1. 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!

2. “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!

3. 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!

4. 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)

5. 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.

6. 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! 

7. Let’s practice the steps with a few questions.

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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

28. 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

29. 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

30. 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

31. 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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