AP Human Geo MP1

What was an unintended consequence of China's one-child policy?

• Increased population growth

• Smaller working-age population

• Higher birth rates in rural areas

• Improved economic growth

Which of the following is NOT a scale of analysis used by geographers?

• Local scale

• Regional scale

• Global scale

• Temporal scale

The theory that suggests human behavior is primarily shaped by the physical environment is known as:

• Possibilism

• Probabilism

• Environmental determinism

• Cultural ecology

Which projection is known for preserving shape but distorting area, especially near the poles?

• Robinson projection

• Peters projection

• Goode's homolosine projection

• Mercator projection

The U.S. Census is conducted every:

• 5 years

• 10 years

• 15 years

• 20 years

Latitude lines:

• Run north-south and measure east-west distance

• Run east-west and measure north-south distance

• Are also called meridians

• Converge at the equator

Which of the following is an example of a formal region?

• A school district

• A television broadcast area

• A country

• A shopping center's service area

The total fertility rate refers to:

• The number of children born to a woman in her lifetime

• The number of births in a country per year

• The percentage of fertile women in a population

• The number of children who survive to adulthood

In which stage of the Demographic Transition Model is both birth rate and death rate high?

• Stage 1

• Stage 2

• Stage 3

• Stage 4

Thomas Malthus theorized that:

• Population growth would outpace food production

• Technology would solve all population problems

• Birth rates would naturally decline over time

• Death rates would remain constant regardless of development