AP Human Geography Practice
Test
1. The relationship between an object on the
surface on Earth and the same object on a map
projection is known as what?
A. map class
B. map projection
C. map scale
D. map distortion
E. map direction
• Map scale is the direct
relationship of the
actual size of the item in
relation to the size of the
item on a particular
map.
Different types of map scales
2. What economist was the first person to
predict a population crisis?
A. Thomas Malthus
B.
C.
D.
E.
Milton Friedman
Stanley Ernhard
Alfred Weber
Homer Hoyt
• Malthus coined the
term, “over population”
-Believed that people
grow exponentially but
food is linear.
Food advances-population support
3. The hearth of contemporary country music is
located around what city?
A. Houston, Texas
B. Dallas, Texas
C. Memphis, Tennessee
D. Nashville, Tennessee
E.
Atlanta, Georgia
4. Which of the following countries is not one
the Four Asian Tigers?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Singapore
Taiwan
South Korea
Hong Kong
E. Vietnam
5. Johann Heinrich von Thunen’s model agricultural land use
is centered on what basic concept?
A. The farmers sell all of their
farm productions to a
market
B.
C.
D.
E.
The higher-end commodities are
located farther from the market
The lighter commodities are closer
to the market to ensure profitability
The heavier commodities are
around the market because they
need irrigation
e.) The market is based on
subsistence farming practices in less
developed countries
6. Weber’s least cost theory is based on what primary
cost?
A. Labor
B. Infrastructure
C. Transportation
D. Government Taxes
E. Land Costs
What theory suggests that in an urban setting, the farther a neighborhood is from the
central business district, the greater its wealth is?
A. Sector model
B. Same-size rule
C. Multiple nuclei model
D. Concentric zone model
E. Urban periphery model
8. Which country has created special economic zones
(SEZs) to attract investment?
A. Japan
B. Vietnam
C. South Korea
D. China
E. Thailand
9. What stage in the demographic transition model has the highest growth rates?
A. Stage 1
B. Stage 2
C. Stage 3
D. Stage 4
E. Stage 5
0. What type of survey pattern was initiated by the French in the
United States and is still evident in the Louisiana region of the
United States of today?
A. long lots system
B.
C.
D.
E.
township and range system
metes and bounds system
nucleated town system
concentric urban framework
11. What is the name of the supranational organization
established in 1960 to control the trade of petroleum
production by its members?
A. NAFTA (North
American Free Trade
Agreement)
B. OPEC (Organization of
Petroleum Exporting
Countries
C. European Union
D. PRA (Pacific Rim Alliances)
E. CENTO (Central Treaty
Organization)
12. Because of the signing of NAFTA (North American Free
Trade Agreement), there has been an increase in
A. Transnational
corporations
B. Footloose industries
C. Maquiladoras
D. Sweatshop industries
E. International migration
in North America
13. Which religion is the largest universalizing
religion in the world today?
A. Christianity
B.
C.
D.
E.
Islam
Buddhism
Judaism
Hinduism
14. Which of the following is the best example
of a nation-state?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Romania
Vietnam
Argentina
Zimbabwe
E. Denmark
15. Which of the following is the name for refusing to
give loans to people living in specific areas of the
city?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Blockbusting
White flight
Segregation
Ghettoization
E. Redlining
16. Edge cities would most likely be associated
with which urban model?
A. Concentric zone model
B. Sector model
C. Peripheral model
D. Multiple nuclei model
E. Central business district
model
17. What country has the largest coal reserves in
the world?
A. China
B. United States
C. Russia
D. Canada
E. Mexico
18. Farming today in more developed countries is in a
transition period. What transition is occurring?
A.
The movement toward
mechanization in the farming
process
B. The movement toward
industrial farming
C.
The movement from hunting
and gathering to planting and
sustaining
D. The movement of population
to rural areas
E. The use of less genetic
engineering to modify plants
and animals
19. A retired couple moves from Chicago to Arizona.
This is most likely an example of what geographic
factor?
A. Economic pull factor
B. Economic push factor
C. Environmental pull
factor
D. Political pull factor
E. Political push factor
20. Which religion is the fastest growing of the
world’s five primary religions?
A. Christianity
B. Islam
C. Judaism
D. Hinduism
E. Buddhism
21. What is the name of the theory that suggest that
whoever owns the Eastern European region will or
could control the world, based on the agricultural and
industrial production of the region?
A. Rimland theory
B. Heartland theory
C. Domino theory
D. Transnational theory
E. Geopolitical theory
22. A family is moving from Los Angeles, California, to
New Orleans, Louisiana, but stays in Albuquerque,
New Mexico, because of the positive amenities. This
is an example of what?
A. Distance decay
B. Environmental pull factor
C. Environmental push factor
D. Intervening opportunity
E. Intervening obstacle
23. According to acculturation, how many
generations on average does it take for an immigrant
family to lose its primary language?
A. One generation
B. two generations
C. Three generations
D. Four generations
E. They never lose their
primary language
24. Prior to the First Agricultural Revolution,
what were humans doing for food?
A. Fishing
B. Planting crops
C. Hunting and gathering
D. Genetically engineering
food for mass production
E. Purchasing it in small,
food-specific
establishments
25. The delivery area of the Pittsburgh Gazette is an
example of what type of region?
A. Functional region
B.
C.
D.
E.
Formal region
Vernacular region
Statistical region
Urban realm
26. The conflict in Rwanda and Uganda in the
mid-1990s is an example of a(n)
A. Religious conflict
B. Ethnic conflict
C. Transnational conflict
D. Ethnic enclave
E. Border conflict
27. Which of the following cities is a primate city
in its country?
A. London, United
Kingdom
B.
C.
D.
E.
Venice, Italy
Frankfurt, Germany
Aarhus, Denmark
Medellin, Columbia
28. Which of the following demographic data
has the greatest impact on growth rates?
A. Birth rates
B. Literacy rate
C. Per capita gross domestic
product
D. Immigration rates
E. Life expectancy
29. Followers of which religion practice the five
pillars in their faith?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Buddhism
Sikhism
Hinduism
Judaism
E. Islam
30. Which of the following countries is an
enclave?
A. United States
B. Indonesia
C. Lesotho
D. Egypt
E. Morocco
31. The Second Agricultural Revolution
coincided with
A. Increased genetic
engineering of crops
B. The Industrial
Revolution
C. The First Agricultural
Revolution
D. The Third Agricultural
Revolution
E. The Enlightenment in
Europe
32. In terms of today’s global economy, which area
would be considered the resource frontier of the
world?
A. East Asia
B. Southwest Asia
C. Sub-Saharan Africa
D. Central and Western
Europe
E. Eastern South America
33. Which of the following traits fits the
definition of an Islamic city?
A. Twisted streets to
maximize shade
B. Areas devoted to Western
development
C. Squatter areas within the
central business districts
D. Global cities without
population problems due
to religious values
34. Which of these five regions is not one of the
most populated areas of the world?
A. East Asia
B. Southeast Asia
C. Central Europe
D. South America
E. Northeastern United States
35. What two areas are the hearths of the
world’s five primary religions?
A. Southern India and Eastern
China
B. Southwest Asia and
Northern Africa
C. Central Europe and
Southwest Asia
D. Northern India and
Southwest Asia
E. Eastern China and
Southern Europe
36. The pessimistic viewpoint about a lack of
economic development in certain locations on
the globe can be attributed to their lack of
A. Infrastructure
B. Physical features such as
rivers
C. Labor availability
D. Foreign investment
E. Modern technology
37. Thailand is the best example of which type
of political shape?
A. Compact
B. Perforated
C. Prorupted
D. Elongated
E. Fragmented
38. Which of the five means of transportation would
fruit production in South America for market in the
United States need to use?
A. Inland waterways
B. Overland trucks
C. Airplanes
D. Pipelines
E. Rail transport
39. The 12th Congressional District’s boundaries in
North Carolina were accused of using what tactic for
political gain?
A. Gerrymandering
B.
C.
D.
E.
Reapportionment
Census stacking
Blockbusting
Redlining
40. What is the primary type of farming done in
the tropical regions of Brazil?
A. Commercial agriculture
B. Slash-and-burn
agriculture
C. Intensive subsistence
agriculture
D. Truck farming
E. Irrigated fruit farming
41. Southeast Asian cities have promoted economic
growth through what primary means?
A. Western transportation
systems
B. Eastern religions
C. Western investment
and trade
D. Eastern design layouts
E. Western cultural
integration with Eastern
theology
42. The area around the sub-Saharan agricultural
regions is being adversely affected by what
environmental problem?
A. Global warming
B. Desertification
C. El Niño
D. Increased earthquake
activity
E. Transhumance
43. The Mongolian region during the 1940s
through the 1990s can be defined as a
A. Theocracy
B. Regional conflict
C. Subsistence agricultural
land
D. Nation-state
E. Shatterbelt
44. Which of the following is the best example
of folk culture?
A. Eating at McDonald’s
B. Wearing blue jeans
C. Producing rocking
chairs using
traditional means
D. Listening to your MP3
player
E. Creating Web pages
45. What city were the concentric zone and the
sector model modeled after in the early 1900s?
A.
B.
C.
D.
New York City
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
Boston
E. Chicago
46. If a country has a crude birth rate of 40 and a
crude death rate of 21, what stage is it in according to
the demographic transition model?
A. Stage 1
B. Stage 2
C. Stage 3
D. Stage 4
E. Stage 5
47. What percentage of the world’s languages are
expected to be intact within the next hundred years?
A. 10 percent
B.
C.
D.
E.
20 percent
50 percent
75 percent
90 percent
48. The Gobi Desert in Mongolia uses what
primary form of agriculture?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Truck farming
Slash-and-burn farming
Plantation agriculture
Commercial agriculture
E. Pastoral nomadism
49. Which continent uses nuclear power for a greater
percentage of its total power output that any other
continent?
A. North America
B. South America
C. Europe
D. Asia
E. Africa
50. Central Park in New York City is a good
example of
A. A symbolic landscape
B. A greenbelt
C. A festival landscape
D. Urban development
E. An ethnic landscape
51. Around a local university, there are pizza
restaurants, fast-food restaurants, and coffee shops.
This type of development is best characterized by the
A. Sector model
B. Multiple nuclei model
C. Peripheral model
D. Western U.S. city models
E. Concentric zone model
52. The dominance of corn production in the United
States correlates with what other agricultural
practice?
A. Cattle production
B.
C.
D.
E.
Irrigated farmland
Dairy production
Market gardening activities
Pastoral nomadism
53. The Unites States and many other more
developed countries rely on what natural resources
for the majority of their electricity production?
A. Petroleum
B. Coal
C. Natural gas
D. Uranium
E. Nuclear power
54. Which of the following religions is a
monotheistic religion?
A. Hinduism
B. Shintoism
C. Animism
D. Judaism
E. Buddhism
55. The 38th parallel in Korea is an example of
a(n)
A. Demarcation line on the
landscape
B. Antecedent boundary
between two countries
C. Superimposed
boundary created by
outside forces
D. Geometric boundary
dominated by the
mountains in the area
E. Subsequent boundary
established by China
56. A population pyramid looks like an upside-down
triangle. This area has a large percentage of
A.
B.
C.
D.
Immigrants
Parents
Youth
Women
E. Elderly people
57. Who first coined the term geography?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Plato
Aristotle
Zheng He
Socrates
E. Eratosthenes
58. A fad is started by a television personality of
wearing shorts with a shirt and tie. The trend spreads
throughout the United States. This is an example of
what type of diffusion?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Expansion
Contagious
Stimulus
Relocation
E. Hierarchical
59. Which area of the world is currently experiencing
the most rapid population growth?
A. Eastern North America
B. Central Europe
C. Sub-Saharan Africa
D. Central Asia
E. South America
60. Which source of modern vegetative agriculture
developed cotton as a primary agricultural product?
A. Northeastern Africa
B. Southeast Asia
C. Mediterranean Europe
D. Central America
E. East Asia
61. “The individual characteristics of a place that
make it unique” defines which of the following terms
most accurately?
A. Adaptive strategies
B. Built environments
C. Folk culture
D. Popular culture
E. Acculturation
62. Which of the following cities would be
classified as a world city?
A. Shanghai
B. Madrid
C. London
D. Los Angeles
E. Buenos Aires
63. A city is located on a river that is prone to
flooding yet provides a trade advantages that bring
measurable wealth to the city. Which statement
would best fit that city
A. The city has a good site yet
a poor situation
B. The city has a good
situation yet a poor
site
C. The city has trade
advantages that outweigh
the advantages
D. The city should relocate
because of the flooding
problem
64. The majority of the entrants into the United
Nations, a supranational organization , came from
where during the 1960s?
A. Europe
B. South America
C. Pacific Islands
D. Africa
E. Central Asia
65. Which statement would best fit a European
city?
A.
European cities have large areas
of squatter settlements
B. European cities have their
skyscrapers located in the
suburbs
C.
D.
E.
European cities have few forms
of public transportation
European cities have heavy
pollution problems
European cities have the poor
living closes to their central
business districts
66. Potato chip production is a good example of
what?
a.) a variable cost industry
b.) a fixed cost industry
c.) a weight-gaining industry
d.) a weight reducing industry
e.) a market dependent industry
67. The largest territory in the world in terms of
population is?
a.) Solomon Islands
b.) Falkland Islands
c.) Aruba
d.) Puerto Rico
e.) Greenland
68. Which is the world’s primary lingua
franca language?
a.) Mandarin Chinese
b.) Russian
c.) English
d.) Spanish
e.) Hindi
69. The S-curve is most often associated
with what geographic factor?
a.) World population growth over time
b.) immigration rates over time
c.) economic development over time
d.) cultural adaptation of ethnic groups over
time
e.) the stability of countries’ governments over
time
70. Which crop has been credited with
beginning the Third Industrial Revolution?
a.) Corn
b.) Rice
c.) Wheat
d.) Sorghum
e.) Barley
71. The greatest percentage of people in the world
participate in which type of agriculture?
a.) subsistence agriculture
b.) highly mechanized commercial farming
c.) pastoral nomadism
d.) hired help on plantation agricultural farms
e.) slash-and-burn agriculture
72. Which of the following terms is NOT
associated with the Hindu religion?
a.) Brahma
b.) Caste System
c.) Shiva
d.) Vishnu
e.) Mecca
73. Which of the following best describes
the urban hierarchy of settlements?
a.) Hamlet, village, town, city, metropolis
b.) Hamlet, town, city, metropolis, megalopolis
c.)Megalopolis, metropolis, village, town, hamlet
d.) Village, town, hamlet, metropolis, megalopolis
e.)Town, hamlet, village, metropolis, megalopolis
74. Los Angeles receives goods from Asia via ships. In the
ports, the goods are put on trains for distribution around
the United States. Los Angeles is a
a.)break-of-bulk point
b.)variable-trading partner
c.) entrepot
d.) fixed- cost provider
e.) trade alternative partner
75. The border between the United States and Canada
along the 49th parallel is a good example of what type
of boundary?
a.) Subsequent boundary
b.) Antecedent boundary
c.) Superimposed boundary
d.) Relic boundary
e.) Demarcation boundary line