AP human geography practice exam
questions and answers
B - Answer-Which of the following places is least influenced by conflicts related to
multilingualism?
(A) Nigeria (D) Cyprus
(B) Venezuela (E) Belgium
(C) Quebec
B - Answer-Which of the following was the first prerequisite for the start of
urbanization?
(A) Formal political organization
(B) Agricultural surplus
(C) Monarchial control
(D) Privatization of land ownership
(E) Development of currency
B - Answer-Which of the following regions is most threatened by desertification?
(A) South America (D) Africa
(B) Australia (E) Asia
(C) Europe
A - Answer-Which of the following significantly weakened the strength of Mackinder's
geopolitical heartland theory?
(A) Ascendance of the United States' international influence after World War II
(B) Existence of a pivot area
(C) Growth of Soviet power in eastern Europe
(D) Influence of Eurasia in world affairs
(E) Rise of Nazi Germany
B - Answer-Which of the following factors had the greatest effect in proving the
demographic theorist Thomas Malthus
incorrect?
(A) Decreased land supply after the Industrial Revolution
(B) Improved fertilizers and crop strains
(C) Increased contraceptive technology in the Western Hemisphere
(D) The decline of the Roman Catholic Church's influence on politics in Britain
(E) Improved trade routes enabling improved food transport and cross-national trade
E - Answer-Country X can produce televisions at 50 percent of the cost that Country
Y can produce televisions. Country Y can
produce pencils at 70 percent of the cost that Country X can produce pencils.
Therefore, Country X chooses to
produce televisions and trade them with Country Y for pencils. This scenario best
reflects which concept?
(A) Substitution principle
, (B) Topocide
(C) Foreign direct investment
(D) Footloose industry
(E) Comparative advantage
D - Answer-A banking company wanted to open a new branch in the New York City
area. In order to study the region, the bank
used a map to analyze potential locations. The map the bank's leadership used in its
decision-making process
showed a layer of regional data displaying per capita income; another layer
displaying the frequency of bank
deposits made; and another layer showing the average value of the deposited
amount. With this map, the banking
company was able to choose the optimum location for its new branch. All of the
following are tools that the bank (or
its geographic team) most likely used to create and display this layered map of
geographic data EXCEPT
(A) GPS (D) desalination
(B) GIS (E) satellite imagery
(C) remote sensing
E - Answer-A pilgrim to the religious site depicted in the photograph above would
most likely be a(n)
(A) Taoist (D) Muslim
(B) Buddhist (E) Hindu
(C) Eastern Orthodox Christian
C - Answer-In the 1980s the demographic trend in China was best characterized by
a(n)
(A) rapidly rising crude birth rate
(B) falling life expectancy
(C) decreasing general fertility rate
(D) increased total fertility rate
(E) surge in refugees emigrating from China
B - Answer-The United Nations Human Development Index is based on the
assumption that a country's development
(A) is directly related to its position in the core or periphery
(B) is a function of social, demographic, and economic factors
(C) can improve if countries liberalize trade policies
(D) is indicated most accurately by its gross domestic product
(E) is a reflection of its population count
C - Answer-The photograph above shows a farm most likely located in which of the
following regions?
(A) Sub-Saharan Africa (D) North Africa
(B) Southwest Asia (E) Southeast Asia
(C) Eastern Europe
questions and answers
B - Answer-Which of the following places is least influenced by conflicts related to
multilingualism?
(A) Nigeria (D) Cyprus
(B) Venezuela (E) Belgium
(C) Quebec
B - Answer-Which of the following was the first prerequisite for the start of
urbanization?
(A) Formal political organization
(B) Agricultural surplus
(C) Monarchial control
(D) Privatization of land ownership
(E) Development of currency
B - Answer-Which of the following regions is most threatened by desertification?
(A) South America (D) Africa
(B) Australia (E) Asia
(C) Europe
A - Answer-Which of the following significantly weakened the strength of Mackinder's
geopolitical heartland theory?
(A) Ascendance of the United States' international influence after World War II
(B) Existence of a pivot area
(C) Growth of Soviet power in eastern Europe
(D) Influence of Eurasia in world affairs
(E) Rise of Nazi Germany
B - Answer-Which of the following factors had the greatest effect in proving the
demographic theorist Thomas Malthus
incorrect?
(A) Decreased land supply after the Industrial Revolution
(B) Improved fertilizers and crop strains
(C) Increased contraceptive technology in the Western Hemisphere
(D) The decline of the Roman Catholic Church's influence on politics in Britain
(E) Improved trade routes enabling improved food transport and cross-national trade
E - Answer-Country X can produce televisions at 50 percent of the cost that Country
Y can produce televisions. Country Y can
produce pencils at 70 percent of the cost that Country X can produce pencils.
Therefore, Country X chooses to
produce televisions and trade them with Country Y for pencils. This scenario best
reflects which concept?
(A) Substitution principle
, (B) Topocide
(C) Foreign direct investment
(D) Footloose industry
(E) Comparative advantage
D - Answer-A banking company wanted to open a new branch in the New York City
area. In order to study the region, the bank
used a map to analyze potential locations. The map the bank's leadership used in its
decision-making process
showed a layer of regional data displaying per capita income; another layer
displaying the frequency of bank
deposits made; and another layer showing the average value of the deposited
amount. With this map, the banking
company was able to choose the optimum location for its new branch. All of the
following are tools that the bank (or
its geographic team) most likely used to create and display this layered map of
geographic data EXCEPT
(A) GPS (D) desalination
(B) GIS (E) satellite imagery
(C) remote sensing
E - Answer-A pilgrim to the religious site depicted in the photograph above would
most likely be a(n)
(A) Taoist (D) Muslim
(B) Buddhist (E) Hindu
(C) Eastern Orthodox Christian
C - Answer-In the 1980s the demographic trend in China was best characterized by
a(n)
(A) rapidly rising crude birth rate
(B) falling life expectancy
(C) decreasing general fertility rate
(D) increased total fertility rate
(E) surge in refugees emigrating from China
B - Answer-The United Nations Human Development Index is based on the
assumption that a country's development
(A) is directly related to its position in the core or periphery
(B) is a function of social, demographic, and economic factors
(C) can improve if countries liberalize trade policies
(D) is indicated most accurately by its gross domestic product
(E) is a reflection of its population count
C - Answer-The photograph above shows a farm most likely located in which of the
following regions?
(A) Sub-Saharan Africa (D) North Africa
(B) Southwest Asia (E) Southeast Asia
(C) Eastern Europe
