<p>Correct me if Im wrong, but its been 48 hours, thus making it permissible to discuss the FRQ. Here they are (from memory, to the best of my ability):</p>
<p>Essay 1:
A) Using the underlying principle of Von Thunens agricultural model, determine the distance of activities X (fruit and vegetables) and Y (wheat?) from the main core area.
B) Choosing either activity X or Y, use the underlying principle of Von Thunens agricultural model to discuss why either activity is found at such a distance.
C) Discuss two reasons why todays modern agricultural layout is different from the one modeled by Von Thunen in 18??.</p>
<p>Essay 2:
Discuss three reasons why minority languages are reviving in the face of globalization.</p>
<p>Essay 3:
A) Define and discuss the main aspects of the New World Economic Order (?).
B) Explain how this new order is affecting the socioeconomic structure of developed countries such as the United States.
C) Explain how this new order is affecting the socioeconomic structure of developing countries such as Mexico, India, and China.</p>
<p>Yeah thats it and the ? are i thnk india and china</p>
<p>Cool, thanks. :)</p>
<p>So, whatd you write about? I kind want to put together a faux, mass answer key. Ill post my responses in a second.</p>
<p>k post and ill comment on any diff</p>
<p>I'm so glad these weren't the essays last year... sorry guys, the definitely made FRQs harder on you.</p>
<p>Essay 1: [BSed this entire thing so dont trust my answers]
A) said X would be located right outside the main core area and Y would be further out in the last or second to last concentric ring
B) talked about X needing to be closer because it went out of date faster and could not survive a long journey to the market
C) improvement of transportation and time-space compression (?)</p>
<p>Essay 2: [wasnt completely sure about this one either]
-increase in regionalism (vs. nationalism)
-cultural revival and linkage
-historical importance of languages and the pressure from scientists, geographers, historians, etc against language extinction</p>
<p>Essay 3: [only one I could really write about]
A) movement of industrial and labor-intensive work to developing countries where labor is cheaper, supranational organizations (?)
B) workers losing jobs, Rust Belt vs. Sun Belt, decline in industrialization and rise of the service industry
C) bring jobs (maquiladoras), doesnt help the developing country in the long run because money eventually returns to the developed country (form of neo-colonialism?), areas with benefits to attract businesses</p>
<p>i had the same for #1</p>
<p>I actually wrote last years essays too (in a mock test that the school gave) and completely bombed it. :p I was relieved when I read this years.</p>
<h1>2 i said with the help of linguists, the gov and the people of the language, there has been an inc in indigenous language speakers</h1>
<p>i thought #3 was the international labor force?</p>
<p>on three i talked about the improved infrastucture in the countires that are getting new jobs as well as the imoprved effieicecy of the new workers as well as the loose labor, wages, and tax mandates imposed on corporations</p>
<p>correct me if im wrong</p>
<p>Im not totally sure, actually. I just kind of assumed that it was the whole maquiladora thing because that was the only thing I could think of. :p Dunno
Ill ask my geo-freak friend the next time he signs onto AIM and see what he says.</p>
<p>And thanks for your answers. Ive marked them down. :D</p>
<p>Just to add on what has already been stated.</p>
<p>For 1, I wrote transportation wasn't on option for X, so it had to be located near the center core of the city and pay more rent, as opposed to Y, where transportation was an option.
For 2, I included centripital forces, such as the holocaust for hebrew, that helped revive minor languages.
Also, I said that the availiblilty of language study has increased recently with the advent of programs like the Rosetta Stone.</p>
<p>mathwiz, do u mean centifrugal force, the one that pulls people away from things like the holocaust</p>
<p>no centripetal.
Im not using it in the territorial sense that it drove them away (forced migration). Rather, I'm using it in the snese taht it strengthened their cultural identity and allowed them to form a tight-nit community.</p>
<p>I totally forgot what I wrote for #3.
I hope I got most of the credit</p>
<p>How lenient r they in giving full credit (for 1,2 for example).</p>
<p>dunno i think they work by pts, that is if u say what they want, u get the pt so it can depend</p>
<p>All I know it what my geography teacher told me (he was a grader last year and will be again this year). He said theyre given a set list of answers that they have a day to discuss and argue. It usually doesnt change with maybe one addition at most. Also, they changed the grading from two years ago so only your first listed answers will be accepted, no matter if the latter ones were right or not. There are three levels with the individual grader, a table manager (who grades maybe two or three from a folder of twenty), and head overseer (who grades maybe one essay from each stack from the table managers). There really isnt any room for leniency since the list of answers is set in stone, but sometimes they might give you a point if you argue it really well (just hope that the table manager or head overseer doesnt send it back).</p>