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AP HUG Unit 5 Practice Test

Unofficial APHG Unit 5 practice test on Agriculture and Rural Land-Use Patterns and Processes, all twelve topics.

A small farm near a city grows many kinds of vegetables, fruit and flowers and sells them straight to local shoppers and restaurants. What is this kind of farm called?

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Topic 5.1: Introduction to agriculture 6

  • A farmer clears a plot, plants it for a short time, then leaves it to grow back and moves on to another plot. Which practice is this? Wikipedia, "Shifting cultivation"; course topic 5.1, essential knowledge PSO-5.A.3
  • A large estate grows a single cash crop such as tea, coffee or rubber. Which practice is this? Wikipedia, "Plantation"; course topic 5.1, essential knowledge PSO-5.A.2
  • A small farm near a city grows many kinds of vegetables, fruit and flowers and sells them straight to local shoppers and restaurants. What is this kind of farm called? Wikipedia, "Market garden"; course topic 5.1, essential knowledge PSO-5.A.2
  • What sets extensive farming apart from intensive farming? Wikipedia, "Extensive farming"; course topic 5.1, essential knowledge PSO-5.A.3
  • Wheat, grapes and olives have long been grown together in regions with dry summers and wet winters. Which climate is this? Wikipedia, "Mediterranean climate"; course topic 5.1, essential knowledge PSO-5.A.1
  • Which pair names two extensive farming practices? College Board, AP Human Geography Course and Exam Description, topic 5.1, essential knowledge PSO-5.A.3
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Topic 5.2: Settlement patterns and survey methods 6

  • Houses and farmhouses stand close together around a central church or village green. Which rural settlement pattern is this? Wikipedia, "Nucleated village"; course topic 5.2, essential knowledge PSO-5.B.2
  • Long, narrow farms lie side by side along the Saint Lawrence River in places settled by the French. Which survey method made them? Wikipedia, "Ribbon farm"; course topic 5.2, essential knowledge PSO-5.B.3
  • Under the township and range system of the United States, how is a survey township divided? Wikipedia, "Public Land Survey System"; course topic 5.2, essential knowledge PSO-5.B.3
  • Which statement describes a dispersed rural settlement? Wikipedia, "Dispersed settlement"; course topic 5.2, essential knowledge PSO-5.B.2
  • Which survey method came from England and was used in the original Thirteen Colonies? Wikipedia, "Metes and bounds"; course topic 5.2, essential knowledge PSO-5.B.3
  • Why do many linear settlements form? Wikipedia, "Linear settlement"; course topic 5.2, essential knowledge PSO-5.B.2

Topic 5.3: Agricultural origins and diffusions 6

  • Four of the five most important domesticated animal species came from the Fertile Crescent. Which four? Wikipedia, "Fertile Crescent"; course topic 5.3, essential knowledge SPS-5.A.1
  • From the late 15th century on, plants, animals and diseases moved both ways between the Americas and Afro-Eurasia. What is this transfer called? Wikipedia, "Columbian exchange"; course topic 5.3, essential knowledge SPS-5.B.1
  • Which animal, brought to the Americas in the Columbian Exchange, did the Plains Indians take up for hunting? Wikipedia, "Columbian exchange"; course topic 5.3, essential knowledge SPS-5.B.1
  • Which crops spread from the Americas to the rest of the world in the Columbian Exchange? Wikipedia, "Columbian exchange"; course topic 5.3, essential knowledge SPS-5.B.1
  • Which crops were among the earliest domesticated in Mesoamerica? Wikipedia, "Neolithic Revolution"; course topic 5.3, essential knowledge SPS-5.A.1
  • Which region is believed to be the first where settled farming emerged? Wikipedia, "Fertile Crescent"; course topic 5.3, essential knowledge SPS-5.A.1

Topic 5.4: The second agricultural revolution 4

  • Before which invention of the second agricultural revolution were seeds usually sown by throwing them across the ground by hand? Wikipedia, "British Agricultural Revolution"; course topic 5.4, essential knowledge SPS-5.C.1
  • By the course framework, what did the greater food production of the second agricultural revolution lead to? College Board, AP Human Geography Course and Exam Description, topic 5.4, essential knowledge SPS-5.C.1
  • In the British agricultural revolution, what was enclosure? Wikipedia, "British Agricultural Revolution"; course topic 5.4, essential knowledge SPS-5.C.1
  • What did the Norfolk four-course rotation of the second agricultural revolution do away with? Wikipedia, "Norfolk four-course system"; course topic 5.4, essential knowledge SPS-5.C.1

Topic 5.5: The Green Revolution 5

  • In which country did the initial development of the Green Revolution take place? Wikipedia, "Green Revolution"; course topic 5.5, essential knowledge SPS-5.D.1
  • What do Green Revolution seeds need in order to give their high yields? Wikipedia, "Green Revolution"; course topic 5.5, essential knowledge SPS-5.D.2
  • Which crops were at the center of the high-yielding varieties of the Green Revolution? Wikipedia, "Green Revolution"; course topic 5.5, essential knowledge SPS-5.D.1
  • Which scientist is called the father of the Green Revolution and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970? Wikipedia, "Green Revolution"; course topic 5.5, essential knowledge SPS-5.D.1
  • Which three things marked the Green Revolution in agriculture, by the course framework? College Board, AP Human Geography Course and Exam Description, topic 5.5, essential knowledge SPS-5.D.1

Topic 5.6: Agricultural production regions 5

  • A farm plants only soybeans, the same crop on the same land year after year. What is this called? Wikipedia, "Monocropping"; course topic 5.6, essential knowledge PSO-5.C.1
  • By bid-rent theory, what happens to the price of land as distance from the central market grows? Wikipedia, "Bid rent theory"; course topic 5.6, essential knowledge PSO-5.C.2
  • Land close to a city is costly. Which kind of farming does bid-rent theory lead you to expect there? Wikipedia, "Intensive farming"; course topic 5.6, essential knowledge PSO-5.C.2
  • What is a long-term risk of monoculture? Wikipedia, "Monoculture"; course topic 5.6, essential knowledge PSO-5.C.1
  • What is subsistence agriculture? Wikipedia, "Subsistence agriculture"; course topic 5.6, essential knowledge PSO-5.C.1

Topic 5.7: Spatial organization of agriculture 4

  • A very large grain farm spreads the cost of its combine over far more bushels than a small farm can, so each bushel costs less to produce. What is this advantage called? Wikipedia, "Economies of scale"; course topic 5.7, essential knowledge PSO-5.C.5
  • What does carrying capacity mean? Wikipedia, "Carrying capacity"; course topic 5.7, essential knowledge PSO-5.C.5
  • What is a commodity chain? Wikipedia, "Commodity chain"; course topic 5.7, essential knowledge PSO-5.C.4
  • Which trend in farm ownership does the course framework name? College Board, AP Human Geography Course and Exam Description, topic 5.7, essential knowledge PSO-5.C.3

Topic 5.8: Von Thünen model 6

  • By the course framework, which kind of farming does not always fit the rings of the von Thünen model? College Board, AP Human Geography Course and Exam Description, topic 5.8, essential knowledge PSO-5.D.1
  • In the von Thünen model, what decides where each kind of farming is found? College Board, AP Human Geography Course and Exam Description, topic 5.8, essential knowledge PSO-5.D.1
  • Which is an assumption of the von Thünen model? Wikipedia, "Johann Heinrich von Thünen"; course topic 5.8, essential knowledge PSO-5.D.1
  • Which products lie in the ring closest to the city in the von Thünen model? Wikipedia, "Johann Heinrich von Thünen"; course topic 5.8, essential knowledge PSO-5.D.1
  • Why can ranching sit in the outermost ring of the von Thünen model? Wikipedia, "Johann Heinrich von Thünen"; course topic 5.8, essential knowledge PSO-5.D.1
  • Why did von Thünen place timber and firewood in the second ring, close to the city? Wikipedia, "Johann Heinrich von Thünen"; course topic 5.8, essential knowledge PSO-5.D.1

Topic 5.9: The global system of agriculture 4

  • Bananas grown in Central America are sold in supermarkets in Europe. Which idea of the course framework does this show? College Board, AP Human Geography Course and Exam Description, topic 5.9, essential knowledge PSO-5.E.1
  • By the course framework, which three things affect the networks that distribute food around the world? College Board, AP Human Geography Course and Exam Description, topic 5.9, essential knowledge PSO-5.E.3
  • What is a cash crop? Wikipedia, "Cash crop"; course topic 5.9, essential knowledge PSO-5.E.2
  • The world price of cocoa falls by half. Which country is hurt most? College Board, AP Human Geography Course and Exam Description, topic 5.9, essential knowledge PSO-5.E.2

Topic 5.10: Consequences of agricultural practices 5

  • In slash-and-burn farming, what does burning the cut vegetation do for the field? Wikipedia, "Slash-and-burn agriculture"; course topic 5.10, essential knowledge IMP-5.A.2
  • Which farming activity is named as a driver of desertification? Wikipedia, "Desertification"; course topic 5.10, essential knowledge IMP-5.A.1
  • Which farming practice can cause soil salinization? Wikipedia, "Soil salinity"; course topic 5.10, essential knowledge IMP-5.A.1
  • Which is a societal effect, not an environmental effect, of agricultural practices in the course framework? College Board, AP Human Geography Course and Exam Description, topic 5.10, essential knowledge IMP-5.A.3
  • Why do farmers build terraces on hillsides? Wikipedia, "Terrace (earthworks)"; course topic 5.10, essential knowledge IMP-5.A.2

Topic 5.11: Challenges of contemporary agriculture 7

  • In community-supported agriculture (CSA), what does a consumer do? Wikipedia, "Community-supported agriculture"; course topic 5.11, essential knowledge IMP-5.B.2
  • What do local-food movements try to do? Wikipedia, "Local food"; course topic 5.11, essential knowledge IMP-5.B.2
  • What is a food desert? Wikipedia, "Food desert"; course topic 5.11, essential knowledge IMP-5.B.3
  • What is a genetically modified crop? Wikipedia, "Genetically modified crops"; course topic 5.11, essential knowledge IMP-5.B.1
  • What is aquaculture? Wikipedia, "Aquaculture"; course topic 5.11, essential knowledge IMP-5.B.1
  • What is the aim of fair trade? Wikipedia, "Fair trade"; course topic 5.11, essential knowledge IMP-5.B.2
  • Which challenge of feeding the world's people does the course framework tie to the growth of suburbs? College Board, AP Human Geography Course and Exam Description, topic 5.11, essential knowledge IMP-5.B.3

Topic 5.12: Women in agriculture 2

  • By the course framework, what does the role of women in food production depend on? College Board, AP Human Geography Course and Exam Description, topic 5.12, essential knowledge IMP-5.C.1
  • On average, how do the wages of women in farm employment compare with those of men? Wikipedia, "Gender roles in agriculture"; course topic 5.12, essential knowledge IMP-5.C.1

How this list was compiled: Our own questions, written to Unit 5 (Agriculture and Rural Land-Use Patterns and Processes) of the College Board's AP Human Geography Course and Exam Description, effective fall 2020, https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/ap-human-geography-course-and-exam-description.pdf, read 2026-10-14: topics 5.1 to 5.12. Each fact was read on 2026-10-14 in the page named under its question: an essential knowledge statement of the course description or a Wikipedia article. Licence: Own work. Short quotations from the public documents named under each question.

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This AP HUG Unit 5 practice test has 60 multiple-choice questions of our own on Agriculture and Rural Land-Use Patterns and Processes. It is unofficial, and this site is not affiliated with the College Board, the owner of AP.

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What Unit 5 covers

The College Board's course description, effective fall 2020 and read October 14, 2026, lists twelve topics, and each has a set here: introduction to agriculture (6 questions), settlement patterns and survey methods (6), agricultural origins and diffusions (6), the second agricultural revolution (4), the Green Revolution (5), production regions (5), spatial organization (4), the von Thünen model (6), the global system (4), consequences of agricultural practices (5), contemporary challenges (7) and women in agriculture (2). No topic is weighted, so the counts are ours.

Words only, for now

On the real exam 30 to 40% of the multiple-choice questions refer to a map, table, chart or image. Every question here is words only, so practice maps of survey patterns in class too.

  • Sort every practice first: market gardening, plantations and mixed crop-livestock are intensive; shifting cultivation, nomadic herding and ranching are extensive.
  • Learn the von Thünen rings from the city outward: dairy and vegetables, wood, grain, ranching.
  • Tell the revolutions apart by their tools: the seed drill and crop rotation, then high-yield seeds and chemicals.

Questions and answers

What is Unit 5 in AP Human Geography?

Agriculture and Rural Land-Use Patterns and Processes: where farming began, how the second agricultural revolution and the Green Revolution changed it, where each kind of farming is found, and what it does to land and society.

What should an APHG Unit 5 study guide cover?

An AP Human Geography Unit 5 agriculture and rural land use study guide needs intensive and extensive practices, the three settlement patterns and three survey methods, the hearths, both revolutions, bid-rent, commodity chains, food deserts and the role of women.

How much of the AP Human Geography exam is Unit 5?

12 to 17% of the multiple-choice section, by the College Board's course page, a weighting six of the seven units share. That section has 60 questions in 1 hour and is half of the exam score.

Is this the APHG Unit 5 Progress Check?

No. The Progress Check, about 35 multiple-choice questions by the course description, is the College Board's own and is assigned in AP Classroom. Ours are written from the public topic list, each with a named source.

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