AP Human Geography Unit 3 Practice Test: Cultural Patterns and Processes

Topic 3.1 · Concept check

Which is the best example of a cultural trait?

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A traditional style of handmade quilt is made by one rural community, passed down in families and rarely changes. A clothing brand sells the same jeans in malls on every continent and changes styles each season. Which statement compares these correctly?

Topic 3.2 · Data analysis

A photograph of a street shows a Spanish colonial church on the main plaza, shop signs in both Spanish and English, a fast-food restaurant chain, and murals of local Indigenous history.

What does this landscape best illustrate?

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Which landscape feature is most clearly a sign of a religion's influence on a place?

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Signs in a neighbourhood of a large city are mostly in Vietnamese, and stores sell Vietnamese food and goods. What does this pattern best show?

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Why do place names in a region often reflect the language of people who no longer form the majority there?

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A food tradition spreads to a new country when people who practise it migrate there and open restaurants. Which type of diffusion is this?

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A fast-food chain sells vegetarian burgers in India instead of beef burgers, adapting its menu to local religious practice. Which type of diffusion is this?

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A new smartphone model is released first in a few world cities such as Tokyo, New York and London, then reaches smaller cities months later, and finally rural towns. Which type of diffusion does this describe?

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English and Spanish are official languages in many countries far from England and Spain. Which historical process best explains this?

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Which historical process best explains the spread of Islam from the Arabian Peninsula across North Africa and into parts of South and Southeast Asia?

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A song by a South Korean group becomes popular worldwide within weeks through streaming and social media. Which contemporary cause of diffusion does this show?

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Some governments limit foreign films and promote local-language media. Which concern do these policies most directly respond to?

Topic 3.7 · Concept check

Which religion is an ethnic religion rather than a universalizing one?

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Buddhism began in South Asia but today has most of its followers in East and Southeast Asia, while Hinduism remains concentrated in South Asia. Which difference best explains this pattern?

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English, Hindi, Persian and Russian all belong to which language family, showing ancient diffusion from a common source?

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In a busy international port, traders who speak different languages develop a simplified language that combines words from several of them to do business. This is best described as:

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Second-generation immigrants keep their parents' religion and holiday foods but speak mainly the language of their new country and follow its popular culture. This best illustrates:

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In parts of Latin America, festivals combine Catholic saints' days with Indigenous rituals to create new traditions. This is an example of:

Topic 3.8 · Data analysis

Which conclusion is best supported by the data, and which process most likely explains it?

Topic 3.2 · Data analysis

Which concept do the changes along this street best illustrate?