AP Human Geography practice exam
questions and answers
E - All the following have been considered new industrial countries EXCEPT
(A) Hong Kong (D) China
(B) South Korea (E) Indonesia
(C) Brazil
C - Which of the following is an example of a quinary-sector economic activity?
(A) Working at a cash register at McDonald's
(B) Serving as a researcher for human genetic cloning
(C) Serving on the U.S. president's cabinet
(D) Converting crude oil into gasoline
(E) Plowing land in preparation for planting a crop
D - London has become a world city in part because of its proximity to ports and
other places that foster development.
This reason for London's historic growth relates to the city's
(A) site (D) situation
(B) sovereignty (E) distance decay
(C) redlining
,AP Human Geography practice exam
questions and answers
E - Which of the following is a valid difference between the urban patterns of the
United States and those of Latin
America?
(A) Unlike U.S. cities, Latin American cities have ghettos.
(B) U.S cities follow a sector pattern, whereas Latin American cities follow
concentric zones.
(C) Gentrification is more present in Latin American cities.
(D) Latin American cities have more-defined industrial sectors.
(E) Unlike U.S. cities, Latin American cities show patterns of wealthy residents
emanating from the city's central
business district.
C - The number of people under the age of 15 plus the number of people above
the age of 64 divided by the number of
the people aged 15 through 64 is defined as
(A) carrying capacity (D) age-sex pyramid
(B) primary economic sector (E) infrastructure
(C) dependency ratio
, AP Human Geography practice exam
questions and answers
D - Governments such as those once controlled by the Taliban in Afghanistan and
the Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran are
classified as
(A) landlocked (D) theocratic
(B) parliamentary (E) microstates
(C) federal
C - All the following were original members of the European Community, the
predecessor to the European Union,
EXCEPT
(A) France (D) Italy
(B) Belgium (E) The Netherlands
(C) United Kingdom
D - In 1492, Christopher Columbus's voyage took nearly 40 days to cross the
Atlantic Ocean, a trip that would take a
modern ship less than one week. This difference best reflects the geographic
concept of
(A) distance decay (D) space-time compression
questions and answers
E - All the following have been considered new industrial countries EXCEPT
(A) Hong Kong (D) China
(B) South Korea (E) Indonesia
(C) Brazil
C - Which of the following is an example of a quinary-sector economic activity?
(A) Working at a cash register at McDonald's
(B) Serving as a researcher for human genetic cloning
(C) Serving on the U.S. president's cabinet
(D) Converting crude oil into gasoline
(E) Plowing land in preparation for planting a crop
D - London has become a world city in part because of its proximity to ports and
other places that foster development.
This reason for London's historic growth relates to the city's
(A) site (D) situation
(B) sovereignty (E) distance decay
(C) redlining
,AP Human Geography practice exam
questions and answers
E - Which of the following is a valid difference between the urban patterns of the
United States and those of Latin
America?
(A) Unlike U.S. cities, Latin American cities have ghettos.
(B) U.S cities follow a sector pattern, whereas Latin American cities follow
concentric zones.
(C) Gentrification is more present in Latin American cities.
(D) Latin American cities have more-defined industrial sectors.
(E) Unlike U.S. cities, Latin American cities show patterns of wealthy residents
emanating from the city's central
business district.
C - The number of people under the age of 15 plus the number of people above
the age of 64 divided by the number of
the people aged 15 through 64 is defined as
(A) carrying capacity (D) age-sex pyramid
(B) primary economic sector (E) infrastructure
(C) dependency ratio
, AP Human Geography practice exam
questions and answers
D - Governments such as those once controlled by the Taliban in Afghanistan and
the Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran are
classified as
(A) landlocked (D) theocratic
(B) parliamentary (E) microstates
(C) federal
C - All the following were original members of the European Community, the
predecessor to the European Union,
EXCEPT
(A) France (D) Italy
(B) Belgium (E) The Netherlands
(C) United Kingdom
D - In 1492, Christopher Columbus's voyage took nearly 40 days to cross the
Atlantic Ocean, a trip that would take a
modern ship less than one week. This difference best reflects the geographic
concept of
(A) distance decay (D) space-time compression
