AP Human Geography

Build a solid foundation of AP Human Geography skills that you'll need for the rest of the course with unit 1—Thinking Geographically. We go over the important vocabulary, skills, and concepts you need to master for the exam. Using these helpful study guides, review videos, useful resources, and practice, you'll be prepared to conquer any test! 

Unit 1 – Thinking Geographically

Check out these useful resources for unit 2 of AP Human Geography—Population and Migration. We go over the vocabulary, skills, and concepts you need to master. Review push/pull factors, population pyramids, the DTM, and effects of migration. With these helpful study guides, videos, and practice, you'll be ready to conquer any test!  

Unit 2 – Population & Migration

Review religion, language, ethnicity, and diffusion with these helpful resources for Unit 3 of AP Human Geography, Culture. With these helpful study guides, review videos, and practice, you'll be ready to ace the test with these comprehensive guides and streamswhich cover everything you need to know about Unit 3!

Unit 3 – Cultural Geography

Learn about Political Patterns and Processes with these AP HuG unit 4 resources. We cover the vocabulary, skills, and concepts you need to master. Review devolution, supranatinalism, sovereignty, and shapes of states. With these helpful study guides, videos, other useful resources, and practice, you'll be prepared to rock the test!

Unit 4 – Political Geography

Agriculture and Rural Land Use is the focus of these AP HuG unit 5 resources, where you will review survey methods, types of agriculture, revolutions, and the von Thunen model. Using these helpful study guides, videos, useful resources, and practice, you'll be prepared to ace the test!

Unit 5 – Agriculture & Rural Land-Use

Conquer sustainability, urbanization, challenges, and urban land use models with these resources for Unit 6, Cities and Urban Land Use, of APHuG. With these helpful study guides, videos, useful resources, and practice, you'll be prepared to ace the test!

Unit 6 – Cities & Urban Land-Use

Finish out the course with these AP Human Geography Unit 7 resources: Industrial and Economic Development. We cover the vocabulary, skills, and concepts you need to master. Review sustainability, patterns, theories, and the Industrial Revolution. With these helpful study guides, videos, useful resources, and practice, you'll be prepared to ace the test!

Unit 7 – Industrial & Economic Development

Frequently Asked Questions

All you need to know about the AP Human Geography exam questions! We cover the logistics of the MCQ and FRQ, scoring, and helpful tips you'll find useful. Master the FRQ with practice writing prompts, and review teacher feedback on sample responses. With these examples and strategies, you'll be prepared to write great FRQs on exam day!

Exam Skills

Take advantage of a comprehensive review of the AP Human Geography course. Refresh your memory (or cram, we're not judging!) for every concept and unit. These big reviews will serve as the ultimate preparation for the AP Human Geography exam. You'll feel ready for anything the test gives you and ace it in no time!

Previous Exam Prep

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AP Cram Sessions 2021

AP Cram Sessions 2020

In this stream, we discussed the topics of territoriality, law of the sea, internal boundaries, state morphology, governance and more. We also did 3 multiple choice questions regarding the topics we covered and walked through an FRQ on governance, including the AP rubric for that question.

Introduction: The "Why of Where"

Spatial Analysis

What is Spatial Thinking?

Location & Place 

Distance & Connection

Density & Distribution


Maps

Regions

World Regions

World Sub Regions

Unit 1 Overview: Thinking Geographically

Early Maps vs Contemporary Maps

Map Scale and Projection

Geographic Grid

Latitude

Meridian

Longitude

Introduction to Maps and Types of Maps

Geographic Data

Names of Places

Terrain Features

Land Use Patterns

Population Statistics


Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Global Positioning System (GPS)

Remote Sensing

Maps

Spatial Information

Types of Spatial Information

Spatial Data

Census Data

The Power and Uses of Geographic Data

Absolute vs. Relative Location

Place

Spatial Interactions

Diffusion

Spatial Concepts

Types of Resources on Earth

Renewable resource

Nonrenewable resource

Sustainability

Humans and the Environment

The Environment

The Humans

Humans and Environmental Interaction

Scales of Analysis in Human Geography

What Are Scales of Analysis and Why are they Important?

What are Map and Cartographic Scales?

Four Types of Scales of Analysis

Local (Ex: City with supermarkets highlighted)

National (Ex: A country color coded based on religion)

Regional (Ex: Map of schools across a state)

Global (Ex: World Map of COVID-19 Cases by variant)

What Do Scales of Analysis Reveal?

What are Scales of Analysis?

Region Types

What is Regional Analysis?

What is Regional Analysis Used For?

Toponyms

Review

Regional Analysis

Important Topics

Industrial revolution

Medical Revolution

Green Revolution

Contextualizing the Unit

Main Events

Important Definitions/People

Thomas Malthus

Irish Potato Famine

Cholera Outbreak

Polio Vaccine

High Yield Crops

Unit 2 Overview: Population and Migration Patterns and Processes

Population & Migration 👪

Introduction to Population & Migration

Unit Preview (Try to answer these questions!):

What determines where people live?

Types of Densities

Population Pyramids ⟁


Population Growth and Decline 📈👶📉

Why People Move 🏃

Population & Migration

Push Factors

Pull Factors

Intervening Obstacles

Ravenstein’s Laws of Migration

Push and Pull Factors in Migration

Forced Migration

Causes of Forced Migration:

Voluntary Migrations

Forced vs. Voluntary Migration

What is migration?

Effects on the country people are immigrating to:

Effects on the country people are emigrating from:

Effects of Migration

🏛 Political

💰 Economic

👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 Social

🌳 Environment

Consequences of Population Distribution

What is a Population Composition?

Sex Ratio

Age Structure

Population Pyramids

Population Composition

Fertility Rates

Mortality

Migration

Causes of Migration

Social

Cultural

Political

Economic

Population Dynamics

Demographic Transition Model

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Stage 4

Stage 5

Epidemiological Transition Model

Stage 2 

The Demographic Transition Model

Malthusian Theory and Its Impact

Why is Malthusian Theory still studied if it is incorrect?

Opposition Theories

Malthusian Theory and Geography

Pro-Natalist Policies

Anti-Natalist Policies

China

India

Population Policies

Role of Women

Social Roles

Economic Roles

Political Roles

Women and Demographic Change

Political Consequences

Social Consequences

Economic Consequences

Aging Populations

Unit 3 Overview: Cultural Patterns & Processes 👨👩👲👳💂

3.0: All About Culture!

Unit Preview (Try to answer these questions!)

Cultural Landscapes

Sense of Place

Placelessness 🌐😕

Globalization & Culture 🌏

Culture & Gender 👫

Types of Diffusion 💥📲📺💻✈💥

Cultural Interactions 🌎👨👩👲👳🌎

Languages 🗣 & Religions 🛐

So, What is "Culture"?

Unit 3 Overview: Cultural Patterns & Processes

Habits and Customs, Defined

Material vs. Non-Material Culture

Folk Customs

Food

Housing

Governments

Social Customs

Pop Culture

Introduction to Culture

Key Concepts

Culture

Gender

State and Ethnicity

Land Survey Systems List

Environmental Determinism

Cultural Determinism

 Cultural Patterns

Cultural Diffusion

Relocation Diffusion

Examples

Expansion Diffusion

Contagious Diffusion

Types of Cultural Diffusion

Territory, Boundaries, and Governance - Stream Slides

Territory, Boundaries, and Governance - Stream Slides

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