Take this Quiz: AP Human Geography — models and processes | Zestly

Question 1

A cartographer chooses the Mercator projection for a world map intended for maritime navigation. What trade-off does that choice make?

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It preserves accurate compass bearings, so that a constant heading is a straight line on the map, at the cost of badly inflating the relative size of landmasses at high latitudes.

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It preserves the true distance between all points on the globe, at the cost of accurate compass bearings.

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It spreads distortion evenly across the whole map, so that no single property is preserved and none is badly lost.

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It keeps area proportions accurate for every landmass, at the cost of distorting the shapes of the polar regions.

Question 2

A country reports a birth rate of 12 per 1,000 people and a death rate of 11 per 1,000 people, with a very low natural increase rate. Based on the Demographic Transition Model, which stage does this country occupy?

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Stage 4, reflecting low birth and death rates with a stable or slowly growing population.

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Stage 1, characterised by high birth and death rates.

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Stage 2, marked by a rapid decline in death rates.

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Stage 3, showing a declining birth rate and slowing population growth.

Question 3

A migrant leaves their home country due to a sudden civil war, but is unable to cross the border into a neighbouring country because of a newly constructed military fence. In geographical terms, what is this fence?

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An intervening obstacle.

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An intervening opportunity.

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A push factor.

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A pull factor.

Question 4

Which of the following best describes the political concept of a nation-state?

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A sovereign territory that contains multiple distinct ethnic groups.

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A group of people with a shared culture who lack a sovereign territory.

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A political entity that governs a territory but lacks international recognition.

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A state whose territory corresponds to that occupied by a particular ethnicity that has been transformed into a nationality.

Question 5

According to von Thünen's model of agricultural land use, what is the primary factor that determines the location of different farming activities around a central market?

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The total population density of the region.

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The cultural preference for specific types of crops.

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The cost of transporting goods to the market.

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The soil fertility of the surrounding land.