APHG Exam Practice Questions

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1 APHG Exam Practice Questions

2 1 The relationship between an object on the surface of the Earth and the same object on a map projection is known as what? a) Map class b) Map projection c) Map scale d) Map distortion e) Map direction

3 2 What economist was the first person to predict a population crisis? a) Malthus b) Freidman c) Ernhard d) Weber e) Hoyt

4 3 The hearth of contemporary country music is located around what city? Houston, TX Dallas, TX Memphis, TN Nashville, TN Atlanta, GA

5 4 Which of the following countries is not one of the Four Asian Tigers? a) Singapore b) Taiwan c) South Korea d) Hong Kong e) Vietnam

6 5 Johann Heinrich von Thunen s model of agricultural land use is centered on what basic concept? a) The farmers sell all of their farm production to a market b) The higher-end commodities are located farther from the market c) The lighter commodities are closer to the market to ensure profitability d) The heavier commodities are around the marekt because they need irrigation e) The market is based on subsistence farming practices in LDCs

7 6 Weber s least cost theory is based on what primary cost? a) Labor b) Infrastructure c) Transportation d) Government taxes e) Land costs

8 7 What theory suggest that in an urban setting, the farther a neighborhood is from the CBD, the greater the wealth is? a) Sector model b) Same-size rule c) Multiple nuclei model d) Concentric zone model e) Urban periphery model

9 8 Which country has created special economic zones (SEZs) to attract investment? a) Japan b) Vietnam c) South Korea d) China e) Thailand

10 9 What stage in the DTM has the highest growth rates? a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 e) 5

11 10 What type of survey pattern was initiated by the French in the US and is still evident in the Louisiana region of the US today? a) Long lots system b) Township and range system c) Metes and bounds system d) Nucleated town system e) Concentric urban framework

12 11 What is the name of the supranational organization established in 1960 to control the trade of petroleum production by its members? a) NAFTA b) OPEC c) EU d) PRA e) CENTO

13 12 Because of the signing of NAFTA, there has been an increase in a) Transnational corporations b) Footloose industries c) Maquiladoras d) Sweatshop industries e) International migration in North America

14 13 Which religion is the largest universalizing religion in the world today? a) Christianity b) Islam c) Buddhism d) Judaism e) Hinduism

15 14 Which of the following is the best example of a nation-state? a) Romania b) Vietnam c) Argentina d) Zimbabwe e) Denmark

16 15 Which of the following is the name for refusing to give loans to people living in specific areas of the city? a) Blockbusting b) White flight c) Segregation d) Ghettoization e) Redlining

17 16 Edge cities would most likely be associated with which urban model a) Concentric zone b) Sector c) Peripheral d) Multiple nuclei e) CBD

18 17 What country has the largest coal reserves in the world? a) China b) US c) Russia d) Canada e) Mexico

19 18 Farming today in MDCs is in a transition period. What transition is occurring? a) The movement toward mechanization b) The movement toward industrial c) The movement from hunting and gathering to planting and sustaining d) The movement of population to rural areas e) The use of less genetic engineering to modify plants and animals

20 19 A retired couple moves from Chicago to Arizona. This is most likely an example of what geographic factor? Economic pull factor Economic push factor Environmental pull factor Political pull factor Political push factor

21 20 Which religion is the fastest growing of the world s five primary religions? a) Christianity b) Islam c) Judaism d) Hinduism e) Buddhism

22 21 What is the name of the theory that suggests that whoever owns the Eastern European region will or could control the world, based on the agricultural and industrial production of the region? a) Rimland theory b) Heartland theory c) Domino theory d) Transnational theory e) Geopolitical theory

23 22 A family moving from LA, California, to New Orleans, Louisiana, but stays in Alburquerque, New Mexico b/c of the positive amenities. This is an example of what? a) Distance decay b) Environmental pull factor c) Environmental push factor d) Intervening opportunity e) Intervening obstacles

24 23 According to acculturation, how many generations on average does it take for an immigrant family to lose its primary language? Never

25 24 Prior to the First Agricultural Revolution, what were humans doing for food? a) Fishing b) Planting crops c) Hunting and gathering d) Genetically engineering food for mass production e) Purchasing it in small, food-specific establishments

26 25 The delivery area of the Pittsburgh Gazette is an example of what type of region? a) Functional b) Formal c) Vernacular d) Statistical e) Urban realm

27 26 The conflict in Rwanda and Uganda in the mid- 1990s is an example of a(n) a) Religious conflict b) Ethnic conflict c) Transnational conflict d) Border conflict

28 27 Which of the following cities in a primate city in its country? a) London, UK b) Venice, Italy c) Frankfurt, Germany d) Aarhus, Denmark e) Medellin, Columbia

29 28 Which of the following demographic data has the greatest impact on growth rates? a) Birth rates b) Literacy rate c) Per capita GDP d) Immigration rates e) Life expectancy

30 29 Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world today primarily because of a) High birthrates b) Contagious diffusion c) Relocation diffusion d) Cultural convergence e) Assimilation in host countries

31 30 Which of the following countries is an enclave? a) US b) Indonesia c) Lesotho d) Egypt e) Morocco

32 31 The Second Agricultural Revolution coincided with a) Increased genetic engineering of crops b) The IR c) The First Ag. Rev. d) The Third Ag. Rev e) Enlightenment in Europe

33 32 In terms of today s global economy, which area would be considered the resource frontier of the world? a) East Asia b) Southwest Asia c) Sub-Saharan Africa d) Central and Western Europe e) Eastern South America

34 33 Which of the following traits fits the definition of an Islamic city? a) Twisted streets to maximize shade b) Areas devoted to Western development c) Squatter areas within the CBD d) Three separate, defined CBD e) Global cities without population problems due to religious values

35 34 Which of these 5 regions is not one of the most populated areas of the world? a) East Asia b) Southeast Asia c) Central Europe d) South America e) Northeastern US

36 35 What two areas are the hearths of the world s five primary religions? a) Southern India and Eastern China b) Southwest Asia and Northern Africa c) Central Europe and Southwest Asia d) Northern India and Southwest Asia e) Eastern China and Southern Europe

37 36 The pessimistic viewpoint about a lack of economic development in certain locations on the globe can be attributed to their lack of a) Infrastructure b) Physical features, such as rivers c) Labor availability d) Foreign investment e) Modern technology

38 37 Thailand is the best example of which type of political shape a) Compact b) Perforated c) Prorupted d) Elongated e) Fragmented

39 38 Which of the five means of transportation would fruit production in South America for market in the US need to use> a) Inland waterways b) Overland trucks c) Airplanes d) Pipelines e) Rail transport

40 39 The 12 th Congressional District s boundaries in NC were accused of using what tactic for political gain? a) Gerrymandering b) Reapportionment c) Census stacking d) Blockbusting e) Redlining

41 40 What is the primary type of farming done in the tropical regions of Brazil? a) Commercial ag b) Slash and burn ag c) Intensive subsistence ag d) Truck farming e) Irrigated fruit farming

42 41 Southeast Asian cities have promoted economic growth through what primary means? a) Western transportation systems b) Eastern religions c) Western investment and trade d) Eastern design layouts e) Western cultural integration with Eastern theology

43 42 The area around the sub-saharan agricultural regions is being adversely affected by what environmental problem? a) Global warming b) Desertification c) El Nino d) Increased earthquake activity e) Transhumance

44 43 Eastern Europe during the 1940s through the early 1990s can be identified as a a) Region dominated by theocracies b) Region with no political conflict c) Core economic region d) Homogeneous regions e) Shatterbelt

45 44 Which of the following is the best example of folk culture? a) Eating at McDonald s b) Wearing blue jeans c) Producing rocking chairs using traditional means d) Listening to your MP3 player e) Creating Web pages

46 45 What city were the concentric zone and the sector model modeled after in the early 1900s? a) NYC b) LA c) Philadelphia d) Boston e) Chicago

47 46 A country enters stage 3 of the demographic transition when a) The death rate drops b) People decide to have considerably fewer children c) The birth rates remain high d) The birth and death rates are nearly equal e) Family size stays the same

48 47 Which region has the fewest languages that are under threat of extinction? a) Europe b) The Americas c) The Pacific d) Asia e) Sub-Saharan Africa

49 48 The Gobi Desert in Mongolia uses what primary form of agriculture? a) Truck farming b) Slash-and burn farming c) Plantation agriculture d) Commercial agriculture e) Pastoral nomadism

50 49 Which continent uses nuclear power for a greater percentage of its total power output than any other continent? a) North America b) South America c) Europe d) Asia e) Africa

51 50 Central Park in NYC is a good example of a) A symbolic landscape b) A greenbelt c) A festival landscape d) Urban development e) An ethnic landscape

52 51 Around a local university, there are pizza restaurants, fast-food restaurants, and coffee shops. This type of development is best characterized by the Sector model Multiple nuclei model Peripheral model Western US city models Concentric zone model

53 52 The dominance of corn production in the US correlates with what other agricultural practice? a) Cattle production b) Irrigated farmland c) Dairy production d) Market gardening activities e) Pastoral nomadism

54 53 The US and many other more developed countries rely on what natural resources for the majority of their electricity production? a) Petroleum b) Coal c) Natural gas d) Uranium e) Nuclear power

55 54 Which of the following religions is a monotheistic religion? Hinduism Shintoism Animism Judaism Buddhism

56 55 The 38 th parallel in Korea is an example of a(n) a) Demarcation line on the landscape b) Antecedent boundary between two countries c) Superimposed boundary created by outside forces d) Geometric boundary dominated by the mountains in the area e) Subsequent boundary established by China

57 56 A population pyramid looks like an upsidedown triangle. This area has a large percentage of a) Immigrants b) Parents c) Youth d) Women e) Elderly people

58 57 Who first coined the term geography? a) Plato b) Aristotle c) Zheng He d) Socrates e) Erathosthenes

59 58 A fad is started by a television personality of wearing shorts with a shirt and tie. The trend spreads throughout the US. This is an example of what type of diffusion? a) Expansion b) Contagious c) Stimulus d) Relocation e) Hierarchical

60 59 Which area of the world is currently experiencing the most rapid population growth? a) Eastern North America b) Central Europe c) Sub-Saharan Africa d) Central Asia e) South America

61 60 Which region did not have a vegetative planting or seed agricultural hearth? a) Southeast Asia b) East Africa c) South America d) Europe e) Middle America

62 61 The individual characteristics of a place that make it unique defines which of the following terms most accurately? a) Adaptive strategies b) Built environments c) Folk culture d) Popular culture e) Acculturation

63 62 Which of the following cities would be classified as a world city? a) Shanghai b) Madrid c) London d) Los Angeles e) Buenos Aires

64 63 A city is located on a river that is prone to flooding yet provides trade advantages that bring measurable wealth to the city. Which statement would best fit that city? a) The city has a good site yet a poor situation b) The city has a good situation yet a poor site c) The city has trade advantages that outweigh the disadvantages d) The city has flood disadvantages that outweigh the advantages e) The city should relocate b/c of the flooding problem

65 64 The majority of the entrants into the UN, a supranational organization, came from where during the 1960s? a) Europe b) South America c) Pacific Islands d) Africa e) Central Asia

66 65 Which statement would best fit a European city? a) European cities have large areas of squatter settlements b) European cities have their skyscrapers located in the suburbs c) European cities have few forms of public transportation d) European cities have heavy pollution problems e) European cities have the poor living closet to their CBDs

67 66 Potato chip production is a good example of what? a) A variable-cost industry b) A fixed-cost industry c) A weight-reducing industry d) A market dependent industry

68 67 The largest territory in the world in terms of population is a) The Solomon Islands b) The Falkland Islands c) Aruba d) Puerto Rico e) Greenland

69 68 Which is the world s primary lingua franca language? a) Mandarin b) Russian c) English d) Spanish e) Hindi

70 69 The S-curve is most often associated with what geographic factor? a) World population growth over time b) Immigration rates over time c) Economic development over time d) Cultural adaptation of ethnic groups over time e) The stability of countries governments over time

71 70 Which crop has been credited with beginning the Third Industrial Revolution? a) Corn b) Rice c) Wheat d) Sorghum e) Barley

72 71 The greatest percentage of people in the world participate in which type of agriculture? a) Subsistence agriculture b) Highly mechanized commercial farming c) Pastoral nomadism d) Hired help on plantation agricultural farms e) Slash-and-burn agriculture

73 72 Which of the following terms is NOT associated with the Hindu religion? a) Brahma b) Caste system c) Shiva d) Vishnu e) Mecca

74 73 Which of the following best describes the urban hierarchy of settlements? a) Hamlet, village, town, city, metropolis b) Hamlet, town, city, metropolis, megalopolis c) Megalopolis, metropolis, village, town, hamlet d) Town, hamlet, village, metropolis, megalopolis

75 74 Los Angeles receives goods from Asia via ships. In the ports, the goods are put on trains for distribution around the US. Los Angeles is a(n) a) break of bulk point b) Variable trading partner c) Entrepot d) Fixed cost provider e) Trade alternative partner

76 75 The border between the US and Canada along the 49 th parallel is a good example of what type of boundary? Subsequent Antecedent Superimposed Relic Demarcation