AP Human Geography
Study Guide Test Unit 1
Terms: Know these terms THOROUGHLY!
Globalization
Connectivity
Mental Map
Cultural trait
Distance decay
Contagious diffusion
Physical geography
Relative location
Cultural Landscape
Scale
cultural complex
cultural barriers
hierarchical diffusion
Activity space
Regionalization
Absolute Location
formal region
cultural diffusion
stimulus diffusion
relocation diffusion
Sense of Place
Cholera
functional region
cultural hearth
expansion diffusion
cultural ecology
Questions: Answers these questions completely.
How much of the world is malnourished?
What type of people are typically malnourished?
What countries have a high percentage of arable land?
Describe the geography of Kenya.
What do geographers do?
Explain the spatial approach to geography.
What is the nature of Cholera?
What are the 5 themes of geography and can you explain them?
Graphic Organizers: List the characteristics of different geographies in the spaces below.
Cultural Geography
Human Geography
Physical Geography
Biogeography
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People: What contributions did they make to the study of human geography?
Carl O. Sauer
Gould and White
Wilbur Zelinsky
Hagerstrand
Graphic Organizer: Note the similarities and differences in the Venn diagram below for the terms
listed underneath!
Environmental Possibilism
Environmental Determinism
Essays: Prepare for all, but only 2 will be assigned.
1. Discuss the problems that “geographic illiteracy” can present to a country such as the
United States in the Twenty-First Century. Give examples of the need for geographic
knowledge in diverse areas such as international politics, domestic politics, economics,
and popular culture.
2. Discuss the difference between absolute and relative location. What is the absolute
location of Stevenson High School? How would you describe the relative location of the
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town or city where High School is located?
3. Describe the use of spatial analysis in the discovery of the cause of cholera. Give one or
two examples of the spatial aspects of diseases which are commonly in the news (e.g. AIDS,
flu, etc.).
4. What is a functional region and how does it differ from a formal region? Discuss the
functional region associated with a nearby metropolitan center—describe movement,
communication and interaction between the metro area and its surrounding region.
5. Briefly describe the difference between expansion and relocation diffusion. Give several
example of each.
6. The South region of the United States, it is argued, persists as a region which is different
from other U.S. regions. Identify some of the material and nonmaterial cultural attribute
associated with this region. Discuss possible boundaries of the region and what you would
use to establish the boundaries. In your opinion, is the South becoming more or less like the
rest of the country? Give evidence for your opinion.
FRQ Unit 1
1. One way that geographers analyze spatial patterns is do divide the earth into regions.
a. Define formal regions, functional regions and spatial regions
b. Give an example of a formal region and explain how its characteristics distinguish it from other
formal regions.
c. Given an example of a functional region, and explain how its characteristics distinguish it from
other functional regions.
d. Give an example of a perceptual region, and explain how its characteristics distinguish it from
other perceptual regions