<p>FRQ 1: Primate city - city that dominates other cities in its country in population. Example - Mexico City, Mexico.
Rank-size rule - Cities in a country are a fraction of the size of the largest city, based on their rank in population. For example, 2nd largest city is 1/2 size of the largest. 3rd largest is 1/3 size and so on. The nth largest city is 1/n the size of the largest city. Does not apply in Mexico bc Mexico City has like 20000000 people and Guadalajara, 2nd largest, has only 4000000.
Positive effects of primate city - central location for business firms, promotes business competition which is good for consumer. Also, Encourages trade with other primate cities like London and Paris.
Negative effects - squatter settlements - poor conditions, and class and ethnic conflict in the city sometimes leading to riots (i know i kind of BSed the second part but its the best i could come up with)</p>
<p>FRQ 2: 2 Reasons people believe Malthus’ theory could come true: Rise of 3rd world countries in population and unequal distribution of food
2 reasons people believe Malthus’ theory could not come true: New advances in technology, biotechnology, agricultural technology, etc. and population control policies like China’s one child policy and India’s encouraged use of contraceptives.</p>
<p>FRQ 3: Two changes seen in the map: shift from USA owned to foreign owned cars and shift from factories in rust belt to sun belt.
Reasons for each: appeal to american people for foreign cars bc of high fuel economy, lower emissions (would this have been a legitimate reason) and availability of labor in the sun belt vs rust belt</p>
<p>Do you think that’s pretty good? I know I think I did pretty good on 1 and 2 but 3 could screw me over. We’ll see come July…</p>
<p>Yep now that the taboo is lifted I am going to stop looking in this thread because everyone will point out things I did not put and I will feel really bad/stupid</p>
<p>can you guys check some of what I put?</p>
<p>on FRQ 1, for the negative effects of a primate city, I said that there is urban sprawl and that the city detracts importance from the rest of the country.</p>
<p>on FRQ 3, I wrote that one of the changes was less US owned automobile factories in the US and then wrote about the causes of that.</p>
<p>so do these seem okay?</p>
<p>Yes that sounds good especially about urban sprawl. What did you elaborate on for FRQ3?</p>
<p>I said that because of outsourcing and just-in-time manufacturing US companies wouldn’t need to build factories in the US anymore.</p>
<p>The rules for the MC were changed this year that you no longer lose points for incorrect answers. This was what written on the rules and what can be found on the wikipefia AP tests page with a citation.</p>
<p>Does anyone remember what they put for the one about organic farming? I put that it is not commercially viable but now I’m doubting it’s correct. </p>
<p>Also, what was the answer for the farming question on the map of the us? Poultry production?</p>
<p>Negative Effects of Primate City: Backwash effect occurs as the primate city gains wealth and the other cities lose it. This creates squatter settlements and unevenly distributes wealth. Also, business/industry moves to the primate cities causing a lack of them in the other cities further contributing to an uneven distribution of wealth.</p>
<p>For the Malthus FRQ, did you talk about the neo-malthusian’s newer arguements or did you focus on Malthus? To me, it seemed like they were looking for the neo-malthusians arguments because they told us most of Malthus’s theory in the question. I just put the neo-malthusian’s arguments first and slipped in some of Malthus’s arguments just in case. </p>
<p>On the third FRQ, I said that agglomeration and outsourcing are the reasons that the international industry moved in and that the industries were moving towards the east. I also mentioned how most of the population is in the east and how car-manafacturing is a weight-gaining industry which is why it is important to locate closest to the market which is predominantly in the east.</p>
<p>Not discussing the MC. It can NEVER be discussed legally unless the test is released. And not risking discussing ‘hypothetical’ questions either. One thing I CAN say is that you weren’t supposed to skip any questions :P. There are no point deductions on any of the AP tests starting from 2011, but I’m not sure if it will stay for the subsequent years.</p>
<p>On FRQ 2, I basically interpreted the question A as the beliefs of Neo-Malthusians and question B as why Malthus’ theory was wrong.</p>
<p>For FRQ 2 I also talked about Neo Malthusians rather than Malthus.</p>
<p>Looking at these responses, I don’t think my FRQ responses were great…
FRQ 1:
Primate city: City with largest population in a region, Mexico City is the primate city of Mexico.
Rank Size Rule: I never came across this term… I just said the larger the population of a city is, the more authority/power it has in the region
Positive effects: 1. Centripetal force —> it attracts people to go there —> more jobs
2. Citizens unify to perform activities promoted by the gov’t such as recreation of infrastructure and the environment
Negative effects: 1. City gets overcrowded —> unemployment
2. People without specialized skills may not be able to get a job in the city so they may have to work somewhere for a low wage such as a maquiladora
FRQ 2:
- Current geographers who believe Malthus’ theory can still be applied: Neo-malthusians
-LDCs are still having high natural increase rates and they are having a hard time supplying food for everyone because they cannot afford the technology which exist in MDCs
-forgot 2nd reason…
- Geographers who do not believe it still can be applied
-Advances in technology and industrialization —> easier to grow food, some farmers are growing more than what is actually needed
-Different farming methods starting with plantations, now with genetic engineering plants are more resistant to chemicals and harmful parasites, use of feedlots and corn instead of natural growing methods to produce more food
FRQ 3:
- -Factories are going more to the east part of the US
-More foreign factories are being created in the US rather than the home country
- Companies place factories using Weber’s Theory… they want to lower cost of transportation.
-Cars are bulk-gaining so to lower the cost of transportation, companies need to be placed near the raw materials. Ores such as steel gain weight when refined so car factories are being placed closer to where abundant steel can be gained quickly, so they are moving towards places near the east and Pittsburgh
-Location to the market. The US is a part of the mass consumption of cars, foreign companies save a lot of money by placing factories in the US</p>
<p>Am I the only person who thinks they failed ?</p>
<p>If you’re on CC, you didn’t fail.</p>
<p>Yeah, I don’t mean to brag, but I could probably just walk into this exam and get a five. I just did the MC and FRQ questions on the course guide and only missed like two things in total. AP Human Geo is a total joke.</p>
<p>AP Human Geography is considered easy, the really boring part is understanding the maps, but later it gets really fun when you can study the culture, countries, religion. I’m halfway done with the class (FLVS) and I’m pretty safe to say that having a basic background of a few countries per continent is great. I’ve been taking the class for 4 weeks and I’m going to finish by December!</p>
<p>Please also send t0 me Ap Hg released exam as well. THANKSSS!!! my email is keybladelegend@ gmail. com. I am taking the late exam, need test fast, thanks.</p>