Free Response Question

Free Response Question

AP Human GeographySTATE:

Unit 7 Test

Free Response Question

Time Limit: 240 minutes (approximately)

Your Unit 7 FRQ Test requires an answer to be drawn, labeled and colored. You must complete the model requirements below in the given time period. It is suggested that you complete a rough draft of your city design prior to completing the final draft on your provided poster paper. Once you have completed Section I of this test, please turn in to your instructor. You are required to tape your completed city model on the wall outside of the room. Make sure to apply or address all of the elements listed below when designing your city:

For all Developed Countries, you must include the following elements in your city

I. Your city model must have the following: Title, Key, Colored (marker) and Labeled-The physical geography of your city must correspond with what is on your STATE map (Ex. Rivers, lakes and mountains in close proximity to city on the wall map, must appear on your urban model)

II. Elements for your city (all of the following must be included)

  • Central Business District (limited residential, no industry, skyscrapers)

Include: consumer services and business services (more people=more services=larger CBD)

  • Housing:

Poorest Quality Housing (projects, immigrants, apartments)

Upper Class Residential (possible edge city)

Middle Class Residential (upper and lower middle class)

  • Transportation (interstate(s), highways, minor thoroughfares, toll area(s), major airport(s), railways, public transit Ex. MARTA)
  • Public Services-Education

Education (2-6 high schools)

Education (6-12 middle schools)

Education (12-18 elementary schools)

Education (2-3, post-secondary)

  • Professional Sports Arenas (1-3)
  • Public and Consumer Services-Protection and Health

Police Stations (10)

Hospitals (4-6)

Fire Stations (8)

Water Treatment Facility

  • Public Services

Parks/Recreational Areas (2-5)

  • Producer/Business Services-higher number considering your level of development

Industrial Park (2-3, consider goods produced within your state)

Financial Centers/Banks (15-20)

Outlying Business District (Ex. Buckhead)-this area may include agglomerated areas of consumer services

Lawyers, accounting firms, architectural design, engineering, consulting

  • Wholesale, light manufacturing (Ex. Coke)
  • Transportation Business Services (2-3, Ex. UPS, Fed Ex)
  • Consumer Services

30+ Consumer Service areas-retail and personal

Theatres/Concert Halls (3-4)

  • Other Items that must be included:

Places of Worship (6-10, distinguish religions based on your state)

Other components not mentioned above that would make your city unique (2-3)

Heavy manufacturing (Ex. cars, airplane, steel, weapons-dependent upon your state)-think about location of this!!!

Alternative Forms of Transportation (bike trails, street cars, etc.)-ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY

Housing for Older Populations considering your demographic transition

III. Other items that need to be addressed (discussed), but don’t have to be included:

  • Residential suburb (Ex. Cobb County)
  • Industrial suburb (Ex. Kennesaw Industrial Park)
  • Red Light District

Read the following:

Urban design involves the design and coordination of all that makes up a well-functioning city. There are no perfect cities. However, there are perfect intentions. The creative articulation of space is the most prominent aspect of urban design. The urban designer must consider each of the following: order, unity, balance, proportion, social hierarchy, detail, harmony and beauty. To be more specific, all groups should intentionally consider the following:

Bid-rent (application)

Agglomeration

Transportation Modes (traffic congestion)

Mixed Use areas

Industrial locations and proximity to market (heavy vs. light manufacturing) and labor and resources

Segregation (residential land values)

Immigrant residences according to socioeconomics

Basic vs. Non-Basic

Multiplier Effect

Cumulative Causation

Range

Threshold

Economic System visible in your urban model

Pattern of roads (grid or dendritic)

Higher order vs. Lower order

Influence of technology within urban setting

Potential growth of city (suburb or edge city)

CBD characteristics

Real-world example of your city

Try to make your city as environmentally-friendly as possible. Consider pollution, traffic/congestion, green spaces, alternative access points, etc.

Side Notes: Public Service Areas do not have to make profit, therefore land use rules don’t apply; suburban areas have much lower land cost (use is extensive and horizontal, not vertical); types of businesses in suburbs include: retail, service, business parks, auto rows (dealerships); if you are large enough, you are encouraged to label suburbs or edge cities that may include certain elements from above. Remember to think about elements from above that pertain to curriculum covered in previous units. Good luck on your urban planning!!!

***Consider all of the items above and how they relate to curriculum covered over the course of AP Human Geography

AP Human GeographySTATE:

Unit 7 Test

Free Response Question

Time Limit: 240 minutes (approximately)

Section I of this test requires an answer to be drawn, labeled and colored. You must complete the model requirements below in the given time period. It is suggested that you complete a rough draft of your city design prior to completing the final draft on your provided poster paper. Once you have completed Section I of this test, please turn in to your instructor. You are required to tape your completed city model on the wall outside of the room. Make sure to follow the instructions below:

For all Less-Developed Countries, you must include the following elements in your city

I. Your city model must have the following: Title, Key, Colored and Labeled

II. Elements for your city (all of the following must be included)

  • Central Business District (non-residential, except for certain socioeconomic class-think about Bid Rent)
  • Poorest Quality Housing (squatter settlements)
  • Elite Residential (think about population distribution of rich vs. poor in your state)
  • Lower Middle Class Residential (if any, considering your level of development)
  • Transportation (interstate(s)?, highways, minor thoroughfares, toll area(s), railways, minor airport)
  • Education (2 secondary schools)
  • Education (3 intermediate schools)
  • Education (4 primary schools)
  • Education (1 post-secondary)
  • Professional Sports Arenas (1)
  • Police Stations (4)
  • Hospitals (3)
  • Fire Stations (3)
  • Recreational Areas (1)
  • Wholesale, light manufacturing (Ex. Coke)
  • Body of water
  • Places of Worship (6-10, distinguish)
  • Other components not mentioned above that would make your city unique (2-3)
  • Red Light District
  • Water Treatment Facility

Read the following:

Urban design involves the design and coordination of all that makes up a well-functioning city. There are no perfect cities. However, there are perfect intentions. The creative articulation of space is the most prominent aspect of urban design. The urban designer must consider each of the following: order, unity, balance, proportion, social hierarchy, detail, harmony and beauty. To be more specific, all groups should intentionally consider the following:

  • Bid-rent (application)
  • Transportation Modes (traffic congestion)
  • Industrial locations and proximity to market (heavy vs. light manufacturing)
  • Segregation (residential land values)
  • Basic vs. Non-Basic
  • Multiplier Effect
  • Cumulative Causation
  • Range
  • Threshold
  • Economic System visible in your urban model
  • Pattern of roads (grid or dendritic)
  • Higher order vs. Lower order
  • Influence of technology within urban setting
  • Potential growth of city (suburb or edge city)
  • CBD characteristics
  • Real-world example of your city

***Consider all of the items above and how they relate to curriculum covered over the course of AP Human Geography

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Comparing Land Use Models

Using Rubenstein Chapter 13 as a supplemental resource, complete the following FRQ debriefing questions within your group setting. This will assist you in presenting your FRQ Response/Urban Model to your facilitator.

  1. What classical model of urban structure does your city resemble (sector, concentric zone, multiple nuclei)? Why?
  1. After observing the three models, what is wrong with each of the models?
  1. What modern-day, existing city does your urban design most closely resemble?
  1. Provide modern day examples of each of the three models (sector, concentric zone and multiple nuclei)
  1. How do the three models compare to the Latin American city model?
  1. Explain why the Latin American city model is structured as it is.
  1. Is your city prepared for a suburban sprawl?
  1. Is your city an example of a peripheral model?
  1. How does the peripheral model tie together inner cities and suburban residential areas?
  1. What are edge cities?
  1. What are some issues that suburbanites, like yourselves, have with living in the suburbs?
  1. How does the density gradient in urban areas compare to that of suburban areas?
  1. In your opinion, what is the eventual long-term outcome of suburban sprawl?
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