AP Human Geography Night Before Review 2020!

Question 1

The spread of specialty coffee shops across the United States in the 1990s is an example of

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hierarchical diffusion

Question 2

All the following are in the Indo-European language family EXCEPT

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Turkish

Question 3

Which of the following factors had the greatest effect in proving Thomas Malthus incorrect?

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Improved fertilizers and crop strains

Question 4

The focus of the Green Revolution was to

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Reducing starvation in LDCs

Question 5

Positive changes in women's status and lifestyle have affected the population in the US how?

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Decreased total fertility rates

Question 6

Which region is most threatened by desertification?

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Africa

Question 7

A Starbucks and a Baskin Robbins are often found nearby or in the same block in close proximity

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Agglomeration

Question 8

Life expectancy in Namibia is expected to decline by as much as 10 years because of what?

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HIV/AIDS

Question 9

In the demographic transition model, which two stages are homeostatic (forces in equilibrium)?

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Stages 1 and 4

Question 10

Physiological population density is viewed as a superior measure of population density because:

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It is more reflective of population pressure on arable land.

Question 11

Which of the following is a subsistence crop?

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Corn

Question 12

Since 1960, Brazil, Kazakhstan, Myanmar, Pakistan, and Tanzania moved their capitals. Why?

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More central location was chosen

Question 13

A computer chip is made in India, but the motherboard for it is made in Malaysia. This is:

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New international division of labor

Question 14

London has become a world city in part to its proximity to ports and other similar places. Why?

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Situation

Question 15

Barge stops in Louisville & unloads its cargo to transfer to a train to be transported to Ohio.

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Break of bulk point

Question 16

Columbus took 40 days to cross the Atlantic, and today, it takes a week. This is an example of

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Space-time compression

Question 17

Squatter settlements exist in cities in LDCs because

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affordable housing is not available elsewhere in the city

Question 18

A form of tourism based on the enjoyment of scenic areas or natural wonders is called

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Ecotourism

Question 19

All the following are factors motivating the conflict surrounding Quebec, Canada, EXCEPT

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resources

Question 20

Which one is a supranational organization that promotes increasing economic integration?

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EU

Question 21

Compared to MDCs, which is true of LDCs?

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Higher percentage of labor force is in food production

Question 22

All of the following are true about the geography of United States meat production EXCEPT

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Demand for organic foods has decreased meat agribusiness

Question 23

Where would you most likely not find a feedlot in the United States?

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Kentucky

Question 24

Which one started in South Asia and spread throughout much of Southeast and East Asia?

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Buddhism

Question 25

Outsourced industrial production in LDCs often relies on female labor because

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wage rates for women are much lower than for men

Question 26

Currently, the world’s third-largest religion, in terms of number of adherents, is

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Hinduism

Question 27

A region contains delivery destinations served by United Trucking. What kind of region is this?

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Functional

Question 28

What is the PRIMARY assumption of environmental determinism?

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The physical environment controls human culture.

Question 29

Governments such as the Ayatollah in Iran and the former Taliban in Afghanistan are

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theocratic

Question 30

The relationship among power structures, the environment, and economic inequalities is termed

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Political ecology

Question 31

Which region has high levels of population density and a low level of economic development?

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South Asia

Question 32

Which country best exemplified explosive Balkanization in the 1990s?

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Yugoslavia

Question 33

The seasonal migration of animal livestock from lowland pastures to mountainous regions is:

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Transhumance

Question 34

In von Thünen’s theory, the key variable in an agricultural location decision is

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transportation cost

Question 35

A primary differentiation between a state and a nation is that a state is a

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political abstract, whereas a nation is a human group.

Question 36

Which of the following significantly weakened Mackinder’s geopolitical heartland theory?

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Ascendance of US international influence after World War II

Question 37

Which of the following regions has little dairy in its traditional agriculture?

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East Asia

Question 38

Which of the following cities best resembles a forward capital?

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Putrajaya, Malaysia

Question 39

Which of the following is a true statement about popular culture?

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Populat culture is often the result of cultural diffusion

Question 40

You would most expect to find a linguistic refuge area in

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Mountainous region

Question 41

Which of the following places is least influenced by conflicts related to multilingualism?

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Venezuela

Question 42

Which of the following most accurately matches the country to its territorial shape?

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Poland: compact

Question 43

Which of the following is NOT a centripetal force?

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Language variations in a country

Question 44

Free trade zones like NAFTA increase the ease and volume of international trade by

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Eliminating tariffs on goods between member states

Question 45

It is generally agreed that the current trend in climate change is caused by

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Increased use of fossil fuels

Question 46

Which of the following best describes shifting cultivation?

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a farmer using a plot and then abandoning it for later

Question 47

All the following resulted from the British enclosure movement in the 1850s EXCEPT

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the number of farm owners rose dramatically

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Formal region defines an area

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uniformity in one or more physical/human characteristics

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