AP Human Geography Units 1.4-1.7

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 .

According to the theory of environmental determinism, which of the following areas would have the most productive settlements?

• Tropical regions

• Temperate regions

• Mountainous regions

• Arctic regions

• Arid regions

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

The lush golf courses in the United Arab Emirates, the dikes and polders in the Netherlands, and the Three Gorges Dam in China are significant examples of land use.

These examples reflect which of the following viewpoints of human-environment interaction?

• Environmental determinism

• Ecotourism

• Possibilism

• Heartland theory

• Malthusian theory

Which of the following best describes the type of information provided in the directions?

• Absolute location

• Relative location

• Cultural landscape

• Geographic information systems

• Cartographic principles

Which of the following spatial patterns accurately describes the data presented in the map?

• Most continents have countries with secondary school enrollments below 75 percent.

• There are no countries in Africa with secondary school enrollments above 90 percent.

• The majority of countries with less than 70 percent secondary school enrollment are in sub-Saharan Africa.

• The secondary school enrollment is proportional to population density.

• Landlocked countries have secondary school enrollments above 90 percent.

Which of the following global trends best exemplifies the concept of sustainability?

• An increase in the use of agricultural pesticides, because farms using agricultural chemicals produce more food.

• An increase in the use of electric vehicles, because their reduced emissions result in less environmental pollution.

• A decrease in the amount of polar sea ice, because it opens more sea lanes for shipping.

• An increase in the number of people living in coastal areas, because residents will feel more connected to nature.

The concept of environmental sustainability is best explained by which of the following examples?

• Strip-mining of coal on mountainsides, to keep miners from working in underground conditions

• Terracing rice paddies on hillsides, to prevent soil erosion and provide gravity-fed irrigation

• Clear-cutting trees in coastal woodlands, to provide building materials for constructing homes

• Fattening cattle in dryland feedlots, to practice agriculture efficiently and at the lowest cost

• Draining of wetlands in residential areas, to reduce the presence of stinging insects

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

For centuries, sugar crystals were made from the evaporated juice of sugarcane, a plant grown only in tropical and subtropical climates. In the 1800s, industrial methods were developed to manufacture crystalline sugar from sugar beets. This allowed for large amounts of sugar to be produced in colder, temperate climate zones.

Which of the following geographic concepts best explains the ability of humans to use technology to overcome the limitations of climate and modify the landscape?

• Environmental determinism

• Possibilism

• Cultural relativism

• Contagious diffusion

• Political ecology