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1 2018. AP Human Geography Sample Student Responses and Scoring Commentary Inside: Free Response Question 3. RR Scoring Guideline RR Student Samples RR Scoring Commentary 2018 The College Board . College Board , Advanced Placement Program, AP, AP Central, and the acorn logo are registered trademarks of the College Board . Visit the College Board on the Web: AP Central is the official online home for the AP Program: AP Human Geography . 2018 SCORING GUIDELINES. Question 3. 8 points (1 + 3 + 4). A. Identify TWO specific means of global diffusion from the following. 1 point Internet, email, social media (Twitter, Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram, etc.), celebrities, television, radio, movies, computers, phones, newspapers, streaming services (YouTube, Netflix, Hulu, etc.)

2 , music, plays, books, comic books, manga, anime, magazines, podcasts, language learning programs, graphic t-shirts with terms. Note: Media or technology are not acceptable. B. Explain how terms diffuse spatially through EACH of the following processes. 3 points (1 + 1 + 1). Note: Definitions alone are not acceptable; response must explain spread of the term(s): 1. Relocation: a person who uses a term moves to a new location and continues to use the term in the new location, OR a form of media, in which a term is used, is relocated to a new place and the term is used in the new location. 2. Contagious: an individual uses, or individuals use, the new word and then acquaintances (or those in close proximity to them) begin to use the word as well.

3 3. Hierarchical: celebrities start to use the new word and then it spreads to others down the social hierarchy OR. people in large cities start to use the word and then the word eventually gets to smaller places or media markets, OR Reverse Hierarchical: minority use of the term spreads up the social ladder to majority group(s). 2018 The College Board . Visit the College Board on the Web: AP Human Geography . 2018 SCORING GUIDELINES. Question 3 (continued). C. Identify and explain TWO barriers to diffusion from the following. 4 points (2 identifications + 2. explanations) Answers must be from the following, and explanations must match identifications.

4 Identification Explanation C1. Distance or physical Geographical separation or isolation may limit diffusion between innovators and barriers receivers of new words or terms. Generation gap; older people may be more resistant to adopt new words or C2. Age barriers terms. Popular words or terms don't translate readily to other languages; people act to C3. Linguistic barriers preserve or protect their language from external influence . Religious rules or laws may prevent the use of foreign language or popular C4. Religious barriers culture words or terms; rules or law that restrict behaviors described by the words or terms. Internet or media censorship in some countries, language protection laws to ban C5.

5 Political barriers foreign-language media that use new words or terms. Desire to cling to traditions, or reject new forms of language, media, or C6. Folk or local culture technology that include new words or terms. The desire to maintain distinctiveness, or identities may insulate groups from C7. Ethnic culture certain media that include new words or terms. Those with limited access to a form of media or technology will be less likely to C8. Social class barriers have exposure to certain new words; a rejection of another group's words or terms. May limit access to media, celebrities, movies, and expensive media, which use C9. Economic barriers new words or terms.

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