Required Materials:
You will need the following items to complete this course:
- Current minimum Flash Player required by your school.
- Disk space on your computer as well as external device to back up your files (flash drive, external hard drive, CD–Rom, etc.)
- Printer
School Supplied Resources:
- College Board AP® Human Geography
Recommended Materials:
These books are not required for completion of the course, but offer more information and excellent preparation for the AP Human Geography Exam.
- Rubenstein, James M. The Cultural Landscape: An Introduction to Human Geography. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc., 2013.
- Fellman, Jerome D., Mark D. Bjelland, Daniel R. Montello, Arthur Getis, and Judith Getis. Human Geography: Landscapes of Human Activities. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2013.
Syllabus:
Segment I:
Getting Started
- Advanced Placement® (AP) Course
- Navigation: Finding Your Way Around
- Modules and Assessments
- Course Specifics: What You Need to Know
- Online Learning 101
What Is Geography?
- Welcome to AP Human Geography and Diagnostic Exam
- Geography: An Introduction
- Maps: Geography's Most Important Tool
- Using and Interpreting Maps
- Location, Location, Location
- Place: What Is It Like?
- Regions: Unique Areas of Land
- People and the Environment
- Movement: The Link Between People and Places
- Globalization: Moving Toward a Global Village
- Discussion-Based Assessment
- AP Exam Prep Multiple Choice
- AP Exam Prep Free-Response Questions
Population
- Module Checklist
- Geographical Analysis of Population
- Population and Place
- Population Statistics
- Population Pyramids
- Theories of Population Growth
- The Demographic Transition Model
- Population Policies and Trends
- Population and Natural Hazards
- AP Exam Prep Multiple Choice
- AP Exam Prep Free-Response Questions
Movement
- Module Checklist
- The Study of Migration
- The Gravity Model of Migration and Discussion-Based Assessment
- Internal and International Migration
- Forced Migration
- Migration Impact on Host Countries
- Migration to the United States
- Migration Within the United States
- AP Exam Prep Multiple Choice
- AP Exam Prep Free-Response Questions
Culture and Languages
- Module Checklist
- Culture and Regions
- Folk and Popular Culture
- Globalization and Culture
- Language: Roles Classification
- English Language
- Discussion-Based Assessment
- AP Exam Prep Multiple Choice
- AP Exam Prep Free-Response Questions
Religion
- Module Checklist
- Religion and Cultural Identity
- Judaism
- Christianity
- Islam
- Hinduism and Buddhism
- Other Religions
- Religion and the Environment
- Religious Conflicts
- AP Exam Prep Multiple Choice
- AP Exam Prep Free-Response Questions
Ethnicity and Gender
- Module Checklist
- Race and Ethnicity
- Ethnic Distribution
- Ethnicity and Nationality
- Ethnic Conflicts
- Gender and Culture
- AP Exam Prep
- Discussion-Based Assessment
- Segment 1 AP Exam Prep
Segment II
Political Geography
- Module Checklist and Diagnostic Exam
- Nationality and Nationalism
- States
- Territorial Morphology
- Boundaries
- The Effect of Imperialism and Colonialism on Modern States
- Political Conflicts
- Terrorism
- International Cooperation
- Distribution of Power
- Electoral Geography
- Discussion-Based Assessment
- AP Exam Prep Multiple Choice
- AP Exam Prep Free-Response Questions
Agriculture and Rural Land Use
- Module Checklist
- Agricultural Revolutions
- Subsistence and Commercial Agriculture
- Agribusiness
- Agricultural Regions
- The Von Thünen Model and Discussion-Based Assessment
- Science and Agriculture
- Agriculture and the Environment
- AP Exam Prep Multiple Choice
- AP Exam Prep Free-Response Questions
Industrialization and Development
- Module Checklist
- Evolution of Industry
- Industrial Location—Weber Model
- Industrial Location—Other Theories
- Economic Development Models
- Globalization and Diffusion
- Levels of Economic Development
- Global Economic Initiatives
- Economic Development and the Environment
- Women in Economic Development
- Discussion-Based Assessment
- AP Exam Prep Multiple Choice
- AP Exam Prep Free-Response Questions
Cities and Urban Land Use
- Module Checklist
- Development and Characteristics of Cities
- Theories of Urban Development
- Models of Urban Development
- Urban Planning and Government
- Urban Housing, Transportation, and Social Patterns
- Case Studies in Global Urbanization
- AP Exam Prep
- Discussion-Based Assessment
- Segment 2 AP Exam Prep