AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY UNITS 1-5
REVIEW STUDY GUIDE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Agricultural density - answer-ratio of the number of farmers to the amount of arable
land.
Low- mdc
High- ldc
Physiological density - answer-ratio of the number of people to arable land.
High- ldc
Low- mdc
Arithmetic density - answer-ratio of the number of population by the land area.
Ecumene - answer-places of permanent human settlement are formed.
Example: New York
London
Nonecumene - answer-places where there is not permanent human settlement.
Example: antarctica
Epidemiological transition - answer-how people die in each stage of demographic
transitions.
Stage 1-2: die by epidemics and pandemics
example: black plague
Stage 3-3: die by man- made diseases
example: cancer
Pronatalist - answer-expansive- promotes childbirth
Example: italy
Antinatalist - answer-restrictive- restricting childbirth
Examples: china
india
Stage 5 dtm - answer-negative nir- declining population
Very low cbr
Increasing cdr
Examples: Russia
Italy
Stage 4 dtm - answer-low growth- marked by very low birth and death rates
, No long term natural increase and possibly a decrease
Zpg
Examples: Sweden
Japan
Stage 3 dtm - answer-moderate growth- marked by rapid decline in birth rates and
steady decline in death rates
Nir is moderate
Gap between cbr and cdr is narrower in stage 3 than 2
Examples: America
China
Stage 2 dtm - answer-high growth- marked by declining death rates and very high birth
rates
High nir
Europe and north American in industrial revolution
Africa, Asia, and Latin America in 1950
Ldc
Example: sub- Saharan africa
Stage 1 dtm - answer-low growth- marked by very high birth and death rates
No long term natural increase
There is no country presently in this stage!!
Demographic transition - answer-a model consulting of four stages that helps to explain
the rising and falling of natural increase over time in a country.
Ravenstein's 2 laws for migration - answer-most migrants relocate a short distance and
remain within the same country
Long distance migrants migrate to other countries because of economic activity
Migrants are especially young single males
Net migration - answer-the difference between the number of immigrants from the
number of emigrants
Net in= mdc
Net out= ldc
Can be negative
Guest workers - answer-immigrants traveling for work in northwest Europe
Brain drain - answer-talented/ smart people leaving a country
Usually to make more money
International migration - answer-migration between two countries
Two reasons why: voluntary or forced
REVIEW STUDY GUIDE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Agricultural density - answer-ratio of the number of farmers to the amount of arable
land.
Low- mdc
High- ldc
Physiological density - answer-ratio of the number of people to arable land.
High- ldc
Low- mdc
Arithmetic density - answer-ratio of the number of population by the land area.
Ecumene - answer-places of permanent human settlement are formed.
Example: New York
London
Nonecumene - answer-places where there is not permanent human settlement.
Example: antarctica
Epidemiological transition - answer-how people die in each stage of demographic
transitions.
Stage 1-2: die by epidemics and pandemics
example: black plague
Stage 3-3: die by man- made diseases
example: cancer
Pronatalist - answer-expansive- promotes childbirth
Example: italy
Antinatalist - answer-restrictive- restricting childbirth
Examples: china
india
Stage 5 dtm - answer-negative nir- declining population
Very low cbr
Increasing cdr
Examples: Russia
Italy
Stage 4 dtm - answer-low growth- marked by very low birth and death rates
, No long term natural increase and possibly a decrease
Zpg
Examples: Sweden
Japan
Stage 3 dtm - answer-moderate growth- marked by rapid decline in birth rates and
steady decline in death rates
Nir is moderate
Gap between cbr and cdr is narrower in stage 3 than 2
Examples: America
China
Stage 2 dtm - answer-high growth- marked by declining death rates and very high birth
rates
High nir
Europe and north American in industrial revolution
Africa, Asia, and Latin America in 1950
Ldc
Example: sub- Saharan africa
Stage 1 dtm - answer-low growth- marked by very high birth and death rates
No long term natural increase
There is no country presently in this stage!!
Demographic transition - answer-a model consulting of four stages that helps to explain
the rising and falling of natural increase over time in a country.
Ravenstein's 2 laws for migration - answer-most migrants relocate a short distance and
remain within the same country
Long distance migrants migrate to other countries because of economic activity
Migrants are especially young single males
Net migration - answer-the difference between the number of immigrants from the
number of emigrants
Net in= mdc
Net out= ldc
Can be negative
Guest workers - answer-immigrants traveling for work in northwest Europe
Brain drain - answer-talented/ smart people leaving a country
Usually to make more money
International migration - answer-migration between two countries
Two reasons why: voluntary or forced
