Extended Response Questions
For the semester exam, we will randomly choose three of the questions below. You will then choose one to answer in a full essay.
1. Choose one question to answer. Make sure you define your terms, give ample examples, and use geographic vocabulary. You must do a graphic organizer before you begin writing.
2. Discuss the history of human geography and how it developed as a discipline.
3. Discuss why human geography is an important field of study.
4. Define the spatial perspective. What does it mean to think geographically? What kinds of geographic problems can be solved from a spatial perspective?
5. Identify and discuss the five goals of the AP Exam in Human Geography.
6. Throughout history advancements in technology have “shrunken” the size of the world. What does the author mean by this statement?
7. Discuss Tobler’s “First Law of Geography”. Be sure to address related terminology.
8. Define time-space convergence and give examples of this process at work in today's world.
9. Explain the Demographic Transition Model. Where is your cultural hearth in terms of the DTM?
10.Discuss Thomas Malthus’ theory on population. Do you agree with his assessment? Why or why not? Provide research based evidence.
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