1. Geographical Essential Skills Know and Be Able to
AP Human Geography
Geographical Essential Skills
Know and Be Able to

2. Purpose of AP Human Geography course:
Introduce systematic study of processes and patterns that have shaped human understanding, use, and alteration of Earth’s surface;
Social organization and resulting environmental impacts/consequences;
Geographic tools and data-collection methods

3. Students will be able to .
Know how to use and think about maps and geospatial data sets
How Earth’s surface effects/affects humans
Influence human history and reflect Earth (science)

4. Students will be able to .
Understand and interpret the implications of associations among phenomena in places
Culture = Politics (boundaries)
+ Values (religion, foods, architecture, etc.)
+ Economics (development)

5. Students will be able to .
Recognize and interpret at difference scales the relationships among patterns and processes
Local  National  Regional  Global
Local: towns, neighborhoods
National: country
Regional: region/area
Global: planet EARTH

6. Students will be able to .
Define regions and evaluate the regionalization process
Not just identification!
How regions work together or “antagonize”
Regional history and development
Characteristics of humans on Earth

7. Students will be able to .
Characterize and analyze changing interconnections among places
Influences from past  present
Influences from region  region
How / Why changes occur

8. RELATIONSHIPS KEY CONCEPT
Human Geography is all about…
RELATIONSHIPS
Relationships among people and places, regional relations, and global interactions