AP Human Geography Practice Test () | Questions & Answers (Rated A+)
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AP Human Geography Practice Test () | Questions & Answers (Rated A+)
The word "geography" literally means
(A) the study of space
(B) Earth study
(C) people and nature
(D) Earth writing
(E) human ground - ANSWER - (D) Earth writing
New York City is divided into five_____ in order to bet...
AP Human Geography Practice Test (2023-2024) | Questions & Answers (Rated A+)
The word "geography" literally means
(A) the study of space
(B) Earth study
(C) people and nature
(D) Earth writing
(E) human ground - ANSWER - (D) Earth writing
New York City is divided into five_____ in order to better organize social services for millions of people.
(A) counties
(B) voting precincts
(C) town councils
(D) school districts
(E) boroughs - ANSWER - (E) boroughs
In which of the following countries would you expect to find the highest rate of population growth?
(A) Canada (B) Namibia
(C) Sweden
(D) Chile
(E) United States - ANSWER - (B) Namibia
In distance decay models, the slope of the decay function illustrates
(A) the type of interaction
(B) the nature of the network.
(C) the influence of "friction of distance."
(D) topography
(E) net dispersion - ANSWER - (C) the influence of "friction of distance."
Which of the following projections places the North or South Pole at the center of the view?
(A) Azimuthal
(B) Choropleth
(C) pole view
(D) Fuller's (E) Mercator - ANSWER - (A) Azimuthal
Rap music first appeared in New York in the 1970s. Later, it spread to large cities with vibrant African-American populations-such as Los Angeles, Oakland, Chicago, and Detroit-without being absorbed by the smaller cities and rural areas in-between. This type of spatial diffusion is called
(A) relocation diffusion
(B) hierarchical diffusion
(C) contagious diffusion
(D) cultural diffusion
(E) indeterminant diffusion - ANSWER - (B) hierarchical diffusion
Cartography is the art and science of
(A) demographics (B) map-making
(C) spatial orientation
(D) congnitive imagery
(E) spatial decision making - ANSWER - (B) map-making
Slash-and-burn agriculture meets all of the following conditions EXCEPT
(A) it occurs mainly in tropical environments
(B) it is associated with deforestation in Brazil
(C) it is part of the Green Revolution
(D) it was practiced sustainably by indigenous peoples
(E) it is uncommon in the temperate latitudes - ANSWER - (C) it is part of the Green Revolution
A population pyramid
(A) shows the age and sex structure of a population
(B) cannot be used to compare two different countries
(C) demonstrates the demographic transition model
(D) only accurately depicts declining populations
(E) is most useful in illustrating social upheaval - ANSWER - (A) shows the age and sex
structure of a population
The pleistocene overkill theory argues that
(A) hearths of early agriculture resulted from environmental conditions
(B) geographers have overemphasized the importance of environmental conditions in human history
(C) poor environmental management resulted in the ecological collapese of the Fertile Crescent
(D) current human geography is not a product of the distant past
(E) hunter-gathers caused the extinction of many species after the end of the last ice age - ANSWER - (E) hunter-gathers caused the extinction of many species after the end of the last ice age
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