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WorksheetsPRACTICE FOR AP HUMAN MIDTERM
Total questions: 142
Worksheet time: 1hrs 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A ratio of the number of items within a defined unit of area measures
a)
dispersion
b)
direction
c)
pattern
d)
density
2.
Which of the following best describes the "site" of Manhattan?
a)
A regional transportation hub for the northeastern U.S.
b)
A midway point along an urban corridor stretching from Boston to Washington, D.C.
c)
An island bordered by the Hudson and East Rivers
d)
An urban center located two hours northeast of Philadelphia by train
3.
Spatial coordinates of latitude and longitude express
a)
relative location
b)
absolute location
c)
relative direction
d)
absolute direction
4.
Which of the following concepts refers to the spatial arrangement of items or features within a given area?
a)
Distribution
b)
Concentration
c)
Density
d)
Location
5.
A method for representing the three-dimensional surface of the earth on the two-dimensional surface of a map is known as
a)
scale
b)
globalization
c)
proximity
d)
projection
6.
The notion that the physical environment offers certain constraints and opportunities that influence cultural practices without entirely determining them is known as
a)
assimilation
b)
possibilism
c)
determinism
d)
diffusion
7.
Scale is
a)
the system used by geographers to transfer locations from a globe to a map.
b)
the extent of spread of a phenomenon over a given area.
c)
the difference in elevation between two points in an area.
d)
the relationship between the length of an object on a map and that feature on the landscape.
8.
The hulk of a ship lies on the ocean floor at 41°46'N and 50°14'W. These coordinates tell us that the ship is located in the
a)
Atlantic Ocean
b)
North Sea
c)
Caribbean Sea
d)
Pacific Ocean
9.
The South is established as a vernacular region of the United States by
a)
The Baptist Church
b)
Climate
c)
Low Graduation Rates
d)
All of the above
10.
An area distinguished by one or more unique characteristics is a
a)
biome
b)
region
c)
country
d)
ethnic enclave
11.
Which is not an example of a functional region?
a)
the circulation area of a newspaper
b)
area of dominance of a television station
c)
the market area of a supermarket
d)
area dominated by a particular crop
12.
Which is not a form of expansion diffusion?
a)
Relocation
b)
Stimulus
c)
Contagious
d)
Hierarchical
13.
This is the oldest polytheistic religion in the world.
a)
Hinduism
b)
Judaism
c)
Christianity
d)
Buddhism
14.
Which religion believed in the Eightfold Path?
a)
Legalism
b)
Hinduism
c)
Jainism
d)
Buddhism
15.
About 80% of India's people follow this religion.
a)
Hinduism
b)
Buddhism
c)
Confucianism
d)
Shintoism
16.
Allah is the god for which religion?
a)
Shintoism
b)
Buddhism
c)
Islam
d)
Confucianism
17.
This religion follows the teachings of Muhammad.
a)
Islam
b)
Shintoism
c)
Hinduism
d)
Buddhism
18.
What Chinese school of thought teaches respect to elders and the law as the best way to maintain a peaceful society?
a)
Taoism
b)
Christianity
c)
Confucianism
d)
Buddhism
19.
This statue represents the founder of what religion?
a)
Christianity
b)
Buddhism
c)
Hinduism
d)
Islam
20.
Where did both Hinduism and Buddhism begin?
a)
India
b)
China
c)
Sumer
d)
Egypt
21.
Belief in many gods is called...
a)
Polytheism
b)
Monotheism
c)
Judaism
d)
Philosophy
22.
Governments influenced by religion is called...
a)
Monarchy
b)
Democracy
c)
Theocracy
d)
Despoitism
23.
The three major monotheistic religions in the world today are
a)
Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism
b)
Hebrewism, Christianity, Islam
c)
Christianity, Hinduism, Confucianism
d)
Hebrewism, Hinduism, Christianity
24.
What type of building is this?
a)
Jewish synagogue
b)
Islamic mosque
c)
Catholic cathedral
d)
Buddhist temple
25.
Which religion believes in many gods?
a)
Buddhism
b)
Hinduism
c)
Judaism
d)
Islam
26.
The period of rapid technological advancement that began around 1800 is known as the
a)
Agricultural Revolution
b)
Roman Empire
c)
Sumerian Standard of Ur
d)
Industrial Revolution
27.
Environment influences, but does not strictly determine, how a culture interacts with the environment.
a)
Environmental Determinism
b)
Environmental Possibilism
c)
Cultural Determinism
d)
Cultural Environmentalism
28.
The physical environment causes social and cultural development.
a)
Cultural Environmentalism
b)
Environmental Possibilism
c)
Environmental Determinism
d)
Cultural Possibilism
29.
The spread of an idea or trait through the physical movement of people from one place to another.
a)
Relocation Diffusion
b)
Hierarchical Diffusion
c)
Stimulus Diffusion
d)
Contagious Diffusion
30.
The area of origin of a cultural trait.
a)
Culture Zone
b)
Culture Realm
c)
Culture Home
d)
Culture Hearth
31.
Whip/nae nae, Harlem Shake, or Ice bucket challenge videos are examples this type of diffusion...
a)
Relocation Diffusion
b)
Contagious Diffusion
c)
Stimulus Diffusion
d)
Hierarchical Diffusion
32.
The spread of McDonalds from the US to India where they have altered the menu is...
a)
Contagious Diffusion
b)
Hierarchical Diffusion
c)
Relocation Diffusion
d)
Stimulus Diffusion
33.
Heterogeneous Population
a)
Folk Culture
b)
Pop Culture
c)
Neither
d)
Both
34.
Homogeneous Population
a)
Folk Culture
b)
Pop Culture
c)
Neither
d)
Both
35.
Mostly spreads through relocation diffusion
a)
Folk Culture
b)
Pop Culture
c)
Neither
d)
Both
36.
The spread of McDonalds from the US to India where they have altered the menu is...
a)
Contagious Diffusion
b)
Hierarchical Diffusion
c)
Relocation Diffusion
d)
Stimulus Diffusion
37.
Which branch of Islam is the minority?
a)
Sunni
b)
Shia
c)
Farsi
d)
Arab
38.
What does it mean when a religion does not seek converts and is usually spatially concentrated?
a)
Universal
b)
Global
c)
Animist
d)
Ethnic
39.
What type of culture is typically rural, tries to keep others out, and keep their beliefs in?
a)
Popular
b)
Hierarchical
c)
Folk
d)
Musical
40.
What is it called when a country breaks apart into several smaller countries?
a)
Centripetal Force
b)
Nation State
c)
Fragmented State
d)
Balkanization
41.
Which of the following is a law of migration?
a)
Rural migrants less migratory
b)
Urban migrants less migratory
c)
Families more migratory
d)
People with kids more migratory
42.
Which of the following cities is a holy place to three of the world's main religions?
a)
Mecca
b)
Medina
c)
Jerusalem
d)
Delhi
43.
Which area of the world is experiencing the most rapid population growth?
a)
East Asia
b)
Central Europe
c)
Western United States
d)
Sub-Saharan Africa
44.
Which of the following region is an ethnic religion?
a)
Judaism
b)
Christianity
c)
Islam
d)
Sikhism
45.
The term nation-state would best fit which country?
a)
United States
b)
Israel
c)
Brazil
d)
Japan
46.
In the demographic transition model, which stage would traditionally involve an agricultural society?
a)
Stage 1
b)
Stage 2
c)
Stage 3
d)
Stage 4
47.
The total number of deaths in a year among children under one year of age for every 1,000 live births in a society.
a)
census
b)
infant mortality rate
c)
population density
d)
birth rate
48.
The percentage growth of a population in a year, computed as the birth rate minus the death rate.
a)
natural increase rate
b)
doubling time
c)
immigration
d)
total fertility rate
49.
The average number of years an individual can be expected to live, given current social, economic, and medical conditions.
a)
death rate
b)
population pyramid
c)
life expectancy
d)
literacy rate
50.
The number of people under age 15 and over age 64 compared to the number of people active in the labor force.
a)
demography
b)
zero population growth
c)
overpopulation
d)
dependency ratio
51.
When one culture changes by adopting or accepting an innovation from another culture, it is called ____.
a)
acculturation
b)
innovation
c)
infrastructure
d)
density
52.
A group of people with a common culture living in a territory and having a strong sense of unity is called a ____.
a)
state
b)
nation-state
c)
country
d)
nation
53.
The ____ is a graphic device that shows gender and age distribution of a population.
a)
population density
b)
infrastructure
c)
acculturation
d)
population pyramid
54.
Which of the following is an example of acculturation:
a)
the Japanese adopting baseball
b)
the U.S. starting football
c)
Eating pizza in Chicago
d)
All of these
55.
Which of the following divides Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres?
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Hemisphere Line
c)
Equator
d)
Tropic of Capricorn
56.
Places that share similar characteristics are called
a)
human systems
b)
environments
c)
regions
d)
physical systems
57.
What is remote sensing?
a)
analyzing different types of data
b)
tracking changes on Earth's surface
c)
using software to combine data
d)
getting information from far away
58.
Imaginary North-South line that passes through Greenwich, England, and has a value of 0 degrees
a)
latitude
b)
longitude
c)
relief
d)
scale
59.
map that shows specialized information, such as a land-use map, or any other physical or human feature
a)
thematic map
b)
general-purpose map
c)
climate map
d)
topographic map
60.
What reflects human feelings and attitudes toward a certain place?
a)
formal region
b)
perceptual region
c)
functional region
d)
region
61.
What is one or more features that make an area different from those around it?
a)
formal region
b)
perceptual region
c)
functional region
d)
region
62.
What are the physical and human features of a location?
a)
perception
b)
place
c)
perspective
d)
landscapes
63.
Which of the following terms best describes the geographical boundary of a particular language feature?
a)
linguistic hearth
b)
toponym
c)
isogloss
d)
language border
64.
Historically, cultural diffusion patterns in the United States have tended to flow in which general direction?
a)
East to West
b)
West to East
c)
North to South
d)
South to North
65.
A Hindu temple located in Texas is most likely the result of which kind of diffusion?
a)
expansion
b)
hierarchical
c)
contagious
d)
relocation
66.
A Mormon church located in a rural area of northwestern Colorado is most likely the result of which kind of diffusion:
a)
expansion
b)
relocation
c)
hierarchical
d)
maladaptive
67.
A highly simplified language developed between linguistically heterogenous groups for the purpose of basic intergroup communication is called:
a)
creole
b)
pidgin
c)
lingua franca
d)
standard dialect
68.
All of the following belong to the Indo-European language family except:
a)
Hindi
b)
Bengali
c)
Farsi
d)
Mandarin
69.
A new fashion trend originating in New York City that diffuses to Los Angeles, Paris, Tokyo before reaching rural areas of New York state would be an example of which type of diffusion:
a)
contagious
b)
hierarchical
c)
uniform
d)
relocation
70.
The prohibition that forbids Hindus from slaughtering or consuming beef is is an example of a(n):
a)
Sharia Law
b)
Religious Proscription
c)
Ethnic Conflict
d)
Animistic Trad
71.
Which of the following religions did not originate in the Indian Subcontinent?
a)
Buddhism
b)
Hinduism
c)
Sikhism
d)
Zoroastrianism
72.
Taoism, which represents a blend of indigenous folk beliefs and exogenous Buddhist beliefs that diffused eastward from India, is best characterized as a:
a)
monotheistic religion
b)
syncretic religion
c)
ethnocentrism
d)
secular religion
73.
Arabic, which spread westward with the diffusion of Islam, is part of which of the following language families:
a)
Sino Tibetan
b)
Afro-Asiatic
c)
Indo European
d)
Nigher-Congo
74.
The concept of nirvana is most closely associated with which of the following religions?
a)
Judaism
b)
Animism
c)
Confucianism
d)
Buddhism
75.
A language from which we believe a number of related, modern languages all derive is known as a(n):
a)
artifact
b)
creole language
c)
pidgin language
d)
protolanguage
76.
A social decline in religious adherence is referred to as:
a)
partisanship
b)
fundamentalism
c)
syncretism
d)
secularism
77.
Where is the highest percentage of African-Americans in the U.S.?
a)
Alaska
b)
South East
c)
West
d)
Mid-West
78.
What is Ethnicity?
a)
Skin color
b)
Religion
c)
People who share a cultural background
d)
Music taste
79.
What ethnicity did the term "ghetto" originate from?
a)
Latino
b)
African
c)
Jewish
d)
Asian
80.
Where was apartheid?
a)
South Africa
b)
United States
c)
United Kingdom
d)
Japan
81.
The concept that ethnicities have the right to govern themselves is known as?
a)
self-determination
b)
self-independence
c)
self-governing
d)
Nation states
82.
How does one show nationalism?
a)
burning down the city
b)
robbing the bank
c)
Saying the Pledge of Allegiance
d)
burning your countries flag
83.
What does white flight mean?
a)
Whites emgrating because of black immigration.
b)
blacks emigrating because of white immigration.
c)
white airplanes
d)
whites emigrating because of Asian immgration.
84.
What was the "Separate but Equal" doctrine?
a)
Separate but equal treatment of Asians and whites
b)
Separate but equal treatment of Mexicans and blacks
c)
Separate but equal treatment of Germans
d)
Separate but equal treatment of blacks and whites
85.
Popular culture is more likely to vary
a)
from place to place at a given time
b)
from time to time at a given place
c)
neither from place to place nor time to time
d)
from both place to place and time to time
86.
Folk culture is typical of small and
a)
homogeneous groups
b)
heterogeneous groups
c)
groups that a great deal of contact with other groups
d)
groups of specialists
87.
A restriction on behavior imposed by social custom is a
a)
habit
b)
custom
c)
taboo
d)
tariff
88.
The trend of globalization has threatened
a)
popular culture
b)
ethnic cleansing
c)
universalizing religions
d)
folk culture
89.
A state that contains more than one ethnicity is called what?
a)
Multi-national state
b)
Mixed state
c)
Muti-ethnic state
d)
Texas
90.
I study human populations. What is my title?
a)
Historian
b)
Demographer
c)
Cartographer
d)
Geographer
91.
What is the approximate population of our world?
a)
6.7 million
b)
4.3 billion
c)
7.2 billion
d)
7 trillion
92.
Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons the world's population skyrocketed?
a)
better sanitation practices
b)
people didn't want families before
c)
better methods to make and obtain food
d)
healthcare was more accessible
93.
Which of the following would be a correct fertilitity rate if India's population is growing?
a)
-1
b)
0
c)
2
d)
3
94.
The infant mortality rate shows out of 1000 babies:
a)
the number who live past their 1st year
b)
the number who do not live past their 1st year
c)
the number who require medical attention
d)
the number who are unplanned
95.
If a country has a death rate of 30 and a birth rate of 45 the natural rate of increase would show the population is ______.
a)
Increasing
b)
Decreasing
c)
Staying the same
d)
Fluctuating too much
96.
maximum population size of the species that the environment can sustain indefinitely, given the food, habitat, water and other necessities available in the environment.
a)
sparse population
b)
environmental
c)
carrying capacity
d)
dense population
97.
A factor that leaves one with no choice but to leave one's current home (especially parental home), country, region, organization, or religion.
a)
environmental
b)
distribution
c)
pull factor
d)
push factor
98.
movement of people into another country or region to which they are not native in order to settle there, especially as permanent residents or future citizens.
a)
emigration
b)
migration
c)
immigration
d)
routes
99.
the act of leaving one's country or region with the intent to settle permanently in another. It is the same as immigration but from the perspective of the country of origin.
a)
emigration
b)
migration
c)
immigration
d)
routes
100.
The lure of another home, country, region, organization, or religion.
a)
migration
b)
routes
c)
push factor
d)
pull factor
101.
What is international migration?
a)
When people emigrate from one place to another within the same country.
b)
When people emigrate from one country to another.
c)
When people emigrate to foreign countries.
d)
When people emigrate in big cities.
102.
Which region has the population with the highest fertility rate and the lowest life expectancy?
a)
Southeast Asia
b)
Eastern Europe
c)
Sub-Saharan Africa
d)
Latin America
103.
If the world's population continues at its current rate of growth, approximately how long will it take to double?
a)
22 years
b)
58 years
c)
95 years
d)
148 years
104.
According to the United Nations, at what number is the population expected to plateau?
a)
9-11 billion
b)
13-15 billion
c)
20-25 billion
d)
never
105.
Which country was the most populous in 2014?
a)
India
b)
China
c)
United States
d)
Russia
106.
Which country is projected to be the most populous in 2050?
a)
India
b)
China
c)
United States
d)
Russia
107.
What explains the US's population increase, even though the fertility rate is 1.9 chlildren?
a)
Adoption
b)
Immigration
c)
Twins
108.
What is the problem for countries who have declining populations?
a)
Not enough workers
b)
Not enough people spending money
c)
Not enough young people to help care for the old
d)
All of the above
109.
What is the connection between a nation's fertility rate and the literacy level of the women living in that nation?
a)
More educated women typically have more children than less educated women
b)
More educated women typically have fewer children than less educated women
c)
The education of women has no impact on their fertility rate
110.
What 2 rates do you need to consider when calculating population growth in a country?
a)
Birth Rate and Life Expectancy
b)
Birth Rate and Death Rate
c)
Infant Mortality and Fertility Rates
d)
Literacy Rate and GDP
111.
The act of coming to a new country
a)
Emigration
b)
Immigration
c)
Urbanization
d)
Internal Migration
112.
Having a population so dense that the environment is negatively impacted
a)
Overpopulation
b)
Immigration
c)
Urbanization
d)
Under population
113.
The measurement of the number of people per unit of land
a)
population rate
b)
population density
c)
community density
d)
carry capacity
114.
The dispersion of any people from their original homeland
a)
internal migration
b)
intercontinental migration
c)
immigration
d)
diaspora
115.
What occurs when birth and death rates are equal?
a)
zero population growth
b)
no population growth
c)
negative population growth
d)
positive population growth
116.
The process of the population shifting from rural areas to urban areas
a)
migration
b)
urbanization
c)
internal migration
d)
immigration
117.
coerced movement, typically by the government, of people away from their homeland
a)
forced migration
b)
voluntary migration
c)
emigration
d)
inter continental migration
118.
the tendency of immigrants to follow those of similar ethnic and cultural heritage
a)
internal migration
b)
chain migration
c)
emigration
d)
intra continental migration
119.
crude birth rate-crude death rate =
a)
life expectancy
b)
infant mortality rate
c)
fertility rate
d)
rate of natural increase
120.
movement of people within a political boundary
a)
external migration
b)
internal migration
c)
intra continental migration
d)
inter continental migration
121.
the maximum population size that the environment can sustain
a)
carrying capacity
b)
population capacity
c)
population limit
d)
sustainability limit
122.
person leaving their country to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster
a)
migrant
b)
internally displaced person
c)
refugee
d)
immigrant
123.
Which of the following is NOT one of the four major population concentrations found on the Earth?
a)
Southeast Asia
b)
West Africa
c)
Europe
d)
South Asia
124.
The portion of the Earth’s surface occupied by permanent human settlement is called _______________.
a)
Arable land
b)
Occupied land
c)
Ecumene
d)
Megalopolis
125.
total population / total arible land area = _______
This is the formula for which of the following?
This is the formula for which of the following?
a)
arithmetic population density
b)
physiological population density
c)
agricultural population density
126.
total population / total land area = _______
This is the formula for which of the following?
This is the formula for which of the following?
a)
arithmetic population density
b)
physiological population density
c)
agricultural population density
127.
Approximately two-thirds of the world’s population growth during the last decade has occurred in which of the following regions?
a)
Africa
b)
Latin America
c)
Europe
d)
Asia
128.
Identify the Demographic Transition Model stage represented by this population pyramid.
a)
Stage 1
b)
Stage 2
c)
Stage 3
d)
Stage 4
129.
Identify the Demographic Transition Model stage represented by this population pyramid.
a)
Stage 1
b)
Stage 2
c)
Stage 3
d)
Stage 4
130.
Identify the Demographic Transition Model stage represented by this population pyramid.
a)
Stage 1
b)
Stage 2
c)
Stage 3
d)
Stage 4
131.
Identify the Demographic Transition Model stage represented by this population pyramid.
a)
Stage 1
b)
Stage 2
c)
Stage 3
d)
Stage 4
132.
Pop culture typically originates in
a)
more developed countries (MDC's)
b)
southern hemisphere
c)
less populated areas
d)
less developed countries (LDC's)
133.
There is growing concern over the loss of folk cultures due to
a)
taboos
b)
costs
c)
globalization
d)
diffusion
134.
Which of the following is the best example of pop culture?
a)
neck rings
b)
plastic surgery
c)
quilt making
d)
wooden shoes
135.
_______ is the practice of judging another culture by the standards of one’s own culture.
a)
diffusion
b)
habit
c)
environemental determinism
d)
ethnocentrism
136.
The following picture demonstrates
a)
assimilation
b)
acculturation
137.
When a pidgin language is adopted as the main language of communication for a people it is called
a)
a dialect.
b)
a language family.
c)
advanced pidgin.
d)
a creole.
138.
We know that Latin no longer exists, rather, changed over time into something new. This demonstrates which concept of language change?
a)
language divergence
b)
language convergence
c)
language isolation
d)
language serendipity
139.
Variations of structure & vocabulary in a language is called
a)
a dialect
b)
an accent
c)
an idiom
d)
crazy talk
140.
The Indo-European language family
a)
includes English.
b)
includes Hindi
c)
includes half of the world’s spoken languages
d)
all of the above
141.
The second largest language family is
a)
Sino-Tibetan
b)
Afro-Asiatic
c)
Malayo-Polynesian
d)
Niger-Congo
142.
The collection of languages within a family is called
a)
language complex
b)
language group
c)
language branch
d)
language family
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