FRQ Topics by Unit
Find the topic below and then locate that year’s FRQs here.
Unit II: Population and Migration
2017 – Question 2: Population Growth, Rate of Natural Increase, and Anti-natal policies
2015 – Question 3: Refugees and their impacts on their countries of origin and receiving countries
2013 – Question 2: Reasons for and consequences of aging populations in Developing Countries
2012 – Question 3: Muslim Population growth in Europe
2011 – Question 2: Mathusian Theory
2010 – Question 3: Population Pyramids/Demographic Transition Model
2008 – Question 2: Regional Migration Patterns in the United States
2006 – Question 1: International Migration Patterns
2005 – Question 2: Historical Immigration to the United States
2003 – Question 3: Historical Migrations to and from Europe/Demographic Transition Model
Unit III: Cultural Patterns and Processes
2015 – Question 2: English as the world’s most important lingua franca.
2009 – Question 2: Religion clusters in the United States
2007 – Question 2: Minority Languages
2003 – Question 2: Effects of tourism on the Cultural Landscape
2002 – Question 3: Effect of Religion on the Cultural Landscape
Unit IV: Political Organizations of States
2017 – Question 3: Federal and Unitary governments
2016 – Question 2: Politics of language – Bilingualism in Canada
2015 – Question 1: Gerrymandering and reapportionment
2014 – Question 2: Consequences of superimposed borders in Africa
2012 – Question 1: Border Walls and Barriers
2010 – Question 2: National Identity
2006 – Question 3: Centripetal and Centrifugal Forces
2005 – Question 1: Supranationalism and Devolution
2002 – Question 1: Nations, States, and Nation-States
Unit V: Agriculture and Rural Land Use
2016 – Question 3: Subsistence and Commercial Agriculture and their impacts
2014 – Question 3: Effects of coffee production of producer & consumer countries
2012 – Question 2: Subsistence Farming and Shifting Cultivation
2009 – Question 3: Organic and Dairy Farm trends in the United States
2007 – Question 1: Von Thunen Model of Land Use
2004 – Question 2: Distribution of Poultry Farms in the United States
2001 – Question 1: Green Revolution
Unit VI: Urban Land Use
2018 – Question 1: Mixed Use Development and New Urbanism
2013 – Question 3: Influence of transportation model on urban growth patterns
2011 – Question 1: Primate Cities/Rank Size Rule
2009 – Question 2: Squatter Settlements in LDCs
2005 – Question 3: Urban Revival
2004 – Question 3: Urban population/demographic structure
2002 – Question 3: Urban population patterns: Female Households
2001 – Question 2: Development of the Suburbs.
Unit VII: Industry and Development
2016 – Question 1: Development – Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary economic activities
2014 – Question 1: Compare Rostow & Wallerstein models of development
2013 – Question 1: Agglomeration industries: Silicon Valley
2011 – Question 3: Industrial Location: Auto Industry in the United States
2010 – Question 1: Weber’s Least Cost Theory: Location of Ethanol Plants in the US
2008 – Question 1: Von Thunen Model/Burgess Concentric Zone Model Comparison (Agriculture/Industry)
2008 – Question 3: Gender Development/Education
2007 – Question 2: International Division of Labor
2006 – Question 2: Location of Services: Call Centers
2004 – Question 1: Location of Industries: Maquiladora Plants in Mexico
2003 – Question 1: Core-Periphery Model
2001 – Question 3: Rostow’s Stages of Development