The following questions have been asked by the College Board on previous AP Human Geography Exams.
Remember that the questions, scoring guidelines, statistics, student performance Q&As, sample responses, and score distributions can be found on the AP Human Geography Exam Page
Remember that the questions, scoring guidelines, statistics, student performance Q&As, sample responses, and score distributions can be found on the AP Human Geography Exam Page
Questions & Scoring Guidelines
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Concepts
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Europe's change from a source of international immigrants to a destination region for international immigrants over the past 150 years. Demographic Transition Model's application in understanding. Other factors that explain European migration to USA from 1800-1920. Other factors that explain North African migration to Europe from 1960-2000s.
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Immigrants to USA from 1900-1998. Early 20th century source areas & push factors. Late 20th century source areas & push factors. USA economic restructuring's role in immigrant changes.
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Late 20th century global migration patterns. Role of a) core-periphery,
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USA county level net migration rates. Regions of in-migration. Regions of out-migration. Influence of 1) Economic structure, 2) Friction of distance, 3) Age structure of population in patterns.
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Population Pyramids & Demographic Transition. Comparing two contrasting pyramids. Impact of population structure on economic development.
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Malthusian Theory. Modern applications & criticisms of Malthusian Theory in predicting future population issues.
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Aging populations in 2000 vs. 2050. Reasons for average population age increase in developed countries. Social & economic consequences of an aging population.
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Refugee populations by country of origin, 2012. Political, social, & environmental reasons. Reason for why refugees have left a specific listed country. Economic impacts that refugees have on a receiving county.
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Economic transitioning. Primary, secondary, and tertiary economic activities. Causes for following changes: declines in primary sector employment, decreases in infant mortality rate, and improvements in women's social status.
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Rates of Natural Increase (RNI) globally. Factors contributing to high RNI. Economic incentives to decrease population growth and impacts of potential strategies. Social programs/policies to decrease population growth and impacts of potential strategies.
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Women's issues in agriculture in developing countries. Economic, cultural and political obstacles in equality/empowerment. Impacts of empowering women.
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