AP Human Geography ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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AP Human Geography ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Which branch of geography focuses on natural landforms, climate, soils, and vegetation of
the Earth? - CORRECT ANSWER- physical geography
Mercator Projection is known for its - CORRECT ANSWER- distortion of high latitudes
The locat...
AP Human Geography ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Which branch of geography focuses on natural landforms, climate, soils, and vegetation of
the Earth? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- physical geography
Mercator Projection is known for its - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- distortion of high latitudes
The location of a place in relation to other places or features around it is called - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- relative location
Mental (or cognitive) maps are largely - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- based on the imagined
experiences of an individual
The layering of geographic data by computers into datasets is known as - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Which of the following statements about migration is incorrect?
A. Many migrants leave their home bc of war
B. Environmental problems cause many ppl to migrate
C. Most migrants leave their homes because of high taxes
D. Many migrants go to poor countries that cannot accommodate more ppl
E. Most migrants in the world leave to pursue a "better life" - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- C.
Most migrants leave their homes because of high taxes
The approximate growth rate needed to sustain replacement of a population is - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- 2.1 percent
The world's population can best be described as generally concentrated in - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- South Asia and East Asia
, Contrary to Malthus's predictions in 1798, food production has since grown exponentially bc
of all the following EXCEPT:
A. The Green Revolution
B. mechanization
C. technology
D. genetic engineering
E. increased farmland - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- E. increased farmland
The statistic that reports the number of deaths per thousand ppl in a given year in a
population is called the - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- crude death or mortality rate
Assuming the Demographic Transition Model has five stages, the actual transition is
represented by - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- stages two and three
Population growth is exceptionally fast from both migration and total fertility in which of the
following cities?
A. Lagos
B. London
C. New York City
D. Tokyo
E. Paris - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A. Lagos
One of historical geography's major examples of agriculturally induced migration involved
the movement of hundreds of thousands of citizen to the US from which European country in
the 1830s and 1840s? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Ireland
One of the "laws" of migration as derived by Ravenstein states that - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Urban residents are less migratory than rural residents
A family decides to move to another region/place a long distance away, but finds a suitable
place to settle before reaching their original destination. This is called - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- intervening opportunity
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