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APHG Review 1

Total questions: 85

Worksheet time: 53mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

All of the following are forms of commercial agriculture EXCEPT

a)

dairy farming

b)

pastoral nomadism

c)

cattle ranching

d)

specialized fruit production

e)

grain farming

2.

A farmer plants corn in a field one year, cotton in the same field the following year, and then corn again. This farmer is practicing ---

a)

subsistence agriculture

b)

commercial farming

c)

crop rotation

d)

slash-and-burn agriculture

e)

shifting cultivation

3.

Why is English the most widely spoken language in Canada and the U.S.?

a)

The Norman Conquest

b)

Viking Explorations of the New World

c)

British Colonialism

d)

The Internet

4.

Why did Basque survive despite being surrounded by Indo-European languages?

a)

contagious diffusion

b)

isolation

c)

innovation

d)

distance decay

5.
The frequent repetition of an act, to the extent that it becomes characteristic of a group of people, is a
a)
Custom
b)
Popular Culture
c)
Habit
d)
Taboo
6.
Which concept is the contemporary geographer likely to reject?
a)
Local resources make some cultural choices more likely than others.
b)
People in similar environments adopt different social customs.
c)
People are influenced by their physical environment.
d)
The physical environment causes people to adopt social customs.
7.
The global diffusion of popular culture may threaten folk culture by
a)
being less responsive to the diversity of local environments.
b)
threatening local environments through the diffusion of information by technology.
c)
serving as a catalyst for the advancement of folk culture.
d)
being more responsive to the diversity of local environments.
8.
A region where boundaries are very thinly or weakly developed, zones where territoriality is unclear and not well established.
a)
Frontier
b)
Shatterbelt
c)
Buffer State
d)
Satellite State
9.
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
10.
A state with only one nation within its borders
a)
Stateless-Nation
b)
Nation-State
c)
Ethnocentric Nation
d)
Statehood
11.
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
12.
Hierarchical diffusion means that the culture is diffused 
a)
from place to place in a random way
b)
from those in authority or the famous
c)
because of popular culture
d)
from culture to culture
13.
Zero population growth occurs when the TFR (total fertility rate) is at
a)
1.2
b)
2.1
c)
2.7
d)
1.9
14.
Nearly all the world's population growth is clustered in what areas?
a)
Urban areas
b)
MDC's
c)
LDC's
d)
Suburban areas
15.
There are NO countries in which stage?
a)
Stage 3
b)
Stage 2
c)
Stage 4
d)
Stage 1
16.
What does an "upside down" population pyramid indicate?
a)
lots of children
lots of children
b)
lots of middle age people
c)
lots of elderly/older people
d)
lots of teens
17.
Thomas Malthus thought
a)
population would increase at the same rate as farming production
b)
population would eventually decline due to birth control and family planning
c)
population would eventually outgrow food production
d)
moral restraint would lower population growth 
18.
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
19.
A state which places most power in the hands of a central government is a
a)
federal state.
b)
fragmented state.
c)
unitary state
d)
nation-state.
20.
Korea is a good example of 
a)
city-state
b)
nation-state
c)
a nation divided between more than one state.
21.
Cultural identity through shared traits such as language or religion
a)
Race
b)
Ethnicity
c)
Habit
d)
Culture
22.
ARABLE land is land suitable for ____________.
a)
raising livestock, like cattle
b)
Agriculture, or farming
c)
growing cactus, it means desert
d)
wind farming
23.
Which of the following is a pull factor?
a)
Insufficient Food Supply
b)
High Crime Rate in Native Country
c)
Higher Paying jobs in New Country
d)
High Crime Rate in New Country
24.
Model that explains changes in population demographics in countries at different time periods.
a)
Distant Decay Model 
b)
Demographic Transition Model 
c)
Overpopulation Model 
d)
 Epidemiologic Transition Model
25.
The portion of earth's surface occupied by permanent human settlement.
a)
Ecumene 
b)
Census 
c)
Cohort 
d)
Pandemic
26.
A characteristic of stage Three of the DTM shows?
   
a)
High birth and death rates
b)
Low death and high birth rates
c)
Declining birth and death rates 
d)
High death and low birth rates
27.
A characteristic of stage four of the DTM shows
   
a)
High birth and death rates
b)
Low death and high birth rates
c)
Low birth and death rates
d)
High death and low birth rates
28.
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 
29.
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
30.
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
31.
The process of the spread of an idea and/or dissemination of an innovation from its source area to other cultures, is the process of cultural: 
a)
diffusion
b)
simultaion
c)
adaptation
d)
movement
32.
The physical qualities of the original location for a city is referred to as the
a)
site
b)
situation
c)
relative location
d)
absolute location
33.
The layering of geographic data by computers into data sets is known as: 
a)
GPS
b)
GIS
c)
ENSO
d)
OPEC
34.
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
35.
The visible imprint put on the environment by people is called?
a)
Cultural Landscape
b)
Place
c)
Location
d)
Human Environment Interaction
36.
What is it called when you take a 3D image and put it onto a 2D surface?
a)
Cartogram
b)
Projection
c)
Globe
d)
Instagram
37.
Asking the question "why is something found in a particular place", is using which theme of geography?
a)
Place
b)
Movement
c)
Human Environment Interaction
d)
Location
38.
Geographers group like things together into regions in order to make them easier to study.  What type of region would a corn field be?
a)
Perceptual
b)
Formal
c)
Functional
d)
Vernacular
39.
Which areas of the world generally have net "out" migrations?
a)
Asia and North America
b)
Africa and Europe
c)
Africa and Asia
d)
Latin America and Europe
40.
According to Ravenstein which of the following is NOT true?
a)
Most migrants are young adults.
b)
Most migration is over very long distance
c)
Migration is most often for economic reasons.
d)
Migration occurs in steps.
41.

(Unit 1) Environmental determinism states

a)

geography is the study of how the physical environment can limit or influence human activities

b)

humans can conquer their physical environment at will and conform it to their needs

c)

humans do not have the ability to modify their physical environment.

d)

All of the answers

42.

(Unit 1) Diffusion which moves from large cities to smaller cities to towns, skipping over rural areas between is

a)

Expansion Diffusion

b)

Stimulus Diffusion

c)

Relocation Diffusion

d)

Hierarchical Diffusion

43.

(Unit 2) All of the following are DIRECTLY indicated on a population pyramid except

a)

% of the population

b)

Females

c)

Cohorts in five year increments

d)

Life Expectancy

44.

(Unit 3) The practice of barring certain individuals from coming into a country is known as

a)

Selective immigration

b)

Internal migration

c)

Quota system

d)

Chain migration

45.

(Unit 2) The characteristics of this population pyramid reflect the demographics of

a)

A country in Stage 1 of the DTM

b)

A country in Stage 2 of the DTM

c)

A country in Stage 3 of the DTM

d)

A country in Stage 4 of the DTM

46.

(Unit 2) Which stage of the DTM has the lowest rate of natural increase?

a)

Stage 2

b)

Stage 3

c)

Stage 4

d)

Stage 5

47.

(Unit 3) Each year most immigrants to the United States

a)

are admitted to the country as legal immigrants

b)

enter the country as undocumented immigrants

c)

enter the country legally with visas which then expire

d)

None of the answers

48.

(Unit 2) Immigration laws passed in the US during the 1920's were designed to favor immigration from which region?

a)

Sub-Saharan Africa

b)

South and eastern Europe

c)

North and western Europe

d)

Japan

49.

(Unit 3) The following structure represents a folk dwelling adaptation to which of the following climates?

a)

Hot and dry climate of Southern States

b)

Humid Subtropical climate of the Southern States

c)

Humid Continental climate of the Midwestern States

d)

Mediterranean climate of the Western States

50.

(Unit 3) Early English was influenced by all of the following groups except

a)

Basque

b)

Vikings

c)

Angles

d)

French

51.

(Unit 3) Which religion is the following structure associated with?

a)

Hinduism

b)

Judaism

c)

Islam

d)

Shinto

52.

(Unit 3) Which of the following is not a universalizing spiritual practice?

a)

Hinduism

b)

Christianity

c)

Islam

d)

Buddhism

53.

(Unit 3) Sikhism is a religion that centers on the teachings of Guru Nanak, but combines beliefs from

a)

Christianity and Buddhism

b)

Hinduism and Buddhism

c)

Islam and Hinduism

d)

Shintoism and Hinduism

54.

(Unit 3) The youngest of the major world religions is

a)

Hinduism

b)

Christianity

c)

Islam

d)

Buddhism

55.

(Unit 3) What two regions contain the hearths of the world's five primary religions?

a)

Northern India and Southwest Asia

b)

Central Europe and Southwest Asia

c)

Southwest Asia and Northern Africa

d)

Eastern China and Southern Europe

56.

(Unit 3) What may occur when two or more languages converge?

a)

A creole language developes and becomes a pidgin

b)

A pidgin language develops and may become a creole language

c)

Sound shifts create a new vocabulary

d)

The original language becomes extinct

57.

(Unit 1) An advantage of the Peters map projection is that it

a)

does not distort shapes

b)

distances are constant along the equator

c)

accurately compares land masses in terms of area

d)

has curving meridians that curve gently and avoids extremes

58.

(Unit 1) The spread of specialty coffee shops across the United States in the 1990's is an example of

a)

Hierarchical diffusion

b)

Contagious diffusion

c)

Stimulus diffusion

d)

Relocation diffusion

59.

(Unit 3) Examples of modern lingua franca languages are

a)

Latin, Spanish, English

b)

Mandarin Chines, Spanish, Quechua

c)

Russian, English, Swahili

d)

Hindustani, German, and French

60.

(Unit 4) Which of the following does the US Census Bureau not consider a race?

a)

Japanese

b)

Hispanic/Latino

c)

Black

d)

White

61.

(Unit 4) The border between the US and Canada along the 49th parallel is a good example of what type of boundary?

a)

Subsequent

b)

Superimposed

c)

Relic

d)

Antecedent

62.

(Unit 4) Eastern Europe during the 1940's through the early 1990's can be identified as a

a)

region dominated by theocracies

b)

region with no political conflicts

c)

homogeneous region

d)

shatterbelt

63.

(Unit 5) Which of the following is the most common form of commercial agriculture in Europe?

a)

Dairy

b)

Mixed crop and livestock

c)

Grain farming

d)

Mediterranean agriculture

64.

(Unit 5) Intensive wet-rice dominant agriculture is characterized by shortages of all but which of the following?

a)

Equipment

b)

Funds

c)

Land

d)

Labor

65.

(Unit 5) In Von Thunen's model the most time-intensive and labor-intensive agriculture activities would fall in

a)

The City and Ring 1

b)

Ring 2

c)

Ring 3

d)

Ring 4

66.

(Unit 5) Which of the following is an important environmental concern of feedlots?

a)

Cost of feed

b)

Pesticide contamination

c)

Animal waste

d)

Spread of disease to nearby wild animals

67.

(Unit 5) Which Agriculture Revolution corresponds with the exponential population growth around the world?

a)

First Agriculture Revolution

b)

Second Agriculture Revolution

c)

Green Revolution

d)

Neolithic Agriculture Revolution

68.

(Unit 5) Traditionally, the Ganges Valley and the Nile Valley have had comparatively high population densities because of there

a)

Tropical climate

b)

heavy industrialization

c)

destination as sacred sites

d)

intensive agriculture based on irrigation

69.

(Unit 4) Which of the following is the best example of a perforated state?

a)

Vietnam

b)

Singapore

c)

France

d)

Italy

70.

(Unit 4) With respect to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the United States, Canada, and Mexico, which of the following is not true?

a)

It outlines an eventual supranational governing body for North America

b)

It led to a net trade deficit for the United States with Canada and Mexico

c)

It eventually may include other Latin American countries

d)

It resulted in increased trade among member nations

71.

(Unit 6) On a global scale, in which of the following sectors do most people work?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

d)

Quaternary

72.

(Unit 6) The biggest problem in promoting development through international trade is

a)

regional cooperation

b)

if a country lacks resources to expand local industries

c)

consumer demand expanding faster than manufacturing can increase

d)

the increased price of petroleum

73.

(Unit 6) Which of the following is incorrect

a)

the primary sector accounts for a lager share of the GDP for LCDs than MDCs

b)

Women participate in formal and informal economies even in LDCs with high levels of gender inequality

c)

The higher the GDP of a country, the more equal its income distribution

d)

None of the above

74.

(Unit 6 & 7) The Chicago area became a significant asset for the Western Great Lakes region owning to its steel industries and its

a)

large market area

b)

skilled labor force

c)

access to the nation's railroad transportation network

d)

greater distance from raw materials essential for the steel industry

75.

(Unit 6) Applying the Core-Periphery model to the region of Asia, which of the following best describes the classification of China, Taiwan, and Russia?

a)

Core

b)

Downward transition

c)

Semi-periphery

d)

Periphery

76.

(Unit 6) Which of the following best describes Alfred Weber's analysis of location decisions?

a)

it seeks to evaluate the impact of a single factor of production on location

b)

it seeks to minimize costs among multiple inputs of production

c)

it depends on the availability of a single node, link, and input of production

d)

it is applicable only in industrial economies with predictable spatial patterns

77.

(Unit 6) Which of the following countries has experienced an economic boom as a result of the reclassification of tar sands from potential reserves to proven reserves of energy?

a)

Saudi Arabia

b)

Nigeria

c)

Canada

d)

China

78.

(Unit 4) The nation-state first became a widely desired form of political unity in

a)

the Mediterranean world of classical Greece and Rome

b)

the Middle East during the Crusades

c)

Europe in the 17th century

d)

Europe after WWII

79.

(Unit 7) Which of the following is a correct statement about the megacities of the world?

a)

Most are either in North America or Europe

b)

None are in Latin America

c)

The largest megacities are located in China

d)

Many megacities are located south of the Brandt Line

80.

(Unit 7) All of the following have helped create ghettos in North American cities except

a)

Redlining by financial institutions

b)

Concentration of public housing and social services

c)

Fixed school district boundaries

d)

Gentrification

81.

(Unit 7) According to Borchert, the Steel-Rail Epoch in the evolution of the American metropolis occurred simultaneously with the rise of the Industrial Revolution in the United States

a)

1830-1920

b)

1870-1920

c)

1920-1970

d)

1970 to present

82.

(Unit 7) Once major difference between land use in Europe and U.S. cities is that

a)

European cities are less likely to have large urban parks than U.S. cities

b)

European cities are less likely to have ring roads than U.S. cities

c)

European suburbs are less likely to have high crime rates than U.S. suburbs

d)

European cities are more likely to have the wealthy living close to the city center than in U.S. cities

83.

(Unit 7) Asian, African, and South American cities

a)

contain many structural relics from colonialism

b)

usually have a church at the center of the city

c)

display mostly modern forms of architecture as they are developing after colonialism

d)

contain strong manufacturing and industrial sectors within the city

84.

(Unit 7) Street patterns of Medieval European cities resembled

a)

a grid system

b)

a random layout

c)

curving streets inside a major grid network

d)

a grid system with diagonal boulevards

85.

(Unit 7) Edge cities typically develop in major metropolitan areas

a)

At the intersection of interstate highways

b)

Where land is most readily available

c)

Where land is least expensive

d)

In the zone of independent workers

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