#2 MCQ Practice Exam AP Human Geo
This practice exam consists of 25 MCQs designed to test your understanding of key concepts in AP Human Geography. Each question is followed by five answer choices. Select the best answer for each question based on your knowledge and understanding of the subject.
Question 1
Which of the following best explains why the birth rate begins to decline during Stage 3 of the Demographic Transition Model?
Widespread famine and disease reduce fertility rates
Government mandates restrict family size
Industrialization and urbanization shift social and economic incentives
Access to healthcare improves life expectancy
Migration increases due to rural job shortages
Question 2
Which of the following best explains the population growth trend during Stage 2 of the Demographic Transition Model?
Birth rates fall rapidly while death rates rise
Birth rates remain high while death rates drop quickly
Both birth and death rates fall at the same rate
Immigration becomes the main cause of population growth
Government policies limit family size
Question 3
Which of the following best describes a country in Stage 4 of the Demographic Transition Model?
High birth and death rates with little population change
Rapidly growing population due to falling death rates
Low birth and death rates with stable or slowly growing population
High birth rates and low death rates with exponential growth
Decreasing death rates and increasing birth rates
Question 4
Which of the following best explains the political boundaries seen in the shaded regions?
They were drawn based on economic zones
They reflect long-standing ethnic territories
They were imposed by external powers with little regard for cultural divisions
They follow clear physical features like rivers and mountains
They emerged through democratic self-determination
Question 5
Which of the following land survey systems is most likely responsible for the field pattern shown in the satellite image?
The satellite image appearing below displays a river winding through a rural landscape. Long, narrow agricultural plots extend perpendicularly from the riverbank, forming a ribbon-like pattern across the terrain. Each parcel appears uniform in length.
Township and range
Metes and bounds
Long lot
Suburban subdivision
Multiple nuclei
Question 6
What is one likely consequence of the land use pattern shown in the image?
Decreased agricultural efficiency due to irregular plot shapes
High rates of urban sprawl into farming regions
Increased transportation access and equitable land distribution
Difficulty in accessing irrigation systems due to terrain
Concentration of political power in central urban nodes
Question 7
Which of the following best explains why many transnational corporations locate factories in less developed countries (LDCs)?
LDCs typically have stronger environmental protection laws
LDCs offer a larger pool of highly specialized labor
LDCs usually have lower labor costs and fewer regulations
LDCs have more developed transportation infrastructure than MDCs
LDCs have higher consumer demand for luxury goods
Question 8
Which concept is most directly illustrated by the spatial distribution of factories and markets shown on the map?
Agglomeration
Comparative advantage
Urban hierarchy
Remittance flows
Demographic momentum
Question 9
What term best describes the economic relationship between the regions where the factories are located and the regions where the products are sold?
Core-periphery
Suburbanization
Balkanization
Environmental determinism
Technopole development
Question 10
Which of the following is an example of a condition that attracts migrants to wealthier or more developed countries?
Widespread job losses in the manufacturing sector
Food shortages due to environmental collapse
Political instability and government crackdowns
Access to publicly funded health services
Discrimination based on religious identity in the origin country
Question 11
What can be inferred from the bar graph about the linguistic landscape of most U.S. counties?
Most counties have a majority of residents who speak a language other than English at home.
Language diversity is evenly spread across all counties.
The majority of counties have a relatively low percentage of non-English speakers.
Most counties have over 35% of residents speaking a non-English language at home.
Counties with high linguistic diversity are distributed evenly across rural and urban areas.
Question 12
Which of the following questions best reflects analysis at a global scale?
How has the introduction of fast food affected traditional diets in one village in India?
What are the commuting patterns of residents in the Chicago metropolitan area?
How does international trade impact the economies of developing nations?
What types of vegetation are most common in a city park in Seattle?
How do school zoning policies affect local housing prices in a suburb?
Question 13
Based on the bar graph, which of the following statements best describes the overall trend?
A significant number of U.S. counties have high levels of multilingualism.
Nearly all counties have more than 35% of people who speak a non-English language at home.
Only a small proportion of counties have a low percentage of non-English speakers.
Most counties have fewer than 18% of people who speak a language other than English at home.
Language diversity is increasing equally in all counties.
Question 14
A Neo-Malthusian geographer would most likely be concerned that:
Technological innovations in agriculture will permanently solve food scarcity
Urban sprawl will reduce the need for high-yield farming practices
Rapid population growth could exceed the Earth’s capacity to provide food and clean water
Shifts in dietary preferences will increase global crop diversity
Global food markets will eliminate hunger through trade
Question 15
Which of the following trends would most support a Neo-Malthusian perspective?
Fertility rates falling below replacement level in developed countries
Crop yields increasing due to precision agriculture
Water shortages in rapidly growing urban areas of developing countries
Increased food aid from developed to developing countries
Widespread adoption of GMOs in Sub-Saharan Africa
Question 16
Which of the following statements best challenges the Neo-Malthusian viewpoint?
The global population has surpassed 8 billion and continues to grow
Local food shortages are usually caused by conflict or poor infrastructure
Climate change is accelerating resource scarcity in tropical regions
High-yield agriculture has caused soil degradation in many regions
Birth rates in most developed countries are increasing steadily
Question 17
Based on the data, which of the following best describes the urban population patterns in Nigeria and Brazil?
Nigeria and Brazil both follow the rank-size rule very closely.
Nigeria exhibits a primate city pattern, while Brazil has a more balanced urban hierarchy.
Both countries have a single megacity and no other significant urban areas.
Brazil's cities show evidence of uneven regional development, while Nigeria’s cities are evenly distributed.
Neither country has cities large enough to qualify as primate cities.
Question 18
Which of the following urban development challenges is Nigeria more likely to experience based on its urban population distribution?
Creating balanced transportation networks among similar-sized cities
Managing political tensions between competing megacities
Addressing overconcentration of infrastructure and investment in a dominant city
Ensuring that rural areas are not more urbanized than core cities
Coordinating equal economic development in federal city-states
Question 19
Based on the data in the table, which of the following workers is most likely employed in the tertiary sector of the economy?
A wheat farmer in Brazil
A textile worker in Vietnam
A marketing consultant in Germany
A car factory technician in Mexico
A coal miner in Vietnam
Question 20
Using Wallerstein’s World Systems Theory and the data in the table, which of the following countries is best classified as a semi-periphery state?
Germany
United States
Brazil
Sweden
Canada
Question 21
Given the economic sector data in the table, which of the following countries is most likely to attract transnational corporations to operate Export Processing Zones (EPZs)?
Germany
Mexico
United States
Sweden
Canada
Question 22
Which of the following pairs best represents a universalizing religion and its original hearth region?
Sikhism – Southeast Asia
Islam – Southwest Asia
Christianity – Sub-Saharan Africa
Hinduism – East Asia
Judaism – Northern Europe
Question 23
When two countries are located less than 400 nautical miles apart, how is their Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) boundary typically established?
A UN military body draws a neutral zone between them
The boundary follows each country’s continental shelf
A compromise is made at the International Court of Justice
The boundary is drawn at the midpoint between their coastlines
Both countries lose EEZ rights in that area
Question 24
Which of the following best describes a major reason countries value control over their Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs)?
EEZs are the only maritime areas where foreign navies can legally operate.
EEZs contain fertile farmland needed for global food production.
EEZs grant exclusive rights to marine resources like oil, fish, and natural gas.
EEZs allow unrestricted immigration and settlement beyond territorial seas.
EEZs prevent international shipping routes from entering coastal waters.
Question 25
Which of the following best explains the frequent maritime disputes in areas like the South China Sea?
Competing claims to uninhabited islands far outside any country’s EEZ
Disagreements over inland river navigation rights
Conflicts between coastal countries and international refugee law
Cultural disagreements over naming conventions for bodies of water
The inability of landlocked countries to access global trade routes
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