1. HUMAN GEOGRAPHY (PRACTICE EXAM)
SECTION I
Time – 60 Minutes
75 Questions
Directions: Each of the questions or incomplete statements below is followed by five suggested
answers or completions. Select the one that is best in each case and then place the letter of
your choice in the corresponding box on the student answer sheet.
This is not an official exam and is only meant as practice.
Questions 1-2 refer to the map below.
1. In which of the regions above would you NOT find a major oil-producing zone?
a. Zone A
b. Zone B
c. Zone C
d. Zone D
e. Zone E
2. Which of the following zones contains a region in which Mediterranean agriculture would
be practiced?
a. Zone A
b. Zone B
c. Zone C
d. Zone D
e. Zone E

2. 3. Asian immigrants to the United
States during the 1990’s were most
likely to cluster in the
a. Western states
b. Northern states
c. Southern states
d. Eastern states
e. Midwest states
4. An area organized into a political
unit and ruled by an established
government is called a
a. State
b. Nation-State
c. Nation
d. Country
e. City
5. In which nation was religious conflict
most brutal in the 2000s?
a. Romania
b. Ireland
c. France
d. Italy
e. Lithuania
6. The UN (United Nations) strives to
I. Monopolize industries
II. Solve global economic
problems
III. Solve global issues
concerning human rights
violations
a. I only
b. II only
c. III only
d. II and III
e. I, II, and III
Questions 7-8 refer to the statements
below.
7. Which speaker would agree most
with the ideas of environmental
determinism?
a. Speaker A
b. Speaker B
c. Speaker C
d. Speaker D
8. Which speaker would agree most
with the ideas of possibilism?
a. Speaker A
b. Speaker B
c. Speaker C
d. Speaker D
Speaker A: All culturesare created
equallyfromahearth.For example,
all crops are createdina hearth,such
as the Saudi HumboltResivoir.
Speaker B: The physical environment
can limitsome humanactions,but
people have the abilitytoadjusttheir
environment.Forexample,people
can choose the crops that grow in
certainareas.
Speaker C: The physical environment
causessocial development.An
example of thiswouldbe the theory
that islandnationshave unique
cultural traitssolelybecause of their
isolationfromcontinental societies.
Speaker D: In ecological studies,the
fastestandstrongestanimal always
out-competesweakeranimalsfor
foodand resources.

3. 9. Which of the following nations have
no land claims on the Antarctic
continent?
a. United States
b. Norway
c. New Zealand
d. Argentina
e. United Kingdom
10. The study of making maps is called
a. Biomapping
b. Geography
c. Cartography
d. Geology
e. Choroplething
11. The disamenity in Latin American
city models refers to the
a. Central park areas
b. Middle-class residencies
c. Noisy, polluting land-use
areas for low income
residencies
d. Marketplace and commercial
areas
e. Government and
bureaucratic areas
12. The Agricultural Revolution occurred
in
a. 1,000 AD
b. 2,000 BC
c. 8,000 BC
d. 5,000 BC
e. 1,000 BC
13. Which of the following animals were
domesticated in the Americas?
a. Dog
b. Chicken
c. Cattle
d. Alpaca
e. Horse
Question 13 refers to the map below.
14. The map above is most closely
related to which of these terms?
a. Megalopolis
b. Clustered Rural Settlement
c. Central Business District
d. High-Threshold District
e. Exclusive Economic Zone

4. 15. Louise is leaving Marathon City's commercial center on Interstate 22 to Camden, a rural
settlement of 203 people, 300 miles west of Marathon City. What is the correct sequence
of agricultural activities that she will see on her trip from Marathon City to Camden?
(Assume Marathon City follows the Von Thurnen Agricultural Model, and the
surroundings of the city are flat in a 300 mile radius)
a. Cow Dairying, Grain Production, Cattle Grazing, Timber Production
b. Cow Dairying, Grain Production, Timber Production, Cattle Grazing
c. Cow Dairying, Timber Production, Cattle Grazing, Grain Production
d. Cow Dairying, Timber Production, Grain Production, Cattle Grazing
e. Timber Production, Cow Grazing, Cow Dairying, Grain Production
16. Which of the following population pyramids is closely related to that of China’s?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e. It cannot be determined with the information given.

5. 17. The United States, although a
developed country, continues to
increase in population at a decent
rate. This is due to
a. Immigration
b. Education
c. Militarism
d. Poverty
e. Emigration
18. A senior citizens community (ages
70 and up, assuming there is not
one person under age 70 in the
community) would most likely have a
population pyramid with a
a. Wide top and narrow bottom
b. Wide bottom and narrow top
c. Medium top and bottom
d. Wide top and no bottom
e. Wide bottom and no top
19. The stages with zero population
growth in the Demographic
Transition Model are
a. 1, only
b. 4, only
c. 2 and 3
d. 1 and 4
e. 1, 3 and 4
20. Which of the following animals was
domesticated in present day
Kazakhstan?
a. Horse
b. Turkey
c. Sheep
d. Llama
e. Goat
21. The three leading cereal grains in
the world are
a. Rice, millet, wheat
b. Millet, rice, maize
c. Sorghum, wheat, rice
d. Rice, wheat, maize
e. Millet, sorghum, rice
22. The process of adding land to a city
is called
a. Consolidation
b. Annexation
c. Addendum
d. Inclusion
e. Supplementation
23. In Europe, most states are
considered to be ‘highly developed’
on the Human Development Index.
However, some states are not
considered highly developed. These
states are located, generally, in
a. Northwestern Europe
b. Mediterranean Coast
c. Northern Europe
d. Eastern Europe
e. Southwestern Europe
24. Saudi Arabia has a higher per capita
income when compared to its
neighbors, Egypt, Jordan, and Syria,
mainly due to its
a. Healthcare system
b. Desert landscape
c. Oil reserves
d. Proximity to trade routes
e. Women’s rights
25. A substance in the environment that
is useful to people, economically and
technologically feasible to access,
and socially acceptable to use is
a. A resource
b. An ethical source
c. A sustainable Yield
d. Equity
e. Comparative Advantage
26. Where something originates is called
its
a. Diffused Center
b. Original Center
c. Hearth
d. Emerged Center
e. Cultrual Diffusion

6. Question 27 refers to the photo below.
27. The map above shows all of the visitors to a service center in one year. The shaded
region can be considered a
a. Perceptual Region
b. Formal Region
c. Functional Region
d. Relocation Diffusion
e. None of the above
Question 28 refers to the photo below.
28. Which of the following would most likely be found in the shaded regions almost
exclusively on the South of the American-Mexican border?
a. Spanish speakers
b. Basic industry
c. Maquiladoras
d. Illegal drugs
e. Indigenous populations

7. 29. As children and grandchildren of
immigrants moved out of their
original inner-city neighborhoods,
ethnic identity is most likely to be
retained through all of the following
except
a. Food
b. Clothing
c. Cultural Values
d. Religion
e. Geographic Location
30. A surge in the migration of Hispanics
and Asians entering America began
in the
a. 1960’s-1970’s
b. 1790’s
c. 2000’s-2010’s
d. 1920’s-1930’s
e. 1860’s-1870s
31. The Antarctic Treaty of 1959
prohibits
a. Scientific endeavors on the
continent
b. Oil drilling and resource
depletion on the land
c. Military operations
d. Settlement
e. All of the above
32. Greenland is a territory of which
state?
a. Denmark
b. Netherlands
c. Canada
d. Great Britain
e. Norway
33. The concept that ethnicities have the
right to govern themselves is called
a. Democracy
b. Self-determination
c. Genocide
d. Nation-state
e. Ethnic cleansing
Queston 34 refers to the photo below.
34. The flags above (The United
Kingdom and the United Nations)
are associated with a
a. Nation and supranational
organization
b. Nation and a transnational
corporation
c. Supranational organization
and transnational corporation
d. Two supranational
organizations
e. Two nations
35. Which of the following choices is
considered a toponym?
a. An open grassland
b. Manhattan
c. 23°N, 33°W
d. North of Henry Street
e. Situated on the Hudson River
36. The Earth is split into how many time
zones?
a. 24
b. 1
c. 12
d. 15
e. 30
37. Zero degrees latitude is called the
a. Prime meridian
b. Prime parallel
c. Equator
d. Tropic of cancer
e. Mercator line

8. 38. Which of the following has the
largest scale?
a. A local high school
b. A large urban city
c. A continent
d. A rural community
e. A developed nation
Question 39 refers to the photo below.
39. Which mountain range is found in
the shaded region?
a. Caspian
b. Ural
c. Caucasus
d. Syra
e. Gobi
40. Ethnic cleansing occurred in all of
the following groups except for
a. Bosnian Muslims
b. Mexican-Americans
c. Checans in Russia
d. Tutsis in Rwanda
e. Albanians in Kosovo
41. The quantity of something that
producer have available for sale is
[A] and the quantity that consumers
are willing and able to buy is [B].
Pick the correct table that fills in [A]
and [B] with the correct terms.
[A] [B]
a. Demand Supply
b. Supply Demand
c. Supply Availability
d. Availability Demand
e. Demand Availability
Question 42 refers to the quote below.
“Rapidgrowthis clusteredin a limited
numberof economicactivities.”
42. During which stage in Rostow’s
Economic Model does this statement
occur?
a. Traditional society
b. Preconditions for takeoff
c. Takeoff
d. Drive to maturity
e. Age of mass consumption

9. Questions 43-46 refer to the map below.
43. Which nation above has the highest
proportion of Shiite Muslim
adherents?
a. Nation A
b. Nation B
c. Nation C
d. Nation D
e. Nation E
44. In which three nations would
“Kurdistan” be found?
a. Nations A, B, and C
b. Nations E, B and C
c. Nations A, B and E
d. Nations B, C, and D
e. Nations D, C and E
45. Which nation has the largest oil
reserves in the world?
a. Nation A
b. Nation B
c. Nation C
d. Nation D
e. Nation E
46. Identify Nation B.
a. Iran
b. Iraq
c. Israel
d. Syria
e. Jordan

10. 47. The optimal plant location is as close as possible to inputs if the cost of transporting raw
materials to the factory is __________ the cost of transporting the product to the
consumers. The optimal plant location is as close as possible to the customer if the cost
of transporting raw materials to the factory is ____________ the cost of transporting the
product to the consumers.
a. Greater than, greater than
b. Greater than, less than
c. Less than, less than
d. Less than, greater than
e. Equal to, equal to
48. A single-market manufacturer in Ohio, Zanber Corporation, produces paperclips, made
of a chromium alloy, exclusively for Owen Finances, located in Toledo on the Northern
coast of Ohio. Where would the optimal location for Zanber Corporation be?
a. Near the source of the chromium alloy, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 600 miles
away from Toledo
b. Near Owen Finances in Toledo
c. Near Interstate-71, the major interstate in Ohio that connects all major cities
d. Near Columbus, the most populated area in Ohio, 400 miles south of Toledo
e. Near Stanley Corporation, in Indianapolis, another producer of chromium
paperclips, 500 miles away from Toledo
____________________________________________________________________________
49. To minimize transportation costs, a
bulk-reducing industry would locate
nearest to
a. Input source
b. Consumers
c. Urban areas
d. Transportation network
e. Rural areas
50. A California agricultural company is
producing perishable organic
spinach. Where should the company
locate for optimal business?
a. Near customers
b. Near highways
c. Near rivers
d. Near farm fields
e. Near livestock
Question 51 refers to the photo below.
51. This photo, which shows a truck
leaving with crates delivered via
ship, most clearly shows a
a. Maquiladora
b. Basic industry
c. Non-basic industry
d. Primary activity
e. Break-in-bulk point

11. 52. Which of the following modes of
transportation is considered the
lowest cost for shipping goods over
long distances?
a. Ship
b. Air
c. Rail
d. Truck
e. Subway
53. A customer is located on the
circumference of the market area
(hinterland) of Service A at Point X.
Point X is also on the circumfrence
of the market area of Service B. This
customer is more likely to go to
a. Service A
b. Service B
c. Either Service A or Service B
d. Neither Service A nor
Service B
e. Another Service
54. A customer is willing to travel 7 miles
to get a slice of pizza. This distance
is the
a. Threshold
b. Range
c. Domain
d. Delineation
e. Hinterland
55. A mall developer counts the number
of persons with an income of over
$50,000 in Area A. They come up
with a total population of 19,020.
This number is the mall’s
a. Threshold
b. Range
c. Domain
d. Delineation
e. Hinterland
56. Cali, the largest city in Colombia,
should have a population of how
many times larger than Montevideo,
the 938th
largest city in Colombia?
a. 1/938
b. 938
c. 1x10938
d. 469
e. 1/469
57. The earliest urban settlements were
found in
a. The present-day Ruhr Valley
b. The Fertile Cresent
c. The Indian Subcontinent
d. The Great Rift Valley
e. The Roman Empire
58. A type of agriculture that includes
highly efficient large-scale
operations that take full advantage
of machines at every step of the
growing process is called
a. Plantation agriculture
b. Mediterranean agriculture
c. Fruit farming
d. Truck farming
e. Car farming
Question 59 refers to the statements below.
 Mostof the crops are fed to
animals ratherthan consumedby
humans.
 Nearlyall landarea is devotedto
growingcrops.
 However,75%of incomeearnedis
from thesale of animalproducts.
59. What type of agriculture is described
above?
a. Mediterranean Agriculture
b. Shifting Cultivation
c. Livestock Raching
d. Mixed Crop and Livestock
Farming
e. Dairy Farming

12. 60. The Trail of Tears is
a. The forced migration of Irish
from Ireland due to a famine
b. The forced migration of
Native Americans from
American lands by the
government
c. The forced migration of Jews
escaping German
persecution
d. The forced migration of
Japanese immigrants from
America by the government
e. The forced migration of the
Irish to Britain during the
1880 Civil War
Question 61 refers to the photo below.
61. The title for this map could be
a. Buddhist countries
b. Asian Tigers
c. Highly developed countries
d. South Asian Nations
e. OPEC Members

13. Question 62 refers to the photo below.
62. Which livestock is represented on the map above?
A. Cows
B. Chickens
C. Hogs
D. Horses
E. Goats

14. Question 63 relates to the case study below.
Washington Auto Inc. (WAI) is an auto-manufacturing plant in Canmore, Ontairo.
 The workers in WAI are paid $99.43 an hour, on average.
 As a percentage of all expenses at WAI, labor makes up 3.5%.
 The average profits for the year are $40,012.22 for WAI.
 In Ontario, the average hourly wages for those in the auto industry is $32.22.
 In Ontario, the average hourly wage for all industries is $96.72.
 In Ontario, the average percentage of labor out of the total expenditures is 11.8%.
 The average income of auto industry plants in Ontario is $9,111,243.23.
63. WAI can be considered
a. It is labor-intensive.
b. It is capital-intensive.
c. It is a low-wage industry.
d. It is factoral-intensive,
e. None of the above.

15. Questions 64 and 65 relate to the data below.
In each region listed below, City A is the largest city in the region and City B is the second
largest city in the region. The populations of each city is listed below the city name.
City A – Manchester City B - Lexington
2,000,000 1,000,000
City A - Chengdu City B - Guiyang
5,000,000 3,000,000
City A - Tura City B - Yakutsk
10,000,000 10,000,000
City A – La Paz City B – Guadalajara
2,000,000 1,500,000
City A – Sydney City B - Rockhampton
3,500,000 1,000,000
64. Which set of cities follows the rank size rule?
a. Manchester and Lexington d. La Paz and Guadalajara
b. Chengdu and Guiyang e. Sydney and Rockhamtpon
c. Tura and Yakutsk
65. Which set of cities follows the primate city rule?
a. Manchester and Lexington d. La Paz and Guadalajara
b. Chengdu and Guiyang e. Sydney and Rockhamtpon
c. Tura and Yakutsk

16. Directions: For questions, 66-70, match the definition given to the choice of vocabulary.
a. Red-listing
b. Blockbusting
c. Gerrymandering
d. Filtering
e. Gentrification
66. “A process of change in the use of a house, from single-family owner to abandonment.”
67. “the illegal process where banks identify urban areas where they will not make residential
loans”
68. “any facet of urban renewal that inevitably leads to displacement of the occupying
demographic”
69. “business process of U.S. real estate agents and building developers to convince white
property owners to sell their house at low prices out of fear that persons of color will soon move
into the neighborhood”
70. “manipulate the boundaries of (an electoral constituency) so as to favor one party or class”
Directions: For questions, 71-75, match the definition given to the choice of vocabulary.
a. Transhumance
b. Pastoral nomadism
c. Slash-and-burn
d. Shifting cultivation
e. No-till agriculture
71. “livestock are herded in order to find fresh pastures on which to graze, in an irregular pattern
of movement”
72. “a way of growing crops or pasture from year to year without disturbing the soil through
tillage”
73. “plots of land are cultivated temporarily, then abandoned and allowed to revert to their
natural vegetation while the cultivator moves on to another plot”
74. “typically used as a method for clearing forest land for farming”
75. “the action or practice of moving livestock from one grazing ground to another in a seasonal
cycle, typically to lowlands in winter and highlands in summer”
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