Semester Exam questions

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.

HG Population Flipchart

Go to this address to view my Population Flipchart:

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/document-preview.aspx?doc_id=55548931

Maps, etc. Flipchart

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http://www.docstoc.com/docs/document-preview.aspx?doc_id=55533666

Introduction to Human Geography

Go to this link to view Introduction to Human Geography (Ch. 1) flipchart.

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Week of Oct. 4

10/4/10
1. Collect work from last week.
2. Review for Tues. test
3. Promethean Board review
4. Bingo review

10/5/10
1. Unit 2 test
2. begin VIS chart for Unit 3
3. check vocab

10/6/10
1. Warmup--
VIS chart Unit 3
2. Introduce Population KWL
3. HW: five words

10/7/10
0. vocab quiz
1. Group read Rubenstein: p. 69-71
2. Whole group discussion of Malthus

10/8/10
1. warm up: 5 vocab words
2. Model how to outline section
3. Outline your section of writing
4. Film: 6 Billion People
5. Film discussion
6. Homework: 5 vocab. words

Power of Place Videos

http://www.learner.org/resources/series180.html

Week of Sept. 27

9/27/10
Human Geography
1. Go over vocab. test/writing assignment
2. In your own words identify 5 goals of the AP exam. Share with LP
3. Class discussion of goals.
4. Test review: board game
5. Homework: Study for test.

9/28/10
1. Warm-up: study for exam
2. Take exam
3. Read computer copyright laws handout.
4. Highlight 3 important sentences.
5. Plan for Thurs. & Fri.
6. Homework: finish vocab. words
7. Maps & Globes final vocab. quiz on Monday
8. Review directions for media center work.
9. Computer Research for Sept. 30th-Oct. 1 (Make sure you cite your source):

a. Find the following information for your cultural hearth:
1. coordinates (absolute location)
2. population
3. infant mortality rate
4. life expectancy
5. languages spoken
6. absolute distance from your cultural hearth to your present residence
(Hint: much of this work can be found on Encyclopedia web sites such as Britannia or Encarta.)

b. Relate your hearth to another place. Most of your hearths will have a connection to the US. Find out what that connection entails. If not the US, find another connection between your hearth and another country. The connections can be economic, social, or political. Identify each and state the connection. You can d0 a google search on your hearth and another place.

c. What are your cultural hearth's hazards (chances of hurricanes, mudslides, tsunami, etc.)? Find web sites that address these issues. (Model how to find a legitimate site, e.g. www.britannica.com/; google scholar; advanced google; dbhs library). Save, copy, and paste URL addresses on word document (must have 3 URLs.) Write a one-sentence summary of each article or map.

d. Give an example of diffusion. e.g. see how AIDS has diffused into your cultural hearth.

e. Locate and print out three different kinds of maps you can find on your cultural hearth. They can be large or small scale. Analyze each map in a paragraph.

9/29/10--Interpreting Maps
1. P. 39 in Rubenstein:
a. In a paragraph compare 1981 to to 1993. 1993 to 2001
b. Referring to the map in the bottom right, which states have the most AIDS cases? the least?
c. Do you see any patterns?
d. In your own words, summarize in terms of relocation versus expansion.

2. p.57
a. What countries have the highest life expectancy?
b. What countries have the lowest?
c. Provide the life expectancy for the following:
Australia
Sweden
Portugal
South Africa
Botswana
Saudi Arabia
Mongolia

3. p. 95
a. Which country had the largest amount of immigrants to the US during the 1990s?
How many?
b. Which had the second largest amount? How many?
c. Which Asian country had the highest amount of immigrants to the US in 2001? How many?