AP Exam Prep Multiple Choice

Which of the following would a human geographer MOST likely study during a hurricane?

The distribution of shelters in a city

Which of the following BEST describes the difference between place and region?

Place refers to a specific location, while region refers to an area that shares common characteristics.

When looking at a picture of rush hour traffic in Houston, a geographer is likely to ask which of the following questions?

Where do the public transportation routes run in Houston?

Unlike hierarchical diffusion, contagious diffusion

has equal impact across socioeconomic groups

All of the following are examples of globalization EXCEPT

•Chinese factory workers use cotton grown in India to produce shirts to sell in the United States

•a farmer in Africa uses the community computer to send e-mail to his son in London

•a multinational corporation has its headquarters in Paris and offices around the world

•farmers in South America convert farmland to grow coffee instead of beans and corn

a Mexican immigrant speaks Spanish when speaking to her parents

How has the field of geography evolved from the 19th century to today?

The use of scientific method and mathematical reasoning has resulted in more accurate maps overtime

Madison, Wisconsin is northwest of Chicago, Illinois. This is an example of which geographic concept?

Location

Which of the following is an example of the geographic concept of space?

In New York City, subway stops are placed five blocks apart.

Political maps would be likely to include toponyms for all of the following EXCEPT

mountains

•major transportation routes

•countries

•capitals

•major cities

How would a world map un a U.S. classroom likely to be different from a world map in an Australian classroom?

The map in the Australian classroom would show the Southern Hemisphere at the center or top of the map.

What is a human characteristic of New York City?

Many immigrants live in New York City.

A farmer seeking to raise organic vegetables and sell them in multiple farmers' markets is MOST likely to choose to farm in which of the following places?

•A large rural farm in the middle of the prairie

•A small urban farm

•A mountaintop farm

•A farm adjacent to a college town

•A rural farm near an urban center

A computer company has had great success with its office in a U.S. city. Now, the company wants to open a branch in China. What human geography characteristics should the company consider when choosing the city to open its branch?

Location of airports

Which of the following puts the geographic scales in order from the smallest to largest?

Local, regional, national, global

If a geographer wanted to compare malaria infection rates across multiple scales, which of the following is the BEST choice?

Comparing infection rates in the country of Ghana and it's capital Accra

A medical researcher is attempting to discover reasons why children in certain neighborhoods have high rates of asthmas and children in other neighborhoods do not. Which of the following maps might help her?

An air quality map that includes the neighborhoods in the study

Which of the following is an example of perceptual region?

Dixie

•The Denver metropolitan area

•The EBZ viewing area

•East Asia

•The mountain states

The Southeast region of the United States can BEST be described as

a formal region

The Amazon rainforest, Montana, and South Asia are examples of what kind of spatial regions?

Formal regions

Which of the following is a pull factor in migration?

Employment

Which of the following statements would explain why some countries had extremely high H1N1 deaths while others experienced few to no deaths?

Countries with high levels of international migrants were the most affected.

Movement affects the global economy in all of the following ways EXCEPT

neighbors barter services to complete household and yard chores

Travelers use GPS to

find area restaurants and attractions

How has GIS changed the fields of cartography and geography?

Multiple themes can be compared on one map

Climatologists and geographers use remote sensing to inform people about global warming because

remote sensing illustrates changes in glaciers and the polar ice cap

Geographers collect data in the field to

gain new information about a place or a region

Which of the following uses of remote sensing would be of MOST interest to a human geographer?

•Distinguishing the different types of vegetation found in a region

•Tracing the course of a tributary

Identifying changes in land use in a region

•Tracking the path of a hurricane

•Studying the impact of erosion on a shoreline

Remote sensing would be helpful in finding information on which of the following?

•The population density in Madrid

Housing patterns in Italy

•Cancer rates in Singapore

•The number of rivers in China

•Education levels in Germany

Which of the following is the BEST description of the field of geography?

The study of where people, places, and activities are located and why

Which of the following statements about vernacular regions is true?

Vernacular regions are defined by the cultural identity of the region.

Based on the theory of distance decay alone, which group would be MOST likely to abandon traditional practices over time?

Indian immigrants in Florida

Which of the following was Carl Sauer's major contribution to the field of geography?

He developed the cultural landscape theory.

How did the exploration of the world in the 1500s contribute to the field of geography?

Cartographers used data brought back by explorers to create new maps of the world.

Which of the following is an effect of globalization?

•Many Indian women wear a Sari.

Many American fast food restaurants have opened branches in Egypt.

•Many children in the Appalachian mountain region learn to play the banjo.

•Senegalese songs often include proverbs in the local language, Wolof.

•A soft drink is called a coke, a soda, or a pop in different regions of the United States.

Differences between dialects in parts of the country BEST reflect the geographic concept of

region

Geographers refer to the discipline of mapmaking as

cartography

Which of the following characteristics of a place is MOST likely to determine the types of economic activity?

•Types of landforms present

•Diversity of ethnic groups

•Number of languages

Proximity to transportation routes

•Architecture of buildings

A family is choosing where to travel for a winter ski vacation. Which characteristic should they consider in selecting a destination?

Average winter temperatures

What predictions can you make using the above precipitation map of China?

The East portion of China receives the most rain

What can you conclude from the following information?

After a multinational clothing company decided to move production from the United States to China, hundreds of people lost their jobs in a small town in Indiana. Restaurants and stores in the town lost business as the former factory workers stopped spending money.

A global business decision had local repercussions.

Which of the following shows the impact of globalization on a local scale?

•Many Americans travel to Paris for a romantic vacation.

•Muslim women in different areas of the world wear different types of hijab.

•Bollywood produces thousands of movies each year for South Asian audiences.

•Farmers' markets are common during the growing season in North America.

Many young Egyptians prefer to go out for hamburgers instead of falafel.

A region that is organized around a node is called a

functional region

Which of the following is LEAST likely to be the node of a functional region of a city?

Neighborhood park

•Government offices

•Business district

•TV station

•Shopping center

Which of the following BEST illustrates the concept of cultural diffusion?

•During winter, fruit is often shipped from the Southern Hemisphere to the United States.

•Recipes can be written in many different languages.

A kitchen cabinet contains foods from many different culinary traditions.

•Most foods are produced in factories many miles away from markets.

•Most food packaging is developed to be recyclable.

Which of the following is NOT an example of migration?

A student takes the train home from college.

•An Iraqi refugee flees the violence of the civil war.

•Children of farmers seek new opportunities in the city.

•An African American family leaves the inner city.

•Pakistanis move to Dubai in search of jobs.

What does GPS stand for?

Global positioning system

All of the following can be seen on satellite imagery EXCEPT

•individual houses

ethnic groups

•roads

•coastlines

•mountain ranges

A small town has unusually high levels of cancer. What kind of research might geographers perform to help scientists discover the cause?

Performing a survey of occupations of residents

A businesswoman hopes to open a family fun center in a metropolitan area. Which of the following types of data could help her decide where to locate her business?

•A newspaper survey on family recreation choices

•A study documenting roads where most drivers speed

•Satellite images of residential neighborhoods

•Educational levels data for area residents

Demographic information on resident ages