Syllabus
APHG SYLLABUS
Unit I Unit II Unit III Unit IV Unit V Unit VI Unit VII Unit VIII AP Review
unit i
de blij
supplementary material
media
test
AP Central
World Maps
United Nations
Country Watch
National Geographic
Population -
Reference Bureau
Smithsonian
Institute
Worldwatch Institute
World Health Organization
CIA
World Factbook
US Census
Bureau
US
State -
Department
Federal Agency - Statistics
US Geological Survey
Association of - American Geographers
World
Trends
The World Game
Earthlights
Language Laws
Travel Language
I. Nature
and Perspectives
5-10% of the AP Exam
A. Geography as a field of inquiry
Evolution of key geographical concepts and models associated with notable geographers
B. Key concepts underlying the geographical perspective: location, space, place, scale, pattern, regionalization, and globalization
C. Key geographical skills
1. How to use and think about maps and spatial data
2. How to understand and interpret the implications of associations among phenomena in places
3. How to recognize and interpret at different scales the relationships among patterns and processes
4. How to define regions and evaluate the regionalization process
5. How to characterize and analyze changing interconnections among places
D. New geographic technologies, such as GIS and GPS
E. Sources of geographical ideas and data: the field, census data
Chapter
1
Introduction to Human Geography
Resource
A
Maps
Power of Place #1
Power of Place #2
9/9
unit ii
test
II. Population
13-17% of the AP Exam
A. Geographical analysis of population
1. Density, distribution, and scale
2. Consequences of various densities and distributions
3. Patterns of composition: age, sex, race, and ethnicity
4. Population and natural hazards: past, present, and future
B. Population growth and decline over time and space
1. Historical trends and projections for the future
2. Theories of population growth, including the Demographic Model
3. Patterns of fertility, mortality, and health
4. Regional variations of demographic transitions
5. Effects of population policies
C. Population movement
1. Push and pull factors
2. Major voluntary and involuntary migrations at different scales
3. Migration selectivity
4. Short-term, local movements, and activity space
Chapter
2
Population
Chapter 3
Migration
Current State of the World's Population
Population Growth - Doubling Time
Population Pyramids
The Demographic Transition
Human Geography in Action: The Hidden Momentum of Population Growth (India)
HGIA: Newton's First Law of Migration (The Gravity Model)
Power of Place #14
Power of Place #18
10/7
unit iii
III.
Cultural Patterns and Processes
13-17% of the AP Exam
A. Concepts of culture
1. Traits
2. Diffusion
3. Acculturation
4. Cultural regions
B. Cultural differences
1. Language
2. Religion
3. Ethnicity
4. Gender
5. Popular and folk culture
C. Environmental impact of cultural attitudes and practices
D. Cultural landscapes and cultural identity
1. Values and preferences
2. Symbolic landscapes and sense of place
Chapter
4
Local Culture, Popular Culture, and Cultural Landscapes
Chapter 5
Identity: Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality
Chapter 6
Language
Chapter 7
Religion
Animated Map of Religious Diffusion
Architectual Styles of World Religions
Power of Place #4
Power of Place #7
Power of Place #10
Power of Place #17
International Court of Justice: The Dayton Accords
10/18
10/30
unit iv
IV.
Political Organization
13-17% of the AP Exam
A. Territorial dimensions of politics
1. The concept of territoriality
2. The nature and meaning of boundaries
3. Influences of boundaries on identity, interaction, and exchange
B. Evolution of the contemporary political pattern
1. The nation-state concept
2. Colonialism and imperialism
3. Federal and unitary states
C. Challenges to inherited political-territorial arrangements
1. Changing nature of sovereignty
2. Fragmentation, unification, alliance
3. Spatial relationships between political patterns and patterns of ethnicity, economy, and environment
4. Electoral geography, including gerrymandering
Chapter 8
Political Geography
Power of Place #3
Power of Place #19
Evolution
of the Contemporary Political Pattern
1/24
unit v
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supplementary material
media
test
V.
Agriculture and Rural Land Use
13-17% of the AP Exam
A. Development and diffusion of agriculture
1. Neolithic Agricultural Revolution
2. Second Agricultural Revolution
B. Major agricultural production regions
1. Agricultural systems associated with major bio-climatic zones
2. Variations within major zones and effects of markets
3. Linkages and flows among regions of food production and consumption
C. Rural land use and settlement patterns
1. Models of land use, including von Thünen's model
2. Settlement patterns associated with major agriculture types
D. Modern commercial agriculture: the Third Agricultural Revolution
1. Green Revolution and the beginning of the biotechnologic revolution
2. Characteristics of the third revolution: blending of primary, secondary, and tertiary activities, intensification of mechanization, and development of biotechnology
3. Spatial organization of industrial agriculture
4. Diffusion of industrial agriculture
5. Future food supplies and environmental impacts of agriculture - hopes and fears
Chapter
11
Agriculture
Two
US
Commodity Chains: Poultry & Pork
Power of Place #6
Power of Place #12
Power of Place #21
Power of Place #25
2/23
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VI. Urbanization and Globalization
13-17% of the AP Exam
A. Definitions of urbanism
B. Origin and evolution of cities
1. Historical patterns of urbanization
2. Rural-urban migration and urban growth
3. Global cities and megacities
4. Models of urban systems
C. Functional character of contemporary cities
1. Changing employment mix
2. Changing demographic and social structures
D. Built environment and social space
1. Comparative models of internal city structure
2. Transportation and infrastructure
3. Political organization of urban areas
4. Urban planning and design
5. Patterns of race, ethnicity, gender, and class
6. Uneven development, ghettoization, and gentrification
7. Impacts of suburbanization and edge cities
Chapter
9
Urban Geography
Chapter
14
Globalization and the Geography of Networks
Power of Place #5
Power of Place #9
Power of Place #13
Power of Place #23
3/2
3/7
unit vii
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VII. Industrialization and Economic Geography
13-17% of the AP Exam
A. Key concepts in industrialization and development
B. Growth and diffusion of industrialization
1. The changing roles of energy and technology
2. Industrial Revolution
3. Evolution of economic cores and peripheries
4. Geographic critiques of models of economic localization (i.e., land rent, comparative costs of transportation), industrial location, economic development, and world systems
C. Contemporary patterns and impacts of industrialization and development
1. Spatial organization of the world economy
2. Variations in levels of development
3. Deindustrialization and economic restructuring
4. Pollution, health, and quality of life
5. Industrialization, environmental change, and sustainability
6. Local development initiatives: government policies
Chapter
10
Development
Chapter
12
Industry and Services
Notes on Industrialization and Economic Development
Weber's Theory of Industrial Location
Rostow's Theory of Industrial Development
Power of Place #8
Power of Place #11
Power of Place #16
Power of Place #22
Power of Place #24
Mapping the Core-Periphery Model
3/29
unit viii
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VIII. Environmental Geography and Development
Selected Sections of the AP Exam
A. Social Space
1. Decisions and Conflict
2. Uneven Development
3. Quality of Life
4. Sustainability
B. Modern Ecological Change
1. Nutrition and Hunger
2. Environmental
Devastation
Chapter
13
Human Environment
Power of Place #22
Power of Place #26
4/7
AP Exam
5/1
A. Key concepts in industrialization
and development
B. Geographic critiques of models of economic localization (i.e., land rent, comparative costs of transportation), industrial location, economic development, and world systems
C. Contemporary patterns and impacts of industrialization and development
1. Spatial organization of the world economy
2. Variations in levels of development
3. Deindustrialization and economic restructuring
4. Pollution, health, and quality of life
5. Industrialization, environmental change, and sustainability
6. Local development initiatives: government policies
Chapter
14
Globalization and the Geography of Networks
Power of Place #15
Power of Place #20
Nature & Perspectives
Population
Culture
Political
Rural
Urban
Unit 7
Economic
Unit 8
Environmental
