AP Human Exam Review #1

Which sub-field of human geography is illustrated in the map shown?

• population

• culture

• economics

• urban areas

Which argument does the map most clearly support?

• all languages in India are part of the Indo-European family

• all Indians grow up multilingual

• a lingua franca would be useful in India

• Each caste in India has its own language

• India's languages have shaped its diverse climate

Which invention or development most directly affected where von Thunen's Model predicted dairy farms would be located?

• GMOs

• Aquaculture

• the Green Revolution

• agribusiness

• refrigeration

After the fall of Soviet communism in 1991, which regions had the greatest proliferation of newly independent states?

• North America and South America

• North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa

• Europe and Central Asia

• South Asia and East Asia

• Oceania

What stage of population growth is the country shown?

• Stage 1

• Stage 2

• Stage 3

• Stage 4

The shown population pyramid is typical of countries

• from the 1800s, but not today

• in Europe and North America

• in less developed regions of the world

• with a stable population size

• with a shrinking population

Prior to the 19th century, the total fertility rate was much higher than today, but population growth was low primarily because

• religion had greater influence on societies in the past

• the Industrial Revolution had shortened life expectancy

• infant mortality rates were higher in the past

• crude birth rates were comparatively low

• government programs discouraged large families

Which is a major positive impact that migrants have on their country of origin?

• Migrants often return to open businesses and employ workers

• Migrants regularly send remittances to their family

• Migrants do not use social welfare benefits in their country of origin

• Migrants who commit crimes are sent abroad to save the cost of prison

• Migrants bring over family members, easing the tax burden of their country

Which is the most accurate term to describe the people who were forced to move away from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in 2005?

• refugees

• asylum seekers

• forced migrants

• chain migrants

• internally displaced persons

The movement of people out of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina demonstrates the concept of

• distance decay

• outsourcing

• random distribution

• reverse hierarchical diffusion

• time-space compression