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AP Human Exam Review #1

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which sub-field of human geography is illustrated in the map shown?

a)

population

b)

culture

c)

economics

d)

urban areas

2.

Which argument does the map most clearly support?

a)

all languages in India are part of the Indo-European family

b)

all Indians grow up multilingual

c)

a lingua franca would be useful in India

d)

Each caste in India has its own language

e)

India's languages have shaped its diverse climate

3.

Which invention or development most directly affected where von Thunen's Model predicted dairy farms would be located?

a)

GMOs

b)

Aquaculture

c)

the Green Revolution

d)

agribusiness

e)

refrigeration

4.

After the fall of Soviet communism in 1991, which regions had the greatest proliferation of newly independent states?

a)

North America and South America

b)

North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa

c)

Europe and Central Asia

d)

South Asia and East Asia

e)

Oceania

5.

What stage of population growth is the country shown?

a)

Stage 1

b)

Stage 2

c)

Stage 3

d)

Stage 4

6.

The shown population pyramid is typical of countries

a)

from the 1800s, but not today

b)

in Europe and North America

c)

in less developed regions of the world

d)

with a stable population size

e)

with a shrinking population

7.

Prior to the 19th century, the total fertility rate was much higher than today, but population growth was low primarily because

a)

religion had greater influence on societies in the past

b)

the Industrial Revolution had shortened life expectancy

c)

infant mortality rates were higher in the past

d)

crude birth rates were comparatively low

e)

government programs discouraged large families

8.

Which is a major positive impact that migrants have on their country of origin?

a)

Migrants often return to open businesses and employ workers

b)

Migrants regularly send remittances to their family

c)

Migrants do not use social welfare benefits in their country of origin

d)

Migrants who commit crimes are sent abroad to save the cost of prison

e)

Migrants bring over family members, easing the tax burden of their country

9.

Which is the most accurate term to describe the people who were forced to move away from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in 2005?

a)

refugees

b)

asylum seekers

c)

forced migrants

d)

chain migrants

e)

internally displaced persons

10.

The movement of people out of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina demonstrates the concept of

a)

distance decay

b)

outsourcing

c)

random distribution

d)

reverse hierarchical diffusion

e)

time-space compression

11.

What effect does emigration usually have on the demographics of the country of origin?

a)

Average age increases because most people who migrate are older

b)

Demographics skew towards males, as women leave to work abroad

c)

Population shews to young and old residents as working-age people migrate

d)

Demographics change little, as immigrants replace replace the emigrants

e)

Population gets less urban as people own larger areas of land

12.

The nation-state first became a widely desired form of political entity in

a)

the Mediterranean world of classical Greece and Rome

b)

the Middle East during the Crusades

c)

Europe in the 17th century

d)

Africa and Asia during eras of colonization

e)

Europe after World War II

13.

Clearly defined gender roles are most closely associated with

a)

popular culture

b)

folk culture

c)

global culture

d)

multiculturalism

e)

acculturation

14.

Which type of boundary exists between the United States and Canada for most of the distance from Minnesota to Washington?

a)

geometric

b)

militarized

c)

natural

d)

physical

e)

district

15.

Which best explains why the Spanish language diffused widely in Latin America?

a)

Indigenous people had long tried to develop a lingua franca

b)

Indigenous people found it easier to learn then other languages

c)

Spanish was the first Indo-European language in the Americas

d)

Spanish was part of the spread of control over the region

e)

Spanish developed out of a creole langauge

16.

Which would cause an increase in carrying capacity?

a)

Immigration causes an increase in ethnic enclaves in a region

b)

Farmers use new techniques to increase the wheat production per acre

c)

People begin delaying marriage, so the total fertility rate decreases

d)

The number of people moving to cities to take secondary sector jobs increases

e)

Improved health care increases the percentage of elderly people in a population

17.

Why does the U.S. Constitution require reapportionment every decade?

a)

to adjust the number of Congressional representatives to reflect changes in state populations

b)

to redraw Congressional district lines to reflect changing political views

c)

to change the lines for Congressional districts so that voters can elect new leaders

d)

to allow for Congress to expand to reflect a growing population

e)

to guarantee a balance in representation between the major political parties

18.

The process of dividing voters who share values among several districts so that they cannot elect a representative who reflects their views is known as

a)

packing

b)

stacking

c)

cracking

d)

hijacking

e)

kidnapping

19.

The clearest example of relocation diffusion is the spread of

a)

an ethnic religion to a new place

b)

a religion after a king adopts that faith

c)

the ideas of a religion through books and letters

d)

a religion by merchants along a trade route

e)

a religion by missionaries who move somewhere temporarily

20.

The Gulf Cooperation Council, an association of six states on the Persian Gulf that attempts to coordinate trade policies, is an example of

a)

globalization

b)

a nation-state

c)

irredentism

d)

economic supranationalism

e)

subnationalism

21.

Which often happens to an industrial site after the factory on it closes?

a)

In old industrial areas, it often becomes a brownfield site

b)

in EPZs, it is almost always reclaimed as a recreational site

c)

in the Great Lakes region, it usually attracts new industry

d)

in the South and West of the United States, it usually remains vacant

e)

in most poor countries, it often becomes an office park

22.

Which is the most likely explanation for why Southeast Asia has a higher population density than Southern Africa?

a)

Southeast Asia has been settled by humans for a longer time

b)

Southeast Asia has poorer soil so it became more urbanized

c)

Southeast Asia lost fewer people to European disease

d)

Southeast Asia has better conditions for agriculture

e)

Southeast Asia has a higher total fertility rate

23.

All of the following were positive consequences of the Green Revolution EXCEPT

a)

Increased crop yields

b)

Increased use of traditional farming methods

c)

Reduced hunger and famine

d)

Reduced crop losses from diseases

e)

Reduced dependency on food imports

24.

For the past five thousand years, the Nile River Valley has had the greatest concentration of population in Egypt because of the region's

a)

Alpine climate

b)

Famous tourist attractions

c)

Extensive in-migration from neighboring arid areas

d)

Many sacred sites

e)

High quality agricultural land

25.

Which is most likely to decrease as a neighborhood becomes gentrified?

a)

Property tax rates

b)

Number of older buildings

c)

Average household incomes

d)

Variety of cultural opportunities