AP Human Geography



AP Human Geography

Chapter 4 Study Guide

Test will be composed of:

• 30 multiple choice (2 points each)

• 3 Short Response (2-15 point questions, 1-10 point question)

Tips:

• Complete the study guide

• Reread Ch. 4, refreshing yourself on maps, graphs, pictures, concepts, etc.

• Review vocabulary for Ch. 4

• Think of possible test questions

1. Be able to explain and give examples for material and non-material culture.

2. What are characteristics of local culture? Pop culture?

3. Be able to explain the following groups with detail about their customs, history and ways of staying “uncontaminated.”

a. Hutterites

b. Makah Indians

c. Little Sweden, U.S.A.

4. What are some ways that the US government tried to force Native Americans to be “more civilized?”

5. How does globalization threaten local cultures? What are some specific aspects of local culture that are impacted by globalization?

6. What are some local cultures that have maintained their customs for a long period of time? How do they do this? How have some of their traits made it into pop culture?

7. What are some examples of “authentic” experiences around the world?

8. How does music diffuse? What are some examples of bands or types of music that use each of these methods?

9. How are other things, besides music in pop culture diffused? Give examples of these things, as well as how they are diffused.

10. If you watched, feel comfortable being able to explain the “Merchants of Cool” video in terms of ways corporations market to teens, what are their strategies and tactics.

11. Understand the distance decay model vs. time-space compression. What technological advances have led to TSC?

12. Where are some of the greatest influential regions of the world?

13. What are some governments doing to try and keep their cultures intact?

14. Identify and describe some architectural forms or housing types that have diffused around the world? How are they diffused?

15. What is placelessness? What creates it?

16. How have sports changed as a result of technology? What are extreme sports?

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