AP Human Geography Exam Review ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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AP Human Geography Exam Review
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
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Spatial coordinates of latitude and longitude express
A. Relative location
B. Absolute location
C. Relative direction
D. Absolute direction
E. Relative distance - CORRECT ANSWER- B
AP Human Geography Exam Review
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Spatial coordinates of latitude and longitude express
A. Relative location
B. Absolute location
C. Relative direction
D. Absolute direction
E. Relative distance - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- B
A method for representing the three-dimensional surface of the earth on the two-dimensional
surface of a map is known as...
A. Scale
B. Globalization
C. Proximity
D. Ethnography
E. Projection - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- E
A subjective image of an area informed by individual perceptions and experiences in that area
is known as a
A. Thematic map
B. Reference map
C. Mental map
D. Contour map
E. Topographic map - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- C
Which of the following is NOT true of culture?
A. It is biologically inherited.
B. It varies from place to place.
C. It can converge and diverge over time.
,D. It can diffuse across space.
E. It expresses human adaptations and innovations. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A
The notion that the physical environment offers certain constraints and opportunities that
influence cultural practices without entirely determining them is known as
A. Assimilation
B. Possibilism
C. Diffusion
D. Determinism
E. Divergence - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- B
The principle of distance decay describes
A. A positive correlation between distance and degree of relation
B. A neutral correlation between distance and degree of relation
C. A negative correlation between distance and degree of relation
D. An uncertain correlation between distance and degree of relation
E. No correlation between distance and degree of relation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- C
The ability to travel and communicate over greater distances in shorter amounts of time, due
to technological innovations such as the airplane, automobile, telephone, and Internet,
represents the idea of...
A. Time-space compression
B. Stimulus diffusion
C. Friction of distance
D. Relocation diffusion
E. Possibilism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A
Which of the following examples best illustrates the concept of cognitive distance?
A. Distance expressed in terms of the amount of money it costs to travel from one place to
another
B. Distance measured in terms of miles or kilometers
,C. Distance measured in terms of minutes or hours
D. Distance expressed in terms of the perceived amount of space separating one place from
another
E. Distance expressed in terms of how far the average person can walk in one day -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- D
Thematic maps that employ a range of color tones to illustrate how particular values vary
across predefined areas, such as counties, provinces, or states, are referred to as...
A. Dot maps
B. Choroplethmaps
C. Proportional symbol maps
D. Isolinemaps
E. Cartograms - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- B
Which of the following best describes the SITE of Mexico City?
A. The most important financial and political center in Mexico.
B. An urban area located approximately two hours from Houston, Texas by airplane.
C. A highland valley and dry lakebed located on a high plateau in southern central Mexico.
D. The federal district of Mexico.
E. An important node in a global system of flows of goods, information, and people. -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- C
An example of a country with a population pyramid that has a large base is...
A. Japan
B. Germany
C. Nigeria
D. United States
E. Russia - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- C
The first stage of the demographic transition model indicates that...
A. Total population is low and constant with high birth rates and low death rates
, B. Total population is low and constant with low birth rates and high death rates
C. Total population is increasing with high birth rates and low death rates
D. Total population is low and constant with high birth rates and high death rates
E. Total population is low and constant with low birth rates and low death rates - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- D
Which of the following is NOT a contributing factor to the low birth rates in stage four of the
demographic transition model?
A. Less dependence on child labor
B. Reliance on subsistence agriculture
C. The education of women
D. Availability of health care
E. Increased sanitation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- B
China's one-child policy is an example of what theory?
A. Maximum population theory
B. Ideal population theory
C. Optimum population theory
D. Select population theory
E. Population theory - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- C
Arithmetic population density can be calculated by
A. Total land area multiplied by total population
B. Total land area minus total population
C. Total population multiplied by total land area
D. Total population minus total population
E. Total population divided by total land area - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- E
A high dependency ratio suggests that a large percentage of the population is...
A. Between 14 and 64 years old.
B. 65 years or older.
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