APHG Test 1
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Dalynn Robinson
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Geography, History, Social Studies
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9th Grade - University
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1.
Multiple Choice
A ratio of the number of items within a defined unit of area measures
dispersion
direction
pattern
density
diffusion
2.
Multiple Choice
Which of the following best describe the site of Manhattan?
a regional transportation hub for the northeastern U.S.
a midway point along an urban corridor stretching from Boston to Washington D.C.
an island bordered by the Hudson and East Rivers
an important center for international trade and commerce
an urban center located two hours northeast of Philadelphia by train
3.
Multiple Choice
Spatial coordinates of latitude and longitude express
relative location
absolute location
relative direction
absolute direction
relative distance
4.
Multiple Choice
Which of the following concepts refers to the spatial arrangement of items of features within a given area?
Distribution
Direction
Accessibility
Trajectory
Scale
5.
Multiple Choice
A method for representing the three dimensional surface of the earth on the two-dimensional surface of a map is known as
scale
globalization
proximity
ethnography
projection
6.
Multiple Choice
A subjective image of an area informed by individual perceptions and experiences in that area is known as a
thematic map
reference map
mental map
contour map
topographic map
7.
Multiple Choice
An example of a country with a population pyramid that has a larger base is
Japan
Germany
Nigeria
United States
Russia
8.
Multiple Choice
The demographic transition model suggest that as countries industrialize
in-migration increases over time
migration increases from rural to urban areas
birth and death rates decrease over time
life expectancy decreases over time
fertility rates increase over time
9.
Multiple Choice
The first stage of the demographic transition model (DTM) indicates that
total population is low and constant with high birth rates and low death rates
total population is low and constant with low birthrates and high death rates
total population is increasing with high birth rates and low death rates
total population is low and constant with high birth rates and high death rates
total population is low and constant with low birth rates and low death rates
10.
Multiple Choice
Which of the following is not a contributing factor to the low birth rates in stage four of the demographic transition model?
Less dependence on child labor
Reliance on subsistence agriculture
The education of women
Availability of healthcare
Increased sanitation
11.
Multiple Choice
According to Thomas Malthus's population theory, which of the following is a preventive check on population ?
Famine
Disease
War
Moral restraint
Disaster
12.
Multiple Choice
Which of the following countries contains three megacities, the most of any nation?
Brazil
United States
China
India
Mexico
13.
Multiple Choice
China's one-child policy is an example of what theory?
Maximum population theory
Ideal population theory
Optimum population theory
Select population theory
Population theory
14.
Multiple Choice
Which of the following is NOT a result of overpopulation ?
Squatter settlements in Rio de Janeiro
Low unemployment rates in Tokyo
Deforestation in Madagascar
Overcrowding in Mumbai
Lack of access to food in Manila
15.
Multiple Choice
Which of the following regions has the highest rate of natural increase?
Sub-Saharan Africa
North America
Australia
Europe
Russian Domain
16.
Multiple Choice
Arithmetic population density can be calculated by
total land area multiplied by total population
total land area minus total population
total population multiplied by total land area
total population minus total population
total population diced by total land area
17.
Multiple Choice
In the United States suburbanization increased in the 1960s and resulted in which of the following?
Loss of tax base and increased poverty rates in city centers
Renovation of city centers and increased employment opportunities
Improved race relations through gentrification
High unemployment rates in the suburbs as jobs remained downtown
Increased use of public transportation
18.
Multiple Choice
Commercial farming led to what 20th-century population change in North America?
Urban decentralization
The growth of the Sunbelt
Counterurbanization
Rural-to-Urban migration
The "Black Exodus" from the south
19.
Multiple Choice
Which of the following cities is an example of urban primacy?
Los Angeles
Buenos Aires
Toronto
Moscow
Rome
20.
Multiple Choice
The population of developed nations can be described as having
higher fertility rates than undeveloped countries
higher crude death rates than undeveloped countries
higher crude birth rates than undeveloped countries
lower natural increase than undeveloped countries
lower life expectancy rates than undeveloped countries
21.
Multiple Choice
IN which of the following countries is most likely to find speakers whose native language belongs to the Uralic language family?
Libya
Cambodia
Kazakhstan
Portugal
Germany
22.
Multiple Choice
Which of the following terms best describes the geographical boundary of one particular linguistic feature?
Language border
Toponym
Choropleth interval
Linguistic Hearth
Isogloss
23.
Multiple Choice
Which of the following sacred places is most closely associated with animism ?
Hagia Sophia
Ayers Rock
Sistine Chapel
Mecca
The Western Wall
24.
Multiple Choice
Historically, cultural diffusion patterns in the United States have tended to flow in which general direction?
East to West
West to East
North to South
South to North
Northwest to Southeast
25.
Multiple Choice
A Hindu temple located in Texas is most likely the result of which kind of diffusion?
Expansion
Hierarchical
Contagious
Relocation
Stimulus
26.
Multiple Choice
The religious doctrine of ahimsa, which discourages violence against other living beings, is best associated with which of the following regions?
North Africa
Western Europe
Arabian Peninsula
Andes Mountains
Indian Subcontinent
27.
Multiple Choice
The persistence of ethnic urban enclaves in major American cities could be cited as evidence to support all of the following phenomena EXCEPT
Chain Migration
Residential Segregation
Structural Assimilation
Multiculturalism
Multinucleated urban structure
28.
Multiple Choice
Which of the following folk architecture styles is ideally suited for a diurnal climate?
New York Dutch home
Iroquois Longhouse
Garrison house
Adobe house
Log cabin
29.
Multiple Choice
Compared to popular cultures, folk cultures are
more cosmopolitan
more homogeneous
more diffuse
more transitory
more contagious
30.
Multiple Choice
A dialect is best described as which of the following?
Cultural complex
Cultural trait
Language branch
Language group
Language family
31.
Multiple Choice
A Mormon church located in a rural area of northwestern Colorado is most likely the result of which kind of diffusion?
Expansion
Relocation
Hierarchical
Maladaptive
Stimulus
32.
Multiple Choice
Which of the following provides the clearest example of a derelict landscape?
a gentrified, urban landscape
a rural, cultivated landscape
a suburban, residential landscape
an abandoned, industrial landscape
a preserved, sacred landscape
33.
Multiple Choice
Many borders act to create cultural distance between people of the same ethnic group, a phenomenon that most often leads to
the militarization of that ethnic group
the fragmentation of that ethnic group
the unification of that ethnic group
the blending of that ethnic group with at least two other ethnic groups
the political rise of that ethnic group
34.
Multiple Choice
Transitional migrants and immigrants maintain human networks primarily by
remaining contact with person from their country of origin
petitioning federal governments to prohibit human trafficking
failing to adopt the customs of their new homeland
establishing small businesses in urban areas
becoming citizens of their new homelands within a few years after becoming expatriates
35.
Multiple Choice
The presence of a national boundary between two cities has the potential to decrease the amount of trade that occurs between them if
the two countries in which the cities are located have tariffs on certain goods
the two countries in which the cities are located are party to a free trade agreement
the two countries in which the cities are located do not share a common port
the two countries in which the cities are located are both clients of the World Bank
the two countries in which the cities are located are connected by expressways
36.
Multiple Choice
Cities along national borders often contain evidence of the interdependence that exist between two countries, which is demonstrated on an individual level by residents of these cities who
frequently tell stories about the two countries
frequently migrate between the two countries
frequently pass legislation regarding the two countries
frequently work only in one country
frequently are tourist in a third country
37.
Multiple Choice
Some countries, such as India and Nepal, have treaties that allow citizens to live, work, and travel freely in both lands, a practice that typically leads to the development of
opposing national identities
fluid national identities
rigid national identities
postindustrial national identities
Communist national identities
38.
Multiple Choice
A federal state is likely to possess
citizens who favor democratic elections
a leader with power to revise the country's constitution
a large amount of mineral resoures
multiple systems of checks and balances
a king and queen
39.
Multiple Choice
Although the United Kingdom is divided into several countries-England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland-it constitutes
a puppet state
a Communist state
a federal state
a single party state
a unitary state
40.
Multiple Choice
A confederacy or union between states is most likely to arise in
a federal state
a unitary state
a puppet state
a monarchy
a Communist state
41.
Multiple Choice
The centralized power of a unitary state is most likely to be threatened by the development of
a self-governing region
a broad trade agreement with a neighboring state
a constitution that requires citizens to be born within the state
voting districts that divide large rural areas
a new religion found only within the state
42.
Multiple Choice
When several unitary states choose to become one state, their initial attempt to govern themselves is likely to take the form of
a series of colonization
a series of civil wars
a series of annexations of territory
a series of treaties
a series of redistricting efforts
43.
Multiple Choice
Most of the world's unitary states can be found on the continents of
North America and South America
Africa and Asia
Australia and Europe
Antartica and North America
Australia and South America
44.
Multiple Choice
A buffer state is a politically neutral state that lies between two or more powerful states and acts
to enhance both states political powers
as a taxing authority for both states
to balance power between the two states
to minimize the religious authority of major institutions
to stop immigrants from traveling to the larger of the two states
45.
Multiple Choice
The Second Agricultural Revolution occurred at roughly the same time as the
American Civil War
Industrial Revolution
Green Revolution
Boxer Rebellion
California Gold Rush
46.
Multiple Choice
The Third Agricultural Revolution is also known as the
Green Revolution
Industrial Revolution
Genetic Revolution
Rice Revolution
Plantation Revolution
47.
Multiple Choice
Locations farthest from large bodies of water
experience the most natural disasters
have the most extreme climates
are most suitable for large-scale agriculture
need more water to irrigate crops
tend to have the highest population density
48.
Multiple Choice
Dogs, pigs, and chickens were first domesticated in
Western Africa
Central Africa
North America
Southeast Asia
Northern India
49.
Multiple Choice
All the following are forms of commercial agriculture EXCEPT
diary farming
specialized fruit production
cattle ranching
grain farming
pastoral nomadism
50.
Multiple Choice
A farmer plants corn in a field one year, cotton in the same field the following year, and then corn again. This is practicing
subsistance agriculture
commercial farming
crop rotation
slash-and-burn agriculture
shifting cultivation
51.
Multiple Choice
Which of the following crops is grown on the sides of terraced hills to allow flowing water to run over plants?
Wheat
Rice
Taro
Soybean
Millet
52.
Multiple Choice
Which of the following seed crops were first domesticated in Mexico?
rice and wheat
corn and millet
yams and palm trees
squash and beans
sugarcane and taro
53.
Multiple Choice
In South America, most of the ethanol is produced using
corn
soybean
wheat
palm oil
sugarcane
54.
Multiple Choice
Market-Gardening activities occur in which zone of Von Thunen's model of agricultural land use?
First zone
Second Zone
Third Zone
Fourth Zone
Sixth Zone
55.
Multiple Choice
Which of the following was a short-term result of the collectivization of agricultural production in Communist countries?
increased labor
urbanization
deindustrialization
food shortages
lower food cost
56.
Multiple Choice
All of the following are plantation crops EXCEPT
cotton
tea
sugarcane
rubber
wheat
57.
Multiple Choice
In the 200 years following the Industrial Revolution, heavy industry was found in all of the following locations EXCEPT
North America
Russia
France
East Asia
Northern Africa
58.
Multiple Choice
Service-based economies are focused on all of the following EXCEPT
telecommunication
tourism
marketing
sales
mining
59.
Multiple Choice
Export-processing zones are most often located in
underdeveloped regions of developing nations
areas with high tax rates
countries with low tax rates of unemployment
regions inaccessible by mass transit
residential areas of developed nations
60.
Multiple Choice
Deindustrialization occurred at the national level in Great Britain when heavy industry was moved to locations with
greater access to major ports
lower production cost
a more educated population
economies more geared toward tertiary economic activities
higher industrial-economic development
61.
Multiple Choice
According to Rostow's stages of development, which of the following is true?
All countries will eventually pass through each of the five stages of economic development
The colonial legacy will impede a country's economic growth
Foreign investment is a necessary precondition for economic development in the second stage
Countries might not pass through each of the stages in a linear manner
Deindustrialization is accounted for in the fifth and final stage
62.
Multiple Choice
In the core-periphery model of global economic patterns, all of Africa is included in the periphery EXCEPT
Zimbabwe
Morocco
South Africa
Liberia
Egypt
63.
Multiple Choice
Which of the following groups of American cities is part of the Rust Belt?
Detroit, Buffalo, and Cleveland
San Jose, Palo Alto, and Cupertino
St. Louis, Little Rock, and Oklahoma City
Atlanta, Augusta, and Knoxville
Albuquerque, Tucson, and Phoenix
64.
Multiple Choice
Mexico's system of maquiladoras is located
along the coast of the Pacific Ocean
on the Baja Peninsula
on the Yucatan Peninsula
along the Mexico-United States border
in the areas surrounding Mexico City
65.
Multiple Choice
China leads newly industrialized countries in terms of demographic transition mostly due to
its one child policy
rapid urbanization
advanced infrastructure
low labor costs
high per capita income
66.
Multiple Choice
In the past, many urban areas were viewed as "male spaces" because women had comparatively few opportunities to
produce children and help raise families
find employment and buy property
use public transportation systems
maintain a network of female freinds
barter and sell goods
67.
Multiple Choice
Today, city planners work to create healthy urban environments by designing neighborhoods and streets that allow residents to
obtain organic food
engage in regular excercise
drive without obstacles
easily access health clinics of all sizes
commute quickly to schools and workplaces
68.
Multiple Choice
Urban political districts are often created by dividing a city using
a map of the city's mineral resources
advanced geosensing tools
estimations of party lines as social boundaries
its natural physical boundaries
extended kinship models as guides
69.
Multiple Choice
In a futuristic version of Hoyt's sector model, low-income populations would be most likely to live close to
industrial canals
high-speed rail lines
green space and parks
pedestrian walkways
wind farms
70.
Multiple Choice
The gravity model, which can be used to calculate the bonds between different urban centers, assumes that two cities located close together
would attract more people than two cities located far apart
would not attract a large number of people
would only attract people to the larger of the two cities
would attract equal numbers of people to each city
would attract fewer people than the residential population of both cities combined
71.
Multiple Choice
Residents of edge cities and suburban areas have long depended on automobiles and public transportation to access
performing arts centers in large cities
educational opportunities in large cities
jobs in large cities
places of religious worship in large cities
family networks in large cities
72.
Multiple Choice
The green belt policy encourages a city to curb the amount of construction on a city's edges to encourage growth in
the city's suburbs
the city's industrial zones
the city's transportation networks
the city's waterfront district
the city's core
73.
Multiple Choice
The political powers of a city council are typically outlined in
the city commission's handbook
the platform of the city's controlling political party
the state's labor code
the federal constitution
the state's constitution
74.
Multiple Choice
In the United States, it has been demonstrated that a sudden influx of wealth into urban ghetto typically leads to
a drop in the number of women-owned businesses in the ghetto
the ghetto's transformation into a commuter zone
further segregation and the persistence of the ghetto
desegregation and economic development within the ghetto
reunification of extended families throughout the ghetto
75.
Multiple Choice
In many American cities, public transportation and emergency response services must be improved within the next 25 years primarily to serve
the aging Baby Boomer population
inner-city college studetns
commuters from suburban areas
industrial workers from rural areas
Generation X service workers
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