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AP Human Geography

How people organize space, from population and culture to cities, agriculture, and economic development.

11 units · 129 lessons · 377 practice items · 74 videos

AP Human Geography studies how people organize themselves across space. You begin with geographic perspectives and the tools of the field, then work through population, demographics, and migration. Later units cover cultural patterns, the political organization of territory, agriculture and rural land use, industrialization and economic development, and the growth of cities and the pressures that come with urbanization. The models introduced early return as lenses on each new topic.

This course is built for reading and note-taking: most lessons center on structured notes, discussion prompts, and map analysis, with short video segments running through each unit. Graded practice concentrates in the section reviews and assessments rather than in every lesson, and semester exams sit on the course map as units of their own.

This course follows the College Board's published AP Human Geography framework.

Syllabus

Every published lesson in this course, by unit.

Geography and geographical perspectives21 lessons
  1. 1How to take Cornell notes
  2. 2Introduction to semester 1
  3. 3Unit 1 objectives
  4. 4Section 1: Our world
  5. 5Section 1 discussion
  6. 6Section 1 key terms
  7. 7Section 1 map analysis
  8. 8Section 2: Continents and bodies of water
  9. 9Section 2 discussion 1
  10. 10Section 2 map analysis
  11. 11Section 2 discussion 2
  12. 12Section 2 key terms
  13. 13Section 3: The central concepts
  14. 14Section 3 discussion
  15. 15Section 3 map analysis
  16. 16Section 4: Spatial interactions and geographic tools
  17. 17Section 4 key terms
  18. 18Section 4 discussion
  19. 19Section 5: Geographic models and technologies
  20. 20Section 5 key terms
  21. 21Unit 1 quiz
Population, demographics, and migration13 lessons
  1. 1Unit 2 objectives
  2. 2Section 6 discussion
  3. 3Section 6 data analysis
  4. 4Section 6 key terms
  5. 5Section 7 data analysis 1
  6. 6Section 7 data analysis 2
  7. 7Section 7 key terms
  8. 8Section 8 discussion
  9. 9Section 8 data analysis
  10. 10Section 9 data analysis
  11. 11Section 9 key terms
  12. 12Unit 2 FRQ
  13. 13Unit 2 quiz
ExamSemester 1 midterm2 lessons
  1. 1Midterm project
  2. 2Midterm exam
Cultural developments and patterns16 lessons
  1. 1Unit 3 objectives
  2. 2Section 10 discussion
  3. 3Section 10 activity
  4. 4Section 10 key terms
  5. 5Section 11 discussion
  6. 6Section 11 activity 01
  7. 7Section 11 activity 02
  8. 8Section 11 key terms
  9. 9Section 12 discussion
  10. 10Section 13 key terms 01
  11. 11Section 13 discussion
  12. 12Section 13 activity
  13. 13Section 13 key terms 02
  14. 14Unit 3 FRQ
  15. 15Section 13 key terms 03
  16. 16Unit 3 quiz
ExamSemester 1 final2 lessons
  1. 1Final project
  2. 2Final exam
The political organization of space23 lessons
  1. 1How to take Cornell notes
  2. 2Introduction to semester 2
  3. 3Unit 4 objectives
  4. 4Nations and states
  5. 5Borders and boundaries
  6. 6Border controls and border tensions
  7. 7Territorial shifts
  8. 8Multistate organizations
  9. 9Section 14 discussion 01
  10. 10Section 14 activity 01
  11. 11Section 14 key terms 01
  12. 12Section 14 discussion 02
  13. 13Section 14 key terms 02
  14. 14Politics and political theory
  15. 15Political economy of democracy and free markets
  16. 16Political economy of communism and socialism
  17. 17Political conflict
  18. 18Unit 4 FRQ
  19. 19Section 15 activity 01
  20. 20Section 15 discussion
  21. 21Unit 4 project
  22. 22Section 15 key terms
  23. 23Unit 4 quiz
Agriculture and rural land usage17 lessons
  1. 1Unit 5 objectives
  2. 2Video 16.01: Concepts of land usage
  3. 3Video 16.02: Ecology and land cultivation
  4. 4Section 16 discussion
  5. 5Section 16 key terms
  6. 6Section 17 activity 01
  7. 7Video 17.01: Agricultural revolutions
  8. 8Video 17.02: Modern commercial agriculture
  9. 9Video 17.03: Specialized agriculture
  10. 10Video 17.04: Historical agricultural land model
  11. 11Section 17 discussion
  12. 12Section 17 key terms 01
  13. 13Section 17 activity 02
  14. 14Unit 05 FRQ
  15. 15Section 17 key terms 02
  16. 16Section 17 DBQ
  17. 17Unit 5 quiz
ExamSemester 2 midterm2 lessons
  1. 1Midterm project
  2. 2Midterm exam
Industrialization and economic development17 lessons
  1. 1Unit 6 objectives
  2. 2Section 18: industrialization and sectors of production
  3. 3Section 18 activity
  4. 4Section 18 discussion
  5. 5Section 18 key terms
  6. 6Section 19 activity
  7. 7Section 19: industrialization and deindustrialization
  8. 8Section 19 discussion
  9. 9Section 19 key terms
  10. 10Section 20: gauging development
  11. 11Section 20 discussion 1
  12. 12Section 20 activity
  13. 13Section 20 discussion 2
  14. 14Section 20 key terms 1
  15. 15Section 20 key terms 2
  16. 16Unit 6 FRQ
  17. 17Unit 6 quiz
Urbanization and urban realities14 lessons
  1. 1Unit 7 objectives
  2. 2Section 21: theories of urbanization
  3. 3Section 21 activity
  4. 4Section 21 key terms
  5. 5Section 21 discussion
  6. 6Section 22: urban models
  7. 7Section 22 discussion
  8. 8Section 22 key terms
  9. 9Section 22 activity
  10. 10Section 23 activity
  11. 11Section 23 discussion
  12. 12Unit 7 FRQ
  13. 13Section 23 key terms
  14. 14Unit 7 quiz
ExamSemester 2 final2 lessons
  1. 1Final project
  2. 2Final exam