AP Human Geography Practice Exam - Question List

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16. Which of the following has most affected the development of suburbs in the United States in the last 50 years?
  1. Automobiles
  2. Computers
  3. Electricity
  4. High-speed rail transportation
17. Fossil fuels such as oil and coal are formed from
  1. geological processes that transform organic materials
  2. the rapid decay of animal bones
  3. organic processes that lead to the fossilization of animal tissue
  4. artificial processes used to treat and reuse garbage
18. An example of diffusion is that crops that were once grown mostly in North and South America are
  1. now grown all over the world
  2. now grown only in areas where productivity is high
  3. now grown only in the Northern Hemisphere
  4. no longer grown there
19. South of the 60° line of latitude one would expect to find
  1. floating icebergs
  2. no animal or insect life
  3. commercial shipping lanes
  4. Inuit settlements
20. Worldwide, the greatest number of people who emigrate from one country to another today do so because they
  1. believe that moving will help them economically
  2. believe that moving will give them greater religious freedom
  3. like the climate better in their new country
  4. have been expelled from their native countries

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