1. AP Human Geography

2. MATERIALS NOTEBOOK 1 ½ INCH PAPER RED PEN
PENCIL/PEN (BLUE or BLACK INK)
HIGHLIGHTER
SUPPLEMENT BOOK
SMALL STAPLER (IF POSSIBLE)
-Dollar store or Walmart
if possible a mini-stapler

3. Grading
Test 50%
Quiz/Projects 35%
HW/Classwork/Participation 15%

4. Literacy WHITE BOARDS DURING LECTURE
READING STRATEGIES : THINK- PAIR-SHARE, SQ3R

5. AP Human Geo Exam Format
Section 1 (60 minutes)
75 multiple choice questions
Section 2 (75 minutes)
3 Free Response Questions (frq’s)

6. Globally, 47% of test takers achieved a score of “3” or higher.
2009 Statistics
Globally, 47% of test takers achieved a score of “3” or higher.

7. What is Geography?
“Geography is a representation of the whole known world together with the phenomena which are contained therein.”
-Ptolemy, Geographia (2nd century CE)
human geography: studies the spatial aspects of human existence…
-how people & their activities are distributed across Earth

8. For example…what’s being mapped?
Coca-Cola consumption!!!

9. The Five Themes of Geography

10. Subfields of Geography

11. REQUIRED SUPPLEMENT BOOK

12. Cultural geography

13. Geo: nature and its perspectives
GPS
GIS
SCALE
HISTORY OF CARTOGRAPHY
ROBINSON MAP
MERCATOR MAP
LOOKING FOR SPATIAL PATTERNS

14. Political geography

15. population

16. Urban geography
gentrification

17. Globalization economic geo
-the increasing interconnectedness of different parts of the world economically, politically, & culturally
Core-periphery theory
Development vs underdevelopment
ECONOMIC CORE
London, Tokyo, Japan, Germany
Primary, secondary, tertiary sectors
Panama

19. BIGGEST CHOCOLATE PRODUCTION SITES?

20. “Sense” of Place
-every place is unique with its own identity
Imagine some other place where you lived…or a place that you visited or would like to visit.
What do you remember about the “sense” of the place? Or what ideas do you have about a place you may like to visit?

21. MENA’S TRAVEL PROGRAM THROUGH EXPLORICA
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