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AP Human Geography Exam Review
Test Description: This is a review of AP Human Geography from the Barron's guide for the exam. *Missed Questions from Diagnostic Test
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which of the following is a true statement regarding time-space compression?
A
Places are getting closer together in space but not in time
B
Places seem to be getting closer together
C
Places are making a greater effort to converge activities to save time
D
Places seem to all look the same
2) Which is most responsible for hierarchical diffusion, as opposed to contagious diffusion?
A
Distance decay effects
B
Some people need multiple contacts before they adopt an innovation
C
Relevance of particular innovations to only specific locations
D
Spacial network links between major nodes
3) Slash-and-burn agriculture is
A
a relatively new invention
B
always completely sustainable
C
not sustainable
D
typical for tropical forests
4) Increased air pollution, inner city decay, homogenization of landscapes, and loss of productive farmland are all caused by
A
Ghettotization
B
Gentrification
C
Postermodernism
D
Suburbanization
5) All of the following characterize the Green Revolution EXCEPT
A
Use of more environmentally sustainable green techniques in agricultural production
B
development and improvement of chemicals used in agricultural production
C
exportation of agricultural techniques from developed to developing countries
D
more intensive production of agricultural goods in developing regions
6) Cindy's store on Main Street sells paintings primarily to tourists visiting Hilton Head, South Carolina, from other cities. This is part of the
A
basic economy of Hilton Head
B
nonbasic economy of Hilton Head
C
Informal economy of Hilton Head
D
secondary economy of Hilton Head
7) Which of the following contributes MOST to both current and projected population growth
A
Demographic Momentum
B
decreasing total fertility rate
C
Decreasing death rate
D
decreasing crude birth rate
8) Which is true about agriculture as a cultural innovation
A
it was probably first carried out by women, not men
B
It definitely involved seed planting before vegetative planting
C
it probably occurred in nomadic cultures first
D
it is the first example of genetic modification of organisms
9) The Demographic Accounting Equation takes all of the following factors into account when calculating a country's population EXCEPT
A
emmigration
B
natural decrease
C
immigration
D
Total fertility rate
10) According to the rank-size rule, a city that has a rank of three
A
would contain approximately one-third of the country's total urban poopulation
B
would contain approximately one-third of the urban amenities generally provided within that country
C
would contain one-third of the population of the country's largest city
D
would be the the third closest city to the country's capital
11) What of the following best describes exhurbia?
A
generally located on freeways on the outskirts of major cities
B
lies outside of urban zoning restrictions
C
made up of small, isolated communities consisting mostly of telecommuters
D
usually found in Europe and Asia
12) According to von Thunen's model, why is wheat farmed furthers from the market than dairy is?
A
Wheat is more expensive to transport
B
Land rent is more expensive further from the market
C
The climate is different near the market
D
Dairy generates more revenue per acre
13) Mexico's maquiladoras are examples of
A
offshore financial centers
B
informal economic activities
C
export processing zones
D
ancillary activites
14) Which is a good example of planned agrictulture?
A
markets that conform to the von Thunen model
B
Price supports for milk
C
pastoral nomadism
D
increased transport costs for bulkier items
15) Which of the following is the best example of what geographers mean when they say that cities exist as part of an urban hierarchy?
A
cities are always the source of innovations that diffuse hierarchally
B
Like small cities, large cities provide low-order commodities;large cities also provide high-order commoditiies
C
cities provide goods and services for their innhabitants
D
the size of cities has been increasing
16) All of the following were part of the Green Revolution in the 1960s and 1970s EXCEPT
A
new hybrid seeds
B
dissemination of technology from core to the periphery
C
more intensive use of the land
D
GIS-based smart agriculture
17) Activities such as janitorial services, grocery stores, and delivery services can all be described as
A
informal economic activities
B
ancillary services
C
secondary activities
D
basic actvities
18) All of the following could be barriers to spacial interaction EXCEPT
A
a highway
B
any of the above could be barriers
C
a neighborhood where people speak a different language than the surrounding neighborhoods
D
a different ethnicity
19) All of the following contributed to the strong suburbinization trend in the U.S. post- WWII EXCEPT:
A
transportation improvements
B
loans for new housingq
C
40-hour work weeks
D
lack of jobs in urban areas
20) An economy in which the government plays a major role in determining what and how items can be sold is best characterized as a
A
unity government economy
B
territorial government economy
C
planned economy
D
commercial economy
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