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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The Green Revolution. Agricultural practices/technologies associated with it. Regions where its had significant crop impact. Social, political, & cultural conditions necessary for success. Economic & ecological limitations for success.
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Agricultural patterns of poultry production in USA. Factors for increased poultry demand. Characteristics of economic organization of poultry production. Present geographic distribution.
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Von Thunen's agricultural model's application in predicting agricultural locations. Contemporary factors that could cause land use patterns to differ from von Thunen.
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Von Thunen's Agriculture Model vs Burgess' Concentric Zone Model. Geographic applications. Shared assumptions. Influence of relative location on land use patterns.
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Past, present, & future trends in USA agriculture. Factors contributing to the decline of dairy farms. Factors contributing to the rise in organic farms.
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Shifting cultivation and subsistence agriculture. Reasons for the diminishment of these practices in the 21st century.
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Major coffee producing countries. Common characteristics of those countries. Impacts of coffee farming on those countries. How increased coffee demands in the core is affecting change in the coffee producing countries. How cities in the core are changing due to coffee consumption.
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Subsistence vs commercial agriculture. Rice farming vs wheat. Environmental consequences of each
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Food deserts and food insecurity in the US. How geographers map food deserts. Reasons for food deserts in urban areas. Impacts of living in food deserts.
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