AP Human Geography Practice Test
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A practice test for the AP human geography test. Shorten version. 18 questions
- 1.As an academic discipline, geography is principally concerned with the
- A.
Nature and meaning of place names
- B.
Impact of the environment on human understandings and activities
- C.
Evolving character and spatial organization of Earth’s surface
- D.
Absolute location of places, peoples, and processes on Earth’s surface
- E.
Construction of maps that depict places, peoples, and processes as accurately as possible
- 2.Thomas Malthus based his work on population on which of the following premises?
- A.
Both food production and population increase arithmetically
- B.
Food production increases arithmetically and population increases exponentially
- C.
Both food production and population increase exponentially
- D.
Food production increases exponentially and population increases arithmetically .
- E.
Food production increases arithmetically and population remains stable
- 3.Of the following, which region contains the smallest percentage of the world’s population?
- A.
The Southern Hemisphere
- B.
The Northern Hemisphere
- C.
The Eastern Hemisphere
- D.
Coastal areas of the world within 160 kilometers (100 miles) of ocean
- E.
Areas of the world lying lower than 150 meters (500 feet) above sea level
- 4.In 2005 the United States and Canada had a higher crude death rate than Mexico because they
- A.
Are larger countries
- B.
received more immigrants
- C.
Had more elderly people
- D.
Had a higher standard of living
- E.
Spend more on health care
- 5.Place names that refer to saints are most common in which of the following North American regions?
- A.
Louisiana and New England
- B.
California and British Columbia
- C.
Ontario and Utah
- D.
Nova Scotia and the United States Midwest
- E.
Quebec and the United States Southwest
- 6.All or nearly all of the population of the shaded land region on the map above avoid which of the following foods?
- A.
Beef
- B.
Poultry
- C.
Pork
- D.
Corn
- E.
Rice
- 7.Which of the following refers to the study of the relationship between the physical environment and culture?
- A.
Central place theory
- B.
Ecosystem analysis
- C.
Culture history
- D.
Cultural ecology
- E.
Polytheism
- 8.Which of the following peoples can be described as a stateless nation?
- A.
Kurds
- B.
Thais
- C.
Jews
- D.
Samoans
- E.
Albanians
- 9.Gerrymandering adjusts voting district boundaries in order to
- A.
Ensure that all districts are of similar size and shape
- B.
Benefit the interest of one political party of group
- C.
Create districts that coincide with municipal service-district boundaries
- D.
Allow those living in one state to vote on issues raised in another state
- E.
Equalize the burden of paying poll taxes across different ethnic groups
- 10.Which of the following pieces of national territory could NOT have been classified as an exclave?
- A.
East Pakistan in 1947
- B.
West Berlin in 1970
- C.
Singapore in 1985
- D.
Alaska in 1992
- E.
Kaliningrad in 1996
- 11.
The dots in the map below illustrate the distribution of- A.
Cattle
- B.
Cotton
- C.
Rice
- D.
Tobacco
- E.
Sheep
- 12.Within the framework of central place theory, which of the following provides the lowest-order good or service?
- A.
A furniture store
- B.
An orthodontist
- C.
A gas station
- D.
A jewelry store
- E.
A professional football stadium
- 13.The Green Revolution refers to
- A.
The environmental politics of Greenpeace
- B.
hybrid crops introduced to promote agricultural development
- C.
A fundamentalist Islamic political movement
- D.
Efforts to provide parks and open space around industrial cities
- E.
The development of garden cities
- 14.As a country’s economy develops, a smaller percentage of the workforce tends to be employed in
- A.
Agriculture, because industrialization decreases the value of rural land
- B.
Agriculture, because investment in technology increases yields and decreases labor demand
- C.
industry, because the profit from extracting natural resources increases
- D.
Industry, because productivity increases as labor costs rise
- E.
Services, because technology increases efficiency in the provision of services
- 15.The world’s major manufacturing regions include all of the following EXCEPT
- A.
The Rhine-Ruhr Corridor
- B.
Northern Italy
- C.
The Tokyo Plain
- D.
The Volga River Valley
- E.
The Connecticut Valley
- 16.Edge cities have been described as the “tenements of the information age” because these cities have
- A.
Poorly constructed and inexpensive housing
- B.
Many high-density townhouse developments designed for people working in nearby office buildings
- C.
sprung up in old abandoned industrial zones
- D.
Populations made up mostly of recent immigrants
- E.
Inadequate parking
- 17.Which of the following are basic and nonbasic functions, respectively
- A.
A barber shop and a grocery store
- B.
A car manufacturing plant and a tire manufacturing plant
- C.
A steel mill and a grocery store
- D.
A pizza parlor and a tire manufacturing plant
- E.
A university and a military base
- 18.The sector model of city structure assumes that typical spatial behavior involves people commuting primarily
- A.
around the outer belt
- B.
In and out of downtown
- C.
Within downtown
- D.
Within neighborhoods
- E.
Between adjacent cities
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