APHUG Mock Exam (Units 4-7)

Which continent has the lowest GDP in the world?

• Brazil

• Australia

• Madagascar

• Africa

Which of the following groups represents a nation without a state

• Germans

• Kurds

• Turks

• Albanian

Environmental laws, labor availability, and access to markets are major factors affecting which of the following?

• Transportation costs

• Gross domestic product

• Manufacturing locations

• Property tax rates

In reading the landscape of the image, a geographer will most likely describe the land-survey pattern shown as typical of which of the following locations?

• A rural agricultural region in the United States

• A coastal region of China

• A rainforest development in southern Brazil

• An exurb of Paris, France

What kind of agriculture is primarily practiced in the dark-shaded areas on the map above?

• Cattle ranching

• Mediterranean

• Shifting cultivation

• Plantation

The median-line principles sets boundaries within . . .

• country lines

• unsettled frontier zones

• bodies of water

• mountain ridges

The Berlin Wall that once separated East and West Germany is best described as . . .

• antecedent boundary

• superimposed boundary

• relict boundary

• geometric boundary

The boundaries of Africa set in place by colonial powers are best described as . . .

• superimposed

• relict

• antecedent

• geometric

All of the following have helped create ghettos in North American cities EXCEPT

• fixed school district boundaries

• Economic Enterprise Zones

• blockbusting and racial steering

• redlining by financial institutions

According to central place theory, the threshold is defined as the

• gross value of the product minus the costs of production

• distance away from a central place

• point at which consumer movement is at a minimum

• minimum number of people needed to support a service