AP Human Geography

Course Outline Geography: Its Nature and Perspectives 5-10% Population: 13-17% Cultural Patterns and Processes: 13-17% Political Organization of Space: 13-17% Agricultural and Rural Land Use: 13-17% Industrialization and Economic Development: 13-17% Cities and Urban Land Use: 13-17%

The Exam two-hours and 15 minutes 75 multiple choice (60 minutes) 3 essays in free response section (75 minutes- answer all 3 FRQ’s) Students who score high enough on the exam can receive college credit for taking the course.

What is Geography?

Definitions Literal Definition: a description of the earth Emmanuel Kant: “ History looks at change across time. Geography looks at change across space. ” Hartshorn: “ Geography is the discipline that seeks to describe and interpret the variable character from place to place of the earth as the world of man. ” Greenland: “ Geography is the study of the distribution and interrelationships of the elements of the human environment and the relationships between humans and the physical environment. ” Your Definition:

Method vs Perspective Geographic Method: using geographic information to describe the earth Geographic Perspective: a geographic grid through which information is interpreted Example: The Earth at Night

Geographic Investigation Process - 4 Level Analysis Level 1 - What? Where? When? Scale? Level 2 - Pattern Identification Level 3 Why there? How did it get there? Level 4 (prediction) So what? What if? Impacts? Effects?

Earth at Night - Global Scale

North America at Night - Regional Scale Online: 6/27/

Your State at Night - Local Scale Online: 6/27/

Geographic Investigation Process Level 1 - What? Where? When? Level 2 - Pattern Identification Level 3 Why there? How did it get there? Level 4 So what? What if? Impacts? Effects?