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Advanced Placement Human Geography Exam WithComplete Solutions Latest Update
Absolute Location - ANSWER exact location
Relative Location - ANSWER location according to what's around a place
Space - ANSWER the extent of a area and can be in a relative and absolute sense
Distance Decay - ANSWER the farther apart two things are, the less likely they are to
interact
Place - ANSWER a location
Time-Space Compression - ANSWER the amount of time it takes to travel has
decreased, or compressed
Pattern - ANSWER the geometric or regular arrangement of something in an area.
Environmental Determinism - ANSWER the belief that the physical environment,
especially the climate and terrain, actively shapes cultures.
Environmental Possibilism - ANSWER theory that physical environment ay set limits on
human actions, but people have the ability to adjust and choose a course of action from
many of alternatives.
Formal Regions - ANSWER area with common culture, economy, and climate
,Functional Regions - ANSWER area based around a focal point or note (interacts on a
regular basis)
Perceptual Regions - ANSWER area based on how it is perceived
Population Density - ANSWER how many people are on an amount of land
Arithmetic Density - ANSWER the amount of people compared to the amount of land
Physiological Density - ANSWER the number of people relative to the amount of arable
land
Agricultural Density - ANSWER the number of farmers relative to the amount of arable
land
Ecumene - ANSWER land that is permanently settled by human society
Carrying Capacity - ANSWER the maximum number of people that the environment can
support at any one time
Demography - ANSWER the study of who the people are (how old, male/female, what
race/ethnicity)
Crude Birth Rate-ANSWER the number of births per year for every 1,000 people
Crude Death Rate-ANSWER the number of deaths per year for every 1,000 people
Natural Increase Rate-ANSWER births minus deaths, does not include
, immigration-natural increase
Life Expectancy-ANSWER how long on average someone will live
Maternal Mortality Rate-ANSWER the number of woman whom die during child birth
Infant Mortality Rate - ANSWER the number of children that die under the age of 1
Total Fertility Rate - ANSWER number of children a woman will have on average in her
lifetime
Replacement Rate - ANSWER number of births necessary to "replace" the existing
population 2.1 children per couple on average
Demographic Momentum - ANSWER once large demographic changes begin they are
very difficult to reverse
Population Pyramids - ANSWER how much of the population is which ever age or gender
Economically Active People - ANSWER taxpayers/working population
Dependency Ratio - ANSWER the % of people within a population that are either too
young, or too old to work and must be supported by labour of working adults within that
population.
Demographic Transition Model - ANSWER how a country's population changes over time
Anti-Natal Policies - ANSWER governments discouraging people from having kids
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