AP Human Geography Chapter 8 Multiple Choice

1) As a result of a 1979 Soviet invasion, what country generated one of the world's largest refugee migrations?

A) Serbia
B) Sudan
C) Ukraine
D) Afghanistan
E) Iraq

Answer: D

2) An area organized into an independent political unit is a(n)

A) State
B) Country
C) Nation
D) Ethnic region
E) both B and C

Answer: A

3) A group of people who occupy a particular area and have a strong sense of unity based on a set of shared beliefs

A) State
B) National Identity
C) Nation
D) City-State
E) unitary state

Answer: C) Nation

4) A state with control over its internal affairs has

A) Self-determinism
B) Sovereignty
C) Colonialism
D) A strong sense of unity
E) all of the above
B) Sovereignty

5) Over the past half-century, the number of sovereign states in the world

A) has increased by over 100
B) has decreased substantially
C) has stayed relatively similar
D) has gradually decreased
E) has been the reason for global warming

Answer: A) has increased by over 100

6) The world's largest state is

A) Canada
B) China
C) USA
D) UK
E) Russia

Answer: E) Russia


7) Korea is a good example of

A) an ethnic group
B) a city-state
C) a nation divided between more than one state
D) a bunch of communists
E) a democracy

Answer: C) a nation divided between more than one state

8) Two cities in Morocco, Ceuta, and Melilla are controlled by what country?

A) Spain
B) Morocco
C) the UK
D) Germany
E) Chile

Answer: A) Spain

9) Which is not true about both China and Taiwan?

A) both have official relationships with the U.S.
B) both consider that the two forms one sovereign state
C) both now hold seats in the UN
D) both were once ruled by nationalists
E) both B and C

Answer: E

10) The Fertile Crescent

A) followed the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
B) extended from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea
C) was the location of the city-states in the Middle East
D) sometimes considered to extend into the Nile River Valley
E) all of the above

Answer: E

The only large landmass that is not part of a sovereign state is

A) Borneo
B) the arctic
C) Siberia
D) Antarctica
E) Greenland

Answer: D) Antarctica

A territory tied to a state rather than being completely independent is a

A) territory
B) colony
C) city-state
D) frontier
E) nation

Answer: B) colony

The first states in ancient Mesopotamia were

A) city-states
B) communities
C) sovereign ethnic groups
D) both A and C
E) nations

Answer: A) city-states

Political unity in the ancient Mediterranean world reached its highest in

A) the Dark Ages
B) the industrial revolution
C) the Roman Empire
D) the ice age
E) fall of 1893

Answer: C) the Roman Empire

The first widespread use of the nation-state concept came in...
A) South America
B) Western Europe
C) northern Asia
D) all of the above
E) Antarctica

Answer: B) Western Europe

The attempt by one country to impose political control over another territory is

A) imperialism
B) ethnic cleansing
C) colonialism
D) the reason for most wars
E) decided by the government

Answer: C) colonialism

The motives of European states in establishing colonies can be summarized as all but which of the following?

A) guilt
B) gold
C) glory
D) God
E) B, C, and D

Answer: A

By 1900, the British could claim all but which of the following about their empire?
A) their largest colony had become independent by then
B) the sun never set on the British Empire
C) the British had colonies to the east and the west
D) the british empire had more colonies than any other nation in the world
E) both C and D
A) their largest colony had become independent


The world's smallest colony is...
A) Pitcairn
B) Djibouti
C) Kazahkstan
D) Puerto Rico
E) Lesotho
A) Pitcairn

A state is a good example of...
A) an ethnic region
B) an organized region
C) unity
D) a group of ethnic groups
E) none of the above
B) an organized region

A frontier in contrast to a boundary...
A) separates 2 states
B) is a territory tied to a state
C) is made by rivers
D) is made by geographical landforms
E) none of the above
A

Which shape most easily fosters the establishment of effective internal communications for a smaller state?
A) elongated
B) microstate
C) prorupted
D) fragmented
E) compact
E) compact

The Germans established the proruption known as the caprivi strip in present day Namibia for which of the following reasons?
A) access to resources in central Africa
B) disruption of British communications
C) trading opportunities with native tribes
D) access to the Zambezi river
E) A, B, D
E) A, B, D

The boundary between the U.S. and Canada can be described as which of the following?
A) geometric
B) frontier
C) desert
D) mountains
E) none of the above
A

Boundaries were redrawn in Europe after WWI according to the...
A) religions
B) distribution of language
C) geography
D) articles of confederation
E) none of the above
B) distribution of language

The Aozou strip is a good example of...
A) free range cattle land
B) separation of powers
C) a geometric boundary
D) division of religions
E) a compact state
C) a geometric boundary

With the breakup of the Soviet Union, most Russians...
A) moved to Germany
B) rebelled against the Russian gov't
C) are clustered in Russia's western regions
D) all of the above
E) none of the above
C) are clustered in Russian gov't

Conflict is widespread in Africa in part because...
A) tribes do not get along
B) European colonial powers drew inappropriate boundaries
C) many Africans are being taken into slavery
D) religions do not get along well
E) all of the above
B) European colonial powers drew inappropriate boundaries

The Kurds are a...
A) a religious group
B) nationality that are specific to one state
C) tribe in Africa
D) all of the above
E) nationality divided among more than one state
E) nationality divided among more than one state

In 2002, the Organization of African Unity was replaced by...
A) the African Union
B) Africa United
C) Africa R us
D) Force of Africa
E) none of the above
A) the African Union

An increasing number of states have adopted a federal gov't primarily to...
A) be in good relations with the people
B) take control of the nation
C) become more advanced
D) all of the above
E) satisfy the demands of competing nationalities
E) satisfy the demands of competing nationalities

What was the distinctive feature of the worlds superpowers between the 1940s and 1980s compared to other eras?
A) the number of superpowers were relatively the same
B) the number of superpowers was much higher than in the past
C) the number of superpowers was much lower than in the past
D) the economy dropped as a result of A
E) both D and A
C) the number of superpowers was much lower than in the past

A state which places most power in the hands of a central gov't is a...
A) federal state
B) unitary state
C) compact state
D) microstate
E) none of the above
B) unitary state

Which of the following is not a member of the United Nations?
A) china
B) Russia
C) USA
D) UK
E) Taiwan
E

With the end of the Cold War...
A) The Warsaw Pact became obsolete
B) NATO became obsolete
C) Radical Muslim terrorist organizations threaten the democratic world
D) Russia absorbed all of the land known as the USSR
E) A and C
E

Terrorism differs from assassination and other acts of political violence...
A) because terrorists are crazy
B) because terrorists fight for religious extremism and other people don't
C) because there's no such thing
D) because attacks are aimed at ordinary people
E) All of the above
D

Which of the following isn't true of Al-Qaeda?
A) Al-Qaeda is a single unified organization
B) Al-Qaeda was funded by Osama Bin Laden
C) Al-Qaeda began in Afghanistan as a defense against the Soviet takeover
D) Al-Qaeda declared a fatwa against the United States
E) Al-Qaeda donates millions to charity every year
E

States cooperate with each other for what kind of reasons?
A) political
B) military
C) economic
D) all of the above
E) religion
D

1) The most populous country not a member of the UN is
A) Taiwan.
B) North Korea.
C) Switzerland.
D) Monaco.
A

9) Which of the following is not true about both China and Taiwan?
A) Both were once ruled by the Nationalists.
B) Both consider that the two areas form one sovereign state.
C) Both now hold seats in the United Nations.
D) Both have official relationships with the United States.
E) B and C
E

54) Key challenges to establishing a representative government in Iraq after Saddam Hussein are
A) geometric boundaries established by British and French treaties.
B) tribal and ethnic differences between provinces.
C) sectarian conflict between the Shiite and Sunni Muslims.
D) Al-Qaeda insurgents opposed to a secular state.
E) all of the above.
E

Geographers at UCLA used geographic techniques to predict the
A) likely location of Osama bin Laden.
B) best physical boundaries between the U.S. and Mexico.
C) pre-World War II boundaries of Germany.
D) independent state most likely to form in the next 10 years.
A

Terrorism differs from assassinations and other acts of political violence
A) because attacks are never well coordinated.
B) because attacks are aimed at military targets or political leaders.
C) because attacks are aimed at ordinary people.
D) because attacks use only personal weapons.
E) because attacks have not political goals.
C

The growth of the European Union has resulted in member states
A) having greater control of their internal finances
B) adopting a common currency and freer travel
C) enacting tighter borders and travel policies
D) participating in the world's wealthiest market.
E) B and D
E

The European Union has
A) replaced COMECON as the main organization for regional cooperation in Eastern Europe.
B) protected Western Europe from a Soviet invasion.
C) promoted economic growth in Western Europe.
D) closed NATO military bases around the Mediterranean Sea.
E) done all of the above.
E

The Commonwealth is primarily
A) an economic and cultural alliance of states once part of the British Empire.
B) an organization of culturally homogenous nations that opposed the Warsaw Pact.
C) organized to increase availability of mineral resources in perforated states.
D) a religious entity that sends missionaries to Africa.
A

What was a distinctive feature of the world's superpowers between the 1940s and 1980s compared to other eras?
A) The United States and the Soviet Union were superpowers for the first time.
B) The two superpowers were never involved in wars.
C) The number of superpowers was much lower than in the past.
D) The superpowers had satellites.
E) The superpowers used religion to settle conflicts.
C

In 2002 the Organization of African Unity was replaced by
A) the African Union.
B) the African National Party.
C) the African Treaty Organization.
D) the Organization of African States.
E) the Organization for African Economic Cooperation.
A

The United Nations is primarily what kind of cooperative effort?
A) political
B) military
C) economic
D) cultural
E) all of the above
C

Redistricting so that the opposition is spread across many districts as a minority it termed a ________ strategy.
A) wasted vote
B) stacked vote
C) gerrymandering
D) excess vote
C

Cultural boundaries include all but which of the following?
A) ethnic
B) geometric
C) religious
D) language
E) geomorphic
E

After the fall of communism, Poland
A) adopted a unitary form of government.
B) became a nation-state.
C) delegated more authority to local governments.
D) gave power to its ethnic minorities.
E) annexed land from Germany.
C

A state which places most power in the hands of a central government is a
A) federal state.
B) nation-state.
C) fragmented state.
D) unitary state.
E) compact state.
D

An increasing number of states have adopted a federal form of government primarily to
A) grant different ethnicities or nationalities more effective representation.
B) encourage the breakup of the superpower alliances.
C) govern compact states more effectively.
D) deploy scarce resources efficiently.
E) meet all of the above needs.
A

The problems experienced by Cyprus during the past four decades include all but which of the following?
A) a Greek-inspired military coup
B) a Turkish army invasion
C) a partition of the island by the British as part of independence
D) an increasing spatial segregation of Greeks and Turks
E) division of the capital city by a buffer zone patrolled by U.N. soldiers
C

The Aozou Strip is a good example of a
A) prorupted state.
B) physical boundary.
C) geometric boundary.
D) frontier.
E) perforated state.
C

Boundaries were redrawn in much of Europe after World War I according to the
A) distribution of languages.
B) demands of the victorious British and French.
C) containment of Nazism.
D) League of Nations.
E) North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
A

The boundary between the United States and Canada is best described by which of the following?
A) geometry
B) language
C) water
D) mountain
E) A and C
A

The only large land mass not part of a sovereign state is
A) Antarctica.
B) the Arctic.
C) Greenland.
D) Siberia.
E) Borneo.
A

By 1900, the British could claim all but which of the following about their empire?
A) The sun never set on it.
B) Their colonies were located on every continent.
C) Their largest colonies had become independent by then.
D) Their empire was larger than that of any other European state.
E) Their empire controlled strategic islands in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans.
C

There are some extremely small states in the world that have all but which of the following characteristics?
A) Many are islands.
B) They are called microstates.
C) Most are in the southern hemisphere.
D) All are smaller than 1,000 square kilometers.
E) Many of the island nations are former European colonies.
C

The British created different government structures for its various colonies to
A) control the people in the colonies.
B) break down local authorities and governments to make way for the British.
C) help protect the cultures in their territories.
D) expedite the export of raw materials and imports of finished products.
E) separate religious groups.
C

The most populous remaining colony is ruled by
A) the United States.
B) the United Kingdom.
C) France.
D) China.
E) the Netherlands.
A

Elongated states may suffer from poor internal communication and difficulty defending its borders. Which of the following is not an elongated state?
A) Malawi
B) Gambia
C) Namibia
D) Chile
E) Italy
C

A frontier, in contrast to a boundary,
A) separates two states.
B) is an area rather than a line.
C) has become a more common means to separate states.
D) is a region of ethnic conflict.
E) all of the above
B

An area in which businesses are exempt from certain taxes and government regulations to give other economic advantages as an inducement to promote growth or trade.

An area in which businesses are exempt from certain taxes and government regulations to give other economic advantages as an inducement to promote growth or trade.



A) Realm.
B) Enterprise zones.
C) Perceptual region.
D) Protruded state.
E) Economies of scale.


Answer: B

The main purpose of the European Union is to

The main purpose of the European Union is to



A) promote the common defense of member states.
B) create an economic free trade zone for member countries.
C) use tariffs and quotas to discourage trade.
D) create a United States of Europe, which would include the countries of Europe.
becoming more like the concept of American states.
E) create a common currency.


Answer: B