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AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY UNIT 2 PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY UNIT 2PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS AND
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According to the US Committee for Refugees, the three largest groups of international
refugees are
A) Vietnamese, Indian and Indonesian
B) Sudanese, South African and Colombian
C) Ethiopian, Nicaraguan, and Somalian
D) Mexican, Pakistani, and Colombian
E) Palestinian, Iraqi, and Afghan - Answer-E
True or false: Most migration occurs because of a combination of push and pull factors.
- Answer-True
Migration to the US declined during the 1920s primarily because of
A) imposition of quota laws
B) economic depression in the US
C) declining demand for domestic workers
D) forced migration after WWI
E) declining demand for industrial workers - Answer-A
Guest workers in Europe and the Middle East are
A) southern Europeans
B) technical specialists invited as consultants
C) Muslims
D) illegal immigrants
E) low-status foreigners - Answer-E
The most prominent type of intraregional migration in the world is
A) urban to rural
B) region to region
C) city to city
D) rural to urban
E) north to south - Answer-D
Which of the following is not presently one of the three largest migration flows in the
world?
A) to North America from Asia
B) to North America from Latin America
C) to Europe from Africa
D) to Europe from Asia - Answer-C
The largest number of undocumented immigrants to the US come from what country?
,A) Mexico
B) the Philippines
C) South Korea
D) Cuba
E) Dominican Republic - Answer-A
The ability to move from one location to another is - Answer-mobility
Refugees migrate primarily because of which type of push factor?
A) circulation
B) economic
C) cultural
D) environmental - Answer-C
Most guest workers head for which part of Europe?
A) south and east
B) south and west
C) central
D) north and east
E) north and west - Answer-E
A country has net in-migration if emigration _______ immigration.
A) is less than
B) exceeds
C) varies more than
D) equals
E) is closer to net migration than - Answer-A
The destination for most undocumented immigrants entering Mexico is
A) work in Pacific coast resorts
B) work in factories in northern Mexico
C) the US border
D) work on fruit plantations
E) Mexico city - Answer-C
Counterurbanization is
A) decline of the inner-city infrastructure
B) migration to rural areas and small towns
C) the move from the urban core to suburban areas
D) due to expanding suburbs
E) the trend of the elderly retiring to rural locations - Answer-B
True or false: In recent years, the immigration quota has been sufficient to
accommodate all people who wish to migrate to the US. - Answer-False
The Brazilian government encouraged interregional migration by
, A) making Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo more attractive
B) clearing the rain forest for agricultural activities in the interior
C) dictating optimal locations for factories
D) moving the capital to Brasilia
E) industrial development on the Atlantic coast - Answer-D
Recent immigrants to the US
A) are nearly evenly distributed among all states
B) are concentrated in a few states according to economic prospects and migrant's
country of origin
C) are distributed evenly along the southern US border and the east and west coasts
D) are concentrated in Texas, California, and Illinois - Answer-B
Most European guest workers come from which part of Europe?
A) north and west
B) north and east
C) central
D) south and east
E) south and west - Answer-D
True or false: Countries with slow population growth but strong economies commonly
experience out-migration. - Answer-False
Wilbur Zelinsky's model of migration predicted
A) long migration distances are more likely than short
B) migration characteristics vary with the demographic transition
C) women are more likely to migrate than men
D) intraregional migration is more important than interregional
E) migrants move most frequently for economic reasons - Answer-B
The largest level of interregional migration in the US was caused by the
A) opening up of the western territories
B) illegal immigration from Latin America
C) immigration of Asians beginning in the early twentieth century
D) arrival of Europeans beginning in the 1600s
E) industrial development in the northeast - Answer-A
Many of the refugees from Vietnam became known as the
A) Viet Cong
B) communists
C) Hindus
D) segregationists
E) boat people - Answer-E
True or false: It can be difficult to distinguish between economic migrants and refugees,
except in the way they are granted admittance to a new country. - Answer-false
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