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WorksheetsAP Human Geo MP1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What was an unintended consequence of China's one-child policy?
Increased population growth
Smaller working-age population
Higher birth rates in rural areas
Improved economic growth
Which of the following is NOT a scale of analysis used by geographers?
Local scale
Regional scale
Global scale
Temporal scale
The theory that suggests human behavior is primarily shaped by the physical environment is known as:
Possibilism
Probabilism
Environmental determinism
Cultural ecology
Which projection is known for preserving shape but distorting area, especially near the poles?
Robinson projection
Peters projection
Goode's homolosine projection
Mercator projection
The U.S. Census shows what?
Number of residents
How people will vote
Future predictions of population
Latitude lines:
Run north-south and measure east-west distance
Run east-west and measure north-south distance
Are also called meridians
Converge at the equator
Which of the following is an example of a formal region?
A school district
A television broadcast area
A country
A shopping center's service area
The total fertility rate refers to:
The number of children born to a woman in her lifetime
The number of births in a country per year
The percentage of fertile women in a population
The number of children who survive to adulthood
In which stage of the Demographic Transition Model is both birth rate and death rate high?
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Thomas Malthus theorized that:
Population growth would outpace food production
Technology would solve all population problems
Birth rates would naturally decline over time
Death rates would remain constant regardless of development
Which of the following would likely increase life expectancy in a less developed nation?
Increased industrialization
Improved sanitation and healthcare
Higher birth rates
Urbanization
An example of a pull factor in migration is:
War in the home country
Natural disasters
Job opportunities in the destination country
Political persecution
After European arrival in the Americas, Native American populations:
Increased due to improved technology
Remained stable due to resistance to diseases
Declined dramatically due to disease and conflict
Migrated entirely to South America
Step migration refers to:
Moving directly from a rural area to a major city
Moving in stages from smaller to larger settlements
Seasonal migration for work
Forced relocation by governments
Which of the following regions typically has high population density but low economic development?
Europe
North America
Australia
India
A population pyramid with a wide base and narrow top indicates:
An aging population
A population with low birth rates
A population with high birth rates and high death rates
A population in stage 4 of the Demographic Transition Model
An example of a functional region is:
The European Union
The Rocky Mountains
Roads and Highways
The Sahara Desert
Quantitative data differs from qualitative data in that it:
Is always more accurate
Can be measured numerically
Is always collected through surveys
Provides more detailed information
The theory that humans can adapt to and modify their environment is known as:
Environmental determinism
Possibilism
Cultural ecology
Geographic fatalism
Longitude lines:
Are parallel to the equator
Converge at the poles
Long vertical lines that run North-South
Measure east-west distance from the prime meridian
