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Multiple Choice Practice for Industrial and Economic Development
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Facts about the test: The AP Human Geography exam has 60 multiple choice questions and you will be given 1 hour to complete the section. That means it should take you around 1 minute per question.
*The following questions were not written by College Board and, although they cover information outlined in the AP Human Geography Course and Exam Description, the formatting on the exam may be different.
1. Which of the following occurred in the same time period as the Industrial Revolution?
A. Market Revolution
B. First Agricultural Revolution
C. Third Agricultural Revolution
D. Second Agricultural Revolution
2. Which of the following was NOT an essential characteristic/cause of Urbanization + Industrialization?
A. Social Stratification
B. Fordist Manufacturing
C. Population Growth
D. Agricultural Surplus
3. Which of the following situations describes a break-of-bulk point?
A. A ship gets stuck inside of the Suez Canal
B. Containerization occurs on a cargo ship
C. Cargo is loaded from a ship to a train in Baltimore's Inner Harbor
D. Cargo is transferred from one ship to another in Boston Harbor
4. What situation correctly is classified into the Secondary Economic Sector?
A. Wheat gets turned into flour
B. Goods are sold to consumers
C. Resources are mined from a cave
D. Crops are harvested from a farm
5. Which of the following is NOT a component of HDI?
A. Mean years of schooling
B. Per Capita Disposable Income
C. GDP per capita
D. Life Expectancy
6. Which of the following most directly empowers women to have the ability to create businesses in LDCs?
A. Neoliberal Economic Policies
B. Microloans
C. Higher GII
D. National Economic Dependence on MDCs
7. Which of the following is NOT an example of economic liberalization?
A. Reduction in government spending
B. Global Social-Security Policies
C. Economic Globalization
D. Lowering barriers to trade
8. Which of the following countries have large amounts of government spending promoting ecotourism?
A. Costa Rica
B. Russia
C. Poland
D. Iceland
9. The EU Eurozone is a supranational organization with a primary _____ purpose.
A. Political
B. Cultural
C. Economic
D. Military
10. When the government spends $100B to get out of a recession, the GDP increases by ~$250B. This phenomenon is explained by the _____.
A. GDP Increase Effect
B. Spending Multiplier Effect
C. Depressionary Spending Effect
D. Rostow Model
11. Forward Capital Cities are an example of _____.
A. Uneven Development
B. Neo-Colonialism
C. Economic Globalization
D. EPZs
12. Which of the following is NOT a macro-measure of economic size?
A. GNI
B. GNP
C. GDP
D. Gini Coefficient
13. Which of the following is NOT an action that a government could take to intervene in their economy/development?
A. Borrowing Money from the IMF
B. Introducing Tariffs
C. Changing the demand for goods vs services in their country
D. Establishing Terms of Trade with Foreign Markets
14. Which of the following correctly matches a special economic zone to its usual location?
A. Shanghai, China: Export Processing Zones
B. The US/Mexico Border: Maquiladoras
C. The Four Asian Tigers: Free-Trade Zones
D. All of the above
15. Which of the following would NOT be classified as a Semi-Periphery country in the World Systems Theory?
A. New Zealand
B. Mexico
C. Brazil
D. China
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