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AP Human Geography practice quiz 2023

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The demographic transition model states that stage 3 societies differ from stage 2 societies primarily in that

a)

A stage 3 economy is agricultural, not manufacturing

b)

A stage 3 birth rate is decreasing not increasing.

c)

A stage 3 death rate is increasing, not decreasing

d)

A stage 3 total population has leveled off

e)

A stage 3 gender imbalance has rebalanced itself

2.

Countries that are near or below zero population growth will often

a)

Eliminate guest worker programs

b)

Elect nativist or authoritarian leaders

c)

Experience reduced levels of manufacturing

d)

Offer incentives to citizens with more children

e)

Exhibit an increased death rate

3.

The primary reason that humanity has been able to escape the Malthusian trap is

a)

Changing weather patterns

b)

Improvements in human digestion

c)

Increased government intervention

d)

Reduced open-border policies

e)

Improved agricultural technology

4.

An example of cyclic movement is

a)

a Polish woman working as a housekeeper in Ireland each summer.

b)

a Chinese software entrepreneur opening a branch of his businesses in Ethiopia.

c)

a French woman with dual citizenship retiring to her parents' homeland of Tunisia

d)

a Syrian refugee seeking refuge with his family in Germany

e)

A young Colombian moving from the countryside to Bogota to attend university

5.

An example of an officially multilingual society is

a)

Canada

b)

the United States

c)

Bolivia

d)

France

e)

South Korea

6.

A Bangladesh immigrant to France, who has limited grammar and few vocabulary words in French speaks a

a)

lingua franca

b)

pidgin language

c)

creole

d)

patois

e)

dialect

7.

The Influence of German music upon the norteno ranchera, and banda forms music in Northern Mexico is an example of

a)

contagious diffusion

b)

stimulus diffusion

c)

hierarchical diffusion

d)

expansion diffusion

e)

relocation diffusion

8.

All of the following are differences between monotheistic and polytheistic traditions EXCEPT

a)

monotheistic traditions emerged in what is now the Middle East, while polytheistic traditions emerged in the Far East

b)

monotheistic traditions grew out of the visions of a single founder, while polytheistic traditions grew out of collective culture

c)

monotheistic traditions believe in one divine being, while polytheistic traditions believe in many divine beings

d)

monotheistic traditions maintain an egalitarian structure, while polytheistic traditions maintain hierarchical structure

e)

monotheistic traditions practice moral absolutism while polytheistic traditions practice moral relativism

9.

The difference between a site and situation is defined as the difference between

a)

the physical characteristics of a place versus the interconnectedness of that place with other places

b)

the investment in historical renovation versus the investment in new construction

c)

the fixed characteristics of a place versus the changing characteristics of a place

d)

the tendency for a place to retain its own unique characteristics over time versus the tendency for a place to lose those unique characteristics over time

e)

the power of a group effort versus the strength of individual effort

10.

in 1920 what was the primary obstacle preventing working class people living in apartments close to the city from moving to rural home areas

a)

Racist housing policies

b)

Prejudice against immigrants

c)

Cost of transportation

d)

Fervent religiosity

e)

Lack of Employment

11.

Unlike the concentric zone model the sector model of urban structure takes into account which of the following factors?

a)

Ethnicity

b)

Gender

c)

Socioeconomic class

d)

Transportation

e)

Religion

12.

The perception of Mexicans as wearing large sombreros and eating tacos is an example of Mexico as a(n)

a)

political region

b)

environmental region

c)

absolute location

d)

relative location

e)

vernacular region

13.

The concept of sequent occupane is best illustrated by which of the following situations?

a)

The arrival of a Somali family into a white Minnesota neighborhood

b)

The discovery by construction workers in Rome of perviously known ancient ruins

c)

A young girl who is sharing an apartment with her parents and two sets of grandparents

d)

The laws that allow squatters legal rights to a property after a set period of time has elapsed

e)

The construction of Las vegas on flat untouched deser

14.

The scientific idea that a culture's physical traits are decided by the physical geography of its hearth region is known as

a)

external identity

b)

environmental determenism

c)

ethnic cleansing

d)

syncretism

e)

appealiations

15.

This is a..

a)

cartogram map

b)

flowline map

c)

graduated symbol map

d)

isoline map

e)

choropleth map

16.

The spread of the spanish influenza is most analogous to

a)

absolute location

b)

contagious diffusion

c)

relocation diffusion

d)

orthomorphic projection

e)

choropleth map

17.

Two neighboring villages with populations of 300 and 400 are seperated by 10 miles. What is their gravity model?

a)

12

b)

24

c)

120

d)

240

e)

1,200

18.

GIS ( geographic information system ) would be LEAST useful in which of the following situations?

a)

plotting the affects of an economic crash on immigration

b)

Dialling 911 from a landline

c)

Using in-car navigational systems

d)

Assessing crop damage after a flood

e)

Planning the construction of roads and bridges

19.

The racist method for real estate agents encouraging white homeowners to sell their homes at a loss by implying that minorities were moving in and reselling them for higher prices to minority groups is called?

a)

gentrification

b)

blockbusting

c)

functional zonation

d)

redlining

e)

new urbanism

20.

The heartland theory holds that

a)

the American Midwest is the center of the United States because of its agricultural bounty

b)

Eurasia is the core of global influence owing to its size, population, and resources

c)

all national cultural identity can be traced to a central region in that nation

d)

far more important than the geographic expression of culture is the internal possession of that culture's norms

e)

the Middle East, and Jerusalem in particular, is the center of the worlds' monotheistic religions

21.

The type of world order in which one state is dominant over the others, issuing orders for allies to follow instead of pursuing a joint decision-making process, is known as

a)

unilateralism

b)

absolute monarchy

c)

totalitarianism

d)

First World

e)

neo-multilateralism

22.

Which of the following has NOT been a challenge to pastoral nomadic herders?

a)

Changes in economic relationships within regional contexts

b)

Domination of political relationships by central states

c)

Climatic change resulting in loss of resources for animals, such as food

d)

reduced number of livestock

e)

Erosion of resource base