AP Human Geography Final Exam Prep
2025. | Questions & Answers (100%
Correct)
The establishment of maquiladoras by United States corporations for the production of
electronics components is an example of...
(A) Exploitation of union labor
(B) Industrialization
(C) New international division of labor
(D) Tertiary economic activity
(E) Colonialism - ANSWER - C
-Most are islands
-Most are relatively isolated
-Most have extremely small populations
-Most are remnants of empires
The set of statements above applies to which of the following?
(A) The provinces of Canada
(B) The world's remaining dependencies
(C) The breakaway regions of Spain
(D) The global commons
(E) The newly independent states of the 1990's - ANSWER - B
Which population pyramid best represents a college town?
(A) Slowing decreasing in size as age increases
(B) Almost a rectangle
(C) A large about of males ages 20-40
(D) Large amount of males and females age 20
(E) A Filled in V - ANSWER - D
Which population pyramid best represents a town with a military base?
(A) Slowing decreasing in size as age increases
(B) Almost a rectangle
(C) A large about of males ages 20-40
(D) Large amount of males and females age 20
(E) A Filled in V - ANSWER - C
Which of the following is true of an edge city?
(A) It is located on the edge of a lake, river, or other physical feature.
(B) It is close to bankruptcy.
(C) It is an outlet for a region's trade.
(D) It is increasingly used for heavy industry.
, (E) It has a large amount of recently developed retail and office space. - ANSWER - E
An increase in the demand for a city's goods and services produces rapid in-migration.
Which of the following explains why a city often does not experience a corresponding
out-migration when the demand for its goods and services declines?
(A) Most countries have unemployment benefit programs designed to keep workers in
place to provide a reservoir of cheap labor.
(B) Most countries have strict controls on migration that limit intercity movement.
(C) Unemployed workers have skills that may not easily transfer to a new city.
(D) Family and emotional bonds to the city may limit workers' mobility
(E)The decline in demand for the city's goods and services indicates that the country's
entire economy is in decline, therefore workers have no place to go, - ANSWER - D
Which of the following characteristics applies to more-developed countries?
(A) Early stages of epidemiological transition
(B) Long life expectancies
(C) High total fertility rates
(D)Rapid population growth
(E) Early stages of the demographic transition - ANSWER - B
Which of the following best illustrates the geographical concept of the nation-state?
(A) Canada
(B) Russia
(C) Belgium
(D) Iceland
(E) India - ANSWER - D
All of the following contain major oil-producing zones EXCEPT the
(A) Caspian Sea
(B) North Sea
(C) Persian Gulf
(D) Gulf of Mexico
(E) Gulf of California - ANSWER – E
Compared to North American ranchers, commercial ranchers in the Pampas of
Argentina, Uruguay, and southern Brazil are more likely to...
(A) raise mostly sheep
(B) lease their grazing land
(C) rely on feedlots
(D) raise livestock primarily for export
(E) use practices developed by indigenous people - ANSWER - D
The Indo-European language family includes the major languages of Europe and those
dominant in all the following regions EXCEPT...
(A) Russia
2025. | Questions & Answers (100%
Correct)
The establishment of maquiladoras by United States corporations for the production of
electronics components is an example of...
(A) Exploitation of union labor
(B) Industrialization
(C) New international division of labor
(D) Tertiary economic activity
(E) Colonialism - ANSWER - C
-Most are islands
-Most are relatively isolated
-Most have extremely small populations
-Most are remnants of empires
The set of statements above applies to which of the following?
(A) The provinces of Canada
(B) The world's remaining dependencies
(C) The breakaway regions of Spain
(D) The global commons
(E) The newly independent states of the 1990's - ANSWER - B
Which population pyramid best represents a college town?
(A) Slowing decreasing in size as age increases
(B) Almost a rectangle
(C) A large about of males ages 20-40
(D) Large amount of males and females age 20
(E) A Filled in V - ANSWER - D
Which population pyramid best represents a town with a military base?
(A) Slowing decreasing in size as age increases
(B) Almost a rectangle
(C) A large about of males ages 20-40
(D) Large amount of males and females age 20
(E) A Filled in V - ANSWER - C
Which of the following is true of an edge city?
(A) It is located on the edge of a lake, river, or other physical feature.
(B) It is close to bankruptcy.
(C) It is an outlet for a region's trade.
(D) It is increasingly used for heavy industry.
, (E) It has a large amount of recently developed retail and office space. - ANSWER - E
An increase in the demand for a city's goods and services produces rapid in-migration.
Which of the following explains why a city often does not experience a corresponding
out-migration when the demand for its goods and services declines?
(A) Most countries have unemployment benefit programs designed to keep workers in
place to provide a reservoir of cheap labor.
(B) Most countries have strict controls on migration that limit intercity movement.
(C) Unemployed workers have skills that may not easily transfer to a new city.
(D) Family and emotional bonds to the city may limit workers' mobility
(E)The decline in demand for the city's goods and services indicates that the country's
entire economy is in decline, therefore workers have no place to go, - ANSWER - D
Which of the following characteristics applies to more-developed countries?
(A) Early stages of epidemiological transition
(B) Long life expectancies
(C) High total fertility rates
(D)Rapid population growth
(E) Early stages of the demographic transition - ANSWER - B
Which of the following best illustrates the geographical concept of the nation-state?
(A) Canada
(B) Russia
(C) Belgium
(D) Iceland
(E) India - ANSWER - D
All of the following contain major oil-producing zones EXCEPT the
(A) Caspian Sea
(B) North Sea
(C) Persian Gulf
(D) Gulf of Mexico
(E) Gulf of California - ANSWER – E
Compared to North American ranchers, commercial ranchers in the Pampas of
Argentina, Uruguay, and southern Brazil are more likely to...
(A) raise mostly sheep
(B) lease their grazing land
(C) rely on feedlots
(D) raise livestock primarily for export
(E) use practices developed by indigenous people - ANSWER - D
The Indo-European language family includes the major languages of Europe and those
dominant in all the following regions EXCEPT...
(A) Russia
