AP Exam Review Questions
1. Why are map projections distorted?
2. What are the two different kinds of globalization and what are examples of each?
3. What are the three elements of spatial distribution?
4. Describe Stage 4 of the demographic transition model?
5. In which stage of the DTM does a nation achieve the highest levels of population growth?
6. What kinds of economic activities typically occur in countries that are in Stages 1 & 2 of the DTM?
7. What factors contribute to the reduction in birth rates in Stage 3 of the DTM?
8. What 2 factors of spatial distribution most influence the Gravity Model?
9. In what two Canadian cities are Asian immigrants most likely to be found?
10. Identify examples of Canadian indigenous tribes?
11. What American culture trait would most likely be concentrated in Tennessee?
12. Where are the highest concentrations of Mormons in the United States? Lutherans? Baptists? Catholics? Methodists? (p. 187)
13. With which religion are minarets commonly associated? What do they look like, and what purpose do they serve?
14. What country is currently ruled by a fundamentalist Shiite Muslim theocracy?
15. Identify the religion which matches the appropriate site for “pilgrimmages”:
a. Jerusalem ______
b. Mecca ______
c. Northern India ______
16. Where is the most linguistic and religious diversity? Map (India, Northern Africa, Argentina)
17. On what level of political organization are the following institutions:
a. NAFTA
b. School Board
c. U.S. Congress
d. British Columbia, Canada
e. United Nations
18. What are centrifugal forces of a nation?
19. What present-day country is located in the region once known as the cultural hearth, Mesopotamia or the Fertile Crescent?
20. Which of the following areas/countries did France NOT colonize? (Quebec, Louisiana, Algeria, Cuba, Vietnam)
21. Identify as many “stateless” nations as you can?
22. What kind of government would cause countries to have maps with internal boundaries like the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Australia?
23. What is the difference between supranationalism and devolution?
24. Give examples of primary economic activities:
25. Give examples of secondary economic activities:
26. Give examples of tertiary economic activities:
27. What kinds of economic activities occur on the outer rings of von Thunen’s model?
28. What is the difference between subsistence and commercial agriculture?
29. What is the “Green Revolution”?
30. What are the pros and cons of organic agriculture?
31. What is sustainable agriculture, and how is it different than conventional commercial agriculture?
32. What kind of farm is pictured below? poultry, beef, rice, or wheat?
33. Where are global coffee bean production zones found (countries and climate zones)?
34. What is outsourcing; what are the most negative consequences; what countries have benefitted most from it?
35. What is the most common transportation pattern in African and South American countries? Why?
36. What factor determines whether an industry is material-oriented or market-oriented?
37. What is the difference between weight-gain (bulk-gain) and weight-loss (bulk-loss) industries?
38. What are the advantages and disadvantages of agglomeration?
39. Christaller’s Central Place Theory – where would one go to buy a car? Groceries?
40. Wallerstein’s World System = Core Periphery Model
41. How does Rostow’s Model of the Stages of Development explain spatial variations in development?
42. What factors are used to determine a country’s Human Development Index (HDI), and why is it considered to be the best measurement of a country’s level of development?
43. What are the four models of urban development and their founders?
44. What model of urban development says that large cities develop as separately expanding clusters of contrasting economic activities?
45. Which model of urban development most likely resembles the map of Los Angeles?
46. Which model of urban development is most likely shaped by railroad lines routes?
47. What is red-lining and why is it a problem?
48. What are ‘food deserts” and where are they most commonly found?
49. What factors best explain the distribution of pizza stores in the US?
50. What type of business organization allows businesses like McDonald’s, Domino’s Pizza, or Wal-Mart to maintain such low prices for their customers?
51. What are compact cities; why are they called “smart growth” cities; what are some examples?
52. Why is a “smart growth” city better than “urban sprawl”; where are “urban sprawl” cities most commonly found?
53. What is NIMBY?
54. What are “squatter settlements”, and where are they most commonly found?