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AP Human Review

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is a dialect?
a)
 Indo-European
b)
Romance
c)
Latin
d)
Southern US
2.
 Which of the following is NOT a toponym in the United States that reflects geographical origins?
a)
New York
b)
Pottstown
c)
New Hampshire
d)
New Jersey
3.
The type of culture that emphasizes artifacts is called
a)
material culture
b)
non material culture
c)
folk culture
d)
pop culture
4.
Which of the following was NOT one of the earliest ancient cultural hearths?
a)
Nile Valley
b)
Indus Valley
c)
Mesopotamia
d)
Mississippi Valley
5.
Toponymy is the study of
a)
Place names
b)
dialects
c)
isoglosses
d)
extinct languages
6.

Which of the following would effectively lower a country's fertility rate?

a)

Stricted immigration policies

b)

Taxes levied on school tuition

c)

Religious laws banning reproduction

d)

Education for girls and women

7.
Folk Culture is primarily spread through
a)
Hierarchical diffusion
b)
stimulus diffusion
c)
contagious diffusion
d)
relocation diffusion
8.
Romanian, Spanish, Italian, French and Portuguese are all part of the same
a)
language family
b)
dialect
c)
toponym
d)
trade language
9.
All of the following are examples of FOLK clothing EXCEPT
a)
burqa
b)
scarf
c)
sari
d)
kimono
10.
Which of the following are areas that people believe to exist as part of their cultural identity?
a)
formal region
b)
perceptual region
c)
functional region
d)
nodal region
11.
The term cultural diffusion refers to the
a)
Modifications of Earth’s surface by human actions
b)
  Integration of behavioral traits within a group
c)
Spread of an idea or innovation from its source
d)
Assimilation of a minority culture into the host society
12.
Globalization has encouraged the diffusion of
a)
 Linguistic fragmentation
b)
Folk culture
c)
  Popular culture
d)
ethnocentrism
13.
Geographers usually categorize cultural diffusion into the two broad categories of
a)
relocation and hierarchical
b)
hierarchical and stimulus
c)
expansion and relocation
d)
contagious and stiumulus
14.
The idea that cultures will modify the natural landscape to fit their needs is known as the
a)
cultural situation
b)
cultural landscape
c)
culture traits
d)
environment of culture
15.
Cultural diffusion is
a)
the innovation of a cultural trait.
b)
the idea that your own culture is superior to others.
c)
the isolation of a culture from the rest of the world.
d)
the spread of culture traits from one group to another.
16.

Which of the following is an example of relocation diffusion?

a)

The spread of baseball to Japan.

b)

The spread of English to the British Colonies.

c)

The spread of Islam to the United States.

d)

All of the above.

17.
Which of the following is not an example of expansion diffusion?
a)
Contaigious Diffusion
b)
Hierarchical Diffusion
c)
Relocation diffusion.
d)
Stimulus Diffusion
18.
This is the process by which a less dominant culture adopts some of the traits of a more dominant culture.
a)
Cultural assimilation.
b)
Acculturation.
c)
accommodation
d)
none of these
19.

Which of the following was spread globally by colonization and trade, and has since become the world's lingua franca?

a)

Italian

b)

French

c)

Swedish

d)

English

20.
Which of these modern languages spread globally as a result of religion?
a)
English
b)
Arabic
c)
French
d)
Spanish
21.
An isogloss is
a)
a form of a language spoken in a local area.
b)
a collection of unique words.
c)
a boundary between language regions.
d)
the transition zone between cultures.
22.
Which of the following is an example of an ethnic religion?
a)
Buddhism
b)
Christianity
c)
Islam
d)
Judaism
23.
A religion that seeks to appeal to all people and convert others.
a)
Ethnic 
b)
Universalizing
c)
Folk
d)
Traditional
24.

Languages that are commonly spoken across many nations but not an official language are called

a)

Foreign Language

b)

Creole

c)

Pidgin

d)

Lingua Franca

25.
Hinduism is most widely practiced in which nation?
a)
China
b)
India
c)
Africa
d)
Russia
26.

During which stage of the Epidemiologic Transition Model (ETM) do vaccines and healthcare cause pandemics to stop?

a)

Stage 3

b)

Stage 2

c)

Stage 4

d)

Stage 1

27.
A religion that traces its origins and many of its practices to Hinduism.
a)
Zoroastrianism
b)
Buddhism
c)
Islam
d)
Christianity
28.
Which is the worlds most practiced religion?
a)
Christianity
b)
Islam
c)
Buddhism
d)
Hinduism
29.
The caste system is a relic of which religion?
a)
Sikhism
b)
Buddhism
c)
Islam
d)
Hinduism
30.
The location of a place in relationship to other places or features around it is called: 
a)
absolute location
b)
relative location
c)
site
d)
situation
31.

The location of a place using the latitude-longitude grid is called:

a)

referenced location

b)

central location

c)

relative location

d)

absolute location

32.
Places that share similar characteristics are called 
a)
human systems
b)
environments
c)
regions
d)
physical systems
33.

The concept of distance decay is best described in which scenario?

a)

People outside of Midland, Texas generally do not read the Midland Reporter Telegram

b)

People throughout a region generally speaking German.

c)

When many people move to another area using an ocean vessel.

d)

The diffusion of a disease along a highway corridor.

34.

Which of these is the correct order of world population clusters?

a)

Africa, Southeast Asia, Europe, East Asia

b)

East Asia, South Asia, North America

c)

Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia and Oceania

d)

East Asia, South Asia, Europe

35.

The reduction in the time it takes for something to reach another place is known as the ______.

a)

Distance decay

b)

Remote sensing

c)

Commute time

d)

Ecological advantages

e)

Space-time compression

36.
a)
Isoline
b)
Choropleth
c)
Cartogram
d)
Graduated or proportional symbol
37.

Why would a cartogram be a useful map to utilize?

a)

It displays geographic regions according to scale

b)

It indicates the exact location of data precisely

c)

It uses color to easily display data

d)

It uses shape distortion to easily display data

38.

Which of these is a good example of absolute location

a)

30 degrees S, 24 degrees W

b)

near the Panama Canal

c)

the capital of Panama

d)

26 miles from the Panama Canal

39.

Which of these places experiences the fewest issues with multilingualism?

a)

United States

b)

Nigeria

c)

Canada

d)

Columbia

40.

What is physiological density?

a)

the amount of people on arable land

b)

the amount of people on total land

c)

the amount of farmers on arable land

d)

the amount of people on urban land

41.

Which of these innovations would increase the effects of distance-decay?

a)

A new movie poster

b)

A new calculator

c)

A new vaccine

d)

A new train line

42.

Which stage of the DTM would this pyramid reflect? (High birth rate, low life expectancy)

a)

stage 1

b)

stage 2

c)

stage 3

d)

stage 4

43.

Cultural landscape is what? What does that look like in Midland?

a)

The way a place reflects values, fast food restaurants, homes, churches

b)

The way a place changed, old homes and brand new homes

c)

The way people have changed a place, oil derricks

d)

The way a place can be considered a region, the border between Midland and Odessa

44.

Which of the following is an official language of Canada?

a)

Arabic

b)

Spanish

c)

English

d)

Mandarin

45.

What are the top 3 religions in order by number of adherents?

a)

Christianity, Buddhism, Sikhism

b)

Hinduism, Sikhism, Islam

c)

Christianity, Islam, Judaism

d)

Christianity, Islam, Hinduism