Unit 5 Test Bank AP Human Geography EXAM Questions AND Correct Answers
1. A food assemblage that includes olives, pita bread, cheese, figs, lamb, and wine is most
associated with which of the following? - ✔✔ B. Greece
2. A set of economic and political relationships that organizes food production from the
development of seed to marketing the products is known as - ✔✔ D. Agribusiness
3. According to Carl Sauer, which of the following is true about plant domestication? - ✔✔
B. It first occurred in diversified habitats with a variety of species.
4. According to the theory of environmental determinism, which of the following areas
would have the most productive settlements? - ✔✔ B. Temperate Regions
5. Which of the following agricultural practices has the most significant long-term
environmental impact in tropical regions? - ✔✔ C. Burning extensive areas of forested
land to create pasture, which decreases biodiversity
6. Which of the following best explains the potential impact of rising global temperatures
on agricultural regions? - ✔✔ C. Polar regions will dry out, making cultivation impossible.
7. Which of the following spatial patterns is best explained by bid-rent theory? - ✔✔ B.
Rural-to-urban migration increasing the population density to eastern China
8. Which of the following best explains why farmers would plant both strawberries and
watermelons in the same field? - ✔✔ E. Limited farmland encourages intensive farming
with intercropping to produce high yields.
9. Which of the following best explains the importance of climate to agricultural practices?
- ✔✔ A. Midlatitude climates tend to support similar agricultural crops and practices, such
as wheat farming in the United States and China.
10. Based on the different types of land use shown in the image, which of the following
best explains why soil salinization is a concern in the arid landscape shown? - ✔✔ C.
, Irrigation increases the salt content of the soil, which disrupts the growth of crops and
degrades soil fertility.
11. Palm oil, an edible vegetable oil used in processing packaged food products, is
obtained from the fruit of the oil palm tree, grown only in the tropics. Which of the
following explains how global demand for palm oil has proved beneficial and detrimental
for countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia? - ✔✔ C. Palm oil exports provided
substantial corporate profits, but the growth in the industry resulted in heavy
deforestation in both countries.
12. Which of the following best explains the economic advantage of the type of farm-
produced goods shown in the images? - ✔✔ B. Compared to plain milk or fresh fruit,
these value-added agricultural goods significantly increase the price of the farm products
sold and increase earnings for farmers.
13-18. FRQ - ✔✔ FRQ
19. Which of the following explains why multiple early hearths of domestication and
diffusion of plants and animals arose across the world in Central America, the Fertile
Crescent, the Indus River valley, and Southeast Asia? - ✔✔ B. Domestication of plants and
animals evolved in each hearth independently of one another as societies in each area
learned and applied the process to local plants and animals.
20. The two images represent two different methods of raising livestock in the United
States. Which of the following statements most accurately compares these two
agricultural practices? - ✔✔ D. Feedlots can minimize costs associated with livestock
production because feedlots do not use as much space as cattle ranching.
21. Which of the following best explains how the expansion of feedlots for raising cattle
has affected environmental sustainability in rural areas? - ✔✔ B. Runoff from animal
waste has increased the pollution in local water supplies.
22. Genetic engineering of agricultural crops has primarily increased the productivity of
modern farming by - ✔✔ C. increasing plants' drought resistance and resistance to pests
1. A food assemblage that includes olives, pita bread, cheese, figs, lamb, and wine is most
associated with which of the following? - ✔✔ B. Greece
2. A set of economic and political relationships that organizes food production from the
development of seed to marketing the products is known as - ✔✔ D. Agribusiness
3. According to Carl Sauer, which of the following is true about plant domestication? - ✔✔
B. It first occurred in diversified habitats with a variety of species.
4. According to the theory of environmental determinism, which of the following areas
would have the most productive settlements? - ✔✔ B. Temperate Regions
5. Which of the following agricultural practices has the most significant long-term
environmental impact in tropical regions? - ✔✔ C. Burning extensive areas of forested
land to create pasture, which decreases biodiversity
6. Which of the following best explains the potential impact of rising global temperatures
on agricultural regions? - ✔✔ C. Polar regions will dry out, making cultivation impossible.
7. Which of the following spatial patterns is best explained by bid-rent theory? - ✔✔ B.
Rural-to-urban migration increasing the population density to eastern China
8. Which of the following best explains why farmers would plant both strawberries and
watermelons in the same field? - ✔✔ E. Limited farmland encourages intensive farming
with intercropping to produce high yields.
9. Which of the following best explains the importance of climate to agricultural practices?
- ✔✔ A. Midlatitude climates tend to support similar agricultural crops and practices, such
as wheat farming in the United States and China.
10. Based on the different types of land use shown in the image, which of the following
best explains why soil salinization is a concern in the arid landscape shown? - ✔✔ C.
, Irrigation increases the salt content of the soil, which disrupts the growth of crops and
degrades soil fertility.
11. Palm oil, an edible vegetable oil used in processing packaged food products, is
obtained from the fruit of the oil palm tree, grown only in the tropics. Which of the
following explains how global demand for palm oil has proved beneficial and detrimental
for countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia? - ✔✔ C. Palm oil exports provided
substantial corporate profits, but the growth in the industry resulted in heavy
deforestation in both countries.
12. Which of the following best explains the economic advantage of the type of farm-
produced goods shown in the images? - ✔✔ B. Compared to plain milk or fresh fruit,
these value-added agricultural goods significantly increase the price of the farm products
sold and increase earnings for farmers.
13-18. FRQ - ✔✔ FRQ
19. Which of the following explains why multiple early hearths of domestication and
diffusion of plants and animals arose across the world in Central America, the Fertile
Crescent, the Indus River valley, and Southeast Asia? - ✔✔ B. Domestication of plants and
animals evolved in each hearth independently of one another as societies in each area
learned and applied the process to local plants and animals.
20. The two images represent two different methods of raising livestock in the United
States. Which of the following statements most accurately compares these two
agricultural practices? - ✔✔ D. Feedlots can minimize costs associated with livestock
production because feedlots do not use as much space as cattle ranching.
21. Which of the following best explains how the expansion of feedlots for raising cattle
has affected environmental sustainability in rural areas? - ✔✔ B. Runoff from animal
waste has increased the pollution in local water supplies.
22. Genetic engineering of agricultural crops has primarily increased the productivity of
modern farming by - ✔✔ C. increasing plants' drought resistance and resistance to pests
