Ap Human Geography Unit 1,2,3 Exam
Review Exam Questions and Answers
(Latest 2026)
The two purposes of maps - Correct Answers ✅used as a
reference tool and communication
Four ways a map can be distorted - Correct Answers
✅shape, distance, area/relative size, and direction
Three types of projections - Correct Answers ✅Mercator,
Robinson, Peters
Mercator and Robinson - Correct Answers ✅Mercator was
used by sea captains for navigation at sea. Robinson was
used in classrooms because it attempts to balance
distortions.
Types of things that determine a toponym - Correct
Answers ✅people, religious names, landscape, board of
geographical names,
The significance of the prime meridian - Correct Answers
✅prime meridian is 0 degrees. 0 degrees goes through
England because it was most powerful country when
longitude was first measured
Significance of the equator - Correct Answers ✅It is 0
degrees (latitude)
,Ap Human Geography Unit 1,2,3 Exam
Review Exam Questions and Answers
(Latest 2026)
How are time zones determined? - Correct Answers ✅Earth
makes a complete rotation every 24 hours and a sphere is
divided up into 360 degrees of longitude. Each time zone is
15 degrees.
Example of globalization - Correct Answers ✅iphones
designed in U.S., made in China, sold around the world
Example of spatial interaction - Correct Answers
✅international trade, movement of semitrailers on
expressways, radio broadcasts, phone calls
Are humans distributed across earth's surface uniformly or
nonuniformly? - Correct Answers ✅nonuniformly
How do concentration and density relate to distribution of
population? - Correct Answers ✅Concentration: Clustered
populations vs. sparse populations and Density: number of
people in an area
What are the 4 major population clusters? - Correct
Answers ✅East Asia, South Asia, Europe, and Southeast
Asia
, Ap Human Geography Unit 1,2,3 Exam
Review Exam Questions and Answers
(Latest 2026)
What are other population clusters? - Correct Answers
✅Northeastern United States & Southeastern Canada
What are the 4 sparsely populated regions? - Correct
Answers ✅Dry lands, Wet lands, Cold lands, and High lands
How is NIR calculated? - Correct Answers ✅CBR minus
CDR/10
LDC's vs MDC's for NIR - Where is a large percentage of the
NIR clustered? - Correct Answers ✅India and other LDCS
with higher birth rates, despite the fact that they have higher
rates of mortality
Which types of countries have high mortality rates? - Correct
Answers ✅mortality rates are higher in developing worlds
such as sub saharan africa (40 yrs) and lower in developed
countries like western Europe (late 70's)
What part of the world has the highest CBR? - Correct
Answers ✅Africa and several Asian countries
What part of the world has the highest CDR? - Correct
Answers ✅Eastern Europe
Review Exam Questions and Answers
(Latest 2026)
The two purposes of maps - Correct Answers ✅used as a
reference tool and communication
Four ways a map can be distorted - Correct Answers
✅shape, distance, area/relative size, and direction
Three types of projections - Correct Answers ✅Mercator,
Robinson, Peters
Mercator and Robinson - Correct Answers ✅Mercator was
used by sea captains for navigation at sea. Robinson was
used in classrooms because it attempts to balance
distortions.
Types of things that determine a toponym - Correct
Answers ✅people, religious names, landscape, board of
geographical names,
The significance of the prime meridian - Correct Answers
✅prime meridian is 0 degrees. 0 degrees goes through
England because it was most powerful country when
longitude was first measured
Significance of the equator - Correct Answers ✅It is 0
degrees (latitude)
,Ap Human Geography Unit 1,2,3 Exam
Review Exam Questions and Answers
(Latest 2026)
How are time zones determined? - Correct Answers ✅Earth
makes a complete rotation every 24 hours and a sphere is
divided up into 360 degrees of longitude. Each time zone is
15 degrees.
Example of globalization - Correct Answers ✅iphones
designed in U.S., made in China, sold around the world
Example of spatial interaction - Correct Answers
✅international trade, movement of semitrailers on
expressways, radio broadcasts, phone calls
Are humans distributed across earth's surface uniformly or
nonuniformly? - Correct Answers ✅nonuniformly
How do concentration and density relate to distribution of
population? - Correct Answers ✅Concentration: Clustered
populations vs. sparse populations and Density: number of
people in an area
What are the 4 major population clusters? - Correct
Answers ✅East Asia, South Asia, Europe, and Southeast
Asia
, Ap Human Geography Unit 1,2,3 Exam
Review Exam Questions and Answers
(Latest 2026)
What are other population clusters? - Correct Answers
✅Northeastern United States & Southeastern Canada
What are the 4 sparsely populated regions? - Correct
Answers ✅Dry lands, Wet lands, Cold lands, and High lands
How is NIR calculated? - Correct Answers ✅CBR minus
CDR/10
LDC's vs MDC's for NIR - Where is a large percentage of the
NIR clustered? - Correct Answers ✅India and other LDCS
with higher birth rates, despite the fact that they have higher
rates of mortality
Which types of countries have high mortality rates? - Correct
Answers ✅mortality rates are higher in developing worlds
such as sub saharan africa (40 yrs) and lower in developed
countries like western Europe (late 70's)
What part of the world has the highest CBR? - Correct
Answers ✅Africa and several Asian countries
What part of the world has the highest CDR? - Correct
Answers ✅Eastern Europe
