ANSWERSGreeks traveled the mediterranean
sea, and created pretty accurate maps of the surrounding area; among the
first scholars to discover earths circumference.
medieval maps - CORRECT-ANSWERS(1100-1400) increase in the European
use of figurative mapping to advance religious beliefs ex. T and O map
medieval maps - CORRECT-ANSWERSAl-idrisi, arab cartographer created
accurate literal maps as he traveled the mediterranean sea
Age of Exploration - CORRECT-ANSWERSEuropean countries explore; rapid
increase in creation of literal maps for navigation. Maps have more military,
political, historical, and economic value as Europe and Asia staking claims
and sailing ships. ex. Map of Historical Emporor+King+Border+Terrain
thematic map rise - CORRECT-ANSWERSLate 1600s the use of thematic
mapping increases
Analytical mapping - CORRECT-ANSWERSCreating maps to answer questions
Ex. Dr. Snow maps the spread of cholera in 1854, and discovers the source
Geographic Information System (GIS) - CORRECT-ANSWERSusing computers
to create maps. computers better at analyzing, manipulating, and layering
than cartographers.
scale - CORRECT-ANSWERSmap units: real world units