AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY CHAPTER
12 INDUSTRY AND SERVICES TEST
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS
◉ Agricultural hearth. Answer: an area where different groups began to
domesticate plants and animals
◉ Bid/rent theory. Answer: a theory that describes the relationships
between land value, commercial location, and transportation (primarily
in urban areas) using a bid-rent gradient, or slope; used to describe how
land costs are determined
◉ Central business district (CBD). Answer: It is the compact, central
location of a city where high-density commercial, office, and retail
activities cluster. Characterized by high land values and skyscrapers, it
serves as the center of transportation and economic activity
◉ Climate region. Answer: an area that has similar climate patterns
generally based on its latitude and its location on a coast or continental
interior
◉ Clustered settlement. Answer: a rural settlement pattern in which
residents live in close proximity to one another, with farmland and
pasture land surrounding the settlement; also known as a nucleated
settlement
, ◉ Commercial agriculture. Answer: an agricultural practice that focuses
on producing crops and raising animals for the market for others to
purchase
◉ Columbian Exchange. Answer: the exchange of goods and ideas
between the Americas, Europe, and Africa that began after Christopher
Columbus landed in the Americas in 149
◉ Crop rotation. Answer: the varying of crops from year to year to
allow for the restoration of valuable nutrients and the continuing
productivity of the soil
◉ Dispersed settlement. Answer: a rural settlement pattern in which
houses and buildings are isolated from one another, and all the homes in
a settlement are distributed over a relatively large area
◉ Domestication. Answer: the deliberate effort to grow plants and raise
animals, making plants and animals adapt to human demands and using
selective breeding to develop desirable characteristics
◉ Enclosure system. Answer: system in which communal lands were
replaced by farms owned by individuals, and use of the land was
restricted to the owner or tenants who rented the land from the owner
◉ Extensive agriculture. Answer: an agricultural practice with relatively
few inputs and little investment in labor and capital that results in
relatively low outputs
12 INDUSTRY AND SERVICES TEST
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS
◉ Agricultural hearth. Answer: an area where different groups began to
domesticate plants and animals
◉ Bid/rent theory. Answer: a theory that describes the relationships
between land value, commercial location, and transportation (primarily
in urban areas) using a bid-rent gradient, or slope; used to describe how
land costs are determined
◉ Central business district (CBD). Answer: It is the compact, central
location of a city where high-density commercial, office, and retail
activities cluster. Characterized by high land values and skyscrapers, it
serves as the center of transportation and economic activity
◉ Climate region. Answer: an area that has similar climate patterns
generally based on its latitude and its location on a coast or continental
interior
◉ Clustered settlement. Answer: a rural settlement pattern in which
residents live in close proximity to one another, with farmland and
pasture land surrounding the settlement; also known as a nucleated
settlement
, ◉ Commercial agriculture. Answer: an agricultural practice that focuses
on producing crops and raising animals for the market for others to
purchase
◉ Columbian Exchange. Answer: the exchange of goods and ideas
between the Americas, Europe, and Africa that began after Christopher
Columbus landed in the Americas in 149
◉ Crop rotation. Answer: the varying of crops from year to year to
allow for the restoration of valuable nutrients and the continuing
productivity of the soil
◉ Dispersed settlement. Answer: a rural settlement pattern in which
houses and buildings are isolated from one another, and all the homes in
a settlement are distributed over a relatively large area
◉ Domestication. Answer: the deliberate effort to grow plants and raise
animals, making plants and animals adapt to human demands and using
selective breeding to develop desirable characteristics
◉ Enclosure system. Answer: system in which communal lands were
replaced by farms owned by individuals, and use of the land was
restricted to the owner or tenants who rented the land from the owner
◉ Extensive agriculture. Answer: an agricultural practice with relatively
few inputs and little investment in labor and capital that results in
relatively low outputs
