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AP Human Geography Exam Practice
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This is an exam practice for students taking AP Human Geography. #aphumangeography #highschool
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1
The relationship between the portion of Earth being studied, and the Earth as a whole is?
geography ratio
arithmetic density
scale
human geography
2
What is the main religion of North Africa?
Mormonism
Judaism
Islam
Christianity
3
What language is spoken the most in the highlighted region?
Arabic
French
English
Canadian
4
All of the following states are located in the Corn Belt EXCEPT:
Illinois
Montana
Nebraska
Kansas
5
Which of the following can be an example of a centrifugal political force?
concentrated ownership of media
variation of language within the country
strong central government
homogeneous ethnic population
6
All of the following are Old Asian Tigers except
South Korea
Taiwan
China
Japan
7
Which is a popular lingua franca?
French
English
Spanish
Chinese
8
Which is an example of popular culture?
Hip hop
The Amish
Blue jeans
Bluegrass music
9
A Mormon church located in a rural area of northeastern Colorado is most likely the result of?
Expansion diffusion
Relocation diffusion
Hierarchical diffusion
Stimulus diffusion
10
Which of these penalties were imposed by the Taliban in Afghanistan?
Prostitutes were hanged in public
Homosexuals were buried alive
Men beaten for shaving their beards
All of the above
11
The spread of new fashion in large cities to smaller towns is an example of expansion diffusion
False
True
12
Which of the following pairs of states possess territory along the Strait of Gibraltar?
Russia and Mongolia
Mongolia and China
Russia and China
Spain and Moroco
13
The U.S. land ordinance of 1785 divided much of the land into a system of?
Ranges
Townships and Ranges
Townships
Sections
14
Which of the following is not true of culture?
It varies from place to place
It can diffuse across space
expresses human adaptations and innovations
It is biologically inherited
15
Which of the following is an intervening obstacle?
River
Ocean
Desert
Mountain
16
The physical character of a place is:
situation
landscape
site
17
Spatial coordinates of latitude and longitude express?
absolute location
relative direction
absolute direction
relative location
18
The principle of distance decay describes:
+ correlation between distance and degree of relation
neutral correlation between distance and degree of relation
- correlation between distance and degree of relation
certain correlation between distance and degree of relation
19
Which is one of the 5 themes of geography?
Location
Movement
Place
Region
20
The total number of people divided by the total land area is?
human density
agricultural density
arithmetic density
land density
21
The spread of specialty coffee shops across the US in the 1990s is an example of
periodic movement
hierarchical diffusion
relocation diffusion
contagious diffusion
22
The cardinal points north, east, south, and west correspond to
absolute direction
relative direction
relative distance
absolute distance
23
Who argued that cultural landscapes should be the main focus of geographic study?
Carl Sauer
Thomas Malthus
Ernst G. Ravenstein
Walter Christaller
24
Which region of the US is currently experiencing upward transition?
Great Plains
Pacific Northwest
Sunbelt
Rust Belt
25
Which of the following has little dairying in it's traditional agriculture?
South Asia
North America
Eastern Europe
East Asia
26
According to central place theory, the threshold is defined as the
point at which consumer movement is at a minimum
economic base of a central place
minimum number of people needed to support a service
distance away from a central place
27
Where and when did the Industrial Revolution begin?
US- 1800s
US- 1700s
Great Britain- 1800s
Great Britain- 18th century
28
Which is NOT a universalizing religion?
Islam
Judaism
Christianity
Buddhism
29
In which of the demographic stages is the CDR higher than the CBR?
Stage 4
Stage 1
Stage 5
Stage 2
30
All of the following have been considered new industrial countries except
Brazil
Indonesia
Hong Kong
China
31
Which of the following fields of study is least associated with human geography?
Psychology
Political Science
Sociology
Geomorphology
32
What does intraregional migration mean?
a move from one region of a country to another
the ability to move
a move from one country to another
a move within one region of a country
33
In cartography, parallels refer to
Meridians
lines of longitude
Lines of latitude
the poles
34
It is generally agreed that the current trend in climate change is caused by
increased use of fossil fuels
tilt of Earth's axis
sea-level rise
change in the velocity of ocean currents
35
Which of the following countries contains three mega-cities?
India
Japan
The US
China
36
Term describing a location in terms of its angular distance north and south of the equator?
Longitude
Meridian
Latitude
Absolute location
37
Mental representations of large-scale environmental
distances:
cognitive distance
absolute direction
Relative distance
location
38
Which of the following is not one of the five steps in Rostow's Development Model?
The traditional society
Market Decline
The take off
The drive to maturity
39
Which branch of Christianity is found in the Northeast?
Baptist
Catholic
Lutheran
Mormon
40
Which of the following is an example of a second-world country?
Cuba
North Korea
Sub-Saharan Africa
South Africa
41
Environmental laws, labor avaliablity, and access to markets affect which of the following?
gross domestic product
political affiliation
property tax rates
manufacturing locations
42
Which is an example of a taboo in the Muslim religion?
adultery
food containing blood
alcohol
pork
43
Which of the following is not an example of Mediterranean agriculture?
Oranges in Florida
Olives in Italy
Raisins in Greece
Grapes in southwest Australia
44
Which of the following is true about recent migration?
from the city to the country
from the suburbs to the city
from the city to the suburbs
from city to city
45
Which of the following best describes the site of Manhattan?
An island bordered by the Hudson and East Rivers
A regional transportation hub for the northeastern US
center located two hours northeast of Philadelphia by train
midway point along an urban corridor
46
Which of the following is a subsistence crop?
Cotton
Rubber
Corn
Timber
47
Which is an example of a perforated state?
South Africa
Chad
Poland
Mongolia
48
A ratio of the number of items within a defined unit of area measures
density
distribution
dispersion
scale
49
An example of a country with a population pyramid that has a large base is
Nigeria
The US
Japan
Russia
50
Actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide is?
Globalization
Polder
Possibilism
Environmental determinism
51
What country had apartheid?
Mongolia
South Africa
Canada
China
52
Argued that the world's population increase was far outrunning the food supply:
Thomas Malthus
Carl Sauer
Ernst G. Ravenstein
Idrsi
53
Which most directly shows the concept of cultural convergence?
Ethnic separation
Linguistic drift
Gerrymandering
Globalization
54
In what area of the US is the Christian branch Baptist most likely to be found?
Southeast
Utah
Northeast
North Dakota
55
Stage 3 of the demographic transition model is named?
Low growth
High growth
Decreasing growth
Declining population
56
Belief that spirits live within objects such as animals, rivers, rocks, trees, and mountains
alliance
fordism
cosmogany
animism
57
Agriculture is part of which job sector?
secondary
primary
farming
tertiary
58
In the core-periphery model of global economic patterns, all of Africa is included except
Egypt
Chad
South Africa
Liberia
59
Which area of the US is known as a megalopolis?
The South
The Eastern Great Lakes
The Pacific Northwest
The Mid-Atlantic
60
What is at the center of Von Thunen's model?
Dairy farming
city/market
foresting
grazing
