AP Human Geography Readiness Test

10 questions, balanced across the exam's topics. Answer each one, then submit for your practice readiness estimate and per-topic breakdown. This is a practice estimate — not a prediction or guarantee of your official exam result.

Question 1

Villagers from one Mexican town cluster in the same Chicago neighborhood because earlier arrivals help newcomers settle. This situation best illustrates which of the following?

push factors life expectancy intervening obstacle chain migration

Question 2

Which of the following best defines the term "supranational organization"?

A nation that does not have its own independent state, such as the Kurds or Palestinians Attitudes and policies that divide a state's population and weaken the state An alliance of three or more states that work together on political, economic, or military goals, such as the United Nations or the European Union The transfer of political power from a central government to regional governments within a state

Question 3

Which of the following pairings of a concept with its description is correct?

pastoral nomadism — a commercial system in developing countries producing a single cash crop, such as coffee or bananas, often on large estates desertification — the degradation of land in arid areas into desert-like conditions, often caused by overgrazing, over-cultivation, and climate change mixed crop and livestock farming — a form of subsistence agriculture based on herding domesticated animals that move seasonally with their herders plantation agriculture — a commercial system in which farmers grow crops and raise animals, using crops to feed livestock and manure to fertilize fields

Question 4

Wages paid by registered corporations, with payroll taxes withheld, belong to this documented sector. This situation best illustrates which of the following?

core countries formal economy gross domestic product (GDP) Weber's least-cost theory

Question 5

What is the meaning of "gentrification"?

Hoyt's model in which a city grows in wedge-shaped sectors along transportation corridors from the center A practice in which real estate agents convinced white homeowners to sell cheaply by suggesting Black families were moving in, then resold at a profit A large node of offices and retail on the outskirts of a city, located near a major highway, with more jobs than bedrooms The renovation of older, run-down urban neighborhoods by wealthier residents, raising property values and often displacing poorer residents

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT a key concept of Thinking Geographically?

absolute location concentric zone model expansion diffusion perceptual region

Question 7

All of the following are key concepts associated with Cultural Patterns and Processes EXCEPT

edge city sequent occupance language family syncretism

Question 8

Which concept is described by the following? "The average number of children a woman will have over her lifetime in a given population."

total fertility rate epidemiological transition dependency ratio doubling time

Question 9

All of the following are key concepts associated with Political Patterns and Processes EXCEPT

shatterbelt maritime boundary antecedent boundary Human Development Index (HDI)

Question 10

In this course, the term "genetically modified organisms (GMOs)" refers to which of the following?

Plants or animals whose DNA has been altered in a laboratory to express desired traits, such as pest resistance The Neolithic transition (about 8000 BCE) from hunting and gathering to planting crops and domesticating animals A form of subsistence agriculture based on herding domesticated animals that move seasonally with their herders The degradation of land in arid areas into desert-like conditions, often caused by overgrazing, over-cultivation, and climate change

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