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AP Human Geography
The Grand Review
Unit I: Nature & Perspectives
Identify each type of map:
1. 2.
3. 4.
5. 6.
Type of map:
This one shows:
7. 8.
9. Maps 5-8 above are all a certain type of map. What are they called?
Choose the one that does not belong:
10. township and range 12. Latitude and Longitudeclustered rural settlement sitegrid street pattern absolute location
situation
11. site 13. globalizationsituation nationalismrelative location foreign investment
multinational corporations
Match the following:
14. A computer system that stores, organizes, retrieves, analyzes and displays geographic data
15. the forms superimposed on the physical environment by the activities of humans
16. the spread of an idea or innovation from its source
17. the interactions between human societies and the physical environment
18. a space-based global navigation satellite system
19. the physical environment rather than social conditions determines culture
20. the small or large-scale acquisition of information of an object or phenomenon, either in recording or real time
Regions Matching:
21. formal region22. functional region23. vernacular (perceptual) region
24. Which of the following is the study of place names?
a. cultural diffusion
b. cultural ecology
c. cultural landscape
d. environmental determinism
e. GIS
f. GPS
g. remote sensing
a. Milwaukeeb. channel 9 viewing areac. the Midwestd. the Rustbelte. a pizza hut delivery areaf. an airline hub
a. Isonymsb. Phenonymsc. Acronymsd. Toponyms
25. The “why” of “where” refers to:
a. geography’s emphasis on landscape featuresb. spatial patterns on the landscapec. a definition of geography that is simply locationald. the idea that the explanation of a spatial pattern is cruciale. the depiction of a region’s physical features
Questions 26 and 27 refer to the following statement.
Twenty-four specific objects transmit complex radio codes, including time signals traveling at the speed of light. You can contact at least 4 of the 24 objects at any time of day or night.
26. The statement above refers to which of the following?
a. GIS stationsb. NTM’s for chart usec. GPS satellitesd. GNIS entriese. TIR scanning systems
27. The technology described above allows the determination of which of the following?
a. the amount of detail that can be shown on a topographic mapb. absolute location on the surface of the Earthc. the number of layers that can be accommodated in a geographic information systemd. distances from radio transmission towers and subsidiary satellite dishese. the weather forecast for any area
28. All of the following are examples of the spatial analysis tradition in geography EXCEPT the
a. number of space shuttles constructedb. volume of telephone calls between Corey Union and Old Mainc. trans-Atlantic slave traded. distance associated with shopping trips to area mallse. volume of air traffic between London and Hong Kong
Unit II: Population and Migration
Label each of the population pyramids as Stage 1, Stage 2, Stage 3, 4 or 5
29. 30.
31. 32.
33. Explain demographic momentum and its impact.
34. For each of the pyramids below, explain the abnormalities that can be seen.
a. b .
c. d.
35. Which of the following characteristics applies to more-developed countries?a. early stages of epidemiological transitionb. long life expectanciesc. high total fertility ratesd. rapid population growthe. early stages of the demographic transition
36. The dependency ratio is most useful for indicating thea. reliance of a country on imported fossil fuelsb. degree of gender equality within a countryc. relationship between the total fertility rate and the infant mortality rated. percentage of foreign ownership within the secondary sector of a country’s economye. relationship between the potential labor force and the remainder of a country’s population
37. Even though fertility rates have been declining in some less-developed countries, the total population has continued to grow. This is primarily because a high percentage of the population isa. femaleb. malec. over the age of 15d. under the age of 15
38. Physiological population density differs from crude population density in that physiological densitya. examines only the population of cities, while crude density includes the population of cities and rural areasb. is a measure of how density is perceived, while crude density is a measure of specific densityc. explains density in terms of people per arable square land unit, while crude density explains density in terms of people per total square land unitd. explains the density of a single housing unit, while crude density explains the density of a group of houses
39. Which of the following is a correct statement about the demographic transition model?a. it is applicable only to 18th century Europeb. it predicts the growth of population in Russia reasonably wellc. it supports the idea that technology can remove or extend the limits of food productiond. it is characterized by relatively low growth rates at stage 1 and stage 4
40. Two-thirds of the world’s population is clustered in four regions. Which of the following is NOT one of those four?East Asia South Asia Sub-Saharan Africa W. Europe Northeastern United States
41. List three push factors and three pull factors (the most common ones)
42. Which of the following two continents is associated with highest numbers of refugees in the early 21st century? (circle two)a. Africab. Asiac. Australiad. Europee. South America
43. Which of the following countries has a large number of Turkish guest workers?a. Franceb. Russiac. Germanyd. Italy
44. Which of the following countries is the primary destination for guest workers from the Maghreb region of northern Africa?a. Franceb. Germanyc. Italyd. Spaine. United Kingdom
45. The first wave of immigrants to the United States during the 19th century came froma. Asia and Latin Americab. Italy, Russia and Polandc. England, Ireland and Germanyd. Sweden, Norway and Slovakiae. Africa and Oceania
Unit III: Cultural Patterns and Processes
46. Classify each of the following religions as monotheistic or polytheistic, universalizing or ethnic, and include their hearth region, then rank them according to number of followers
Religion Mono/Poly Ethnic/Universalizing Hearth RegionBuddhismHinduismIslamJudaismMormonismOrthodox ChristianityProtestantismRoman CatholicismAnimism
Match the following (can be used more than once or not at all):47. example of linguistic fragmentation 48. an example of a lingua franca 49. the language with the most speakers (as a first language) 50. a language in the Sino-Tibetan family 51. A language in the Indo-European family
a. Mandarinb. Swahilic. Nigeriad. Haitian Creolee. Hindi
52. Which of the following is the belief that one’s own culture is the best or better than other cultures?a. Ethosb. Prejudicec. Ethnocentrismd. Acculturation
53. The Indo-European language family includes the major languages of Europe and those dominant in all the following regions EXCEPTa. Russiab. Northern Indiac. Irand. Eastern and Southern Australiae. Central Asia
54. Which of the following is an example of a cultural landscape?a. coastal wetlandb. cloud forestc. stand of mangrove treesd. eroded shorelinee. Adobe ruins
Classify each of the following as folk culture or popular culture:
55. the Amish 56. Blue jeans 57. McDonalds 58. Goetta 59. Small scale 60. Urban 61. Rural 62. Cultural homogeneity 63. slow change 64. The internet 65. Anime 66. Relocation diffusion
67. Which of the following correctly sequences the continuum from language family to dialect?
a. Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Arabic, Berberb. Sino-Tibetan, Sinitic, Mandarin, Chinesec. Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Hindi, Bengalid. Indo-European, Germanic, English, Midland-Northern
68. The largest number of immigrants to the United States every year is from
a. Guatemala b. Haiti c. Mexico d. Cuba e. Dominican R.
69. Which of the following aspects of diffusion of Western culture threaten non-Western ways of life?
I. loss of traditional valuesII. subjugation of womenIII. Western control of mediaIV. alteration of traditional landscapesV. pollution
a. I and II onlyb. I and III onlyc. I, II and IV onlyd. I, III, IV and V onlye. I, II, III, IV, and V
70. Which of the following countries has the largest number of Sunni Muslims?
a. Saudi Arabiab. Bangladeshc. Egyptd. Irane. Indonesia
71. Which of the following religions is predominant in the states of Wisconsin, Minnesota and North Dakota?a. Catholic b. Mormon c. Lutheran d. Baptist e. Methodist
72. According to the figure above, which of the following choices best describes the changes in interaction as distances increases?
a. it remains unchangedb. it increases at first, then decreasesc. it increasesd. it changes randomlye. it decreases
73. Match the Protestant denomination with the correct percentage of the total population that its adherents represent:
Lutheran Episcopalian Presbyterian Baptist Pentecostal Methodist
a. 16%b. 7%c. 6%d. 3%e. 2%f. 1%
74. Match the religion with the correct percentage of adherents globally:
Buddhism Islam Hinduism Christianity Judaism Animist/Shamanist Traditional Nonreligious
a. 33%b. 21%c. 16%d. 14%e. 6%e. 6%f. .22%
75. Which of the following majority Muslim countries has a secular government?
a. Saudi Arabia b. Iran c. Turkey d. Afghanistan e. Yemen
76. Identify each of the following as part of material or non-material culture:Gregorian chant Muslim prayer rug a Cathedral
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity! A cul-de-sac a food taboo
77. Put an x by the three MOST WIDELY SPOKEN languages globally:_Arabic _English _Mandarin _Hindi _Spanish _Bengali
Unit IV: Political Organization of Space
78. Put the following in order from the largest to the smallest: census tract, county, municipality, nation-state, province, empire
79. Europeans’ primary motivations for colonization:G_______, G________________, G___________
Match the following:
80. nation-state81. multi-nation state 82. multi-state nation 83. stateless nation 84. unrecognized state
a. Koreab. Kurdsc. Palestined. Indonesiae. Japan
Match the following:
85. compact state 86. elongated state 87. prorupted state 88. perforated state 89. fragmented state 90. landlocked state 91. microstate
a. Afghanistanb. Indonesiac. Nicaraguad. South Africae. Vatican Cityf. Vietnam
92. Name two forward capitals (country and new capital city)
93. Colony sorting. The number tells you how many for that country. Each country will have at least three different continents represented:Britain (4) France (4) Spain (3) Portugal (2) Netherlands (2)
IndiaCongoSyriaMexicoCape Colony
AngolaArgentinaMoroccoBrazilSingapore
GhanaVietnamIndonesiaAlgeriaNigeria
Match the following:
94. Unitary State 95. Federal State 96. Confederal State 97. Devolution
a. Canadab. Francec. Germanyd. Mexico
e. Switzerlandf. United Statesg. United Kingdom
Match the following:
98. model that demonstrates the transfer of resources from less developed to more developed countries 99. the area near a border, separating two countries or the extreme limits of a state 100. the node of a state, or the area Mackinder thought was important in global geopolitics 101. a portion of a state surrounded by the territory of another state 102. manipulating boundaries for political gain 103. the area Spykman thought was more important than the heartland in geopolitics 104. a real or imaginary line that separates two things
a. frontierb. enclavec. core-peripheryd. gerrymanderinge. boundaryf. rimlandg. heartland
105. The European Union, the Arab League and the United Nations are all examples ofa. pressure groupsb. nation-statesc. centrifugal forcesd. supranational organizationse. federations
Label each boundary physical or cultural and give two examples:
boundary physical or cultural example
106. mountain
107. language
108. religion
109. river
110. geometric
111. Which of the following has fostered the most significant economic growth by eliminating import tariffs between member states?a. European Union (EU)b. Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)c. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)d. Association of Caribbean States (ACS)e. United Nations (UN)
112. A major impact of World War II on the imperialist nations of the world was toa. weaken them so that they granted independence to many coloniesb. strengthen their ties to most colonies around the worldc. make them more dependent on products from their coloniesd. increase their military presence in coloniese. increase the number of countries that were competing to become imperialist
113. Which of the following is the best example of a nation-state in which the boundaries of the nation are very similar to the boundaries of the state?a. Russiab. Iraqc. Icelandd. Nigeria114. The Kurds are considered to be a stateless nation because their homeland, Kurdistan, lies across the boundaries of the following states:a. Greece, Turkey, Russia and Georgia
b. Iran, Azerbaijan, Afghanistanc. Turkey, Armenia, Iran and Iraqd. Syria, Iraq, Jordan and Israel
Most are islandsMost are relatively isolatedMost have extremely small populationsMost are remnants of empires
115. The set of statements above applies to which of the following?a. the provinces of Canadab. the world’s remaining dependenciesc. the breakaway regions of Spaind. the global commonse. the newly independent states of the 1990’s
116. A good example of a centripetal force in political geography isa. the existence of difference language regionsb. rugged topographyc. religious diversity and conflictd. a primate citye. a poorly developed road network
117. Which of the following is the best example of a state with a compact shape?a. Argentinab. Burmac. Polandd. Indonesiae. New Zealand
118. Most of Africa’s political boundaries were originally drawn bya. seventeenth-century European explorersb. European Colonial powers at the Berlin Conferencec. the Bandung Conference of 1955d. decolonization movements of the 1950’s and 60’sUnit V: Industry and Economic Geography
Label each of the following as bulk-reducing, bulk-gaining , footloose or Just-in-time:
119. soft-drink bottling 120. beer brewing 121. nickel smelting 122. baking
123. automobile assembly 124. auto parts manufacturing 125. call centers
126. cell phone manufacturing 127. tennis shoe manufacturing
Label each of the following as primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary or quinary:
128. mining 129. baby food production 130. growing produce for urban markets
131. a credit card call center 132. Wall Street bank president 133. IHHS librarian
134. making items to sell on Etsy 135. the Toyota plant in Kentucky
Indicate the country or countries:
136. The Four Asian Tigers
137. NAFTA
138. Maquiladoras
139. List three fossil-fuels
140. Top four fossil-fuel consumers
141. Top four oil-producing countries
142. All of the following contain major oil-producing EXCEPT thea. Caspian Seab. North Seac. Persian Gulfd. Gulf of Mexicoe. Gulf of California143. The classic model of industrial location theory suggests that the primary consideration in the location of an industrial site is which of the following?a. the institutional structure of the firm
b. the cost to produce the productc. the cost of raw materialsd. the cost of transportatione. the location of the market
144. Which of the following has contributed most to the deindustrialization of regions like the English Midlands and the North American Manufacturing Belt?a. increased percentage of women in the labor forceb. competition from foreign importsc. environmental legislationd. the formation of free trade associationse. the decline of labor unions
145. Contemporary manufacturing is characterized bya. production facilities that are generally located as close as possible to the sites of raw material productionb. strong unions and localized involvement in all facets of the production processc. spatial disaggregation of the production processd. reliance on highly skilled labor at all phases of the production processe. production facilities located close to railroads
146. The United Nations recognition of a state’s Exclusive Economic Zone allows the state toa. establish economic free trade zones within the sovereign territory of other statesb. claim national economic jurisdiction over 200 nautical miles of water extending from its coastc. limit importation of competitive goods and services from other countriesd. protect domestic production by imposing tariffs on all foreign-made products
147. The establishment of maquiladoras by U.S. corporations for the production of electronics components is an example of which of the following?a. exploitation of union laborb. industrializationc. new international division of labord. tertiary economic activitye. colonialism
148. Rostow’s Stage 1 Name & Describe Corresponding stage on the DTM? Examples of countries?
149. Stage 2
150. Stage 3
151. Stage 4
152. Stage 5
Assume a stage 5 country and indicate if each of the following would be high or low:
153. literacy rate 154. CBR 155. CDR
156. RNI (or NIR) 157. life expectancy 158. informal sector jobs
159. pollution 160. IMR 161. GDP/GNI
162. The state of Florida earns greater revenues from the export of oranges than does the state of Georgia. This can be attributed to which of the following?a. Florida has a comparative advantage as a producer of orangesb. Georgia has a comparative advantage as a producer of orangesc. Florida’s economy is primarily based on agricultural production
Match the following:
163. high terminal cost, high line cost, high route flexibility a. airplane164. high terminal cost, low line cost, high route flexibility b. railroad165. high terminal cost, low line cost, low route flexibility c. ship166. low terminal cost, low line cost, high route flexibility d. truck
167. According to Alfred Weber, when too many businesses locate in one area, labor and transportation costs increase, which often leads to a. agglomerationb. deglomerationc. sustainable developmentd. an increase in footloose industriese. post-industrialization
168. In most countries, per capita income is most closely correlated witha. population growthb. urbanizationc. literacy ratesd. locatione. oil production
169. A common criticism of Rostow’s modernization theory is that ita. fails to recognize that rich nations often block the development of poor countriesb. discourages rich nations from providing foreign aid to poor countriesc. suggests that the causes of poverty lie almost entirely in the actions of rich nationsd. wrongly treats wealth as a zero-sum commodity in the world
Label the following as Core, Periphery or Semi-periphery:
170. Canada 171. France 172. South Africa
173. Netherlands 174. Brazil 175. Ghana
176. Niger 177. Japan 178. China
179. The most important factor that encourages modern factories to locate in suburban or rural areas rather than cities isa. labor costs b. transportation costs c. agglomeration d. land costs
180. The basic premise of sustainable development is that a. people living today not impair the ability of future generations to meet their needsb. the ill effects of global warming must be containedc. more serves of fossil fuels must be found and extractedd. workers must be able to sue companies for damages done due to careless treatment of the environmente. deindustrialization and deglomeration are needed in order to stimulate growth in rural areas
181. Rostow’s modernization theory and Wallerstein’s World-Systems theory are two theories that explain the process of economic development
A. Identify and explain two contrasting assumptions that these theories make about the process of economic development
B. Identify and explain one common criticism of Rostow’s theory
C. Identify and explain one common criticism of Wallerstein’s theory
Unit VI: Agriculture and Rural Land Use
Choose the one that does not belong:
182. increases in the amount of land under cultivationIncreases in the agricultural workforceIncreases in the use of energy and technology
183. plantation farminghunting and gatheringsubsistence agriculture
184. efficient transportationcorporately controlled farmsregionalized cuisine
185. factory farmsgenetic engineeringhigh food pricesGreen Revolution
186. soy beanswheatcoffeecornrice
187. shifting agriculturetropical climateglobal warmingdepletion of topsoilcommercial agriculture
188. terracingpastoral nomadismhunting and gatheringsubsistence agricultureshifting agriculture
189. Von Thunen model
milkshedextensive grainsterracingforest ring
190. MediterraneanPalm OilOlivesGrapesFigs
191. The production of only enough food to feed the farmer’s family with no significant surplus to sell is calleda. irrigation farmingb. truck farmingc. seed agricultured. subsistence agriculturee. shifting agriculture
192. In which of the following countries is plantation farming LEAST likely to be practiced?a. Brazilb. Nigeriac. Thailandd. Indiae. Belgium
193. According to Carl Sauer, which of the following is true about plant domestication?a. it originated in marginal areas with limited food resourcesb. it first occurred in diversified habitats with a variety of species c. it was developed by farmers who were starving and desperate for foodd. it owes its origins to the domestication of animalse. it was at first dependent on irrigation
194. Labor-intensive intertillage is often practiced ina. the Canadian wheat beltb. Southeast Asiac. the Turkish highlandsd. the English countrysidee. New Zealand
Classify the following types of agriculture as subsistence (intensive or extensive), or commercial, and name one place or region where it can be found:
Type of Agriculture Subsistence/Commercial Where?195. Wet Rice Cultivation
196. Cattle Ranching
197. Shifting Cultivation – slash & burn
198. Pastoral Nomadism
199. Mixed Crop & Livestock Farming
200. Which of the following is the essential requirement of lowland rice production?a. cheap laborb. year-round growing seasonc. proximity to marketd. abundant watere. alluvial soil
201. Which of the following agricultural types occupies the largest percentage of the world’s total land area? (which are extensive and very common globally?)a. Plantation agriculture and specialized horticultureb. Cattle ranching and Mediterranean agriculturec. Wheat farming and dairyingd. Shifting cultivation and nomadic herdinge. Intensive rice cultivation and subsistence farming
202. Which is the best example of extensive land use in agriculture?a. a cattle feedlotb. a sheep ranchc. an egg-production facilityd. a greenhousee. a backyard garden
203. Modern improvements in transportation systems have impacted agriculture significantly bya. allowing almost all land surfaces to be farmedb. expanding the role of agribusiness in producing foodc. encouraging more people to farm for a livingd. encouraging more people to buy local produce
204. According to Carl Sauer, seed agriculture developed from which three hearths in the Eastern Hemisphere?a. SW Asia, S. China, W. Europeb. SW Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, W. Europec. SW Asia, N. China and Ethiopiad. SE Asia, S. China and Japane. W. India, Central Asia, SE Asia
205. According to Von Thunen, which of the following type of agricultural activity is most likely to take place in Ring 1, the ring closes to the city?a. wheat farmingb. animal grazingc. dairy farmingd. forestry
206. The diffusion of crops, other plants and animals from the Americas to the Eastern Hemisphere during the 1500’s was called thea. Indian Ocean Exchangeb. Mercantile Systemc. Putting Out Systemd. Columbian Exchange
207. The practice of primogeniture usually results in land parcels that area. small with scattered ownershipb. large and tended individuallyc. accessible to transportationd. marked by physical boundaries
208. The shift of the farm as the center of production to a position as just one step in a multi-phase industrial process that begins on the farms and ends up on the consumer’s table is calleda. biotechnologyb. subsistence agriculturec. industrial agricultured. mercantilism
e. truck farming
209. Compared to N. American ranchers, commercial ranchers in the Pampas of Aregentina, Uruguay and S. Brazil are more likely to:a. raise mostly sheepb. lease their grazing landc. rely on feedlotsd. raise livestock primarily for exporte. use practices developed by indigenous people
210. List two pros and two cons of the Green Revolution:
Unit VII: Cities & Urban Land Use
Match the following:
211. export primarily to consumers outside the city 212. sell to people within the settlement 213. what Christaller’s hexagons explain 214. related to talent 215. center of Latin American cities 216. provided to people by government 217. downtown 218. illegal occupation of a residential district
a. CBDb. non-basic industryc. central plazad. basic industrye. human capitalf. public housingg. squatter settlementh. urban hierarchy
219. Which of the following is true of an edge city?a. it is located on the edge of a lake, river or other physical featureb. it is close to bankruptcyc. it is an outlet for a region’s traded. it is increasingly used for heavy industrye. it has a large amount of recently developed retail and office space
220. Which of the following is a forward capital?a. Lima b. Brasilia c. London d. Cairo e. Seoul
221. Central Place theory describes the
a. spatial patterns of urban and outlying areas based on the flow of goods and servicesb. tendency of different ethnic groups to congregate in a single locationc. tendency of civilizations to form around certain natural featuresd. outward radiation of cultural patterns from a central placee. tendency of wealth to concentrate in urban core areas
222. An increase in the demand for a city’s goods and services produces rapid in-migration. Which of the following explains why a city often does not experience a corresponding out migration when the demand for its goods and services declines?a. Most countries have unemployment benefit programs designed to keep workers in place to provide a reservoir of cheap laborb. Most countries have strict controls on migration that limit intercity movementc. Unemployed workers have skills that may not easily transfer to new citiesd. Family and emotional bonds to the city my limit workers’ mobilitye. The decline in demand for the city’s goods and services indicates that the country’s entire economy is in decline, therefore workers have no place to go
223. The development of high-speed rail lines, highways and communications systems has created cities that seem to be apart from the traditional central-place hierarchies because they have developed complementary functions. Which of the following is an example of these so-called network cities?a. London-Birmingham-Liverpoolb. Hong Kong-Shanghai-Beijing c. Moscow-St. Petersburg – Kievd. Cleveland-Toledo-Chicago e. Tokyo – Osaka-Nagasaki
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70.9% of the world's surface is water, 29.1% is land
Top ten largest landmasses: Asia Africa North
America South America
Antarctica
Europe Australia Greenland
New Guinea
Borneo
44,568,500 sq km
30.065 million sq km
24.473 million sq km
17.819 million sq km
14 million sq km
9.948 million sq km
7,741,220 sq km
2,166,086 sq km
785,753 sq km
751,929 sq km
46 nations and other areas are landlocked, these include: Afghanistan, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Czech Republic, Ethiopia, Holy See (Vatican City), Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malawi, Mali, Moldova, Mongolia, Nepal, Niger, Paraguay, Rwanda, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, South Sudan, Swaziland, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, West Bank, Zambia, Zimbabwe; two of these, Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan, are doubly landlocked
Land Claims: a variety of situations exist, but in general, most countries make the following claims measured from the mean low-tide baseline as described in the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea: territorial sea - 12 nm, contiguous zone - 24 nm, and exclusive economic zone - 200 nm; additional zones provide for exploitation of continental shelf resources and an exclusive fishing zone; boundary situations with neighboring states prevent many countries from extending their fishing or economic zones to a full 200 nm
Global Land Use: arable land: 10.43%, permanent crops planted on: 1.15% of land
Drinking Water: unimproved: urban: 3.7% of population, rural: 19.1% of population, total: 11.1% of population (2011 est.)
Literacy - definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 84.1%
male: 88.6%
female: 79.7%
note: almost three-quarters of the world's 775 million illiterate adults are found in only ten countries (in descending order: India, China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Egypt, Brazil, Indonesia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo); of all the illiterate adults in the world, two-thirds are women; extremely low literacy rates are concentrated in South and West Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa (2010 est.)
Global: GDP - per capita (PPP):$13,100 (2013 est.)$12,800 (2012 est.)$12,600 (2011 est.)note: data are in 2013 US dollars
Global Labor force: 3.314 billion (2013 est.)
Gobal Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 35.4%
industry: 22.8%
services: 41.8% (2008)
Subsistence agriculture is still the most common economic activity in the world.
Country Comparisons:
United States : Niger
Per Capita GDP (PPP) $52,800 GDP - per capita (PPP):$2,800 (2013)
Labor force - by occupation: Labor force – by occupation:
farming, forestry, and fishing: 0.7% Agriculture: 70%
manufacturing, transportation and crafts: 20.3% Industry: 10%
managerial, professional, and technical: 37.3% Services: 20%
sales and office: 24.2%
other services: 17.6%
Population and Urbanization:
India: 1,236,344,631 30% UrbanVietnam: 93,421,835 31% UrbanChina: 1,355,692,576 50% UrbanGhana: 25,758,108 52% UrbanGermany: 80,996,685 74% UrbanU.K. 63,742,977 80% UrbanUnited States: 318,892,103 82% UrbanBrazil: 202,656,788 87% UrbanJapan: 127,103,388 91% UrbanArgentina: 43,024,374 92% Urban
Country Government MoreMorocco Constitutional Monarchy Unitary State with a Monarch
and ParliamentNetherlands Constitutional Monarchy Unitary State with a Monarch
and a ParliamentNigeria Federal Republic 36 states, National PresidentSaudi Arabia Monarchy TheocracyVietnam Communist State Single-party state, socialism
World’s largest economies, GDP in trillions of U.S. dollars, source – International Monetary Fund