AP Human Geography Semester Exam

The flow lines on the map above most likely represent the movement of

• tourists

• refugees

• guest workers

• illegal drugs

• petroleum

All of the following are examples of the spatial analysis tradition in geography EXCEPT the

• number of space shuttles constructed

• volume of telephone calls between Corey Union and Old Main

• trans-Atlantic slave trade

• distance associated with shopping trips to area malls

• volume of air traffic between London and Hong Kong

Which of the following concepts could best be explained by the theory of possibilism?

• Regional differences between the internal structures of cities

• Changes in population growth rates over time

• Limitations on agricultural crops based on climate

• Political patterns seen in election maps

• Modification of landscapes by human cultures

Which of the following are the best examples of vernacular regions?

• The Canadian Maritimes and the Northwest Territory

• The American West and the American Midwest

• South Africa and Australia

• South America and the Caribbean

• Scandinavia and the Iberian Peninsula

An international company is looking to expand its network of factories, which use labor-intensive production methods, in a region of the world experiencing significant growth in the working-age population. Based on the data in the table, which of the following regions should the company choose?

• North America, which will have faster working-age growth in 2015 to 2030 than in 2000 to 2015

• Asia, which will have a faster working-age growth rate in 2015 to 2030 than in 2000 to 2015

• Latin America, which had the fastest working-age growth rate among world regions from 2000 to 2015

• Asia, which will have the fastest working-age growth rate among world regions from 2015 to 2030

• Sub-Saharan Africa, which will have the fastest working-age growth rate among world regions from 2015 to 2030

Which of the following sets of maps would help explain how scale of inquiry affects truth?

• Maps showing the area of France before and after surveying

• Maps of Hudson Bay drawn by Native Americans and by the earliest European travelers

• Maps showing Michigan's population density by counties and the United States population density by state

• Maps showing the number of auto thefts per block in Seattle in the decades before and

  after the Depression

• Maps of gang graffiti in Philadelphia

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.

The technology described above allows the determination of which of the following?

• The amount of detail that can be shown on a topographic map

• Absolute location on the surface of Earth

• The number of layers that can be accommodated in a geographic information system

• Distances from radio transmission towers and subsidiary satellite dishes

• The weather forecast for any area

The "why of where" refers to

• geography's emphasis on landscape features

• spatial patterns on the landscape

• a definition of geography that is simply locational

• the idea that the explanation of a spatial pattern is crucial

• the depiction of a region's physical features

The satellite images show changes to a portion of the Louisiana coast between 1984 and 2017. The table shows the changes in land acreage. Which of the following best describes the changes and a consequence of the changes?

• The expansion of coastal cities, which results in increased acreage of urban land cover

• A decrease in the acreage of coastal land, which affects the prices of local property

• An increase in the acreage of coastal land, which will be added to navigational charts for shipping

• The rise of sea levels, which results in decreased land acreage available for homes and businesses

• An increase in land acreage caused by the construction of polders for land reclamation

The shaded areas on the map above most likely indicate regions that are affected or threatened by which of the following?

• Depopulation

• Deforestation

• Desertification

• Deindustrialization

• Devolution