AP Human Geography Final

Question 1

Which of the following industries will most likely locate closets to its raw material sources?

Accepted Answer

Brewing

Question 2

Which statement best describes the improvements in transportation systems of agriculture

Accepted Answer

individual farms have become more diversified

Question 3

A clustering of doctors offices and pharmacies near hospitals is best explained by ?

Accepted Answer

agglomeration

Question 4

Prior to 1850 the location of all major North American cities was related to the presence of ?

Accepted Answer

railroad junctions

Question 5

Which correctly lists the hierarchy of political-administrative units from largest to smallest

Accepted Answer

Empire, nation-state, province, county

Question 6

Production of agricultural consumption by the producer rather than the market is called ?

Accepted Answer

subsistence agriculture

Question 7

The Ganges valley and the Nile Valley have high population densities because of their ?

Accepted Answer

Intensive agriculture based on irrigation

Question 8

In terms of total tonnage, which is currently the leading export crop in the world?

Accepted Answer

Wheat

Question 9

Which country did not have a significant colonial presence in Africa after 1920?

Accepted Answer

Germany

Question 10

In the United States, the largest concentrations of Amish are found in?

Accepted Answer

Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana

Question 11

Which is most characteristic of societies in the last stage of demographic transition?

Accepted Answer

Aging population

Question 12

Why are most South American population centers located at or near the coast?

Accepted Answer

Latin American forces have plans defensive coastal sites

Question 13

Isolated farmsteads in the United States evolved as a result of all of the following Except ?

Accepted Answer

physical barriers preventing communal farm practices

Question 14

In which of the following areas was wheat most probably domesticated earliest?

Accepted Answer

Southeastern Turkey

Question 15

The popularity of which is an example of the trend toward ecotourism?

Accepted Answer

time share condominiums on the coast of Spain

Question 16

One would except to find the population with a relatively young age structure in ?

Accepted Answer

less developed countries

Question 17

Which environmental issue is an immediate concern to policy-maker in New England ?

Accepted Answer

over harvesting of breeding stock by commercial fishers

Question 18

Indonesia is an example of which of the following types of states?

Accepted Answer

Fragmented

Question 19

Which of the characteristics is currently shared by Switzerland, Canada and New Zealand

Accepted Answer

More than 10% of the population is involved in sheep farming

Question 20

Which of the following countries consumes the most fossil fuels per capita?

Accepted Answer

England

Question 21

Which of thee following is an example of an ethnic religion ?

Accepted Answer

Judaism

Question 22

Quaternary economic activities are those that?

Accepted Answer

The exchange of goods and the provision of services

Question 23

regionalization is to geography as

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composition is to music

Question 24

international company headquarters, significant global financial are characteristics of?

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world cities

Question 25

The internet is reshaping traditional economic arrangements by?

Accepted Answer

expanding the importance of express package delivery systems

Question 26

During twentieth century, which facilitated the transportation of beef to global markets

Accepted Answer

refrigerated ships

Question 27

All of the following twentieth century migration streams were propelled by persecution except?

Accepted Answer

Mexicans leaving Mexico

Question 28

Which of the following profiles characterizes the group that is most likely to migrate?

Accepted Answer

Single, 25 years old

Question 29

Dramatic increases in global grain production since 1950 have been made possible by ?

Accepted Answer

global warming

Question 30

Which of the modes of transportation is a low terminal cost and high route flexibility

Accepted Answer

truck

Question 31

The worlds three major monotheistic religions originated in which regions?

Accepted Answer

Southwest Asia

Question 32

Which of the following environmental problems is most associated with the African Sahel ?

Accepted Answer

desertification

Question 33

Which of the following is true of popular culture?

Accepted Answer

It promotes regional diversity

Question 34

The term Balanization refers to the?

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Industrial growth in less-developed nations

Question 35

If the largest city in a country has a population of 10 million, they next largest will have ?

Accepted Answer

5 million

Question 36

In the twenty-first century, the largest numbers of refugees is located on which continent?

Accepted Answer

Africa

Question 37

All of the following have helped create ghettos in North American cities except?

Accepted Answer

Economic enterprise zones

Question 38

A county in which the majority of the population are Shiite Muslims is ?

Accepted Answer

Iran

Question 39

The European union, the Arab League, and the United Nations are all examples of?

Accepted Answer

super national organizations

Question 40

The literacy rate of any country correlates most closely with which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Per capita income

AP Human Geography Final

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AP Human Geography Final

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