AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY EXAM GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Space - answer-geometric surface of the earth
Place - answer--area of bounded space of some human importance.
-people don't need to live here
Toponym - answer-the name given to a portion of earth's surface.
Regions - answer-a geographic area defined by one or more characteristics that set it
apart from other areas
Sequent occupance - answer-succession of groups and cultural influences throughout a
places history
Scale - answer-the relationship between the portion of earth being studied and earth as
a whole
Map scale - answer-the ratio of distance on a map and distance in the real world
Relative scale - answer-the way in which areas of the world are grouped together for
study
Formal region - answer-an area in which everyone shares in one or more distinctive
characteristics
Linguistic region - answer-everyone speaks the same language, but can be very
different culturally
Regional boundaries - answer-the border at which a region ends; these are not always
definite
Cultural regions - answer-a portion of earth's surface occupied by a population sharing
recognizable and distinctive cultural characteristics
-tend to have fuzzy borders
Market area - answer-a type of functional region, home pro sport team example, more
coverage and media in the city, diminishes as you move away
Intervening opportunity - answer-an attraction at a shorter distance that takes
precedence over an attraction that is further away
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Space - answer-geometric surface of the earth
Place - answer--area of bounded space of some human importance.
-people don't need to live here
Toponym - answer-the name given to a portion of earth's surface.
Regions - answer-a geographic area defined by one or more characteristics that set it
apart from other areas
Sequent occupance - answer-succession of groups and cultural influences throughout a
places history
Scale - answer-the relationship between the portion of earth being studied and earth as
a whole
Map scale - answer-the ratio of distance on a map and distance in the real world
Relative scale - answer-the way in which areas of the world are grouped together for
study
Formal region - answer-an area in which everyone shares in one or more distinctive
characteristics
Linguistic region - answer-everyone speaks the same language, but can be very
different culturally
Regional boundaries - answer-the border at which a region ends; these are not always
definite
Cultural regions - answer-a portion of earth's surface occupied by a population sharing
recognizable and distinctive cultural characteristics
-tend to have fuzzy borders
Market area - answer-a type of functional region, home pro sport team example, more
coverage and media in the city, diminishes as you move away
Intervening opportunity - answer-an attraction at a shorter distance that takes
precedence over an attraction that is further away
