Everything you need to know about… Copeland 2017
The AP Human Geography Exam
I. Exam Site Information
a. Exam Date-Friday, May 12
b. Exam Location-Harrison High School Presidential Gym
c. Exam Time: 8AM (be there no later than 745 AM); Exam will end at 12PM
d. Exam Requirements: Photo ID (school ID or Driver’s License), Blue or Black ink pens, multiple #2
pencils, snack (must be consumed during break only)
e. Do Not Bring: Calculators, textbooks or work for other classes
II. Exam Information and Review Tips
a. Maximum Study Time Per Day: 30 minutes
· 80% of the Multiple Choice Section of the Exam will be vocabulary terms and examples.
· Focus on items you don’t know that well
b. Exam Basics in General
· The exam is worth a total of 120 points. Each section is weighted equally (60 points for MCQS, 60 points for FRQs)
· Section I of the Exam will be Multiple Choice Questions (75 Questions). You will have 60 minutes to complete this portion of the exam. They will multiply your score by .8 to make it worth 60 points to even out the two sections.
· Section II of the Exam will consist of three Free Response Questions. Each FRQ is worth 20 points for a total of 60 points. You will have exactly 75 minutes to respond to all three questions.
· Historically speaking, a student needs a total score of around 50 points to make a “3”; A “4” typically requires a minimum of 60 points and a “5” requires around 75 points.
· Everything is graded on a relative basis.
c. FRQs
· Remember, there are three types: Definition, Connection and Synthetic. It is likely, there will be one of each on your exam. They will involve models and/or maps.
· Use vocabulary diarrhea and make sure to underline important concepts relative to the used vocabulary.
d. MCQs
· There is no longer a penalty deduction for questions answered incorrectly. Students will be awarded one point for a correct answer and zero points for an incorrect answer.
· This means you need to answer every question on the test. Ideally, you will be able to eliminate answer choices. Even if you cannot, you still should make an educated guess.
III. Important Concepts
· The following concepts from Unit 1 transcend all units in AP Human Geography; they are central to all geographic reasoning and analysis.
Spatial
Location
Direction
Distance
Size
Scale
Physical Attributes (Physical Landscape)
Cultural Attributes (Cultural Landscape)
Environmental Determinism
Possibilism
Diffusion (hearth, relocation, expansion, hierarchical, contagious, stimulus)
Density (arithmetic, physiological)
Pattern (linear)
Region (formal, functional/nodal, perceptual/vernacular)
Map scale
IV. Models and Theories
Know the following models and theories and their application in AP Human Geography Understanding.
1. Demographic Transition Models and Population Pyramids
2. Gravity Model (Distance Decay Model)
3. Rostow’s Stages of Growth
4. Concentric Zone Model (Burgess)
5. Hoyt Sector Model
6. Multiple Nuclei Model
7. Central Place Theory (Christaller)
8. Weber Model of Industrial Location (Least-Cost Theory)
9. Von Thunen’s Agricultural Model
10. Epidemiological Transition Model
11. Core-Periphery Model
12. Domino Theory
13. Heartland and Rimland Theory
14. Neocolonialism
15. Thomas Malthus (Population)
16. Dependency Theories
17. Sustainable Development
18. World Systems Theory
19. Bid-Rent Theory
20. Rank Size Rule
21. Hotelling’s Model
22. Zone of Profitability