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AP Human Geography TEST review

Total questions: 116

Worksheet time: 1hrs 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The diagrams show examples of which type of diffusion?
a)
Contagious Diffusion
b)
Stimulus Diffusion
c)
Expansion Diffusion
d)
Hierarchical Diffusion
2.
What demographic characteristic does this population pyramid show?
a)
Low population growth
b)
High natural increase
c)
High crude death rate
d)
Low elder dependency ratio
3.
What economic activities does this population pyramid show?
a)
Tertiary Economic Activities
b)
Subsistence Farmers
c)
Post Industrial Activities
d)
Guest Worker Program
4.
What do each line of the DTM represent?
a)
'A' is birth rate, 'B' is death rate, and 'C' is total population
b)
'A' is death rate, 'B' is birth rate, and 'C' is total population
c)
'A' is natural increase, 'B' is death rate, and 'C' is total fertility rate
d)
'A' is birth rate, 'B' is death rate, and 'C' is natural increase
5.
What would be a lingua franca for the area depicted in the map.
a)
English
b)
Russian
c)
Arabic
d)
Swahili 
6.
This map shows the hearth and diffusion of what?
a)
Confusionism
b)
Buddhism
c)
Hinduism
d)
Shintoism
7.
This sign is in Panama, why is it in Spanish?
a)
Spanish is the lingua franca
b)
Spanish is the most commonly used language
c)
Spanish was the language of colonizers
d)
Spanish is a pidgin
8.
Which of the following is not a Universalizing religion?
a)
Buddhism
b)
Judaism
c)
Bahá’í
d)
Christianity
9.
Physical characteristics of a place (ex. climate, water bodies, topography, soil, vegetation, elevation) are known as
a)
Site
b)
Situation
c)
Absolute location
d)
Physical geography
10.
Thomas Malthus believed that
a)
the government should encourage population growth in order to fully staff the factories being built during the Industrial Age.
b)
the world would soon be overpopulated because population grows at an exponential rate while the food supply increases at an arithmetic rate.
c)
the world would find new sources of food production to offset population growth.
d)
population increase will continue because many religions discourage the use of contraceptives.
11.
Which of Ravenstein’s Laws of Migration best reflects the Gravity Model?
a)
most migrants are male
b)
most migrants move short distances
c)
most long distance migrants move to large urban areas
d)
all of the above
12.
Which of the following models of urban geography best descirbes this map?
a)
Central Place Theory
b)
Rank-Size rule
c)
Von Thunen's concentric ring theory
d)
Sector Model of Urban development
e)
Multi-nucleated model of urban development
13.
In the world-systems model, the core nation of the world are
a)
situated in present-day Middle East
b)
located in the prosperous southern continents
c)
located mainly in Europe and North America
d)
located in the former Soviet republics
e)
located in the heartland, not the rimland.
14.
__________ involves the economic and political domination of one state by another, while ___________ includes official, instituationalized government rule.
a)
Regionalism…..sectionalism
b)
Sectionalism…regionalism
c)
Imperialism….colonialism
d)
Colonialism…imperialism
e)
Nationalism…isolationism
15.
Von Thunen's Model of rural land use is based on which of the following premises?
a)
Land values decrease further from the urban center
b)
Land values increase further from the urban center
c)
perishable goods are least valuable
d)
railraods provide fixed transportation costs
e)
Vegtarianism is socially beneficial
16.
Mediterranean agriculture must be practiced in a climate that is
a)
Wet summer, dry winter
b)
Plentiful rainfall year round
c)
Dry summer, cool moist winter
d)
Mild and dry year round
17.
Which crop is associated with intensive agriculture?
a)
Corn
b)
Rice
c)
Wheat
d)
Cotton
18.
According to Carl Sauer, there are two distinctive types of agriculture
a)
vegetative planting and double-cropping
b)
shifting cultivation and vegetative planting
c)
vegetative planting and seed agriculture
d)
slash-and-burn agriculture and double-cropping
19.
The result of overgrazing in semi-arid climates is
a)
environmental modification
b)
desertification
c)
aquaculture
d)
desalination
20.
According to geographer Carl Sauer, agriculture probably first originated in
a)
the Fertile Crescent.
b)
Southeast Asia
c)
South America
d)
Europe
21.
Physiological density is defined as 
a)
the average farm production compared to arable land.
b)
the number of farmers as compared to the total population.
c)
the number of people compared to arable land.
d)
the number of farms compared to the total land area.
22.
The location of a place using the latitude-longitude grid is called: 
a)
A.  referenced location 
b)
A.  central location
c)
A.  relative location
d)
A.  absolute location 
23.
 All of the following describe edge cites except
a)
 they are more convenient places of employment for newer suburban communities.
b)
 they make it easier for traffic planners to design mass transit systems.
c)
 other uses such as shopping malls and apartment complexes are also present.
d)
 they typically are located at the intersections of highways.
24.
 Globally, the four largest population concentrations are located in
a)
Europe, North America, and East Asia, Latin America
b)
  East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia and Western Africa
c)
Southeast Asia, Southern Africa, East Asia, Europe
d)
 Europe, South Asia, SE Asia and East Asia
25.
Which urban model best explains the spatial impact of automobiles and the construction of interstate highways on metropolitan areas in the United States?
a)
concentric ring
b)
peripheral/galactic city model
c)
sector model
d)
multiple  nuclei model
26.
Which of the following graphs exhibits a J-curve?
a)
Global Population Growth over time.
b)
Global Birth Rates over time.
c)
Global Infant Mortality Rates over time
d)
Global Dependency Ratio rate over time
27.
Unrestricted low-density development of residential and commercial activities over a large expanse of land is
a)
sprawl
b)
edge city
c)
new urbanism
d)
smart growth
28.
The act of migrants sending money to family in their home country is termed
a)
reparation
b)
restitution
c)
allowance
d)
remittance
29.
Geographically, cities expanded outwards prior to the automobile by growing
a)
more densely
b)
uniformly in all directions
c)
along transportation lines
d)
in the wealthy sector from the CBD to periphery
30.
The layering of geographic data by computers into data sets is known as: 
a)
GPS
b)
GIS
c)
ENSO
d)
OPEC
31.
Arithmetic density is 
a)
 the number of people per square mile of inhabitable land.
b)
 the number of people per square mile of arable land. 
c)
 the number of farmers per square mile of arable land. 
d)
the number of people per unit of measurement. 
32.
When a country suffers from a “brain drain” it means the country has experienced
a)
an emigration of working age males.
b)
an emigration of educated professionals
c)
 an emigration of political leaders.
d)
an emigration of female executives
33.
Geographers usually categorize cultural diffusion into the two broad categories of 
a)
 Expansion and hierarchical
b)
Contagious and stimulus
c)
 Expansion and relocation
d)
 Migrant and hierarchical
34.
People who quickly flee their country because of violence or fear are considered
a)
illegal immigrants
b)
draft dodgers
c)
refugees
d)
war criminals
35.
The minimum number of people needed to support a business is called the
a)
range
b)
threshold
c)
bid rent
d)
radius
36.
Young single recent college graduates who move into distressed inner city neighborhoods and refurbish their new residences would be an example of
a)
blockbusting
b)
red lining
c)
gentrification
d)
white flight
37.
The largest major population concentration of North America is 
a)
  from Toronto to Montreal. 
b)
A.      from Miami to Jacksonville. 
c)
from San Diego to San Francisco
d)
 from Washington D.C. to Boston. 
38.
This group of people live in Pennsylvania and Ohio.  They don't use electricity and use horse and buggy.  They are
a)
Quakers
b)
Shakers
c)
Mennonites
d)
Amish
39.
Folk culture is 
a)
heterogeneous and widespread
b)
homogeneous and small
c)
practiced in urban areas
d)
greatly influenced by the media
40.
Cultural concepts from the smallest to the largest are 
a)
cultural trait, cultural complex, cultural system
b)
cultural complex, cultural trait, cultural system
c)
cultural trait, cultural system, cultural complex
d)
cultural system, cultural trait, cultural comples
41.
Popular culture 
a)
spreads slowly from group to group
b)
spreads by relocation diffusion
c)
has a rural base
d)
takes place in a large, heterogeneous group
42.
Assimilation takes place when
a)
a smaller culture shares traits with a larger culture
b)
a smaller culture is totally absorbed by a larger, more dominant culture
c)
cultures give and take
d)
culture moves with people in relocation diffusion
43.
A regions culture being shaped by it's environment is called
a)
Environmental faction
b)
Dominant Environmental diffusion
c)
Environmental determinism
d)
Environmental contagion
44.
Homes around the world are made of out different building materials because 
a)
of the availability of building materials
b)
People like wooden homes better
c)
Brick and mortar are easier to work with
d)
Adobe homes are not as hot
45.
Which of the following is the best example of Outsourcing? 
a)
An El Salvadorian immigrant illegally immigrates to the USA to find work
b)
An American Tech Company fires it's American Employees and hires people in Bangladesh to do the same job for 1/4 the cost 
c)
A European worker moves to the USA and gets a high paying job at a tech company. 
d)
An American company decides to change it's steel contracts from Japanese companies to Chinese companies 
46.
What allowed for the creation of Maquiladoras?
a)
NAFTA
b)
NATO
c)
ANSEAN
d)
HDI
47.
Why does Coca-Cola have bottling plants all over the world and not just one major plant? 
a)
Because Coca Cola is a Bluk Reducing Industry
b)
Because Coca Cola is a Bulk Gaining Industry 
c)
Because Coca Cola is a Footloose industry
d)
Because Coca Cola is a Basic Industry 
48.
A state or group of states that exists within a sphere of competition between larger states and is often culturally, economically, and politically fragmented and splintered.
a)
Frontier
b)
Satellite States
c)
Shatterbelt
d)
Buffer State
49.
Countries controlled by another, more powerful state.
a)
Slav State
b)
Imperialist State
c)
Buffer State
d)
Satellite State
50.
An independent country located between two larger countries that are in conflict.
a)
Satellite State
b)
Buffer State
c)
Shatterbelt
d)
Frontier
51.
A state with only one nation within its borders
a)
Stateless-Nation
b)
Nation-State
c)
Ethnocentric Nation
d)
Statehood
52.
a state that contains more than one ethnicity.
a)
United States
b)
Multi-Cultural State
c)
Multi-Ethnic State
d)
Nation-State
53.
a country that contains more than one ethnicity with traditions of self-determination.
a)
Multi-Ethnic State
b)
Multi-National State
c)
Stateless Nation
d)
Nationalism
54.
Zero population growth occurs when the TFR (total fertility rate) is at
a)
1.2
b)
2.1
c)
2.7
d)
1.9
55.
The ratio of people who are too young or too old to work compared to the working population is called the
a)
dependency ratio
b)
population pyramid
c)
interconnected ratio
d)
retirement ratio
56.
The time it takes for the world population to go from 3 billion to 6 billion or 6 billion to 12 billion is called
a)
overpopulation
b)
doubling time
c)
natural increase
d)
life expectancy
57.

Identify this model with a traditional and a colonial CBD, an informal economy zone, and informal settlements along the periphery.

a)

African City Model

b)

Latin American City Model

c)

Concentric Zone Model

d)

Middle Eastern City Model

58.

Which urban model would best describe a city that includes edge cities along its beltways?

a)

galactic city

b)

sector

c)

multiple city

d)

Griffen-Ford

59.

Starting in the 1990's, a movement known as _________ began to feature mixed-use neighborhoods with businesses and residential properties, walkable areas and a variety of price ranges for homes.

a)

blockbusting

b)

gentrification

c)

leapfrogging

d)

new urbanism

60.

Goals of new urbanism inlcude (3)..

a)

increase homogeneity

b)

increase affordable housing

c)

creating lively, vibrant neighborhoods

d)

reducing urban sprawl

61.

Blockbusting and redlining have contributed to... in American cities.

a)

gated communities

b)

racial segregation

c)

public transportation

d)

exurbanization

62.

Real estate agents have encouraged (often) white families to sell their houses at a loss once a (often) black or latino family moves into the neighborhood in a process known as...

a)

redlining

b)

gentrification

c)

filtering

d)

blockbusting

63.
The process of migrants moving to a specific location because relatives or members of the same culture have already migrated and settled there is known as
a)
chain migration
b)
emigration
c)
immigration
d)
step migration
64.

What does the bid-rent theory state?

a)

The declining intensity of any activity as distance increases.

b)

Political events in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries

c)

How the price and demand and real estate changes as the distance towards the CBD increases.

d)

Population is increasing faster than food being made

65.
The Third Agricultural Revolution is also known as 
a)
GMO Revolution
b)
Seed Agricultural Revolution
c)
Green Revolution
d)
Industrial Revolution
66.
According rank-size rule,  how big is the 2nd largest city in a country in relationship to the largest city?
a)
1/2 the size
b)
1/3 the size
c)
1/4 the size
d)
1/5 the size
67.
The maximum distance people are willing to travel for a service is
a)
hinterland
b)
range
c)
threshold
d)
median
68.
Who was the developer of the Heartland Theory
a)
Nicolas Spykman
b)
Friedrich Ratzel
c)
Halford Mackinder
d)
James Monroe
69.
Which characteristic do all the nations seen here share?
a)
All are compact
b)
All are landlocked
c)
All are federal states
d)
All are members of OPEC
70.

What type of map projection is this?

a)

Mercator

b)

Robinson

c)

Peters

71.
Which projection is this?
a)
Peter's
b)
Robinson
c)
Mercator
d)
Goode's
72.
Which projection is this?
a)
Lambert
b)
Mercator
c)
Goode's Homolosine
d)
Robinson
73.
Which projection is this?
a)
Lambert
b)
Mercator
c)
Goode's Homolosine
d)
Robinson
74.
Type of Map?
a)
Topographic
b)
Weather
c)
Thematic
d)
Choropleth
75.

Which of the following would be considered a quaternary industry?

a)

farming, mining and herding

b)

retail and customer services

c)

finance, legal services and computer services

d)

scientific research, high level management

76.

Which of the following would be considered quinary industries?

a)

farming, mining and ranching

b)

retail and customer service

c)

finance, legal services and computer services

d)

scientific research, higher education and high level managament

77.
In regions where subsistence agriculture predominates, women make up what percent of the agricultural workforce?
a)
70%
b)
45%
c)
85%
d)
100%
78.
Poland is an example of what kind of state shape?
a)
Elongated
b)
Perforated
c)
Fragmented
d)
Compact
79.
Which system of government gives the national government the majority of the power?
a)
Unitary
b)
Federal
c)
Confederate
d)
Democracy
80.
According to Rostow's development model, a country with a rapidly growing economy, and a lot of heavy industry that uses modern technology with increasingly skilled labor is in Stage
a)
Two
b)
Three
c)
Four
d)
Five
81.
GE, Coca-cola, Nokia, Samsung, Pepsi, Walt-Disney represent the many 
a)
World Bank contributors.
b)
World Trade Organizations.
c)
Transnational Corporations.
d)
Fairtrade Labeling Organizations .
82.
A mining company operates in which industry sector?
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
c)
Quaternary
d)
Quinary
83.
Which of the following best describes Rostow’s model of economic development?
a)
Countries should outsource industrial production to periphery countries in order to lower the cost of goods in the “Core”.
b)
Countries will proceed through a series of stages in which a country focuses on the development of industries in which it has a comparative advantage.
c)
Governments should purchase and create companies within their border and slowly build the company.
d)
A country should invest equally across all sectors of the economy and protect new industries from international competition.
84.
What is the internal migration pattern as seen in the US?
a)
South and West
b)
North and East
c)
North and West
d)
South and East
85.
Which of the following is one of Ravenstein's laws of migration?
a)
Urban move more often
b)
Families more likely to migrate overseas than young adults
c)
Most migrants move long distances
d)
Migration creates a counter migration
86.
A dominant culture forces a less dominant one to adopt their traits.
a)
Assimilation
b)
Acculturation
c)
Placelessness
d)
Sequent Occupance
87.
This is defined as a trade language for speakers of different languages.
a)
Pidgin Language
b)
Creole
c)
Toponym
d)
Lingua Franca
88.
An attempt at a global language to unite all people of the world.
a)
English
b)
Lingua Franca
c)
Esperanto
d)
Toponym
89.
One language group migrates away from their native country.  Over time, their language will change into two separate ones.  What is this process called?
a)
Pidgin
b)
Divergence
c)
Creole
d)
Convergence
90.
A simplified and modified form of a language.
a)
Lingua Franca
b)
Pidgin
c)
Toponym
d)
Official Language
91.
The study of place names
a)
Toponymy
b)
Pidgin
c)
Esperanto
d)
Creole
92.
What type of crop is most often grown with this type of agriculture?
a)
Wheat
b)
Rice
c)
Potatoes
d)
Tomatoes
93.
Areas in which you can find many fast food restaurants but no farms or grocery stores with fresh, healthy produce are known as 
a)
Food Deserts
b)
Desertification
c)
Commercial Agriculture Districts
d)
Green Revolution
94.
Von Thunen's model also considers the Bid Rent Theory.  How is this best applied?
a)
The further away land is from the city, the less money it costs.  Therefore, it makes the most sense to grow extensive crops further away from the city.
b)
The further away land is from the city, the less money it costs.  Therefore, it makes the most sense to grow intensive crops further away from the city.
c)
The further away land is from the city, the more money it costs.  Therefore, it makes the most sense to grow extensive crops further away from the city.
d)
The further away land is from the city, the more money it costs.  Therefore, it makes the most sense to grow intensive crops further away from the city.
95.
Hajj is 
a)
praying 5 times a day
b)
fasting during Ramadan
c)
the pilgrimage to Mecca
d)
giving away 2.5% of your money to the poor
96.
The Western Wall in Jerusalem is associated with
a)
Judaism
b)
Islam
c)
Christianity
d)
Hinduism 
97.

New Orleans was originally inhabited by Native Americans, then colonized by the French in 1718, then brought under Spanish control in 1763. African slaves also had an impact on this area. As a result, the architecture has distinct Spanish and French influence. This is an example of

a)

Sequent Occupance

b)

Hierarchical Diffusion

c)

Folk Culture

d)

Time-Space Compression

98.
China's One Child Policy is an example of
a)
Pro-Natalist Policy
b)
Anti-Natalist Policy
c)
Stage 5 of the DTM
d)
Eugenics
99.

This urban design plan assumes that

a)

The physical landscape is flat and there are no obstacles

b)

There is a uniform transportation network for the region

c)

Soil fertility varies thus producing different levels of agricultural development

d)

Population and purchasing power are evenly distributed

100.

The illegal practice in which voting districts are drawn to favor one party over the other is known as

a)

Gerrymandering

b)

Reapportioment

c)

Devolution

d)

Shatterbelt

101.

What region is number 10?

a)

Siberia

b)

Middle East

c)

East Asia

d)

Southeast Asia

e)

Central Asia

102.

What region is number 11?

a)

Central Asia

b)

South Asia

c)

East Asia

d)

Southeast Asia

e)

Middle East

103.

What region is number 13?

a)

Central Asia

b)

Middle East

c)

South Asia

d)

East Asia

e)

Southeast Asia

104.

What region is number 9?

a)

Central America

b)

South America

c)

North America

d)

Oceania

e)

Asia

105.

What region is number 8?

a)

Africa

b)

Sub-Saharan Africa

c)

Europe

d)

Central America

e)

South America

106.

What region is number 5?

a)

Europe

b)

Russian Federation

c)

Asia

d)

Africa

e)

Sub-Saharan Africa

107.

What region is number 21?

a)

North Africa

b)

East Africa

c)

Southern Africa

d)

Central Africa

e)

West Africa

108.
Which of the following is NOT an assumption of Central Place Theory?
a)
flat area
b)
population not distributed evenly
c)
no barriers
d)
uniform transportation
109.

Much of the garment industry for core countries is located in southeast Asia. Why is this?

a)

It is cheaper to pay for the garment workers in these countries than in the core countries where they sell the clothing.

b)

As a result of the global division of labor, much of the secondary manufacturing labor is happening in developing countries while service jobs are mostly in core countries

c)

There are more natural resources, like cotton, located in this region

d)

Post-Fordist production enabled mass production in these regions

110.
Indonesia is example of a(n):
a)
Elongated state
b)
Fragmented state
c)
Compact State
d)
Microstate
111.

A set of processes that increases interactions, deepens relationships, and heightens interdependence between countries with no regards to country borders

a)

Globalization

b)

Glocalization

c)

Economic Pull Factors

d)

Gravity Model

112.

A region in which everything has the same characteristic, such as language, religion, political system, politcal boundaries of countries, etc.

a)

Formal Region

b)

Functional Region

c)

Perceptual Region

d)

Vernacular Region

113.

Which map has the smallest scale?

a)
b)
c)
d)
114.

Which map has the largest scale?

a)
b)
c)
d)
115.

What does the light pink color represent?

a)

Elite residences

b)

Middle-class residences

c)

Comercial

d)

Disamenity sector

116.

Which theory argues that the state is like a living organism that needs space to grow its population and extend its power?

a)

Ratzel's Organic State Theory

b)

Mackinder's Heartland Theory

c)

Domino Theory

d)

Spykman's Rimland Theory

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