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