2024 AP® Human Geography Free-Response Questions Review

Question 1: Food Availability and Population

A. Carrying Capacity: The maximum number of individuals an environment can sustainably support.

B. Alteration of Agricultural Lands: Practices like deforestation or irrigation can diminish sustainability.

C. Transportation Technology: Increases economies of scale by enabling efficient distribution of agricultural goods.

D. Negative Economic Outcome of Green Revolution: Rural community issues, such as increased inequality or dependence on monoculture can emerge.

E. Weakness of Malthusian Theory: Fails to account for technological advancements and food production increases.

F. Surplus Food Production: Alters global markets, often disadvantaging local agriculture.

G. Effectiveness of Green Revolution: Varied results in hunger reduction, more often categorized as moderate to high effectiveness.

Question 2: Ethnic Neighborhoods in Los Angeles

A. Neighborhood with Multiple Ethnic Groups: Provide an example from the map.

B. Spatial Pattern: Identify the clustering pattern of Chinese neighborhoods.

C. Assimilation: Immigrants may adopt local customs and language.

D. Preserving Traditions: Immigrants often maintain cultural practices or celebrate traditional festivals.

E. Contribution to Sense of Place: Ethnic neighborhoods foster a community identity and cultural heritage.

F. Redistricting and Political Power (Decrease): May dilute voting strength by spreading the population across districts.

G. Redistricting and Political Power (Increase): Can consolidate areas to enhance representation for ethnic communities.

Question 3: Metacities and World Cities

A. Identifying Metacity and World City: Select a city, e.g., Dhaka or Cairo.

B. Spatial Pattern of World Cities: Typically located in developed regions with significant economic activities.

C. Metacity vs. World City: Metacities have larger populations; world cities are key economic centers regardless of size.

D. Higher GDP in Cities: Urban centers attract business and services that raise economic productivity.

E. Population Growth Challenges: Environmental stress from urban sprawl and resource depletion in metacities.

F. Housing Difficulties for Migrants: Limited affordable housing options and high competition in metacities.

G. Economic Development and Population Growth: Generally, cities with higher economic output see slower proportional population growth due to increased cost of living.