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UNIT I |
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SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL |
MEDIA & PROJECTS
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POWER OF PLACE
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I. Nature
and Perspectives
5-10% of
the AP Exam
A. Geography as a field of inquiry
B. Evolution of key geographical concepts and
models associated
with notable geographers
C. Key concepts underlying the geographical
perspective: location,
space, place, scale, pattern, regionalization, and
globalization
D. Key geographical skills
1. How to use and think about maps and spatial
data
2. How to understand and interpret the
implications of
associations among phenomena in places
3. How to recognize and interpret at different
scales the
relationships among patterns and processes
4. How to define regions and evaluate the
regionalization
process
5. How to characterize and analyze changing
interconnections
among places
E. New geographic technologies, such as GIS,
remote sensing, and GPS
F. Sources of geographical ideas and data: the
field, census data, and satellite imagery |
Chapter
1
Introduction to Human Geography
Resource
A
Maps
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William
Pattison's Four Traditions
The
Five Themes of Geography
Key
Geographical Skills
Traditions & Themes Handout
Chapter 1 Handout
Chapter
1 Review
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"Ferris Bueller's Day Off"
Guns N' Roses World Tour |
#1: One Earth, Many Scales
#2: Boundaries and Borderlands
#23(2): A Second Chance for Amazonia? (12:10) |
UNIT II |
TEXT
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SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL |
MEDIA & PROJECTS
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POWER OF PLACE
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II. Population
13-17% of the AP Exam
A. Geographical analysis of population
1. Density, distribution, and scale
2. Implications of various densities and
distributions
3. Patterns of composition: age, sex, race, and
ethnicity
4.
Population and natural hazards: past, present, and future
B. Population growth and decline over time and
space
1. Historical trends and projections for the
future
2. Theories of population growth, including the
Demographic Transition Model
3. Patterns of fertility, mortality, and health
4. Regional variations of demographic transitions
5. Effects of population policies
C. Population movement
1. Migration selectivity
2. Major voluntary and involuntary migrations at
different scales
3. Theories of migration, including push and pull
factors,
human capital, and life course
4. International migration and refugees
5.
Socioeconomic consequences of migration
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Chapter
2
Population
Chapter 3
Migration |
Current
State of the World's Population
Population
Growth -
Doubling Time
Population
Pyramids
The
Demographic Transition
Chapter
2 Handout
Chapter
3 Handout
Chapter 2 Review
Chapter
3 Review
Population Geography
Review
Article 34 Questions |
Human Geography in Action: The Hidden Momentum
of Population Growth (India)
HGIA: Newton's First Law of Migration (The Gravity
Model)
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#16(1): Delhi: Bursting at the Seams
#18(1): Egypt: Gift of the Nile
#21(1): Mexico: Move to Migrate
#21(2): Guatemala: Population and Conquest (15:13)
#25(1): Vancouver: Hong Kong East |
UNIT III |
TEXT
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SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL |
MEDIA & PROJECTS
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POWER OF PLACE |
III. Cultural Patterns and Processes
13-17% of
the AP Exam
A. Concepts of culture
1. Traits
2. Diffusion
3. Acculturation
4. Cultural regions
B. Cultural differences
1. Language
2. Religion
3. Ethnicity
4. Gender
5. Popular and folk culture
C. Environmental impact of cultural
attitudes and practices
D. Cultural landscapes and cultural
identity
1. Values and preferences
2. Symbolic landscapes and sense
of place |
Chapter
4
Local Culture, Popular Culture, and Cultural Landscapes
Chapter 5
Identity: Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality
Chapter 6
Language
Chapter 7
Religion |
Language Handout
Religion Handout
Identity, Race & Ethnicity Handout
Chapter 6 Review
Chapter 7
Review
Language
Review
Religion
Review
Architectural
Styles of World Religions
Review
on Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Globalization
Animated Map of Religious Diffusion |
International Court of Justice: The Dayton Accords
The
Global
Mosaic
Ethnicity and
Race
The Gods Must Be Crazy
Witness/Kingpin |
#8(1): Dagestan: Caususus Disconnect?
#11(1): Lanzhou: Confluence of Cultures
#14(2): Multicultural Malaysia (15:24)
#17(1): Jerusalem: Capital of Two States?
#17(2): Turkey: Fundamental Change (14:21)
#24(1): Boston: Ethnic Mosaic
#25(2): Montreal: An Island of French (13:52) |
UNIT IV
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TEXT
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SUPPLEMENTARY
MATERIAL |
MEDIA & PROJECTS |
POWER OF PLACE |
IV. Political Organization
13-17% of the AP Exam
A. Territorial dimensions of
politics
1. The concept of territoriality
2. The nature and meaning of
boundaries
3. Influences of boundaries on
identity, interaction, and exchange
B. Evolution of the contemporary
political pattern
1. The nation-state concept
2. Colonialism and imperialism
3. Federal and unitary states
C. Challenges to inherited
political-territorial arrangements
1. Changing nature of
sovereignty
2. Fragmentation, unification,
alliance
3. Spatial relationships between
political patterns and patterns of ethnicity, economy, and
environment
4. Electoral geography,
including gerrymandering |
Chapter 8
Political Geography |
Chapter 8 Handout A
Chapter 8 Handout B
Rise of the Modern State
State Organization and National Power
Multinationalism
Devolution and the
New World Order
Review
of the Political Organization of Space
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Evolution
of the Contemporary Political Pattern
Model Berlin Conference
Hotel Rwanda
The
Nature of Political Boundaries |
#3(1): Strasbourg: Symbol of A United Europe
#3(2): Slovakia: New Sovereignty (12:23)
#4(2): Poland: Diffusion of Democracy (12:45)
#8(2): Bratsk: The Legacy of Central Planning (15:25)
#19(1): South Africa: This Land is My Land |
UNIT V
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TEXT |
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL |
MEDIA & PROJECTS
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POWER OF PLACE |
V. Agriculture and Rural Land Use
13-17% of
the AP Exam
A. Development and diffusion of
agriculture
1. Neolithic Agricultural
Revolution
2. Second Agricultural
Revolution
B. Major agricultural production
regions
1. Agricultural systems
associated with major bio-climatic zones
2. Variations within major zones
and effects of markets
3. Linkages and flows among
regions of food production and consumption
C. Rural land use and settlement
patterns
1. Models of land use, including
von Thünen's model
2. Settlement patterns
associated with major agriculture types
D. Modern commercial agriculture:
the Third Agricultural Revolution
1. Green Revolution and the
beginning of the biotechnologic revolution
2. Characteristics of the third
revolution: blending of primary, secondary, and tertiary
activities, intensification of mechanization, and development of
biotechnology
3. Spatial organization of
industrial agriculture
4. Diffusion of industrial
agriculture
5. Future food supplies and
environmental impacts of agriculture - hopes and fears |
Chapter
11
Agriculture |
Agricultural Origins and The Isolated State:
Handout A
Landscapes of Rural Settlements:
Handout B
Commercial Agriculture:
Handout C
The Changing Geography of Agriculture:
Handout D
The
Green Revolution
in India
An Indian Paradox
Two
US
Commodity Chains: Poultry & Pork
Livelihoods of Rural Peoples Review
Rural Settlement Forms Review
Commercial Agriculture Review
Global Disparities in Nutrition and Health Review
Review
on Agriculture and Rural Land Use
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House
and
Village Types
Commercial
Agriculture
The Meatrix |
#12(1): Northern Japan: Protecting the Harvest
#13(2): Vietnam: Fertile Dreams (14:33)
#20(1): Cote d'Ivoire: Cocoa and Change
#24(2): Chicago: Farming on the Edge (11:26)
#26(1): Oregon: A Fight for Water
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UNIT VI |
TEXT |
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL |
MEDIA & PROJECTS
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POWER OF PLACE |
VI. Urbanization
Urban Powerpoint
13-17% of the AP Exam
A. Definitions of urbanism
B. Origin and evolution of cities
1. Historical patterns of
urbanization
2. Rural-urban migration and
urban growth
3. Global cities and megacities
4. Models of urban systems
C. Functional character of
contemporary cities
1. Changing employment mix
2. Changing demographic and
social structures
D. Built environment and social
space
1. Comparative models of
internal city structure
2. Transportation and
infrastructure
3. Political organization of
urban areas
4. Urban planning and design
5. Patterns of race, ethnicity,
gender, and class
6. Uneven development,
ghettoization, and gentrification
7. Impacts of suburbanization
and edge cities |
Chapter
9
Urban Geography
Chapter
14
Globalization and the Geography of Networks |
Cities and Structure: Handout A
Location and Models: Handout B
Global Urbanization: Handout C
Modern Urbanism: Handout D
Cities and Structure Review
Location and Models Review
Global Urbanization Review
Modern Urbanism
Review
Notes
on Cities and Urbanization |
Caesar III |
#4(1): Berlin: United We Stand
#5(2): Randstad: Preserving the Green Heart (14:51)
#12(2): Tokyo: Anatomy of a Mega-City (13:31)
#23(1): Sao Paolo: The Outer Ring
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UNIT VII
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TEXT |
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL |
MEDIA & PROJECTS |
POWER OF PLACE |
VII. Industrialization
and Economic Geography
13-17% of the AP Exam
A. Key concepts in industrialization
and development
B. Growth and diffusion of
industrialization
1. The changing roles of energy
and technology
2. Industrial Revolution
3. Evolution of economic cores
and peripheries
4. Geographic critiques of
models of economic localization (i.e., land rent, comparative
costs of transportation), industrial location, economic
development, and world systems |
Chapter
12
Industry and Services |
Industrial Location
Industrial Distribution
Changes in Industrial Production
Weber's
Theory of Industrial Location
Industrial Location Review
Industrial Distribution Review
Notes
on Industrialization and Economic Development |
Mapping
the Core-Periphery Model |
#5(1): Liverpool: A Tale of Two Cities
#7(1): St. Petersburg: Russia's Window on the West
#9(1): Shanghai: Head of the Dragon
#9(2): Sijia: Small Town, Big Change (15:27)
#15(2): Australia: New Links to Asia (14:13)
#22(2): Chile: Pacific Rim Player (13:57)
#26(2): U.S. Midwest: Spatial Innovations (12:17) |
UNIT VIII
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TEXT |
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL |
MEDIA & PROJECTS |
POWER OF PLACE |
VIII. Development and Globalization
C. Contemporary patterns and impacts
of industrialization and development
1. Spatial organization of the
world economy
2. Variations in levels of
development
3. Deindustrialization and
economic restructuring
4. Pollution, health, and
quality of life
5. Industrialization,
environmental change, and sustainability
6. Local development
initiatives: government policies
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Chapter
10
Development
Chapter
14
Globalization and the Geography of Networks |
The
Geographic Impact of Development
Medical
Geography
Uneven Development Across the Globe
Globalization and Networks
Rostow's Theory of Industrial Development
Measures of Development
Concepts of Development Review
Deindustrialization and Globalization Review |
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#6(1): Andalucia: Developments in the Hinterlands
#10(1): Guandong: Globalization in the Pearl River Delta
#10(2): Taiwan: High-Tech Tiger (11:28)
#11(2): Shenyang: Hope for China's Rustbelt (13:08)
#14(1): Indonesia: Tourist Invasion
#15(1): Singapore: Gateway to Southeast Asia
#18(2): Oman: Looking Beyond Oil (12:34)
#20(2): Gabon: Sustainable Resources? (13:33) |
UNIT IX |
TEXT |
SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL |
MEDIA & PROJECTS
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POWER OF PLACE |
IX. Environmental Geography
Selected Sections of the AP Exam
A. Social Space
1. Decisions and
Conflict
2. Uneven Development
3. Quality of Life
4. Sustainability
B. Modern Ecological Change
1. Nutrition and
Hunger
2. Environmental
Devastation |
Chapter
13
Human Environment |
Planet & Humanity
Human Impacts on the Environment
Confronting Human Induced Environmental Change
Environmental Change Review
Planet and Humanity Review
Confronting Environmental Change Review
Notes
on Environmental Geography
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Mr.
Snyder's Day Off |
#6(2): Iceland: Edge of the Habitable World (14:05)
#7(2): Vologda: Russian Farming in Flux (12:24)
#13(1): Laos: Isolated Heart
#16(2): Dikhatpura: Help Through Irrigation (15:01)
#19(2): Kenya: Medical Geography (16:06)
#22(1): Ecuador: Orange Alert |
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