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Syllabus For AP Human Geography

This document outlines the course syllabus for a geography course. It includes 7 units that will be covered over the course of the term. Students will be evaluated based on their completion of 7 homework assignments (20% of the grade) and two exams - a midterm (15%) and a final (15%). Grades for assignments and exams can be found in the online grade book. The course covers topics such as world regions, population trends, cultural patterns, political organization, agriculture, industrialization, and urbanization.

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Syllabus For AP Human Geography

This document outlines the course syllabus for a geography course. It includes 7 units that will be covered over the course of the term. Students will be evaluated based on their completion of 7 homework assignments (20% of the grade) and two exams - a midterm (15%) and a final (15%). Grades for assignments and exams can be found in the online grade book. The course covers topics such as world regions, population trends, cultural patterns, political organization, agriculture, industrialization, and urbanization.

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Course Syllabus

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In order to pass this course you should meet the following requirements:

Complete 7 homework (20% of your final grade).


Pass the Mid-term Exam and the Final Exam (30% of your final grade).

You can find the above homework/exam in the Modules section; you can check the grades of your
assignments and exams in the Grades section.

Course Outline
Unit 1: Geography and Geographical Perspectives
Section 1: Our World
1.1 Land and Water
1.2 Composition and Division
1.3 Climate Zones

Section 2: Continents and Bodies of Water


2.1 The Americas
2.2 Western Europe
2.3 Northern and Eastern Europe
2.4 Africa
2.5 Middle East
2.6 Asia
2.7 Australasia

Section 3: The Central Concepts


3.1 Space, Place, and Region
3.2 Location, Scale, and Distance

Section 4: Spatial Interactions and Geographic Tools


4.1 Core, Periphery, Pattern, and Density
4.2 Maps and Mapping Concepts

Section 5: Geographic Models & Technologies


5.1 Models and Geographic Technology

* Types of Maps (From CB)


* Geographic Data Collection (From CB)
* How Geographic Concepts Illustrate Spatial Relationships (From CB)
Unit 1 Homework

Unit 2: Population, Demographics, and Migration


Section 6: Basic Population Statistics
6.1 Births Rates and Death Rates
6.2 RNI, Doubling Time, and TFR

Section 7: Demographic Models


7.1 The Demographic Transition Model
7.2 Demographic Stages One and Two
7.3 Demographic Stages Three and Four

Section 8: Malthusian Theory


8.1 Malthus and His Theory
8.2 Population Pyramids

Section 9: Population
9.1 Population Density
9.2 Migrations

* Consequences of Various Densities and Distributions (From CB)


* Population Composition (From CB)
* Effects of Population Policies (From CB)
* The Changing Role of Females in Population (From CB)
* Aging Population (From CB)

Unit 2 Homework

Unit 3: Cultural Developments and Patterns


Section 10: Aspects of Culture
10.1 The Cultural Landscape
10.2 Architectural Styles
10.3 Language
10.4 Food and Music
10.5 Apparel

Section 11: Belief Systems


11.1 Belief System Groups
11.2 Eastern Religions
11.3 Abrahamic Religions
11.4 Faith in Law and Practice in Europe and North America
11.5 Faith in Law and Practice in the Middle East and Asia
11.6 Folklore

Section 12: Land and Culture


12.1 Land Ownership

Section 13: Culture and Identity


13.1 Nationality, Race, and Ethnicity
13.2 Cultural Regions and Hearths
13.3 Cultural Change and Adaptation
13.4 Cultural Conflict

* Cultural Relativism and Ethnocentrism (From CB)


* Types of Cultural Diffusion (From CB)
* Historical and Contemporary Causes of Diffusion (From CB)
* Diffusion of Religion and Language (From CB)
* Effects of Diffusion (From CB)

Unit 3 Homework

Midterm Exam

Unit 4: The Political Organization of Space


Section 14: Political Units
14.1 Nations and States
14.2 Borders and Boundaries
14.3 Border Controls and Border Tensions
14.4 Territorial Shifts
14.5 Multistate Organizations

Section 15: Governing the World


15.1 Politics and Political Theory
15.2 Political Economy of Democracy and Free Markets
15.3 Political Economy of Communism and Socialism
15.4 Political Conflict

* Types of Political Entities (From CB)


* The Evolution of The Contemporary Political Landscape (From CB)
* Colonialism and Imperialism (From CB)
* Concepts of Political Power and Territoriality (From CB)
* The Nature and Function of International and Internal Boundaries (From CB)
* Federal and Unitary States (From CB)
* Devolutionary Factors (From CB)
* Electoral Geography: Redistricting and Gerrymandering (From CB)
* Armed Conflicts, War, and Terrorism (From CB)
* Challenges to Sovereignty (From CB)
* Fragmentation, Unification, and Alliance (From CB)
* The Concepts of Centrifugal and Centripetal Forces (From CB)

Unit 4 Homework

Unit 5: Agriculture and Rural Land Usage


Section 16: Land and Human Geography
16.1 Concepts of Land Usage
16.2 Ecology and Land Cultivation

Section 17: Revolutions in Agriculture


17.1 Agricultural Revolutions
17.2 Modern Commercial Agriculture
17.3 Specialized Agriculture
17.4 Historical Agricultural Land Model

* Intensive and Extensive Farming Practices (From CB)


* Rural Settlement Patterns (From CB)
* Rural Survey Methods (From CB)
* Agricultural Origins and Diffusions (From CB)
* The Second Agricultural Revolution (From CB)
* The Green Revolution (From CB)
* Agricultural Production Regions (From CB)
* Large-scale Commercial Agriculture and Agribusiness (From CB)
* Von Thünen Model (From CB)
* The Global System of Agriculture (From CB)
* Consequences of Agriculture Practices (From CB)
* Challenges of Contemporary Agriculture (From CB)
* Biotechnology (From CB)
* Sustainable Agriculture (From CB)
* Female Roles in Food Production and Consumption (From CB)

Unit 5 Homework

Unit 6: Industrialization and Economic Development


Section 18: Industrialization and Sectors of Production
18.1 The Industrial Revolution
18.2 Sectors of Production: Production Stages
18.3 Sector Categories: Agriculture and Commodity Chain
18.4 Sector Categories: Natural Resources

Section 19: Industrialization and Deindustrialization


19.1 Manufacturing and Service
19.2 General Development Levels
19.3 More Industrialized and Newly Industrialized
19.4 Economic Rise of Asia

Section 20: Gauging Development


20.1 Measures of Development
20.2 Rostow’s Theory of Development
20.3 Dependency Theory
20.4 Industrial Location Theory
20.5 The Retail and Service Location Theories
20.6 Industrial Regions

* Economic Sectors (From CB)


* Contribution of Gender Parity from Economic Development (From CB)
* Wallerstein’s World System Theory (From CB)
* Causes and Geographic Consequences of Recent Economic Changes (From CB)
* Neoliberal Polices (From CB)
* Spatial Organization of The World Economy (From CB)
* Deindustrialization and Economic Restructuring (From CB)
* Post-Fordist Methods (From CB)
* Sustainable Development (From CB)

Unit 6 Homework

Unit 7: Urbanization and Urban Realities


Section 21: Theories of Urbanization
21.1 Urban Origins
21.2 Central Place Theory

Section 22: Urban Models


22.1 Concentric Zone Model
22.2 Sector Model
22.3 Peripheral Model and International Urban Diversity

Section 23: Urban Concepts


23.1 Suburbanization
23.2 City Types
23.3 Development of Diverse Urban Societies
23.4 Challenges in Contemporary Urban Societies
23.5 Growth and Sustainability

* Influences of Urbanization (From CB)


* Urbanization (From CB)
* Megacities and Metacities (From CB)
* Cities and Globalization (From CB)
* The Different Urban Concepts (From CB)
* Models of internal urban structures (From CB)
* The Harris and Ullman MultipleNuclei Model (From CB)
* The Galactic City Model (From CB)
* Bid-rent Theory (From CB)
* Models of cities in Latin America, North Africa and the Middle East, sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia,
and South Asia (From CB)
* Density and Land Use (From CB)
* Infrastructure (From CB)
* Urban Design Initiatives and Practices (From CB)
* Urban Data (From CB)
* Changing Demographic, Employment, and Social structures (From CB)
* Uneven Development (From CB)
* Suburban Sprawl and Urban Sustainability (From CB)
* Urban Environmental Issues (From CB)

Unit 7 Homework

Final Exam

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