AP Human Geography final exam
Practice Test Guide Questions and
Answers
E - Answer-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.
D - Answer-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,
B - Answer-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
D - Answer-Which of the following best illustrates the geographical concept of the
nation-state?
(A) Canada
(B) Russia
(C) Belgium
(D) Iceland
(E) India
E - Answer-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
, A - Answer-All of the following are examples of the spatial analysis tradition in
geography EXCEPT the
(A) number of space shuttles constructed
(B) volume of telephone calls between Corey Union and Old Main
(C) trans-Atlantic slave trade
(D) distance associated with shopping trips to area malls
(E) volume of air traffic between London and Hong Kong
E - Answer-Which of the following is an example of a cultural landscape?
(A) Coastal wetland
(B) Cloud forest
(C) Stand of mangrove trees
(D) Eroded shoreline
(E) Adobe ruins
B - Answer-The growth potential of alternative agriculture practices such as the
growing of amaranth grain, and the raising of deer, elk, emus, and Buffalo for meat is
limited because...
(A) the dietary laws in the US are restrictive
(B) the growers have not established an integrated commodity chain
(C) the animals and grain are difficult to raise
(D) it is impossible to domesticate new plants and animals
(E) the high protein content of these meats and grains is though to be unhealthy
B - Answer-According to Carl Sauer, which of the following is true about plant
domestication?
(A) It originated in marginal areas with limited food resources.
(B) It first occurred in diversified habitats with a variety of species
(C) It was developed by farmers who were starving and desperate for food
(D) It owes its origins to the domestication of animals
(E) It was at first dependent on irrigation
E - Answer-Which of the following correctly lists four major ancient culture hearths?
(A) Central Asia, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Mesopotamia
(B) Central Asia, India, Nile Valley, Southern Europe
(C) Egypt, Mekong Valley, Middle East, Western Africa
(D) Ethiopia, Ghana, Machu Picchu, Mongolia
(E) Indus Valley, Mesopotamia, Nile Valley, North China.
B - Answer-Which of the following can be categorized as a primary activity?
(A) Engineering
(B) Coal mining
(C) Teaching
(D) Car manufacturing
(E) Politics
B - Answer-Which of the following is a forward capital?
(A) Lima
(B) Brasilia
Practice Test Guide Questions and
Answers
E - Answer-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.
D - Answer-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,
B - Answer-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
D - Answer-Which of the following best illustrates the geographical concept of the
nation-state?
(A) Canada
(B) Russia
(C) Belgium
(D) Iceland
(E) India
E - Answer-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
, A - Answer-All of the following are examples of the spatial analysis tradition in
geography EXCEPT the
(A) number of space shuttles constructed
(B) volume of telephone calls between Corey Union and Old Main
(C) trans-Atlantic slave trade
(D) distance associated with shopping trips to area malls
(E) volume of air traffic between London and Hong Kong
E - Answer-Which of the following is an example of a cultural landscape?
(A) Coastal wetland
(B) Cloud forest
(C) Stand of mangrove trees
(D) Eroded shoreline
(E) Adobe ruins
B - Answer-The growth potential of alternative agriculture practices such as the
growing of amaranth grain, and the raising of deer, elk, emus, and Buffalo for meat is
limited because...
(A) the dietary laws in the US are restrictive
(B) the growers have not established an integrated commodity chain
(C) the animals and grain are difficult to raise
(D) it is impossible to domesticate new plants and animals
(E) the high protein content of these meats and grains is though to be unhealthy
B - Answer-According to Carl Sauer, which of the following is true about plant
domestication?
(A) It originated in marginal areas with limited food resources.
(B) It first occurred in diversified habitats with a variety of species
(C) It was developed by farmers who were starving and desperate for food
(D) It owes its origins to the domestication of animals
(E) It was at first dependent on irrigation
E - Answer-Which of the following correctly lists four major ancient culture hearths?
(A) Central Asia, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Mesopotamia
(B) Central Asia, India, Nile Valley, Southern Europe
(C) Egypt, Mekong Valley, Middle East, Western Africa
(D) Ethiopia, Ghana, Machu Picchu, Mongolia
(E) Indus Valley, Mesopotamia, Nile Valley, North China.
B - Answer-Which of the following can be categorized as a primary activity?
(A) Engineering
(B) Coal mining
(C) Teaching
(D) Car manufacturing
(E) Politics
B - Answer-Which of the following is a forward capital?
(A) Lima
(B) Brasilia
