Two-stimulus question

Displaced across a border

Units 1, 2 and 4
7 points
About 25 minutes

Seven short parts (A–G) built around two sources (data, images and/or maps), drawing on ideas from at least two units. You read each source, compare or connect them, and explain them with course ideas, often across different scales. On the exam: Question 3 of 3 in the 1-hour-15-minute free-response section (Section II). The three questions together are 50% of your exam score, so each is worth about 16.7%; 7 points, one for each part A–G. College Board suggests about 25 minutes per question, including up to 5 minutes to plan. No calculator.

The question and its sources

A civil conflict in Country D has forced millions of people to leave their homes. Use the two sources below to answer all seven parts, (a) through (g). Write in complete sentences.

Source 1: People displaced by the conflict in Country D, by location, 2025

Location	People (thousands)	Status
Inside Country D	3,100	Internally displaced persons
Country E (neighbor)	1,400	Refugees
Country F (neighbor)	600	Refugees
Country G (higher-income, about 2,500 km away)	150	Refugees and asylum seekers

Source: Hypothetical data

Source 2: Map of Country D and its neighbors (described in words)

Country D borders Country E to the east along a flat river valley crossed by several roads. Country D borders Country F to the south along a high mountain range with few passes.

Shading shows that people on both sides of the D–E border speak the same language, Language R. A note says the D–E boundary was drawn by a European colonial power in 1898 without regard to where Language R speakers lived.

Symbols show five large refugee camps in Country E, all within 50 km of the border with Country D.

Country G lies across a sea, about 2,500 km north of Country D.

Source: Hypothetical map, described in words

Suggested time: 25 minutes

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Part (a)

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Using Source 1, explain the difference between the people displaced inside Country D and those in Countries E and F.

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Part (b)

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Using Source 1, explain how distance decay helps account for the distribution of people who left Country D.

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Part (c)

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Using Source 2, explain why Country E hosts more refugees from Country D than Country F does.

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Part (d)

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Using Source 2, identify the type of boundary between Country D and Country E, based on how and when it was drawn in relation to the people living there.

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Part (e)

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Explain ONE challenge that hosting large refugee camps near its border could create for Country E.

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Part (f)

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Explain ONE way a supranational organization could help respond to the displacement described in the sources.

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Part (g)

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Using BOTH sources, explain how the boundary described in Source 2 could be related to the conflict and displacement in Country D.

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