AP Human Geography Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Which example is best understood as a functional region?
A metropolitan rail system and the communities linked to its stations
An area mapped according to its majority language
A loosely defined area that people call the South
A state enclosed by legally recognized boundaries
2. A country has 24 million residents and 300,000 square kilometers of land. What is its arithmetic population density?
7,200 people per square kilometer
125 people per square kilometer
800 people per square kilometer
80 people per square kilometer
3. A graduate moves abroad after receiving a specialized job offer from a university in the destination country. Which detail is the clearest pull factor?
The specialized job offer in the destination country
Political uncertainty in the origin country
High housing costs near the migrant's former home
Limited professional opportunities in the origin country
4. Several states create an organization and agree to share limited authority over trade rules and regional regulations. Which political-geography concept does this illustrate?
Devolution
Balkanization
Supranationalism
Irredentism
5. Countries A and B have the same population and total land area, but Country A has less arable land. What follows from this information?
Country A has a lower arithmetic density than Country B
Both countries must have the same physiological density
Country B has a higher arithmetic density than Country A
Country A has a higher physiological density than Country B
6. A country maintains a high birth rate while improved sanitation and medicine rapidly reduce its death rate. Which demographic pattern is most likely?
Population decline caused by negative natural increase
Rapid natural increase typical of Stage 2 of the demographic transition
Little population change because births and deaths remain balanced
Population aging typical of a postindustrial Stage 5 society
7. Which landlocked Southeast Asian country lies between Thailand and Vietnam and also borders China, Myanmar, and Cambodia?
Thailand
Cambodia
Myanmar
Laos
8. A boundary was drawn across an unsettled area before large populations and distinct cultural landscapes developed there. How is that boundary classified?
Superimposed boundary
Subsequent boundary
Relic boundary
Antecedent boundary
9. One city is several times larger than every other city in its country and dominates national politics, media, and business. Which concept best describes it?
Primate city
Edge city
Gateway community
Boomburb
10. Which country has territory associated with both Europe and Asia and controls the Bosporus between the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara?
Greece
Georgia
Turkey
Bulgaria
11. Under the assumptions of von Thünen's agricultural land-use model, why would dairy farming tend to locate relatively close to a market city?
Dairy production requires access to a national capital
Perishability and transport costs favor shorter trips to market
Dairy cattle can only graze on land beside urban settlements
Urban land is generally cheaper than distant rural land
12. In the Burgess concentric-zone model, why would lower-income housing often appear in the zone of transition close to the central business district?
Strict rural zoning prevents businesses from entering the area
Older housing and changing land uses can make the area less expensive despite its central location
High-income households universally prefer the most congested inner-city land
Agricultural rents are highest immediately beside the central business district
13. A migrant community establishes places of worship in its destination and introduces its religious tradition to the new area. Which diffusion process began the spread?
Contagious diffusion
Hierarchical diffusion
Relocation diffusion
Stimulus diffusion
14. Which regional term identifies the semiarid transition zone immediately south of the Sahara, extending across Africa from the Atlantic side toward Sudan?
Sahel
Horn of Africa
Maghreb
Great Rift Valley
15. Which example best represents a formal region?
A downtown area that residents informally call the arts district
A state whose legally defined borders establish its jurisdiction
A commuter shed connected to a central city by daily travel
An area that fans associate with a particular sports team
16. Which landlocked European country borders Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia?
Slovakia
Serbia
Hungary
Romania