AP Human Geography Practice Test

1. Question

The following are examples of the kinds of multiple-choice questions found on the exam.

Which of the following is a characteristic of a country moving from stage 2 to stage 3 of the demographic transition model?

Shorter life expectancy
Increasing birth rate
High level of female education
Declining death rate
Increasing dependence on farm labor

2. Question

The Berlin Conference of 1884–1885 and the partition of India in 1947 changed borders in Africa and South Asia and are reflected in the current world map. Which of the following best describes the type of political border resulting from these events?

Relict boundaries
Antecedent boundaries
Consequent boundaries
Superimposed boundaries
Subsequent boundaries

3. Question

Refer to the image below.

Which of the following is the land survey system shown in the satellite image?

Multiple nuclei
Suburban subdivision
Long lots
Metes and bounds
Township and range

4. Question

Refer to the image below.

In reading the landscape of the image, a geographer will most likely identify the land-survey pattern shown as typical of which of the following locations?

A rural agricultural region in the United States
An exurb of Paris, France
A coastal region of China
An agricultural region of eastern Canada
A rainforest development in southern Brazil

5. Question

Refer to the image below.

Technologies invented during which of the following periods explain how farmland was divided and cultivated as shown in the satellite image?

Columbian Exchange, when the use of Old World farm animals such as cows and horses was introduced.
First Agricultural Revolution, when the animal-powered plow and domesticated plants were developed.
Second Agricultural Revolution, when land-surveying technology and mechanical plows were developed.
Modern era, when local farmers used computers and data analysis.
Postindustrial era, when local farmers used global positioning systems and geographic information systems.

6. Question

Which of the following factors best explains the development and expansion of squatter settlements?

Gentrification of megacities in more developed countries displacing large numbers of urban dwellers
Rapid urbanization and inability of infrastructure to keep pace with the growth of megacities in developing countries
Urban dwellers seeking residential housing and shopping outside the congestion of the city
Zoning laws in developing countries that prevent current urban dwellers from obtaining land to build residential structures
The growth of urban agriculture encouraging migrant farm workers to move to cities requiring more housing

7. Question

The lush golf courses in the United Arab Emirates, the dikes and polders in the Netherlands, and the Three Gorges Dam in China are significant examples of land use.

Which of the following viewpoints of human-environment interaction are best described by these land-use examples?

Environmental determinism
Ecotourism
Possibilism
Heartland theory
Malthusian theory

8. Question

Refer to the following chart.

Which of the following processes accounts for the change in coal miners employed in the United States from 1950 to 2000?

Technological diffusion
Just-in-time production
Industrial revolution
Devolution
Deindustrialization

9. Question

Refer to the following chart.

Compare the bar graph showing coal mine employment and the line graph showing miner production. Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from trends in this data?

Coal mining has been outsourced to less-developed countries.
Mechanization and computer automation in mining have increased.
Legal restrictions have been imposed on the amount of coal exported overseas.
Renewable resources are being used more frequently to power vehicles.
Natural gas and oil production of electricity has declined.

10. Question

Which of the following is a pull factor affecting migration to some of the more developed countries?

Loss of factory jobs
Severe famine
The rise of an authoritarian regime
Universal health care
Religious persecution

11. Question

Based on the map, which of the following languages are most likely to be spoken in counties where 60 percent or more of residents spoke a language other than English at home?

French and French Creole languages
Spanish and American Indian languages
German and Dutch
Russian and Hindi
Chinese and Arabic

12. Question

Which of the following best explains a neo-Malthusian perspective on the Green Revolution?

The Green Revolution represents a jump in agricultural technology, but population will still grow faster than our ability to produce food will over the long run.
The Green Revolution solves the entire problem of feeding the planet, and Malthusian ideas are no longer relevant.
Local food production is the key to long-term food production.
The distribution of food in a capitalist system results in too many people being unable to afford basic foods.
The increase in the food supply and a resulting increase in the population available for farm labor will solve the food crisis.

13. Question

Compare the largest municipality populations for each country, and then select the following statement that correctly draws a conclusion regarding the pattern in the data.

China has a primate city, and the United States follows the rank-size rule.
Both countries follow the rank-size rule.
Neither country follows the rank-size rule.
Both countries have a primate city.
The United States has a primate city, and China follows the rank-size rule.

14. Question

Which of the following correctly pairs a global religion described with its hearth region of origin?

Buddhism and East Asia
Christianity and Latin America
Islam and Central Asia
Hinduism and South Asia
Judaism and eastern Europe

15. Question

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea sets the limit of the exclusive economic zone at 200 nautical miles from a country’s coastline. In cases where countries are less than 400 nautical miles apart at sea, which of the following explains how the exclusive economic zone boundary is determined for each country?

Both countries will state their case to the United Nations during a hearing of the Security Council.
Both countries will follow the median-line principle.
Both countries will share all of the water area.
Neither country can claim the area as an exclusive economic zone because the area is considered international water.
Both countries will receive increased territorial sea claims up to 24 nautical miles but will have no exclusive economic zone.

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AP Human Geography Practice Test

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1. Question

The following are examples of the kinds of multiple-choice questions found on the exam.

Which of the following is a characteristic of a country moving from stage 2 to stage 3 of the demographic transition model?

2. Question

The Berlin Conference of 1884–1885 and the partition of India in 1947 changed borders in Africa and South Asia and are reflected in the current world map. Which of the following best describes the type of political border resulting from these events?

3. Question

Refer to the image below.

Which of the following is the land survey system shown in the satellite image?

4. Question

Refer to the image below.

In reading the landscape of the image, a geographer will most likely identify the land-survey pattern shown as typical of which of the following locations?

5. Question

Refer to the image below.

Technologies invented during which of the following periods explain how farmland was divided and cultivated as shown in the satellite image?

6. Question

Which of the following factors best explains the development and expansion of squatter settlements?

7. Question

The lush golf courses in the United Arab Emirates, the dikes and polders in the Netherlands, and the Three Gorges Dam in China are significant examples of land use.

Which of the following viewpoints of human-environment interaction are best described by these land-use examples?

8. Question

Refer to the following chart.

Which of the following processes accounts for the change in coal miners employed in the United States from 1950 to 2000?

9. Question

Refer to the following chart.

Compare the bar graph showing coal mine employment and the line graph showing miner production. Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from trends in this data?

10. Question

Which of the following is a pull factor affecting migration to some of the more developed countries?

11. Question

Based on the map, which of the following languages are most likely to be spoken in counties where 60 percent or more of residents spoke a language other than English at home?

12. Question

Which of the following best explains a neo-Malthusian perspective on the Green Revolution?

13. Question

Compare the largest municipality populations for each country, and then select the following statement that correctly draws a conclusion regarding the pattern in the data.

14. Question

Which of the following correctly pairs a global religion described with its hearth region of origin?

15. Question