AP Geo Multiple Choice Practice

China has a population of over a billion. Monaco has a population just over 37,000. Why does Monaco have a higher crude population density?

Monaco has less land area than China

Which of the following would be helpful to a geographer trying to determine the number of farmers in an area?

Agricultural density

Mongolia has a population density of 4 people per square mile. Without any other information, which type of density is being given?

Crude population density

According to the image above, ______________ factors best explain why few people live in the Sahel region of Africa.

physical

On the map above, which of the following regions is home to the smallest percentage of Native Americans per total population by county?

the Northeast

what density model does one need to calculate how many farmers there are for ever kilometer of arable land?

Agricultural density

Which of the following regions has the lowest agricultural density?

commercial farming in the United States

Which of the following statements accurately describes how various factors affect population density?

population density is dependent on the developement of transportation systems

Image shows population density in china. Darkest areas have highest population, lightest areas have lowest. What physical feature most likely explains the high population density in Southeastern China?

The ocean

Which of the following geographic concepts is best represented by the image above?

Ecumene

To evaluate the impact that people have on the Florida Panthers, a human geographer would most likely _________

compare the changes in population density with the decline of Florida panthers

Which of the following locations has the highest population density?

The periphery zone of squatter settlements in Latin American cities

According to the Chart above, which country has a very high physiological density and more moderate or low are thematic density?

Egypt

Which conclusion best illustrates impact of both human and physical factors on population distributions?

as humans produce more CO2 climate change ice caps melt ocean temperatures increase in sea levels rise. Knowing this, the government of Bangladesh encourages citizens to migrate northward

Agricultural density differs from crude population density in that

agricultural density measures the amount of farmers per unit of arable area, crude population density measures the number of people per unit of area

Which of the following groupings contains countries where the majority of the population lives in urban areas?

France, Argentina, New Zealand

Which of the following is an accurate inference from the information on the map above?

there is a high concentration of population in and around Northeastern metropolitan areas

This difference demonstrates why it is important for geographers to study the _______ of population distributions

scale

Which of the following would explain the youthful population in sub-Saharan Africa?

all of the above

Which of the following statements is best supported by the map above that of the United States?

the majority of the country's major population clusters are in close proximity to bodies of water

According to data shown in the population density map of North America, what generalization can be best supported about the distribution of people in Canada, United States, and Mexico?

with a few exceptions the Canadian population is concentrated near the border of the United States

Why would a country with a low agricultural density be considered more developed?

the countries Farmers have capital( tractors and combines) and do not need as many Farm Workers

United States has a crude density of 34/km and the physiologic density of 380/km. comparatively, Mongolia has a crude density of 2/km and a physiologic density of 413/km. what conclusion can be drawn based on the information above?

Mongolia has less arable land in the United States per km

Presently about 40% of the world's population lives in within 100 km of the coast, and the percentage has been increasing. What Global phenomenon should raise the most concern for human safety in the wake of this trend?

climate change

In the United States, every 10 years state-level politicians use census data to redraw congressional districts within their states. Their goal is to draw boundary so that each district has a similar distribution of population, to guarantee equal representation in the government. this process is called

redistricting

Above are population periods for Angola and Zambia. The pyramids of both countries have similar structure. What is the main cause that results in the shape of these pyramids?

both countries have similar birth and death rates

Which of the following countries in Africa is the most populated?

Nigeria

The arrow pointing to the dangerous installation of electric wires in the photograph shows how population distribution affect the needs for _______

Urban Services

People are not distributed evenly across Earth's surface. 2/3 of the world's population is clustered in four major regions including all of the following EXCEPT

South America

In order to support a prosperous society, places needs roads buildings power and sewage systems running water etc. these are all examples of __________

infrastructure

This type of growth is

Exponential

Italy's population pyramid shows a large number of people in their economically productive years. What is a problem Italy will face in the future based on its pyramid?

Italy will have a high elderly dependency ratio

Which of the following regions is the MOST populated region in the world?

East Asia

Which of the following population pyramids displays a typical college town?

A

When doing this, governments are investing in __________

Infrastructure

Fox might detect more complex cultural patterns by adjusting the _________ of his research, not to just examine the number of listeners in each country overall but also the number of listeners within specific cities and regions inside each country.

scale

A population pyramid can be used to predict markets for goods and services. Based on Portugal's population pyramid, what type of service will be demanded in 30 years?

Healthcare

During which time. Did Taiwan have a high youth dependency ratio?

1980

Which of the above population pyramids reflects the country that has the largest work for supporting its elderly population?

C

Which of the following statements explains a decrease in ages in 0-5 in 2017 population pyramid?

an improvement in child and infant mortality rates

According to the population pyramid above, which of the following statements is not correct?

There are an even number of dependents and economically productive citizens

Based on the image above, What happens to a country in stage 2 of the demographic transition model?

crude death rate drop significantly, as Crude birth rates lag

Which theorist determines that population would outstrip food production?

Thomas Malthus

Which theorist was most likely the inspiration behind the belief that pandemics are a good thing because they limit population growth?

Thomas Malthus

Which of the following explains the changes in the birth rate in stages 4 and 5 of the demographic transition model?

All of the above

Which of the following best describes a country in stage 1 of the demographic transition model?

a rate of natural increase that is either at or slightly above 0.

Which of the following explains the changes and the death rate in stage 2 of the demographic transition model?

Improvements in medical care, water supply, and sanitation

Which of the following statements most accurately describes the migration pattern of a country in stage 4 of demographic transition?

HI International immigration in intraregional migration from large cities areas to the suburbs

To go through an epidemiological transition, a country would most likely experience changes in its ___________

Healthcare

According to the demographic transition model, which country would be considered to be experiencing Stage 5?

Italy

The country described in the profile above is in which stage of the demographic transition model?

stage 4

Which of the following is an example of a policy that is intended to increase birth rates?

Families are given monetary aid for childcare

According to the epidemiological transition model which country would be most susceptible to the cholera disease?

Chad

Which country is closest to experiencing 0 / negative population growth?

Greece

Which population pyramid depicts a country in stage 2 of the demographic transition model?

E

Which of the following are most instrumental in getting a country to Stage 2 in the epidemiological transition model?

economic growth

Which government resource is most likely needed as countries enter stage 3 of the demographic transition model?

employment

According to Stage 2 of the epidemiological transition model, death rates are likely to be caused by

pandemics

According to the epidemiologic transition model, the United States is currently in which of the following epidemiological stages?

age of degenerative and man-made diseases

Which of the following did Malthus' theory not take into account?

technological advancements in agriculture enabled food production to increase exponentially

Which stage of the day demographic transition model was England transitioning to Aziz changes were occurring?

Stage 2

The graph above represents which geographers Theory?

Thomas Malthus

Which of the following best summarizes the core argument of Malthusian Theory?

Malthus argued that the population has outgrown the food supply because people were failing to practice "moral restraint"

19th century English clergyman, Thomas Robert Malthus, theorize that human populations, not regulated by social conditions, will ultimately inevitably extinguish themselves because of which factor?

resource depletion resulting from overpopulation

Which of the following best explains why some Modern geographers continue to promote Malthusian Theory?

The limited use of contraceptives in many developing countries has led to increasingly high rates of natural increase.

Malthusian theory is used to ______

both A and B

Which of the following World regions would neo-malthusians most likely use to support their contemporary views?

sub-Saharan Africa

In an essay on the principle of population in 1798, Thomas Malthus argued that the world would suffer severe hardships because the global population was increasing at a far more rapid Pace in the food supply. Critics of malthusian theory argue that such predictions were inaccurate because

Mouse has failed to anticipate the development of new technologies that would decrease food insecurity

The image above shows refrigerated meat in a small town Mexican meat market in Northern California. which of the following statements best explains how the image relates to malthusian theory?

it refutes malthusian Theory because there have been many improvements in food preservation, including Refrigeration, causing a decrease in food insecurity

Which statement is most likely made by a Neo malthusian?

programs to prevent and increase in the death rate by giving food to the poor will be ineffective if not accompanied by efforts to control birth rates.

Which term best describes malthus's faith?

Christian

The above pyramid displays the age and sex structure of Japan's population. All of the following are contributing factors to the shape of the pyramid except

a lack of access to contraceptives and Family Planning services.

If a population is aging, it is experiencing

Both A and C (low CBR and long life expectancies)

Which is the single most important Criterion for determining whether a countries population is aging?

dependency ratio

Which of these countries has a population pyramid with a bulge at the top?

Japan

One Way geographers measure the economic impact of Aging is the ______

old- age dependency ratio

Countries with aging populations face many social and economic challenges. Which of the following is NOT one of those challenges?

High infant mortality rates

A country like China has a large population of men and women between the ages of 15 and 64. which of the following is an economic benefit for a population pyramid of this shape?

It gives the country a large pool of workers

Look at the graph a good worker to beneficiary ratio this country. what is true of this country today?

The country is aging

According to the graph of Japan's birth and death rates, during which time. Was Japan most burden by the pressures of an aging population?

2005-2008

Which of the following population pyramids would indicate the highest elderly dependency ratio?

E (Japan 2015)

Which of the following is not a likely government response to an aging population?

Decreasing taxes on the workforce

Based on what you know about demographics and the stages of the demographic transition model, which country most likely hosts an aging population?

France

In many American cities, public transportation and Emergency Services will need to be improved over the next 25 years due to which demographic trend?

The Aging baby boomer population

Which of the following reasons best explains changes in fertility rates in the United States from 2000 to 2010?

Economic prosperity or decline

Which strategies does the World Bank used to improve maternal mortality rates worldwide?

All of the above

When countries in Asia transition from less-developed countries to more developed countries, how does this impact gender roles?

It has raises questions about traditional family structure in the protections it can afford women.

Which of the following reasons best explains the changes infertility in Indonesia since the 1960s?

greater opportunities for girls and women

According to the international organization for migration, migrant women and men worldwide send the same amount of money in red Mitten says, however women sent a larger proportion of their income. This provides evidence for each of the following statements except

men feel very little obligation to send money back to their families

Which statement offers the most plausible prediction of the effect that the recent proliferation of various expressions of the divine feminine will have on recent Trends in reproductive fertility rates in the populations of the countries where these views are being introduced?

None of the above could be confidently or offered as the answer because multiple factors go into the decision to give birth to more humans...

Which of the following would not be associated with an anti-nationalist population policy?

reducing the distribution and availability of contraceptives

A country that struggles with low fertility is most likely to enact which of the following policies?

pronatalist policies

Which of the following countries have had an anti natalist population policy?

China

It is estimated that in the year 2013, migrans came to the United States in the largest numbers from which of the following regions?

Latin America

Which of the following countries influences population growth through Pro natalist policies?

Japan

Which of the following countries have a pronatalist population policy?

Japan

Forced sterilization, infanticide, state-sponsored contraceptives, and tax incentives for small families are all examples of ______

anti natalism

Which of the following is an example of pronatalist policy?

Government incentives such as a tax break for child care

Which best describes the reason that desertification presents an environmental problem around the Aral Sea?

as the Aral Sea shrinking, there are clouds of chemical and sand that blow from the expose sea bed

According to the one child policy in China, if a family has more than one child then _____

the family is required to pay a fine to the government