2011 AP Human Geography Preparation Thread!

<p>when is the RNI greatest, during stage 2 or during the NIC stage?</p>

<p>Correct, Environmental determinism is the “racist” theory that says people from warm climates are lazy.</p>

<p>Which map has the largest scale?
A World map
B Continent map
C Country map
D Regional map
E City map</p>

<p>Edge city… D? I think I remember reading that somewhere.</p>

<p>E City map</p>

<p>Yea, it’s D. Edge cities are defined as any sprawling, unincorporated suburban area on the outskirts of a major city (in this case Washington D.C.). All the other choices were major cities themselves.</p>

<p>How many practice test have you guys taken? and which ones?</p>

<p>I’ve taken 4 (PR/Kaplan)
I’ll take the 2008 practice test later on tonight.</p>

<p>What is the difference between environmental determinism and possibilism?</p>

<p>RNI is greatest between Stage 2 and Stage 3 of DTM, if I am not mistaken. That is when CBR is highest and CDR is lowest.</p>

<p>E city map is correct.</p>

<p>Mandarin Chinese is the most spoken language in the world. What language branch is it part of?
A Indo-European
B Sino-Tibetan
C Afro-Asiatic
D Austro-Asiatic
E Nilo-Saharan</p>

<p>Possibilism - Belief that humans change change or alter their environment to their liking. Ex: terrace farming in mountains</p>

<p>Environmental determinism - the surrounding environment is a factor in dictating the surrounding area. Ex: Favelas in Rio de Janero, Brazil</p>

<p>^^^ B Sino-Tibetan</p>

<p>B Sino-Tibetan</p>

<p>What is the difference between intensive and extensive agriculture and capital intensive agriculture? Examples too.</p>

<p>Correct, Sino-tibetan.</p>

<p>Which two countries alone have close to 2,000 of the 6,000 languages spoken in the world today?
A China and India
B India and Nigeria
C Papua New Guinea and India
D Thailand and Papua New Guinea
E India and Thailand</p>

<p>B. Sino-Tibetan, yes? </p>

<p>The greatest concentration of linguistic diversity on Earth is in:
A. Amazonia
B. The Congo
C. Madagascar
D. New Guinea
E. Mexico</p>

<p>Swahili in East Africa and English in global commerce are examples of
a) pidgin languages
b) lingua franca
c) standard language
d) creole language
e) official language</p>

<p>^That would be C.</p>

<p>did any one take kapalin 2011 practice #2 test? and if so, can i have your score? Cuz it was pretty difficult for me.</p>

<p>Whoops. beat me to it.</p>

<p>I would say C.</p>

<p>Whoa, too many questions being asked. I can’t keep up. lol</p>

<p>Edit: I believe both Forbes and yanks questions are both C.</p>

<p>Does anyone wanna set up a chat or something to discuss the test? I do have the 2001 and 2006 released exams (actual book not scan). I can type up some questions in a chatroom or something. aim? irc? gchat? something else?</p>

<p>this thread is so good</p>

<p>@skmsbrian- I took it like two weeks ago and scored a 54/75. I made a lot of dumb mistakes, though. :stuck_out_tongue:
I scored a 60/75 on the first</p>

<p>YANKS!! A chatroom would be a great idea. gchat!</p>