AP Human Geography Review

Subsistence agriculture is most common in

• Plains of North America

• Pampas of Argentina

• Amazon Basin

• Outback of Australia

Since Iceland has seen only one period of migration, has never been invaded and possesses a common culture and language it can be considered a(n)

• Absolute Monarchy

• Theocracy

• Exclave

• Nation-State

The township and range land survey system in the US contributed to which of the following?

• A dispersed rural settlement pattern

• A clustered rural settlement pattern

• A rural long-lot pattern

• An urban daily system pattern

Transnational migrants often send money back to family in their homes countries, these payments are called

• Reparations

• Quotas

• Foreign Aid

• Remittances

The Gullah language spoken by African-Americans in S. Carolina and Georgia is a combination of English and African dialects. Gullah can be considered a

• Creolized language

• Lingua franca

• Language family

• Branch of the Niger-Congo family

Which of the following has brought significant numbers of foreign visitors and currency to Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Belize?

• Casino gambling

• Offshore banking

• Vacation crusing

• Ecotourism

Traditional labor-intensive agriculture often involves which of the following?

• Field terracing

• Mechanical plowing

• Hybrid seeds

• High levels of debt

In the first decade of the 21st century, which of the following countries had the lowest fertility rate?

• Somalia

• Niger

• Democratic Republic of Congo

• South Africa

Which of the following was a consequence of blockbusting in North American cities?

• European migrants moved into middle class neighborhoods

• Poor residents were unable to acquire mortgages

• Real estate agents lost sellers

• The ethnic composition of neighborhoods changed

The measure of the average number of children who are born to women of childbearing age is called the

• Actual birth rate

• Crude birth rate

• Total fertility rate

• Adjusted birth rate