AP Human Geography & Social Sciences
Practice Questions – Comprehensive Review –
2026 – Practice questions with answers
Introduction:
This document contains a comprehensive set of AP-style multiple-
choice practice questions covering human geography, population
studies, migration, culture, political geography, agriculture, urban
development, and basic psychology concepts. It includes correct
answers for each question, making it useful for self-assessment and
exam preparation.
The material spans key topics typically tested in AP exams and is
ideal for reviewing concepts, testing knowledge, and reinforcing
understanding across multiple social science disciplines.
Exam Questions and Answers:
1) Refugees fleeing from the Balkans during the 1990s were mostly
reacting to
A- Economic push factors
B- Economic pull factors
C- Culture pull factors
,D- cultural push factors ---Correct precise answer---D- Cultural
push factors
2) Which of the following is least likely to have a high population
density?
A- Coastal areas of South America
B- River Valleys in Africa
C- Interior Areas of Australia
D- Sea Level Altitudes in North America
E- Coastal Areas of India ---Correct precise answer---C- Interior
Areas of Australia
3) Which of the following is an accurate statement about the
population of China?
A- The population is spread out fairly evenly across the country
B- Population is more concentrated in the southern part of the
country
C- The western part of the country is sparsely population
D- Population hugs the coastlines with almost no large inland cities
---Correct precise answer---C- The western part of the country is
sparsely populated
4) The Chinese government's population policies since 1979 have
resulted in
,A- An overall reduction in the country's population
B- A disproportionately large number of young women in the
population
C- Tighter restrictions for family sizes of ethnic minorities than for
Han Chinese
D- A rapidly aging population
E- A strict one-child policy for almost all families ---Correct precise
answer---D- A rapidly aging population
5) Which of the following areas of the world generally have net out-
migrations?
A- Asia and North America
B- Africa and Europe
C- Latin America and Oceania
D- Europe and North America
E- Africa and Asia ---Correct precise answer---E- Africa and Asia
6) Population density is most often represented by
A- Population pyramids
B- Circle graphs
C- Contour maps
D- Toponyms
E- Dot maps ---Correct precise answer---E- dot maps
, 7) Which of the following was predicted by Thomas Malthus in the
late 18th century?
A- Population growth in the future would be checked by famine,
disease, and wars
B- Population growth in the future would have no checks to slow it
down
C- Population growth in the future would be checked by industrial
development
D- Population growth in the future would be supported by
increasing food supplies ---Correct precise answer---A- population
growth in the future would be checked by famine, disease, and wars
8) By Early 21st Century, crude birth rates were highest in
A- Asia, Latin America, and Africa
B- Asia, Europe, and Africa
C- Europe, North America, and Latin America
D- North America, Africa, and Asia
E- Latin America, North America, and Asia ---Correct precise
answer---A- Asia, Latin America, and Africa
9) In recent years, death rates in developing countries have
A- Stayed about the same
Practice Questions – Comprehensive Review –
2026 – Practice questions with answers
Introduction:
This document contains a comprehensive set of AP-style multiple-
choice practice questions covering human geography, population
studies, migration, culture, political geography, agriculture, urban
development, and basic psychology concepts. It includes correct
answers for each question, making it useful for self-assessment and
exam preparation.
The material spans key topics typically tested in AP exams and is
ideal for reviewing concepts, testing knowledge, and reinforcing
understanding across multiple social science disciplines.
Exam Questions and Answers:
1) Refugees fleeing from the Balkans during the 1990s were mostly
reacting to
A- Economic push factors
B- Economic pull factors
C- Culture pull factors
,D- cultural push factors ---Correct precise answer---D- Cultural
push factors
2) Which of the following is least likely to have a high population
density?
A- Coastal areas of South America
B- River Valleys in Africa
C- Interior Areas of Australia
D- Sea Level Altitudes in North America
E- Coastal Areas of India ---Correct precise answer---C- Interior
Areas of Australia
3) Which of the following is an accurate statement about the
population of China?
A- The population is spread out fairly evenly across the country
B- Population is more concentrated in the southern part of the
country
C- The western part of the country is sparsely population
D- Population hugs the coastlines with almost no large inland cities
---Correct precise answer---C- The western part of the country is
sparsely populated
4) The Chinese government's population policies since 1979 have
resulted in
,A- An overall reduction in the country's population
B- A disproportionately large number of young women in the
population
C- Tighter restrictions for family sizes of ethnic minorities than for
Han Chinese
D- A rapidly aging population
E- A strict one-child policy for almost all families ---Correct precise
answer---D- A rapidly aging population
5) Which of the following areas of the world generally have net out-
migrations?
A- Asia and North America
B- Africa and Europe
C- Latin America and Oceania
D- Europe and North America
E- Africa and Asia ---Correct precise answer---E- Africa and Asia
6) Population density is most often represented by
A- Population pyramids
B- Circle graphs
C- Contour maps
D- Toponyms
E- Dot maps ---Correct precise answer---E- dot maps
, 7) Which of the following was predicted by Thomas Malthus in the
late 18th century?
A- Population growth in the future would be checked by famine,
disease, and wars
B- Population growth in the future would have no checks to slow it
down
C- Population growth in the future would be checked by industrial
development
D- Population growth in the future would be supported by
increasing food supplies ---Correct precise answer---A- population
growth in the future would be checked by famine, disease, and wars
8) By Early 21st Century, crude birth rates were highest in
A- Asia, Latin America, and Africa
B- Asia, Europe, and Africa
C- Europe, North America, and Latin America
D- North America, Africa, and Asia
E- Latin America, North America, and Asia ---Correct precise
answer---A- Asia, Latin America, and Africa
9) In recent years, death rates in developing countries have
A- Stayed about the same
