AP Human Geography



AP Human Geography

Chapter 10 Study Guide

Test will be composed of:

• 35 multiple choice (2 points each)

• 2 Free Response Questions (15 points each)

Tips:

1. Complete the study guide

2. Reread Ch. 10, refreshing yourself on maps, graphs, pictures, concepts, etc.

3. Review vocabulary for Ch. 10

4. Think of possible test questions

5. Review Three Gorges Dam and video notes to help with writing the Gateway essay

1. Define the following terms and give examples whenever possible:

a. GNP vs. GDP

b. Formal sector vs. Informal sector

c. Productivity per person

d. Dependency ratio

e. Neo-colonialism

f. Structural adjustments

g. Microcredit programs

h. Trafficking

2. Development is measured using three groupings of statistics. What are they? What are some specific statistics used within those groupings of statistics?

3. Understand the stages and characteristics of Rostow’s Modernization Model. What are the criticisms of the model?

4. What are the characteristics of the Dependency Theory? Who came up with the theory? What are the criticisms of the theory?

5. What are the characteristics of Wallerstein’s World Systems Theory? Why is it the preferable theory of geographers? What are the criticisms of the theory?

6. What are core and peripheral processes?

7. What are some barriers of development? What are some historic examples of these barriers affecting countries in the world?

8. What is the IMF and World Bank? What do they do for peripheral countries? What are their stipulations for those countries?

9. What is an example of a vectored disease? Who does it affect most?

10. What is an EPZ? What are two examples of EPZs in the world?

11. Understand the example of what countries usually do when a quota is placed on a certain product.

12. What is an island of development? Give examples.

13. What are some effects of tourism on a peripheral country?

14. What are NGOs and microcredit programs? What do they do for peripheral countries? Why might they not be successful?

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