Free Response Questions by Topic - AP Human Geography

1 Free Response Questions by Topic AP Human Geography Exam 2001- 2014 Categorized by Topic below are all FRQ exams from 2001- 2014. The FRQ link connects to the corresponding exam and the Scoring Guidelines links to the rubrics designed by AP readers. Unit 1 Geography : It s Nature & Perspectives 2009 Question 1 Scale FRQ Scoring Guidelines 2008 Question 2 Friction of Distance FRQ Scoring Guidelines 2006 Question 1 International Migration: Core- Periphery, Distance Decay, Chain Migration FRQ Scoring Guidelines Unit 2 Population & Migration 2013 Question 2 Aging Populations in Developed Countries and Social / Economic Consequences FRQ Scoring Guidelines 2012 Question 3 Increased Muslim Migration to Europe FRQ Scoring Guidelines 2011 Question 2 Strengths and Weaknesses of Malthus Theory Today FRQ Scoring Guidelines 2010 Question 3 Population Pyramids: DTM Stages and + / - Impacts on Economic Development FRQ Scoring Guidelines 2008 Question 2 Regional Migration Patterns in the USA.

2 Impact on Economic Structure, Friction of Distance, and Age Structure of Population FRQ Scoring Guidelines 2008 Question 3 Educational Patterns in the Developing World: Impact on Population Growth, Economic Development, and Gender Roles FRQ Scoring Guidelines 2006 Question 1 International Migration: Core- Periphery, Distance Decay, Chain Migration FRQ Scoring Guidelines 2005 Question 2 Peaks in US Immigration and Global Circumstances: Early and Late 20th Century FRQ Scoring Guidelines 2003 Question 3 Europe as a Source and Destination for International Migrants (1800- 2000) and DTM FRQ Scoring Guidelines Unit 3 Cultural Patterns & Processes 2009 Question 1 Distribution of Religious Groups in the USA FRQ Scoring Guidelines 2007 Question 2 Revival of Minority Languages in the Face of Globalization FRQ Scoring Guidelines 2002 Question 2 How Religion Shapes the Cultural Landscape: Sacred Sites, Burial Practices, Architecture, Place Names FRQ Scoring Guidelines Unit 4 Political Organization of Space 2014 Question 2 African Boundaries, Colonialism, and Landlocked States FRQ Scoring Guidelines 2012 Question 1 Walls and Barriers as Borders: Social, Political, Economic, Environmental Consequences FRQ Scoring Guidelines 2010 Question 2 Strengthening National Identity.

3 Economic Development and Relocation of State Capital Weakening National Identity: Ethnicity and transportation Infrastructure FRQ Scoring Guidelines 2006 Question 3 Centripetal and Centrifugal Forces: South Asia FRQ Scoring Guidelines 2005 Question 1 Supranationalism and Devolution: Apply to Political and Economic Geography of Europe FRQ Scoring Guidelines 2002 Question 1 Nation, State, Nation- State: Europe and the Middle East FRQ Scoring Guidelines Unit 5 Agriculture & Rural Land Use 2014 Question 3 Production of Coffee and Global Networks FRQ Scoring Guidelines 2012 Question 2 Shifting Cultivation and Subsistence Agriculture FRQ Scoring Guidelines 2009 Question 3 Changing Agricultural Practices in US: Decline of Dairy Farms and Increase of Organic Farms FRQ Scoring Guidelines 2008 Question 1 Von Thunen s Agricultural Land Use Model vs.

4 Burgess Concentric Zone Model FRQ Scoring Guidelines 2007 Question 1 Von Thunen s Agricultural Land Use Model FRQ Scoring Guidelines 2004 Question 2 Restructuring of Agricultural and Impact on Rural Land Use for Poultry Farming FRQ Scoring Guidelines 2001 Question 1 green revolution FRQ Scoring Guidelines Unit 6 Industrialization & Economic Development 2014 Question 1 Rostow and Wallerstein FRQ Scoring Guidelines 2013 Question 1 Site/Situation Factors for Locating Industry and Agglomeration FRQ Scoring Guidelines 2011 Question 3 Industrial Location Models and Automobile Factories FRQ Scoring Guidelines 2010 Question 1 Weber s Least Cost Theory and Ethanol Manufacturing Plants FRQ Scoring Guidelines 2007 Question 3 New International Division of Labor: Mexico, India, China FRQ Scoring Guidelines 2006 Question 2 Customer Service Call Centers: Southern Towns and Economic Development Strategy FRQ Scoring Guidelines 2004 Question 1 Maquiladoras in Mexico FRQ Scoring Guidelines 2003 Question 2 Tourism and Regional Landscape Distinctiveness FRQ Scoring Guidelines 2001 Question 3 Rostow s Model: Social / Economic Changes in Latin America, Sub- Saharan Africa, South Asia FRQ Scoring Guidelines Unit 7 Cities & Urban Land Use 2013 Question 3 Influence of Railroads and Highways on Patterns of Urban Growth FRQ Scoring Guidelines 2011 Question 1 Primate City and Rank- Size Rule FRQ Scoring Guidelines 2009 Question 3 Squatter Settlements FRQ Scoring Guidelines 2008 Question 2 Von Thunen s Agricultural Land Use Model vs.

5 Burgess Concentric Zone Model FRQ Scoring Guidelines 2005 Question 3 Central Business District: Gentrification and Revitalization FRQ Scoring Guidelines 2004 Question 2 Bid- Rent Theory, Urban Land Use, and Population Pyramids FRQ Scoring Guidelines 2003 Question 3 Core- Periphery Relations and Development of Urban Systems: Argentina and Germany FRQ Scoring Guidelines 2002 Question 1 Female- Headed Households and Hoyt s Sector Model FRQ Scoring Guidelines 2001 Question 2 Growth of Suburbs (1950s- 1960s): transportation , Housing Production, Landscape Preference, Social and Demographic Trends FRQ Scoring Guidelines