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AP HUMAN

GEOGRAPHY

Unit One: Thinking Geographically

The AP Exam

• TUESDAY, MAY 5 th
• Two-hours and 15 minutes
• 75 multiple choice (60 minutes)
• 3 essays in free response section (

minutes- answer all 3 FRQ’s)

• Students who score high enough on the

exam can receive college credit for taking the

course.

Syllabus Highlights

• Calendar and Vocab for each unit on website.
• Two Interactive Notebooks.
• Late and Missing Work:
  • All work turned in at the end of the unit in the Interactive Notebook.
  • Due dates for specific assignments will serve as checks on progress and completion.
• Homework:
  • Quality time v. Quantity
  • Manageable units spread over time = Better Retention (avoid the cram)
  • Pomodoro’s = Focused 20 minutes, 5-6 days per week.

Unit Breakdown

• NOTEBOOK
  • Vocab: Human Geography is a vocab intensive course. Notebooks will become a comprehensive study guide in the spring.
  • Ultimate Guides: Two page essays on key topics and concepts.
  • Textbook Assignment: 6 Response Questions each Unit.
  • Practice Free Response Questions
  • Current Event Articles – Applying human geography concepts.
  • Regional Country Reports

1.1 Introduction to Maps

Spatial Approach

A spatial approach considers the arrangements of phenomena being studied across the earths surface. It considers location, distance, direction, orientation, pattern and interconnection Geographers ask spatial approach based questions such as; Why are things where they are? How did things become distributed as they are? What is changing the patterns of distribution? What are the implications of the spatial distributions for people?

Physical Geography

• Spatial analysis of the structure, processes and location of the Earth’s natural phenomena such as climate, soil, plants, animals and topography.

Latitude

The distance north or south of the equator.

Longitude

• The distance east or west of the Prime Meridian.

Prime Meridian

• An imaginary line that circles the runs from pole to pole through Greenwich England. It is designated as 0 degrees longitude.
• On the opposite side of the globe from the Prime Meridian is 180 degrees longitude.

Ultimate Guide: What is Human Geography and why is it important?

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDk06h7Abbw
• Video:  Take notes on video in notebook
• Power Research:  15 minutes  Gather as much info as possible to answer the question  Take notes
• Outline  3 - 4 minutes  Outline your essay  Topics, examples, definitions
• Power Write  20 minutes of writing  Minimum of two pages completed

What is Human Geography?

Human Geography

• The impact of geography on humans and the impact of humans on geography

Geography is everything and everything is geography.” Culture Religion Language Racial Conflict Ethnic Cleansing Infant mortality Life expectancy Infectious disease Migration Immigration Gender Roles Boundary Disputes Geopolitics Urbanization Agricultural Methods Agri-business Food Scarcity Patterns of Consumption Popular Culture Religious Fundamentalism Globalization Genetically Modified Foods