AP_Human_Geography

AP Human Geography

Advanced Placement course and exam

Advanced Placement (AP) Human Geography (also known as AP Human Geo, AP Geography, APHG, AP HuGe, AP HuG, AP Human, or HGAP) is an Advanced Placement social studies course in human geography for high school, usually freshmen students in the US, culminating in an exam administered by the College Board.^[1]

The course introduces students to the systematic study of patterns and processes that have shaped human understanding, use, and alteration of Earth's surface. Students employ spatial concepts and landscape analyses to analyze human social organization and its environmental consequences while also learning about the methods and tools geographers use in their science and practice.

Curriculum and Course Outline

The curriculum consists of informational book-related homework, which often requires students to strive to learn information independently. The curriculum teaches about diffusion, human traits, religion, and population clusters.

The topics covered by the exam are as follows:^[2]

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2012 AP Scores Distribution

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2013 AP Scores Distribution

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Topic	Percent
Thinking Geographically	8-10%
Population and Migration Patterns and Processes	12-17%
Cultural Patterns and Processes	12-17%
Political Patterns and Processes	12-17%
Agriculture and Rural Land-Use Patterns and Processes	12-17%
Cities and Urban Land-Use Patterns and Processes	12-17%
Industrial and Economic Development Patterns and Processes	12-17%

Topic Number	Topic
1.1	Introduction to Maps
1.2	Geographic Data
1.3	The Power of Geographic Data
1.4	Spacial Concepts
1.5	Human-Environmental Interaction
1.6	Scales of Analysis
1.7	Regional Analysis

Topic Number	Topic Description
2.1	Population Distribution
2.2	Consequences of Population Distribution
2.3	Population Composition
2.4	Population Dynamics
2.5	The Demographic Transition Model
2.6	Malthusian Theory
2.7	Population Policies
2.8	Women and Demographic Change
2.9	Aging Populations
2.10	Causes of Migration
2.11	Forced and Voluntary Migration
2.12	Effects of Migration

Topic Number	Topic Description
3.1	Introduction to Culture
3.2	Cultural Landscapes
3.3	Cultural Patterns
3.4	Types of Diffusion
3.5	Historical Causes of Diffusion
3.6	Contemporary Causes of Diffusion
3.7	Diffusion of Religion and Language
3.8	Effects of Diffusion

Topic Number	Topic Description
4.1	Introduction to Political Geography
4.2	Political Processes
4.3	Political Power and Territoriality
4.4	Defining Political Boundaries
4.5	The Function of Political Boundaries
4.6	Internal Boundaries
4.7	Forms of Governance
4.8	Defining Devolutionary Factors
4.9	Challenges to Sovereignty
4.10	Consequences of Centrifugal and Centripetal Forces

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AP Human Geography

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Topic Number	Topic Description
5.1	Introduction to Agriculture
5.2	Settlement Patterns and Survey Methods
5.3	Agricultural Origins and Diffusions
5.4	The Second Agricultural Revolution
5.5	The Green Revolution
5.6	Agricultural Production Regions
5.7	Spatial Organization of Agriculture
5.8	Von Thünen Model
5.9	The Global System of Agriculture
5.10	Consequences of Agricultural Practices
5.11	Challenges of Contemporary Agriculture
5.12	Women in Agriculture

Topic Number	Topic Description
6.1	The Origin and Influences of Urbanization
6.2	Cities Across the World
6.3	Cities and Globalization
6.4	The Size and Distribution of Cities
6.5	The Internal Structure of Cities
6.6	Density and Land Use
6.7	Infrastructure
6.8	Urban Sustainability
6.9	Urban Data
6.10	Challenges of Urban Changes
6.11	Challenges of Urban Sustainability

Topic Number	Topic Description
7.1	The Industrial Revolution
7.2	Economic Sectors and Patterns
7.3	Measures of Development
7.4	Women and Economic Development
7.5	Theories of Development
7.6	Trade and the World Economy
7.7	Changes as a Result of the World Economy
7.8	Sustainable Development

Score	2002^[3]	2003^[4]	2004^[5]	2005^[6]	2006^[7]	2007^[8]	2008^[9]	2009^[10]	2010^[11]	2011^[12]	2012^[13]	2013^[14]	2014^[15]	2015^[16]	2016^[17]	2017^[18]	2018^[19]	2019^[20]	2020^[21]	2021^[22]	2022^[23]	2023^[24]
5	16.4%	19.0%	16.9%	14.7%	16.9%	11.2%	12.1%	11.6%	9.7%	11.7%	12.5%	12.0%	11.0%	12.2%	11.9%	10.7%	13.0%	10.8%	11.8%	14.4%	14.9%	16.0%
4	20.5%	22.0%	22.2%	20.8%	19.7%	17.9%	17.9%	16.7%	16.5%	18.2%	19.5%	20.3%	20.0%	20.5%	20.1%	17.3%	19.8%	18.2%	22.4%	19.7%	18.7%	20.0%
3	24.8%	24.1%	22.7%	23.2%	21.8%	21.8%	21.5%	21.9%	20.6%	21.2%	20.4%	20.7%	21.0%	21.1%	19.8%	21.0%	21.5%	20.1%	24.8%	18.3%	19.6%	18.4%
2	15.7%	14.7%	17.1%	16.9%	16.0%	16.3%	18.3%	16.6%	17.4%	17.5%	17.8%	18.6%	18.4%	16.7%	19.1%	17.1%	17.0%	16.7%	10.9%	15.1%	15.0%	14.0%
1	22.6%	20.3%	21.2%	24.5%	25.6%	32.9%	30.2%	33.2%	35.7%	31.5%	29.8%	28.3%	29.6%	29.5%	29.0%	33.9%	28.6%	34.1%	30.1%	32.4%	31.8%	31.6%
% of Scores 3 or Higher	61.7%	65.1%	61.8%	58.7%	58.4%	50.9%	51.5%	50.2%	46.9%	51.0%	52.4%	53.0%	52.0%	53.8%	51.8%	48.9%	54.4%	49.1%	59.0%	52.5%	53.2%	54.4%
Mean	2.92	3.05	2.97%	2.84	2.86	2.58	2.63	2.57	2.47	2.61	2.67	2.69	2.64	2.69	2.67	2.54	2.72	2.55	2.75	2.69	2.70	2.75
Standard Deviation	1.38	1.39	1.38	1.38	1.43	1.39	1.39	1.39	1.37	1.39	1.40	1.38	1.37	1.39	1.39	1.38	1.40	1.39	1.39	1.46	1.45	1.48
Number of Students	5,286	7,329	10,471	14,139	21,003	29,005	39,878	50,730	68,397	83,841	98,679	114,361	136,448	159,609	184,663	199,756	216,783	225,235	218,333	211,735	221,815	247,043