<p>They would invalidate your test for something as trivial as that?</p>
<p>Yup. College board is quite unfair.</p>
<p>Darn, that’s depressing…</p>
<p>So talk to your AP Coordinator ASAP</p>
<p>Can anyone guess how badly not doing one of the frq’s would affect my score? I ran out of time and didn’t get to start #4 at all :(</p>
<p>Questions are out: <a href=“https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/secure/ap/pdf/gopo-us/ap-2013-united-states-government-politics-free-response-questions.pdf?__gda__=1368794451_07b6bc68314793af34a9deddca29e973[/url]”>https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/secure/ap/pdf/gopo-us/ap-2013-united-states-government-politics-free-response-questions.pdf?__gda__=1368794451_07b6bc68314793af34a9deddca29e973</a></p>
<p>Anyone want to make an answer key?</p>
<p>@AaronJohnson </p>
<p>each FRQ is around 15 total points (60 x .25) so you lost 15 automatically out of 120. It usually takes 90/120 to get a 5 just so you know.</p>
<p>Breakdown of answers (total guess, please correct if I’m wrong)</p>
<p>Q1. (( 6pt ))</p>
<p>1a. Direct Democracy is a form of government in which all people vote on political policy/issues directly. Optional: Athens was a true DD. DD is not useful with large civilization. (( 1pt ))</p>
<p>1b. Republican government is a form of government in which common people vote representatives into office and these representatives decide policy. Optional: the US is a republican government. (( 1pt ))</p>
<p>1c. Leaders were afraid of “mob rule”, so they limited the power of the uneducated commoners. Optional: the election of senators by state legislature is an example of limited power of the people. (( 1pt ))</p>
<p>1di. In the trustee model, representatives are elected by the people but not obligated to vote as their constituents ask them to. Instead, they are given enough autonomy to make their own decisions what would benefit their constituents the most. Optional: Most electors are trustees. (( 1pt ))</p>
<p>1dii. In the delegate model, representatives are legally obligated to vote as their constituents wish them to. They act as a “rubber stamp” for the will of the majority. (( 1 pt ))</p>
<p>1e. (( 1pt ))</p>
<li>Currying party favors (ex. a democratic representative from a largely republican state may vote democrat in congress)</li>
<li>Self-benefit (ex. himself being a big businessman from Massachusettes, so he favors republican policies, but his state is largely democrat)</li>
<li>Being more informed (congressmen tend to understand issues and how they apply to many people while their constituents are only concerned with how certain laws affect their state)</li>
</ul>
<p>Yea I agree with Aryvane that’s what the graders will be looking for.</p>
<p>If i got the trustee and delegate models mixed up, could I at least get a point? Probably not I would think.</p>
<p>@aryvane what about the rest? :P</p>
<p>When do scores come out again?</p>
<p>JoeBloggsTroll, no, you would not receive any points for mixing the two up.</p>
<p>Hello! I plan to self study AP US Government and Politics in my sophomore year as well as take AP English Language, AP European History and AP Human Geography. I have a solid background in politics already, is this doable or am I making a bad decision?</p>
<p>Next time, start a new thread. But yes, it should be doable because AP Euro will be, arguably, the only class that you’ll have tons of work from.</p>