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Human Geography Practice Test Unit1
MULTIPLE CHOICE : SECTION 1
1) What is Contemporary Geography?
a) The study of how people’s minds work.
b) The practice of making maps.
c) How people take care of their environment.
d) The scientific study of the location of people and activities.
e) I don’t know.
2) Globalization is …
a) The practice of making maps
b) How often you travel around the globe.
c) Cultural and Economic interaction around the world.
d) Importing and exporting objects all around the world.
e) I don’t know.
3) What does the term ‘Local Diversity’ mean?
a) Cultural and Economic interaction around the world.
b) Cultural traditions and economic practices.
c) The different races around the world.
d) The different races all in one city.
e) I don’t know.
4) Who was the ancient Greek scholar who invented world geography?
a) Aristotle
b) Benjamin Franklin
c) Eratosthenes
d) George Washington
e) I don’t know.
5) What are the two types of Geography?
a) Human and Physical Geography.
b) Science and Physical Geography.
c) Human and Science Geography.
d) Diffusion and Diversity Geography.
e) I don’t know.
6) Joshua wrote this paragraph for his teacher. He wrote about the two types of Geography.
Read the paragraph below and explain what Josh said that was not accurate and what it was
really supposed to say.
Physical Geography is the study of where and why natural occurrences occur where they do.
Human Geography is the study of where and why human activities occur where they do.
Examples of Physical Geography are cultures, religion, and more. But examples of Human
Geography are climate, landforms, etc.
a) Joshua was supposed to say that Physical geography is the study of where and why
human activities occur where they do while Human Geography is the study of where
and why natural occurrences occur where they do.
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b) Joshua was 100% correct.
c) Joshua was supposed to say that Physical Geography involved stuff like climate,
landforms while Human Geography involved stuff like culture, religion, and more.
d) Joshua spelled ‘occurrences’ wrong.
e) I don’t know.
Define place.
a) A point on Earth that is distinguished by a specific characteristic.
b) A point on Earth that has a bunch of stores, markets, houses, etc.
c) A point on Earth that are the most popular.
d) A point on Earth that has people living in it.
e) I don’t know.
Define region.
a) An area where many animals and people are around.
b) An area that we all know of.
c) An area that has stuff that we need.
d) An area that is distinguished by the combination of physical and cultural features.
e) I don’t know.
Define scale.
a) Scale is the equipment that we use to measure how much we weigh.
b) Scale is the equipment that we use to measure the mass of an object.
c) Scale is the relationship between the portion of Earth being studied and Earth as a
whole.
d) Scale is the relationship between maps and you.
e) I don’t know.
What is space?
a) A place beyond our Earth that has galaxies, stars, and is never ending.
b) The distance between two objects.
c) A point on Earth that doesn’t have any houses, stores, etc.
d) The relationship between you and the world of galaxies and stars.
e) I don’t know.
What is a map and what is the name for the science and art of making them?
a) A map is a drawing of the oceans.
b) A map is a 2-D flat viewing of the Earth, the science and art or making maps is called
Cartography.
c) A map is a 2-D flat viewing of the Earth, the science and art of making maps is called
Toponyms.
d) A map is a 2-D flat viewing of the Earth, the science and art of making maps is called
Erasthinating.
e) I don’t know.
What is cultural ecology?
a) The geographic study of human-environment relationships.
b) The study of how people interact with each other through technology.
c) The study of how animals live.
d) The study of how a person reacts towards their pets.
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e) I don’t know.
What is the difference between Environmental Determinism and Possibilism?
a) Environmental Determinism is when a human is determined to do something involving
the environment every single day while Possibilism is the study of how it is possible for
you to change that habit of eating at midnight.
b) Environmental Determinism and Possibilism are the same thing.
c) Environmental Determinism is the theory that the environment determines how you
act/live. Possibilism is the theory that the environment limits how much impact it has on
you and your actions and that it is possible to adapt to your surroundings.
d) None of the above.
e) I don’t know.
What are the LDC’s (less developed countries)/PINGs?
a) New York, San Francisco, Spain, France, Italy, California.
b) Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Latin America
c) Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, Italy, California, Australia.
d) Only the Middle East.
e) I don’t know.
What are the MDCs (More developed countries)/PEDs?
a) Georgia, France, Middle East, East Asia, Australia.
b) North America, Western Europe, Japan, Oceania.
c) Oceania, East Asia, Middle East, South America, Latin America.
d) None of the above.
e) I don’t know.
What are three important cultural values?
a) Languages, religion, and ethnicity.
b) Technology, clothing, shoes
c) Shelter, food, and what kinds of phones you have.
d) A & C
e) I don’t know.
What is induction?
a) The process or action of bringing about or giving rise to something.
b) The process of getting surgery on your brain
c) The process of transferring to another continent.
d) None of the above.
e) I don’t know.
Which definition of ‘Globalization of Economy’ is incorrect?
a) A force or process that involves the entire world.
b) A force or process that results in making something worldwide in scope.
c) A force or process of posting pictures of your plant on social media.
d) B & C are incorrect. A is true.
e) I don’t know.
What is called when a company sells their products, does research, operates factories all
around the world INSTEAD OF only where there headquarters are located?
a) Exporting company
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b) Worldwide scope
c) Outer Companies
d) Transnational Companies
e) I don’t know
Which of these is the correct definition of specialization?
a) When a country has lots of movie stars living there.
b) When someone you know trades you something for cheaper than they would sell to
other people.
c) When you focus on a specific topic out of a larger topic. (mainly for your business)/when
a place possesses specific traits that other places don’t specialize in.
d) None of the above
e) I don’t know.
What is an example of specialization?
a) A woman walking down the street notices a cat in the dump, which is his home.
b) A man proposes to his wife.
c) A store that produces bananas and only bananas.
d) A mall with multiple clothing shops and a food court downstairs.
e) I don’t know.
What term describes this sentence that Amanda wrote on her essay?
_________ is the most fundamental skill that geographers possess to
understand the arrangement of objects across surfaces.
a) Distribution
b) Placement
c) Diffusion
d) Spatial Thinking
e) I don’t know
What does distribution mean?
a) The most fundamental skill that geographers possess to understand the arrangement of
objects across surfaces.
b) The arrangement of a feature in space.
c) Giving your friends 3 cookies.
d) None of the above.
e) I don’t know.
What are toponyms?
a) Place names
b) Names of mountains
c) Synonyms for mountains
d) None of the above
e) I don’t know
What does mathematical location mean?
a) The description of a place using longitude and latitude.
b) The description of a place using meridians and parallels.
c) None of the above
d) A & B
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e) I don’t know.
26) What does situation in human geography mean?
a) A dilemma
b) The location of a place relative to other places.
c) None of the above.
d) I don’t know.
TRUE OR FALSE? : SECTION 2
Sam wrote this down in his notebook when he was taking notes online for his AP Human Geography
class, he wrote the following:
The three main properties of distribution are Density, Concentration, and Pattern.
27) Is this statement true or false?
a) True
b) False because there are no main properties of distribution.
c) False because there are four main properties of distribution.
d) False because Pattern is only involved in math.
e) I don’t know
Carly’s teacher told Carly to write a speech for her AP Human Geography class. On the day of the
speech, Carly lost one of her flashcards that had one of her most important sentences on it, she winged
it and said:
Arithmetic Density is the total number of objects in an area. Psychological Density is the number
of persons per unit of area suitable for agriculture. Agricultural Density is the number of people
living in an area where there are lots of crops.
28) Is this statement true or false?
a) True
b) False because the Psychological Density definition should be switched with Agricultural
Density.
c) False because Agriculture Density should say “Agricultural Density is the number of
farmers living per unit area of farmland”
d) False because Arithmetic Density is not a real thing.
e) I don’t know.
SHORT ANSWER : SECTION 3
29) Explain what concentration is. What do the words ‘clustered’ and ‘dispersed’ mean? Is
concentration the same thing as density?
Concentration is the extent of a feature’s spread over space. If the objects are close
together, they are clustered. If the objects are relatively far apart, they are dispersed.
Density is the frequency with which something occurs in space, therefore
CONCENTRATION AND DENSITY ARE NOT THE SAME.
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30) What does pattern mean? Give an example.
Pattern is the geometric arrangements of objects in space. Some features are
organized in a geometric pattern, whereas others are distributed irregularly. Many
American cities contain a regular pattern of streets, known as a grid pattern. Also, the
land ordinance of 1785 is a good example!
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EXTENDED ANSWER: SECTION #4
31) Explain what ‘Connections between Places’ include. Include the terms: Time-space
compressions, Spatial-Interaction, Networks, Barriers, Distance Decay, Diffusion, Hearth,
Relocation, Expansion, Hierarchical Diffusion, Contagious Diffusion, Stimulus Diffusion,
Diffusion of cultures, Migrant Diffusion, Acculturation, and Assimilation.
Use the rest of this page for your extended answer. (Question #28)
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