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AP Geo Diagnostic

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 3hrs 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. Which of the following is the best example of a stateless nation?

a)

Germans

b)

Italians

c)

Vietnamese

d)

Japanese

e)

Palestinians

2.

2. A language that results from the mixing of a colonizer's language with an indigenous language is called a(n)...

a)

creole

b)

lingua franca

c)

isogloss

d)

dialect

3.

3. The celebration of a national holiday and the national anthem are examples of

a)

centrifugal forces

b)

centripetal forces

c)

push factors

d)
an insurgency
4.
4.  In democratic nations, legislators and political parties typically redraw boundaries for voting districts after the release of data from a
a)
national census
b)
national geographical survey
c)
 state public opinion poll
d)
state primary election
5.

5.  The demographic transition model suggests that as countries industrialize/ develop...

a)
Migration increases from rural to urban areas
b)
Birth and death rates decrease over time
c)
Life expectancy decreases over time
d)
Fertility rates increase over time
6.
6.  Which of the following is NOT a result of overpopulation?
a)
Squatter settlements in Rio de Janeiro
b)
Deforestation in Madagascar 
c)
Lack of access to food in Manila
d)
Low unemployment rates in Tokyo
7.
7.  Which of the following regions has the highest rate of natural increase?
a)
Western Europe
b)
Russian Federation
c)
Sub-Saharan Africa
d)
North America
8.

8.   The hearth for the world religions of Christianity, Judaism and Islam is

a)

South Asia

b)

North America

c)

South America

d)

The Middle East 

9.

9.  The most common migration trend in less developed countries (LDCs) is?

a)

urban to rural to get back to nature

b)

rural to urban to find a better-paying job

c)

rural to suburb to have better Wi-Fi

d)

urban to suburb to escape overcrowding

10.
10.  All of the following are traits common to Muslim regions of the world EXCEPT
a)
fasting
b)
pilgrimage
c)
polytheism
d)
daily ritual prayers
11.
11.  Which of the following countries was the site of violent religious conflicts between Catholic and Protestant Christian groups throughout much of the 20th century?
a)
Ireland
b)
Canada
c)
Switzerland
d)
Greece
12.

12.  How a culture makes a place fit their identity by shaping the landscape to show what they believe and value (buildings, statues, murals, sacred sites, etc.) is

a)

Place making

b)

Sequent Occupance

c)

Centripetal forces

d)
ethnocentrism
13.

13.  The 2nd Agricultural Revolution, which coincided with the Industrial Revolution, lead to all of the following EXCEPT...

a)

increase in the population

b)

people started eating less healthy food

c)

increase in food production

d)

longer life expectancies

14.
14. The predominance of English as the preferred language spoken at many international business meetings and political summits could be cited to support the claim that English is a popular
a)
Creole language
b)
lingua franca
c)
pidgin language
d)
language branch
15.

15. The clustering of businesses that can benefit from close proximity because they share skilled- labor (e.g. auto industry in Michigan) is known as?

                       

a)

Weber's Least Cost Theory

b)

agglomeration

c)

Core-Periphery Model

d)

Place making

16.

The total number of objects in an area is known as

a)

Dispersion

b)

Direction

c)

Pattern

d)

Density

e)

Diffusion

17.

When present-day MDCs indirectly control or exploit LDCs, especially former colonies, through the use of economic/ political pressures, this is...?

a)

irredentism

b)

a federal state

c)

a unitary state

d)

a shatter belt

e)

neocolonialism

18.

In models of urban structure, CBD represents the...

a)

Corporate Buying District

b)

Corporate Business District

c)

Central Beverage District

d)

Central Business District

e)

Congressional Book Department

19.

The principle of distance decay describes

a)

a positive correlation between distance and degree of connectedness

b)

a neutral correlation between distance and degree of connectedness

c)

a negative correlation between distance and degree of connectedness

d)

an uncertain correlation between distance and degree of connectedness

e)

no correlation between distance and degree of connectedness

20.

A geographic area with little or no grocery stores where residents have limited access to fresh, nutritious food is called a

a)

Food Deficit Area

b)

Food Dilemma

c)

Food Desert

d)

Food Debacle

e)

Food Demise