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AP Human Geography 2017 Part C
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1
Countries with a low arithmetic density, but a high physiological density must have...
Lots of mountains
Tons of farmers
Lots of unarable land
Lots of water
2
Grain farming typically takes place in this type of climate...
Temperate Climates
Dry Climates
Tropical Climates
Arctic Climates
3
The most prominent agricultural hearth for crops and domesticated animals is...
China (East Asia)
The Andes Mountains (Latin America)
Indonesia (SE Asia)
The Fertile Crescent (Southwest Asia)
4
Weber's model argues that...
Industries locate where site and situation costs are least
Industries should seek to minimize transportation costs only
Residential areas cannot support industry
Industries should locate based only where wages are lowest
5
Which of the following is NOT one of the four most populated regions?
Southeast Asia
East Asia
Central Asia
South Asia
6
NAFTA...
is a military cooperation of Western countries
is a nationalist organization in America
has led to increasing manufacturing jobs in America
is a free trade agreement between U.S.A., Canada, and Mexico
7
Which of the following correctly matches the job to the right economic sector?
Textile Worker - Primary
Farming - Secondary
Waitress - Tertiary
Professional Athlete - Quinary
8
Factories in northern Mexico are known as...
Maquiladoras
Favelas
Barrios
Periferato
9
Which of the following are examples of sustainable development initiatives in cities?
All of these are good examples
Greenbelts to reduce urban sprawl
Walkable mixed-use commercial and residential areas
Improved public transportation
10
According to Wallerstein's World Systems Theory...
Core countries exploit periphery countries for cheap inputs
Countries are core or periphery countries and won't change
The periphery countries provide manufacturing for the world.
Over time, all countries will become wealthier through trade
11
States with monoculture tend to favor centralized government systems known as...
Multinational States
Multiethnic States
Unitary Systems
Federal Systems
12
Which of the following is NOT true regarding U.S. historical migration patterns?
Today, immigration is mainly from Latin America and Asia
1840-1850 saw mass European migration, i.e Germans and Irish
Immigration to the U.S. reached its peak before WWI
British colonists and African slaves mark the first wave
13
Coffee production primarily takes place...
In LDCs
Close to the equator
All of these are true
On plantation farms
14
Religious followers from which religion are pictured here?
Islam
Christianity
Buddhism
Hinduism
15
This model, pictured below, argues that distance from CBD is most important.
SE Asian City Model
Burgess's Concentric Zone Model
Hoyt's Sector Model
Harris and Ulman's Multiple Nuclei Model
16
In general, gender inequality is worse...
in less developed countries
in the parts of the world where Hinduism is prevalent
in the hispanic speaking parts of the world
In more developed countries
17
An oil company that was looking to open a new oil well would be most interested in a places...
Site
Absolute Location
Situation
Sense of Place
18
The science of making maps is known as...
Geography
Cartography
Etymology
Mapography
19
Comparative Advantage refers to...
gender inequality based on religious values
why countries refuse to trade with others
The higher level of development in MDCs
Differing production costs in different parts of the world
20
The idea of the nation-state originated and is most prevalent in...
The United States
Asia
Western Europe
Sub-Saharan Africa
21
Which of the following map types show accurate direction between points on a map?
Cylandrical
Oval
Conic
Planar
22
The Industrial Revolution led to the era of imperialism in part because...
It created a need for markets abroad to ship to
It created a need for raw materials across the globe
it created large inequalities in military technology
All of these are true
23
Scale...
can be represented in a written, graphic, or bar-line format
All of these are true
Is the relationship between something on a map and real life
helps explain how something fits into a larger context
24
English...
is a lingua franca
All of these are true
is a romance language
is part of the Germanic language family
25
Which of the following languages is not part of the Indo-European language family?
Russian
Mandarin
English
Hindi
26
Which of the following areas is least populated?
Peru and Ecuador, around the Andes mountains.
Western Canada and United States
Greenland
South Africa
27
If a country's three largest settlements are 5 million, 2 million, and 1 million, it follows...
The Gravity Model
The Primate City Rule
Rank-size Rule
Borchert's Epochs Model
28
Which of the following are NOT one of the five toos?
Too Hilly
Too Wet
Too Hot
Too Volcanic
29
Women and Men earn equal wages around the world.
False
True
30
Which of the following countries would likely have the highest crude birth rate?
United States
Thailand
The Democratic Republic of Congo
Brazil
31
This model argues that different nodes around a city impact location of industry/housing
Hoyt's Sector Model
Peripheral City Model/Galactic City Model
Burgess's Concentric Zone Model
Harris and Ulman's Multiple Nuclei Model
32
The study of population characteristics and statistics like age, ethnicity, and gender is...
Demography
Fertility Studies
Cartography
Epidemiology
33
The European Union is a good example of...
Devolution
Nationalism
Balkanization
Supranationalism
34
Which of the following was NOT a result of the Industrial Revolution
A decrease in the amount of agricultural workers
Massive urbanization
A more equitable distribution of development
A general increase in the standard of living of humans
35
Which of the following statements is true?
Nations are people with shared culture, states are countries
Nations and States are interchangable terms
Nation-states are made up of many different cultural groups
Nations are countries and states are a group of people
36
States that contain another state entirely within it have what state shape?
Perforated
Compact
Elongated
Prorupted
37
The equator is located at...
90 degrees latitude
0 degrees latitude
180 degrees longitude
0 degrees longitude
38
Which of the following would be a pronatalist policy?
Forced sterilization programs for women
Requiring that families have no more than two children
All of these would be pronatalist policies
Offering tax breaks to families that have more children
39
Total Fertility Rate...
All of these are true
= average number of children a woman will have in her life
is CBR - CDR
is 2.1 globally on average
40
Which of the following religions has not diffused much from its hearth?
Hinduism
Buddhism
Christianity
Islam
41
Redrawing congressional districts to benefit one political party over another is...
Unitary system
Gerrymandering
Redistricting
Parliamentary Democracy
42
Which of the following events led to the creation of many new countries
The end of the Cold War with USSR and Yugoslavia breaking up
All of these
Decolonization after WWII
The break-up of empires like the Ottoman after WWI
43
Which of the following is a good example of an autonomous region?
Australia
Ohio
North Korea
Indian Reservations in America
44
This model suggests that housing tends to group together in corridors based on income
Burgess's Concentric Zone Model
Harris and Ulman's Multiple Nuclei Model
Latin American City Model
Hoyt's Sector Model
45
Boundaries serve which of the following duties?
All of these are true
They establish the limits of state sovereignty
They can sometimes separate cultural groups
They can cause conflict between states
46
Gentrification...
Tends to be carried out by wealthier people without children
All of these are true
Leads to revival of specific urban neighborhoods
Leads to the displacement of poorer community members
47
Many manufacturing jobs have moved to LDCs primarily because...
The resources are more abundant there
Wages are cheaper
They are located closer to world markets
Regulations are non-existent in LDCs
48
Increased fertilizer use and hybrid seeds are characterizations of which Agri. Revolution?
Second Agricultural Revolution
The Green Revolution
The First Agricultural Revolution
Neolithic Revolution
49
Which best describes the distribution of Muslims in the world?
Latin America, the Middle East, and parts of Europe
Europe, America, and the Middle East
Africa and Asia
North Africa, Southwest Asia, South Asia, and Indonesia
50
Which country would you expect to have the highest life expectancy?
Egypt
Ukraine
China
Japan
51
Christianity diffused...
All of these are true
through Europe after it became the official religion of Rome
Into the western hemisphere along with colonization
Into Africa along with colonists and missionaries
52
Which of the following countries is likely in Stage One of the DTM?
Japan
United States of America
None of these coutries
Democratic Republic of the Congo
53
Which is NOT an example of human modification of the land to increase food production?
Using hybrid seeds
Irrigation
Terracing
Draining Wetlands
54
Controlling people and resources of the Eurasian landmass would lead to world power is...
Heartland Theory
Law of the Sea
Rimland Theory
Organic Theory
55
Superimposed boundaries in Africa have caused issues because...
Many ethnicities are grouped into one state
It ignores linguistic and religious traditions of people
All of these are true
Certain ethnicities are divided between multiple states
56
As countries develop towards stages 3 and 4 of the DTM, the most common cause of death becomes
Starvation and famine
Degenerative diseases like cancer and heart disease
Infectious diseases, like ebola or small pox
Pandemics like the bubonic plague
57
The presence of multiple religious traditions within one state could be described as...
A centripetal force
A stateless nation
Irredentism
A centrifugal force
58
This map is an example of...
A dot map
A chloropleth map
A cartogram
An isoline map
59
This is a good example of...
A cartogram
A dot map
An isoline map
A chloropleth map
60
Which of the following is a negative environmental consequence of modern agriculture?
Desertification
Deforestation
Draining wetlands
All of these are negative consequences
61
Which of the following would be considered a push factor?
A new school is built down the block
A new company brings lots of new jobs to your community
Yearly flooding in your community increases by 50%
All of these
62
Someone who is forced to flea a country out of fear of their own safety is a...
Refugee
Emigrant
Intraregional Migrant
Internally Displaced Person
63
Which language is shown here?
Mandarin
Russian
Hindi
Arabic
64
Would livestock ranching be considered intensive or extensive?
Extensive
Intensive
65
Which of the following is NOT one of the ways in which maps can be distorted?
Flipped directions (i.e. North on bottom, South on top)
Shape of Land Masses
Direction between two points
Relative Size of Land Masses
66
According to Von Thuunen's Model, where is dairying likely to take place?
Far away from the city center, as it is extensive land use
Close to the city center, since it is perishable
Far away from the city center because land is cheaper there
None of these are correct
67
Cities are growing across the world.
False
True
68
Ecotourism is a big part of which of the following countries economies?
China
India
Costa Rica
United States
69
39 degrees N latitude, 84 degrees W longitude is Cincinnati's...
Relative Location
Site
Situation
Absolute Location
70
Which of the following geographers believed that population would outgrow the food supply?
Thomas Malthus
Homer Hoyt
Walter Christaller
Carl Sauter
71
A population pyramid that looked like an upside down pyramid would be most indicative of...
Stage Five of the DTM
Stage One of the DTM
Stage Four of the DTM
Stage Two of the DTM
72
Agreeing over the terms of a border treaty would be considered...
Administered
Delimited
Defined
Demarcated
73
Which of the following statements is true regarding the U.N. Law of the Sea?
It sets the first 10 miles off coast as territorial waters
The first 3 miles off coast are territorial waters
The first 200 miles off coast are exclusive economic zones
The first 100 miles off coast are exclusive economic zones
74
A country has 100 people, 20 below age 16, 20 above age 65, what is the dependency ratio?
40%
20%
100%
60%
75
In commercial farming, is the average fam size larger or smaller?
Larger
Smaller
76
Which of the following is NOT a consequence of migration?
Migrants bring their religion and language to new places
Countries pass laws restricting and regulating migration
Migrants send remittances back home
All immigrants assimilate within 5 years
77
Cincinnati is located 100 miles south of Columbus. This represents its...
Site
All of these
Absolute Location
Situation
78
Pollution in urban areas is an especially large problem in...
China
The United States
Denmark
Bolivia
79
The Local Food Movement argues....
All of these are true
That local food is always healthier
That local food takes less energy to transport to market
That GMOs, fertilizers, and pesticides are harmful
80
Which of the following is NOT included in the U.N. HDI?
Natural Increase Rate
Literacy Rate
GDP per capita
Life Expectancy
81
Rostow's Model argues that countries develop...
as they put up trade barriers and focus on independence
in unique and unpredictable ways
as they develop domestic industries and trade with others
All of these are true
82
Which of the following crops could not be found in Europe prior to the Columbian Exchange?
Sugar
Potatoes
Rice
Wheat
83
This map projection greatly distorts relative size at the poles...
Azimuthal Projection
Peters-Gall Projection
Mercator Projection
Robinson Projection
84
Which of the following is more characteristic of folk cultures than pop cultures?
They tend to be practiced in diverse areas
All of these are characteristic of folk culture
They tend to diffuse using expansion diffusion
They tend to have anonymous origins
85
Globalization and the internet...
are eliminating inequality in the world
All of these are true
are making cultures more distinct and unique
are contributing to language loss worldwide
86
Which best describes the distribution of Christians in the world?
Asia and Africa
Europe, the Americas, Sub-Saharan Africa,and parts of Asia
North Africa, Southwest Asia, South Asia, and Oceania
Europe and Latin America
87
Which of the following is NOT a major center of global population?
Latin America
Europe
East Asia
South Asia
88
Kiva.org is a good example of which practice?
Fair Trade
Local Food Movement
Sustainable Agriculture
Microfinancing
89
A country in stage one of the DTM has what type of NIR?
Very High
Zero to Low
High
Medium
90
The gravity model helps explain interactions between two cities based on...
Economic and Political power
Population size only
Population size and distance
Language and Religious differences
91
All scientists believe that GMOs are unhealthy for you.
False
True
92
Which of the following helps explain the unbalanced sex ratio found in China?
All of these are true
China's government passed a law making girl children illegal
Male children are preferred, thus are more likely to survive
Asian women are more likely to have male children
93
Which stage of the Demographic Transition Model features the highest NIR?
Stage Four
Stage Five
Stage One
Stage Two
94
Which of the following countries is most likely to practice subsistence farming?
Japan
The Democratic Republic of the Congo
Canada
Denmark
95
Which of the following has MOST led to the rise of suburbs?
Improved transportation and communication technology
Greater economic opportunities in the suburbs
The growth of railroads
Changing land costs
96
The way we feel emotionally about a location contributes to...
Sense of place
Time-Space Compression
Distortion
The Gravity Model
97
Which of these is NOT an issue in sustainable agriculture?
Fertilizers, Pesticides,and Herbicides in the water and food
All of these are issues
Reduction in biodiversity
Soil degradation
98
A family that moves from Williamsburg to Amelia, then Amelia to Cincinnati is using...
rural to urban migration
step migration
transnational migration
chain migration
99
Rural settlement patterns that feature people living closer together would be considered...
dispersed
linear
clustered
circular
100
Which of the following models has 3 CBDs?
Latin American City Model
Sub-Saharan Africa City Model
SE Asian City Model
Islamic City Model
