STRATEGIES FOR APHUG MCQ SAMPLE MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS Directions: Each of the questions or incomplete statements is followed by five suggested answers or completions. Select the one that best answers the question or completes the statement. The multiple choice section is worth 50 percent!

“Cracking” the MCQ! Read and rephrase (sometimes this is all you need!) Categorize into a unit if applicable Don’t just let the question ask you… *YOU* ask the question! WHEN? WHO AND WHERE? WHAT? Process of Elimination Guess and Go REMEMBER, FINISHING IS NOT YOUR GOAL. ACCURACY IS YOUR GOAL!

Read and Rephrase the Question Step 1: Read and Rephrase the Question Make sure that you know exactly what the question is asking. Taking the five seconds to read a question twice. The choice between a right and wrong answer is sometimes the product of misunderstanding a question!

Step 2: When? Who and Where? What? So you tried step 1. You read the question over and rephrased it but are still unsure of the answer. Now apply Step 2. Don’t let the question ask you. YOU ask the question! Look for context clues. Is there a person that the question is looking for (who) a place (where), a time (when) period, a theory or model (what)

Step 3: Process of Elimination If you went to Step 2 and were able to at least eliminate one answer choice, move on to step three and continue with a process of elimination. Sometimes a question will ask all EXCEPT. This means that four of the choices are correct and one is wrong. Sometimes a good clue will be to look for related answers and pick the one that stands out. POE can help you eliminate 3 or 4 answer choices.

Step 4: Guess and Go Human Geography does have what is commonly known as a guessing penalty. (-1/4 point) But if you implement some of these strategies turn the guessing penalty into your guessing reward! 

Let’s practice the steps with a few questions.

1. As an academic discipline, geography is principally concerned with the nature and meaning of place names impact of the environment on human understandings and activities (C) evolving character and spatial organization of Earth's surface (D) absolute location of places, peoples, and processes on Earth's surface (E) construction of maps that depict places, peoples, and processes as accurately as possible

1. As an academic discipline, geography is principally concerned with the nature and meaning of place names impact of the environment on human understandings and activities (C) evolving character and spatial organization of Earth's surface (D) absolute location of places, peoples, and processes on Earth's surface (E) construction of maps that depict places, peoples, and processes as accurately as possible I. Geography: Its Nature and Perspectives

1. As an academic discipline, geography is principally concerned with the nature and meaning of place names impact of the environment on human understandings and activities (C) evolving character and spatial organization of Earth's surface (D) absolute location of places, peoples, and processes on Earth's surface (E) construction of maps that depict places, peoples, and processes as accurately as possible I. Geography: Its Nature and Perspectives

nature and meaning of place names impact of the environment on human 1. As an academic discipline, geography is principally concerned with the nature and meaning of place names impact of the environment on human understandings and activities (C) evolving character and spatial organization of Earth's surface (D) absolute location of places, peoples, and processes on Earth's surface (E) construction of maps that depict places, peoples, and processes as accurately as possible I. Geography: Its Nature and Perspectives

2. Which of the following refers to the study of the relationship between the physical environment and culture? Central place theory Ecosystem analysis Culture history Cultural ecology Polytheism

2. Which of the following refers to the study of the relationship between the physical environment and culture? Central place theory Ecosystem analysis Culture history Cultural ecology Polytheism III. Cultural Patterns and Processes

2. Which of the following refers to the study of the relationship between the physical environment and culture? Central place theory (B) Ecosystem analysis (C) Culture history (D) Cultural ecology (E) Polytheism III. Cultural Patterns and Processes

2. Which of the following refers to the study of the relationship between the physical environment and culture? Central place theory Ecosystem analysis Culture history (D) Cultural ecology Polytheism III. Cultural Patterns and Processes

3. Gerrymandering adjusts voting district boundaries in order to ensure that all districts are of similar size and shape benefit the interest of one political party or group create districts that coincide with municipal service- district boundaries (D) allow those living in one state to vote on issues raised in another state (E) equalize the burden of paying poll taxes across different ethnic groups

3. Gerrymandering adjusts voting district boundaries in order to ensure that all districts are of similar size and shape benefit the interest of one political party or group create districts that coincide with municipal service- district boundaries (D) allow those living in one state to vote on issues raised in another state (E) equalize the burden of paying poll taxes across different ethnic groups IV. Political Organization of Space

3. Gerrymandering adjusts voting district boundaries in order to ensure that all districts are of similar size and shape (B) benefit the interest of one political party or group (C) create districts that coincide with municipal service- district boundaries (D) allow those living in one state to vote on issues raised in another state (E) equalize the burden of paying poll taxes across different ethnic groups IV. Political Organization of Space

3. Gerrymandering adjusts voting district boundaries in order to ensure that all districts are of similar size and shape (B) benefit the interest of one political party or group (C) create districts that coincide with municipal service- district boundaries (D) allow those living in one state to vote on issues raised in another state (E) equalize the burden of paying poll taxes across different ethnic groups IV. Political Organization of Space

4. The Green Revolution refers to (A) the environmental politics of Greenpeace (B) hybrid crops introduced to promote agricultural development (C) a fundamentalist Islamic political movement (D) efforts to provide parks and open space around industrial cities (E) the development of garden cities

4. The Green Revolution refers to (A) the environmental politics of Greenpeace (B) hybrid crops introduced to promote agricultural development (C) a fundamentalist Islamic political movement (D) efforts to provide parks and open space around industrial cities (E) the development of garden cities V. Agriculture and Rural Land Use

4. The Green Revolution refers to (A) the environmental politics of Greenpeace (B) hybrid crops introduced to promote agricultural development (C) a fundamentalist Islamic political movement (D) efforts to provide parks and open space around industrial cities (E) the development of garden cities V. Agriculture and Rural Land Use

4. The Green Revolution refers to (A) the environmental politics of Greenpeace (B) hybrid crops introduced to promote agricultural development (C) a fundamentalist Islamic political movement (D) efforts to provide parks and open space around industrial cities (E) the development of garden cities V. Agriculture and Rural Land Use

5. As a country's economy develops, a smaller percentage of the workforce tends to be employed in agriculture, because industrialization decreases the value of rural land (B) agriculture, because investment in technology increases yields and decreases labor demand (C) industry, because the profit from extracting natural resources increases (D) industry, because productivity increases as labor costs rise (E) services, because technology increases efficiency in the provision of services

5. As a country's economy develops, a smaller percentage of the workforce tends to be employed in agriculture, because industrialization decreases the value of rural land (B) agriculture, because investment in technology increases yields and decreases labor demand (C) industry, because the profit from extracting natural resources increases (D) industry, because productivity increases as labor costs rise (E) services, because technology increases efficiency in the provision of services VI. Industrialization and Economic Development

5. As a country's economy develops, a smaller percentage of the workforce tends to be employed in (A) agriculture, because industrialization decreases the value of rural land (B) agriculture, because investment in technology increases yields and decreases labor demand (C) industry, because the profit from extracting natural resources increases (D) industry, because productivity increases as labor costs rise (E) services, because technology increases efficiency in the provision of services VI. Industrialization and Economic Development

5. As a country's economy develops, a smaller percentage of the workforce tends to be employed in agriculture, because industrialization decreases the value of rural land (B) agriculture, because investment in technology increases yields and decreases labor demand (C) industry, because the profit from extracting natural resources increases (D) industry, because productivity increases as labor costs rise (E) services, because technology increases efficiency in the provision of services VI. Industrialization and Economic Development

6.The sector model of city structure assumes that typical spatial behavior involves people moving primarily (A) around the outer belt (B) in and out of downtown (C) within downtown (D) within neighborhoods (E) everywhere all the time

6.The sector model of city structure assumes that typical spatial behavior involves people moving primarily (A) around the outer belt (B) in and out of downtown (C) within downtown (D) within neighborhoods (E) everywhere all the time VII. Cities and Urban Land Use

6.The sector model of city structure assumes that typical spatial behavior involves people moving primarily (A) around the outer belt (B) in and out of downtown (C) within downtown (D) within neighborhoods (E) everywhere all the time VII. Cities and Urban Land Use

6.The sector model of city structure assumes that typical spatial behavior involves people moving primarily (A) around the outer belt (B) in and out of downtown (C) within downtown (D) within neighborhoods (E) everywhere all the time VII. Cities and Urban Land Use

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