AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
Diaspora - Answer-the scattering of people who have a common background or beliefs
Distance Decay Function - Answer-The diminishing in importance and eventual
disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin.
Time Contract Workers - Answer-recruited for work but for only a fixed period of time by
contract
Gravity Model - Answer-a prediction of the interaction of places, population size and the
distance between them
Flood Plain - Answer-An area subject to flooding during a given number of years
according to historical trends
Interregional Migration - Answer-Permanent movement from one region of a country to
another.
Intraregional Migration - Answer-Permanent movement within one region of a country.
Unauthorized Immigrants - Answer-People who enter a country without proper
documents
Quotas - Answer-In reference to migration, laws that place maximum limits on the
number of people who can immigrate to a country each year.
Brain Drain - Answer-large-scale emigration by talented people
Push Factors - Answer-Factor That indicates people to leave old residences
Pull Factors - Answer-factor that induces people to move to a new location
Lee's Model - Answer-accounted for personal reasons, push/pull factors and also
intervening factors: ability to go to a place in terms of time, money, distance
(transportation)
Mobility - Answer-all types of movement from one location to another
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
Diaspora - Answer-the scattering of people who have a common background or beliefs
Distance Decay Function - Answer-The diminishing in importance and eventual
disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin.
Time Contract Workers - Answer-recruited for work but for only a fixed period of time by
contract
Gravity Model - Answer-a prediction of the interaction of places, population size and the
distance between them
Flood Plain - Answer-An area subject to flooding during a given number of years
according to historical trends
Interregional Migration - Answer-Permanent movement from one region of a country to
another.
Intraregional Migration - Answer-Permanent movement within one region of a country.
Unauthorized Immigrants - Answer-People who enter a country without proper
documents
Quotas - Answer-In reference to migration, laws that place maximum limits on the
number of people who can immigrate to a country each year.
Brain Drain - Answer-large-scale emigration by talented people
Push Factors - Answer-Factor That indicates people to leave old residences
Pull Factors - Answer-factor that induces people to move to a new location
Lee's Model - Answer-accounted for personal reasons, push/pull factors and also
intervening factors: ability to go to a place in terms of time, money, distance
(transportation)
Mobility - Answer-all types of movement from one location to another
