AP Human Geography - Unit 6 Practice
Test Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
In the 200 years following the Industrial
Revolution, heavy industry was found in all of the
following locations EXCEPT
a. North America
b. Russia
c. France
d. east Asia
e. northern Africa -
correct answer ✅e
Service-based economies are focused on all of the
following EXCEPT
a. telecommunications
b. tourism
c. marketing
d. sales
e. mining -
correct answer ✅e
,AP Human Geography - Unit 6 Practice
Test Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
Export-processing zones are most often located in
a. underdeveloped regions of developing nations.
b. areas with high tax rates.
c. countries with low rates of unemployment.
d. regions inaccessible by mass transit.
e. residential areas of developed nations. -
correct answer ✅a
Deindustrialization occurred at the national level in
Great Britain when heavy industry was moved to
locations with
a. greater access to major ports.
b. lower production costs.
c. a more educated population.
d. economies more geared toward tertiary
economic activities.
e. higher industrial-economic development. -
correct answer ✅b
,AP Human Geography - Unit 6 Practice
Test Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
According to Rostow's stages of development,
which of the following is true?
a. All countries will eventually pass through each
of the five stages of economic development.
b. The colonial legacy will impede a country's
economic growth.
c. Foreign investment is a necessary precondition
for economic development in the second stage.
d. Countries might not pass through each of the
stages in a linear manner.
e. Deindustrialization is accounted for in the fifth
and final stage. -
correct answer ✅a
In the core-periphery model of global economic
patterns, all of Africa is included in the periphery
EXCEPT
a. Zimbabwe.
b. Morocco.
, AP Human Geography - Unit 6 Practice
Test Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
c. South Africa.
d. Liberia.
e. Egypt. -
correct answer ✅c
Which of the following groups of American cities
is part of the Rust Belt?
a. Detroit, Buffalo, and Cleveland
b. San Jose, Palo Alto, and Cupertino
c. St. Louis, Little Rock, and Oklahoma City
d. Atlanta, Augusta, and Knoxville
e. Albuquerque, Tucson, and Phoenix -
correct answer ✅a
Mexico's system of maquiladoras is located
a. along the coast of the Pacific Ocean.
b. on the Baja Peninsula.
c. on the Yucatan peninsula.
d. along the Mexico-United States border.
Test Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
In the 200 years following the Industrial
Revolution, heavy industry was found in all of the
following locations EXCEPT
a. North America
b. Russia
c. France
d. east Asia
e. northern Africa -
correct answer ✅e
Service-based economies are focused on all of the
following EXCEPT
a. telecommunications
b. tourism
c. marketing
d. sales
e. mining -
correct answer ✅e
,AP Human Geography - Unit 6 Practice
Test Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
Export-processing zones are most often located in
a. underdeveloped regions of developing nations.
b. areas with high tax rates.
c. countries with low rates of unemployment.
d. regions inaccessible by mass transit.
e. residential areas of developed nations. -
correct answer ✅a
Deindustrialization occurred at the national level in
Great Britain when heavy industry was moved to
locations with
a. greater access to major ports.
b. lower production costs.
c. a more educated population.
d. economies more geared toward tertiary
economic activities.
e. higher industrial-economic development. -
correct answer ✅b
,AP Human Geography - Unit 6 Practice
Test Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
According to Rostow's stages of development,
which of the following is true?
a. All countries will eventually pass through each
of the five stages of economic development.
b. The colonial legacy will impede a country's
economic growth.
c. Foreign investment is a necessary precondition
for economic development in the second stage.
d. Countries might not pass through each of the
stages in a linear manner.
e. Deindustrialization is accounted for in the fifth
and final stage. -
correct answer ✅a
In the core-periphery model of global economic
patterns, all of Africa is included in the periphery
EXCEPT
a. Zimbabwe.
b. Morocco.
, AP Human Geography - Unit 6 Practice
Test Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
c. South Africa.
d. Liberia.
e. Egypt. -
correct answer ✅c
Which of the following groups of American cities
is part of the Rust Belt?
a. Detroit, Buffalo, and Cleveland
b. San Jose, Palo Alto, and Cupertino
c. St. Louis, Little Rock, and Oklahoma City
d. Atlanta, Augusta, and Knoxville
e. Albuquerque, Tucson, and Phoenix -
correct answer ✅a
Mexico's system of maquiladoras is located
a. along the coast of the Pacific Ocean.
b. on the Baja Peninsula.
c. on the Yucatan peninsula.
d. along the Mexico-United States border.
