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AP Human Geo Chapter 6 Outline

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AP Human Geography 2015-10-19 Chapter 6 Religion I. KEY ISSUE 1 Where Are Religions Distributed? ? Religion interests geographers because it is essential for understanding how humans occupy Earth. Geographers. though, are not theologians, so they stay focused on those elements of religions that are geographically significant. Geographers study spatial connections in religion: the distinctive place of origin the extent of diffusion, the processes by which religions diffused, and practices and beliefs that lead some to have more widespread distributions. ? Geographers find the tension in scale between globalization and local diversity especially acute in religion for a number of reasons. People care deeply about their

AP Human Geo Chapter 10 Outline

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AP Human Geography 2016-02-28 Chapter 10 Agriculture I. Key Issue 1: Why Does Development Vary among Countries? 1. Origins of Agriculture a) Hunters and Gatherers ? Before the invention of agriculture, all humans obtained food through hunting for animals, fishing, and gathering plants. ? Hunters and gathers lived in small groups of usually fewer than 50 persons because a larger number would quickly exhaust the available resources within walking distance. The group traveled frequently, establishing new home bases or camps. ? The direction and frequency of migration depended on the movement of game and the seasonal growth of plants at various locations. (1) CONTEMPORARY HUNTING AND GATHERING. ?

AP Human Geo Chapter 9 Outline

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AP Human Geography 2016-02-28 Chapter 9 Development I. Key Issue 1: Why Does Development Vary among Countries? A. Economic Indicators of Development ? Gross domestic product per capita is the economic indicator included in the HDI calculation. Four other economic indicators are especially useful in distinguishing between more developed and less developed countries?economic structure, worker productivity, access to raw materials, and availability of consumer goods. 1. Types of Jobs ? In addition to GDP per capita, three other economic indicators are especially useful in distinguishing between MDCs and LDCs: types of jobs, worker productivity, and availability of consumer goods. ?

AP Human Geo Chapter 3 Outline

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AP Human Geography 2015-10-19 Chapter 3 Migration I. KEY ISSUE 1 Why Do People Migrate? A. Reasons for Migrating ? Push factor: reason for people to move out of a place ? Pull factor: reason people move to a place ? Three major kinds of push and pull factors economic, cultural, and environmental 1. Economic Push and Pull Factors ? people usually emigrate from a country a few opportunities to a country with many job opportunities ? Areas that have valuable natural resources would attract minors and engineers example in the 19th century Europeans migrated to North America in search of religious freedom. 2. Cultural Push and Pull Factors ? Push factors forcing people to emigrate from a country because of religious or other factors ?

AP Human Geo Chapter 2 Outline

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AP Human Geography 2015-10-19 Chapter 2 Section 1 Population I. KEY ISSUE 1 Where Is the World's Population Distributed? A. Population Concentrations ? Two-thirds of the world's inhabitants are clustered in four regions?East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Western Europe. ? The four regions display some similarities. Most of the people in these regions live near an ocean or near a river with easy access to an ocean, rather than in the interior of major Landmasses. 1. East Asia ? One-fifth of the world's people live in East Asia. ? The region, bordering the Pacific Ocean, includes eastern China, the islands of Japan, the Korean peninsula, and the island of Taiwan. ? Five-sixths of the people in this concentration live in the People's Republic of

AP Human Geo Chapter 1 Outline

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AP Human Geography 2015-09-02 Chapter 1 Section 1 Thinking Geographically QUICK SUMMARIES ? Geography is most fundamentally a spatial science. Geographers use maps to display the location of objects and to extract information about places. ? GIS and other contemporary tools assist geographers. ? Geographers also identify regions as areas distinguished by distinctive combinations of cultural as well as economic and environmental features. ? The global scale is increasingly important because few places in the contemporary world are totally isolated. ? Because places are connected to each other, they display similarities. Geographers study the interactions of groups of people and human activities across space, and they identify

APHG Chapter 8 (Political Geography) Study Guide Answers

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Chapter 8 Learning Guide ? Political Geography Key Issue 1 ? Where Are States Located? Pgs. 238 ? 247 Problems of Defining States Define state: Area organized into a political unit ruled by an established government that has control over its internal & foreign affairs; it occupies a defined territory & has permanent population Define sovereignty: Ability of a state to govern its territory without intervention from other states There is some disagreement about how many states there actually are in the world because of regions which may, or may not, actually be states. Complete the chart to demonstrate three cases. Korea (North & South) People?s Democratic Republic of China (China) and/or Republic of China (Taiwan) Western Sahara or Sahrawi Republic

APHG Chapter 9 (Development) Test Review

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RUBENSTEIN, An Introduction to Human Geography, The Cultural Landscape Chapter 9 Development MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) Which of the following is NOT an important reason why many countries do not develop quickly? A) Low standing of women. B) Corrupt government. C) Increased liesure time. D) The current recession. Answer: C 2) Which factor do NOT affect a country's level of development? A) Social B) Political C) Demographic D) Economic Answer: B 3) How many factors are taken into account when measuring HDI and how many from each category? A) 3; 1 economic, 1 social, 1 deomgraphic. B) 5; 1 economic, 2 social, 2 deomgraphic.

APHG Chapter 8 (Political Geography) Vocabulary Review

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RUBENSTEIN, An Introduction to Human Geography, The Cultural Landscape Chapter 8 Politcal Geography Matching A. A sovereign state comprising a city and the surrounding farmland. B. Internationally recognized control of a state over the people and territory within its boundaries. C. An area organized into a political unit and ruled by an established government with control over its internal and foreign affairs. D. The land and waters belonging to or under the control of a state, sovereign, etc. 1. City-state 2. State 3. Sovereignty 4. Territory Answers: 1)A 2)C 3)B 4)D A. State that includes several discontinuous pieces of territory. B. An otherwise compact state with a large projecting extension. C. A state with a long, narrow shape.

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RUBENSTEIN, An Introduction to Human Geography, The Cultural Landscape Chapter 8 Political Geography MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) An area organized into an independent political unit is a... A) colony. B) nationality. C) satellite. D) state. E) suburb. Answer: D 2) A state with control over its internal affairs has... A) centripetal forces. B) nationality. C) suffrage. D) sovereignty. E) ethnicity. Answer: D 3) Over the past half century, the number of sovereign states in the world... A) has remained approximately the same. B) has increased by a couple of dozen. C) has decreased by a couple of dozen. D) has increased by more than a hundred.

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