AP HUGs Course Review Quiz Part 1

A formal region defines an area in which

• a core dominates its surrounding hinterland

• a transportation network links different types of land use

• there is uniformity in one or more physical or human characteristics

• there are significant geographic variations in physical or human characteristics

• a unified government system has been established

Answer explanation

1: Thinking Geographically

1.7: Regional Analysis

Production of agricultural products destined primarily for direct consumption by the producer rather than for market is called

• plantation farming

• hunting and gathering

• subsistence agriculture

• sedentary cultivation

• shifting-field agriculture

Answer explanation

5: Agriculture and Rural Land-Use Patterns and Processes

5.6: Agricultural Production Regions

Which of the following is the primary assumption of environmental determinism?

• Human destiny is controlled by the cultural environment

• The physical environment has little influence on humans

• Humans have complete control over the physical environment

• Many human adaptations are possible within a specific physical environment

• The physical environment controls human culture

Answer explanation

1: Thinking Geographically

1.5: Human-Environmental Interaction

Core-periphery models are generally based on the idea that

• all world regions are equally well developed

• levels of social and economic development are fairly uniform between core areas and peripheral areas

• sharp spatial contrasts in social and economic development exist between economic heartlands and outlying subordinate areas

• the growth and prosperity of core countries has not been achieved at the expense of peripheral countries

• the economic and social heart of a territory should be at its geographic center

Answer explanation

7: Industrial and Economic Development Patterns and Processes

7.5: Theories of Development

The Canadian government created the new territory of Nunavut in order to

• re-create the pre-1912 boundary of Quebec

• recognize the territorial rights of indigenous people in the area

• facilitate the exploration of mineral resources in the Northwest Territories

• grant autonomy to the Cree and Mohawk people living in eastern Canada

• guarantee Canadian fishing rights in the Atlantic Ocean

Answer explanation

4: Political Patterns and Processes

4.8: Defining Devolutionary Factors

All of the following have helped create ghettos in North American cities EXCEPT:

• blockbusting and racial steering

• redlining by financial institutions

• concentration of public housing and social services

• fixed school district boundaries

• Economic Enterprise Zones

Answer explanation

6: Cities and Urban Land-Use Patterns and Processes

6.10: Challenges of Urban Changes

According to central place theory, the threshold is defined as the

• economic base of a central place

• distance away from a central place

• gross value of the product minus the costs of production

• minimum number of people needed to support a service

• point at which consumer movement is at a minimum

Answer explanation

6: Cities and Urban Land-Use Patterns and Processes

6.4: The Size and Distribution of Cities

Which of the following groups of cities contains the best examples of central places with large hinterlands?

• San Diego, Milwaukee, and New Haven

• Atlanta, Denver, and Calgary

• Baltimore, Ottawa, and Duluth

• Law Vegas, Victoria, and Buffalo

• Miami, Philadelphia, and Quebec City

Answer explanation

6: Cities and Urban Land-Use Patterns and Processes

6.4: The Size and Distribution of Cities

Which of the following is a true statement about classic models of city structure?

• The concentric zone model does not have a transitional area

• The sector model is highly influenced by transportation patterns

• The central business district has the most dominant position in the multiple nuclei model

• The multiple nuclei model and the sector model are similar in that they both have only one core

• The interaction between the central city and the suburbs is greatest in the urban realm model

Answer explanation

6: Cities and Urban Land-Use Patterns and Processes

6.5: The Internal Structure of Cities

A student who lives in Minneapolis chooses to spend her spring break in Florida, rather than in Jamaica, because Florida is closer and the plane fare is cheaper. This type of decision-making best illustrates the concept of

• human capitol

• time space compression

• intervening opportunities

• the rank size rule

• central place theory

Answer explanation

2: Population Migration Patterns and Process

2.10: Causes of Migration