ap human geography: outline of topics i. geography: its nature and perspectives (5-10%) ii....
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AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY: OUTLINE OF TOPICS
I. Geography: Its Nature and Perspectives (5-10%)
II. Population (13-17%)
III. Cultural Patterns and Processes (13-17%)
IV. Political Organization of Space (13-17%)
V. Agricultural and Rural Land Use (13-17%)
VI. Industrialization and Economic Development (13-17%)
VII. Cities and Urban Land Use (13-17%)
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I. Geography: Its Nature and Perspectives (5-10%)
A. Geography as a field of inquiry
B. Evolution of key geographical concepts and models associated with notable geographers
C. Key concepts underlying the geographical perspective: space, place, and scale
D. Key geographical skills1. How to use and think about maps and spatial data sets2. How to understand and interpret the implications of associations among phenomena in places3. How to recognize and interpret at different scales the relationships among patterns and processes4. How to define regions and evaluate the regionalization process5. How to characterize and analyze changing interconnections
among places
E. New geographic technologies, such as GIS and GPS
F. Sources of geographical ideas and data: the field, census data, etc.
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IV. Political Organization of Space 13-17%
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 concept2. Colonialism and imperialism3. Federal and unitary states
C. Challenges to inherited political-territorial arrangements1. Changing nature of sovereignty2. Fragmentation, unification, alliance3. Spatial relationships between political patterns and
patterns of ethnicity, economy, and environment4. Electoral geography, including gerrymandering
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The Hungarian takeover of Austria
(and the migration of Bratislava)
CNN.com map of floodingSummer 2002
Conventional map of countries
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Switzerland on the move
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IV. Political Organization of Space 13-17%
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 concept2. Colonialism and imperialism3. Federal and unitary states
C. Challenges to inherited political-territorial arrangements1. Changing nature of sovereignty2. Fragmentation, unification, alliance3. Spatial relationships between political patterns and
patterns of ethnicity, economy, and environment4. Electoral geography, including gerrymandering
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The Nation-State Concept
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Colonialism and Imperialism
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Federal and unitary states
France
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1. How to use and think about maps and spatial data sets
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The Remarkable Configuration of a Cold Air Mass in the Winter of 1997
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http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/china/map/map.html
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2. How to understand and interpret the implications of associations among phenomena in places
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3. How to recognize and interpret at different scales the relationships among patterns and processes
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4. How to define regions and evaluate the regionalization process
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5. How to characterize and analyze changing interconnections among places
Participants in “The Four Motors Agreement”
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