AP Human Geography Chapter 2 Study Guide Terms: · population density - a measurement of the number of people per given unit of land · arithmetic population density - the population of a country or region expressed as an average per unit area · physiologic population density - the number of people per unit area of arable land · population distribution - description of locations on the Earth’s surface where populations live · dot maps - maps where one dot represents a certain number of a phenomenon
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THE HOT‚ WET EQUATORIAL CLIMATE Distribution -Is found between 5° and 10°N and S of the equator. Its greatest extent is found in the lowlands of the Amazon‚ Congo D.R‚ Malaysia and the East Indies. -Further away from the equator‚ the influence on the on-shore Trade Winds gives rise to a modified type of equatorial climate with the Monsoon influences. -Within the tropics‚ the equatorial highlands have a distinctively cooler climate‚ modified by altitude such as the Cameron highlands‚ northern
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national culture and languages can be eroded by the modern globalised culture. 2. Some countries have been unable to take advantage of globalisation and their standards of living are dropping further behind the richest countries. The gap in incomes between the 20% of the richest and the poorest countries has grown from 30 to 1 in 1960 to 82 to 1 in 1995. 3. Increased trade and travel have facilitated the spread of human‚ animal and plant diseases‚ like HIV/AIDS‚ SARS and bird flu‚ across borders.
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PLATE #3: THE SITE NAGSASA (NAZASA) COVE‚ SAN ANTONIO ZAMBALES Rainforest Aetas and rocky beaches In the 1980s‚ the mountain slopes around Nagsasa Cove were covered with tropical rainforest and inhabited by Aeta people‚ as they were for hundreds of years. The shoreline was mostly rocky‚ with short patches of beach here and there. Some distance beyond the shore (as indicated in old maps of the cove) was a rich coral reef‚ prolific with all kinds of fish and marine life. There
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important because it shows the relationship between different regions‚ as well as colonized countries and their colonizers. The different boundary types either create more difficult ways of transportation/trade‚ or ease transportation/trade‚ etc. 2. Federal/Unitary/Confederate Governments b. The different types of government are important because they show how a country is being ruled. It also hints at the type of culture; unitary governments tend to lead more homogenous states than federal
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CHAPTER TWO: THE EARTH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THE CONTINENTS A Continent is one of several very large landmasses on Earth. They are generally identified by convention rather than any strict criteria‚ with up to seven regions commonly regarded as continents. These are: Asia‚ Africa‚ North America‚ South America‚ Antarctica‚ Europe‚ and Australia. In geology‚ continents are described by means of tectonic plates. Plate tectonics is the process and study of the movement‚ collision and division
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biology‚ engineers‚ hydrologists‚ social scientists and other profession groups attend the environmental impact assessment studies and that the alternatives do their duty in the
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aph study guide Human Geography (AP) Homework Assignment Chapter 7.1 (pgs. 177-183) due online by 1/31/12 1. What are the two ways that major religions of the world have diffused across cultural barriers and language boundaries? The two ways major religions of the world have diffused is through migration and conversion. 2. List the ways religion marks the cultural landscape. Religion marks the cultural landscape by churches and mosques‚ cemeteries‚ shrines‚ statues‚
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AP Human Geography Chapter 1 review Because of the rise of the rest‚ the world has encountered its third shift of global power in the history of the Modern World. The rise of the Western World was given precisely at the moment of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment‚ when classic knowledge was rediscovered. The importance of the 3 rises is immensely important to the development of modern society. Besides the rise of the rest‚ Zachariah imposes his opinion on what should be done and what
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2000 1. 2. Sweet are the uses of adversity. 3. “Hero-worship is the strongest where there is least regard for human freedom”. 4. Advancement in science and technology is the gateway to the economic prosperity of a country. 5. The barbarity of ethnic cleansing. 6. “Education makes a people easy to lead‚ but difficult to drive‚ easy to govern‚ but impossible to enslave”. 7. “We never know the worth of water till the well is dry:. 8. Progressive alleviation of poverty in Pakistan
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