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What are the five themes of geography? Location, Place, Human/Environmental interaction, Regions, Movement Which of the following is the science of mapmaking? Cartography What does longitude measure? The angles east and west of the prime meridian What is population density? Number of people per unit area A country has 100 square miles of land and a population of 1 million people. What is the population density per square mile of the country? Round to the nearest whole number. 10,000 peopl...

WGU C255 Introduction to Geography Test 1 with Questions and Answers Sub-saharan Africa ANSWER plagued by civil wars over their rich natural resources South Asia ANSWER Divided along religious lines as the result of decolonization Latin America ANSWER Slash-and-burn agriculture Oceania ANSWER decade long civil war over the panguna copper mine Eastern Europe ANSWER Balkanization along national lines has characterized this region Middle East ANSWER The single most important physi...

AP Human Geography Exam Review Complete Questions And Answers

AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY UNIT 4 ALREADY PASSED Political Geography The study of the spatial aspects of political affairs Territoriality Strong attachment to or defensive control of a place or an area Sovereignty Supreme authority of a state over its own affairs and freedom fr control by outside forces State Same thing as country 1. Has specific territory, set boundaries 2. Permanent population 3. Recognized as a state by other states 4. Government with authority over international affairs Nation G...

OAU/AU Structure - correct answer - Key Organs include: - the Assembly of Heads of States and governments - Pna-African Parliament (based in South Africa) - The African Court of Justice (human rights, conflicts etc) - Peace and Security Council - The Commission of Mediation, Conciliation and Arbitration OAU/AU Objectives - correct answer 1. establish a single continent wide independent African Sta...

WGU C255 Geography Practice Test Questions And Answers Longitude measures what - CORRECT ANSWERS angles east and west of prime meridian Latitude measures what - CORRECT ANSWERS angles north and south of the equator Prime Meridian does what - CORRECT ANSWERS establishes the point of measure for longitude Latitude runs - CORRECT ANSWERS Parallels Longitude has - CORRECT ANSWERS ...

AP Human Geography Unit 1, 2, 3 vocab Already Passed Crude birth rate The number of births per year to a thousand people. Crude death rate The number of deaths per year to a thousand people. Density The amount of something per unit Distance decay The decline of an activity or function with increasing distance from the place of origin. Doubling rate The length of time that a population needs to double in numbers. Emigration Migration outwards from one's native country to another country. E...

If I were to describe where I live using relative location, which of the following ways would be most accurate? - ANS I live near where Route 3 and I-95 meet. Why does distortion occur when making a map? - ANS Because the earth is a sphere Which of the following photos is the best representation of a hinterland? - ANS its the one with Aerial photograph of farmland with dotted trees Mountains are most commonly formed by which of the following types of tectonic plate boundaries? - ANS conver...

WGU C255 PA EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION What are the five themes of geography? - CORRECT ANSWERS Location,Place,Human/environmental interaction,Regions,Movement Which of the following is the science of mapmaking? - CORRECT ANSWERS Cartography What does longitude measure? - CORRECT ANSWERS The angles east and west of the prime meridian What is population density? - CORRECT ANSWERS Numb...

WGU C255 Introduction to Geography – Questions and Answers Already Passed What are the five themes of geography? Location, Place, Human/Environmental interaction, Regions, Movement Which of the following is the science of mapmaking? Cartography What does longitude measure? The angles east and west of the prime meridian What is population density? Number of people per unit area A country has 100 square miles of land and a population of 1 million people. What is the population density per ...