Unit 5 AP Human Geo MCQ

A typical grocery store in the United States may sell oranges grown primarily in California during part of the year and oranges grown primarily in South Africa during a different part of the year. Which of the following explains why oranges are available year-round in the United States?

• Grocery stores sell oranges that are grown in locations with similar climates but different growing seasons.

• Grocery stores sell oranges that are grown in locations with similar growing seasons but different climates.

• Customers have seasonal demands for different varieties of oranges.

• Grocery stores sell oranges that are grown in locations with similar climates but different prices for oranges.

Which of the following best explains the significance of a similarity among locations where olives, figs, grapes and lemons are grown?

• Plantation agriculture is practiced in a tropical wet climate.

• Intensive agriculture is practiced in a humid subtropical climate.

• Extensive agriculture is practiced in a tropical wet and dry climate.

• Intensive agriculture is practiced in a Mediterranean climate.

Which of the following best explains the significance of similarities between the farming practices for apple orchards and grape vineyards?

• Both farming practices occur in the same climate region, which is found in places such as Italy and South Africa.

• Both farming practices require considerable labor input because the fruit is picked by hand, making it a product of intensive agriculture.

• Both farming practices are used for tropical plantation crops grown on large estates with hired labor who plant and harvest crops.

• According to von Thünen, both farming practices occur in the outermost areas of agricultural land.

Agricultural settlement patterns are partly determined by the survey system used to organize landownership. Which of the following best describes the survey methods used to delineate agricultural land and the associated settlement patterns shown in the two images?

• The first image shows a long-lot survey method with a linear settlement pattern, and the second image shows a metes-and- bounds survey method with a dispersed settlement pattern.

• The first image shows a long-lot survey method with a linear settlement pattern, and the second image shows a township-and-range survey method with a clustered settlement pattern.

• The first image shows a long-lot survey method with a clustered settlement pattern, and the second image shows a metes-and-bounds survey method with a linear settlement pattern.

• The first image show a metes-and-bounds survey system with a dispersed settlement pattern, and the second image shows a township-and-range survey method with a linear settlement pattern.

Which of the following best describes the settlement patterns shown in the images?

• The township-and-range system results in a widely dispersed population, whereas the metes-and- bounds system results in a random, dispersed population pattern.

• The metes-and-bounds system results in population clustered along a waterway, whereas the long- lot system results in a random, dispersed population pattern.

• The township system results in a more urban population distribution, while the long-lot system results in a more rural population distribution.

• The long-lot system results in population clustered along a waterway, whereas the metes-and- bounds system results in a random, dispersed population pattern.

Which of the following best describes the survey system used in both locations shown?

• Long lot: nucleated linear settlements with all of the houses arranged along a road or river

• Circular rural settlements: a ring of houses that surround a central open space for keeping livestock

• Township and range: unit-block field patterns with dispersed farmsteads and occasional villages

• Fragmented: land-holdings that allow each farmer a variety of fields dispersed through the community.

Which of the following correctly explains the relationship between wheat and its early hearth of domestication?

• Wheat was first domesticated in the Yellow River valley because vast floodplains are the best places to grow wheat.

• Wheat was first domesticated in the Nile River valley because overharvesting of the wild form of wheat was causing a widespread famine.

• Wheat was first domesticated in Mesoamerica because the wild wheat variety flourished in the highland climate.

• Wheat was first domesticated in Mesopotamia because of a favorable climate and a great diversity of wild grains that led to crossbreeding of seeds.

Which of the following scenarios best explains the Columbian Exchange?

• Grain crops such as wheat, oats, and barley were introduced to Europe as a result of interaction with indigenous people in the Americas. Prior to this, the only significant grain crops grown byEuropeans were rice and corn.

• Many new diseases were introduced to European colonizers when they began to explore the Americas. In particular, diseases like smallpox, influenza, and the measles decimated many of theearly colonial populations.

• Domesticated animals such as cattle, horses, pigs, and chickens were introduced to the Americas by European colonizers. Prior to this, very few animals had been domesticated in the Americas.

• Crops such as potatoes and tomatoes were introduced to the Americas. Prior to European contact, these crops had only been grown in Europe: potatoes primarily in northern Europe and tomatoes primarily in southern Europe.

Which of the following explains the prevalence of banana plantations in Central America?

• Bananas were first domesticated in Central America and were later cultivated to be exported to the United States and Canada

• Bananas were first domesticated in Central America and then hybridized to grow in other climate zones around the world.

• Banana plants were brought to Central America from Southeast Asia to be grown closer to markets in the United States and Canada.

• Banana plants were brought to Central America from sub-Saharan Africa to be grown closer to markets in the United States and Canada.

The images shown illustrate the differences in scale of production for two methods of producing thread. Which of the following best describes advances in the production of textiles during the Second Agricultural Revolution and the Industrial Revolution?

• The mechanization of agriculture led to increasing numbers of people entering the agricultural workforce and expanding the amount of thread produced by farmers.

• The conversion from manual thread spinning to an industrial processing approach led to increased demand for raw cotton in the agricultural sector.

• The hybridization of high-yield seeds led to an increase in production of cotton thread from the agricultural sector and more cotton fabric produced by manufacturers.

• The genetic engineering of desirable traits in wool-yielding animals led to increased production of wool thread from the agricultural sector and more woolen fabric produced by manufacturers.