AP Human Geography - Miami Killian Senior High School



AP Human Geography

Miami Killian Senior High School

Course Design: The two-semester course will involve a combination of lectures, class discussions, small group activities based on the text and supplemental readings, map interpretation, group PowerPoint projects, and comprehensive chapter test and free-response questions.

Grades: Students grades are based on their performances on quizzes, essays, chapter exams, projects, and daily class participation.

Required Reading: Rubenstein, James M., The Cultural Landscape: An Introduction to Human Geography

Course Design:

1. Basic Geographic Skills 8. Political Geography

2. Population Geography 9. Development

3. Migration 10. Agriculture

4. Folk and Pop Culture 11. Industrial Geography

5. Language 12. Services

6. Religion 13. Urban Patterns

7. Ethnicity 14. Resource Patterns

Course Outline: First Semester

1. Basic Geographic Skills

A. How do geographers answer the “where “question?

1. Maps

2. History

3. Location

B. How do geographers answer the “Why” question?

1. Regional analysis

2. Spatial analysis

C. How do geographers explain the significance of geographic pattern?

1. Globalization of culture and economy

2. Global environment

D. Unit 1 Exam

E. Required Reading: Case Study: Big Mac Attack

F. Key Terms- Ch-1

G. Essay: My Place or Yours

II. Population Geography

A. How is the world’s population distributed

1. Population concentration

2. Sparsely populated regions

3. Density

B. How has the world’s population increased?

1. Agriculture, industrial, and medical revolutions

2. Measuring population change

C. Why is population increasing at different rates in different countries?

1. The demographic transition

2. Population pyramids

3. Countries in different stages of demographic transition

4. Demographic transition and world population growth

D. Case study: China and India

E. Unit 2 Exam

F. Key Terms – CH-2

G. World Population Map

H. Essay and Graph – Stages of the Demographic Transition

III. Migration

A. Why do people move?

1. Push and pull factors

2. Intervening obstacles

3. International vs. internal migration

B. Why do people voluntarily emigrate from a country?

1. European immigration to the United States

2. Changes in U.S. immigration policy

3. Guest Workers

C. Why do people migrate within a county

1. Migration between regions of a country

2. Migration within one region

D. Why are people forced to emigrate from a country?

1. Slavery

2. Political instability

E. Migration transition

F. Unit 3 Exam

G. Key Terms CH- 3

H. Reading – Case Study Spain

I. Essay – Thinking Geographically CH- 3- # 3 – Rubenstein

J. Group Project – Immigration bill and process

IV. Folk and Popular Culture

A. How do social customs originate and diffuse

1. Origins of folk and popular customs

2. Diffusion of folk and popular customs

B. What factors create unique folk regions?

1. Isolation promotes cultural diversity

2. Influence of the physical environment

3. Folk housing

C. What factors influence the distribution of popular customs?

1. Diffusion of popular housing, clothing, and food

2. Television and film

D. What problems result from worldwide convergence of popular customs?

1. Threat to folk customs

2. Environment impact of popular customs

E. Key Terms CH-4

F. Group project – Coke can

G. Essay – Folk Culture to Pop Culture

H. Reading – Case Study – Aboriginal artist

I. Unit 4 Exam

V. Language

A. How did the English language originate and diffuse?

1. Development of English

2. Other Germanic languages

B. How is English related to languages spoken elsewhere in the world?

1. Romance language branch

2. Other Indo-European language branches

3. Theories about an Indo-European hearth

C. What is the spatial distribution of other language families?

1. Asian language families

2. African language families

D. Why do people living in different locations speak English differently?

1. Development of dialects in English

2. Global dominance of English as a lingua franca

E. A look at French and Spanish in Anglo-America

F. Key Terms – Ch – 5

G. Language Map of the world

H. Language Tree diagram

I. Unit 5 Exam

L. Rubenstein – Thinking Geographically – CH-5 # 1

VI. Religion

A. How are religions distributed?

1. Universalizing religions

2. Ethnic religions

B. How do religions organize space?

1. Incorporation of national events

2. Sacred space

3. Administration of space

C. What is the impact of religion on the landscape?

1. Sacred structures

2. Use of the land

D. What territorial conflicts arise because of religion?

1. Religion and social change

2. Wars between religious groups

E. A look at the Middle East

F. Key Terms – Ch-6

G. Religion world map

H. Group Project- Religious Holidays

I. Free Response – Scared sites

J. Unit 6 Exam

VII. Ethnicity

A. Where Are Ethnicities Distributed?

1. Distribution of ethnicities in the United States

2. Differentiating ethnicity and race

B. Why Have Ethnicities Been Transformed into Nationalities

1. Rise of nationalities

2. Nationalities in former colonies

3. Revival of ethnic identity

C. Why Do Ethnicities Clash

1. Ethnic competition to dominate nationality

2. Overlapping of ethnicities and nationalities

3. Ethnic Cleansing

D. Read Case Study – Ethnic Cleansing in Central Africa

E. Key Terms – Ch. 7

F. Free Response – Nation-State

G. Unit Exam – 7

Second Semester

VIII. Political Geography

A. Where Are States Located?

1. Problems of defining states

2. Development of the state concept

B. Where Are Boundaries Drawn Between States?

1. Shapes of states

2. Types of Boundaries

C. Why Do Boundaries Between States Cause Problems?

1. One state with many nationalities

2. One nationality in more than one state

3. Internal organization of states

D. Why Do States Cooperate with Each Other?

1. Political and military cooperation

2. Economic cooperation

E. Why Has Terrorism Increased?

F. Read Case Study – Future of the Nation-State in Europe

G. Key Terms – Ch. 8

H. Chart/Diagram – Shapes of States

I. Unit 8 Exam

IX. Development

A. Why Does Development Vary Among Countries?

1. Economic indicators of development

2. Social indicators of development

3. Demographic indicators of development

B. Where Are More and Less Developed Countries Distributed?

1. More developed regions

2. Less developed regions

C. Why Do Less Developed Countries Face Obstacles to Development?

1. Development through self-sufficiency

2. Development through international trade

3. Financing development

D. Read Case Study – Future Prospects for Development

E. Key Terms – Ch. 9

F. Chart/Diagram – MDC/LDC

G. Free Response – Rostow’s Development Model

H. Video – Is America # 1

I. Unit 9 Exam

X. Agricultural Geography

A. How Did Agriculture Originate and Diffuse?

1. Origins of agriculture

2. Location of agriculture hearths

3. Classifying agriculture regions

B. Where Are Agriculture Regions in Less Developed Countries

1. Shifting cultivation

2. Pastoral nomadism

3. Intensive subsistence agriculture

C. Where Are Agriculture Regions in More Developed Countries?

1. Mixed crop and livestock farming

2. Dairy farming

3. Grain farming

4. Livestock farming

5. Mediterranean agriculture

6. Commercial gardening and fruit farming

7. Plantation agriculture

D. Why Does Agriculture Vary Among Regions?

1. Environmental and cultural factors

2. Economic issues for subsistence farmers

3. Economic issues for commercial farmers

E. Case Study – Uncertain Future for Farming

F. Key Terms – Ch. 10

G. Power Point Project – Types of Agriculture

H. Unit 10 Exam

XI. Industrial Geography

A. How did industrialization originate and diffuse?

1. The Industrial Revolution

2. Diffusion of the Industrial Revolution

B. How is industry distributed worldwide?

1. Eastern North America

2. Western Europe

3. Eastern Europe and Russia

4. Japan

C. What factors influence the choice of location for a factory?

1. Situation factors

2. Site factors

3. Obstacles for optimal location

D. What industrial problems do countries face?

1. A global prospective

2. More Developed Countries

3. Less Developed Countries

E. Read Case Study – Free Trade in North America

F. Key Terms – Ch.11

G. Chart/Diagram – Industrial Regions

H. Free-Response – Maquiladora

I. Unit 11 Exam

XII. Services

A. Where Did Services Originate?

1. Types of services

2. Origin of services

3. Services in rural settlements

B. Why Are Consumer Services Distributed in a Regular Pattern?

1. Central Place Theory

2. Market-area analysis

3. Hierarchy of services and settlements

C. Why Do Business Services Locate in Large Settlements

1. World cities

2. Hierarchy of business services

3. Economic base of settlements

D. Why Do Services Cluster Downtown?

1. Central business district

2. Suburbanization of businesses

E. Reading – Case Study – Romanian Policy

F. Key Terms – Ch. 12

G. Free-Response – Germany/Argentina

H. Unit 12 Exam

XIII. Urban Patterns

A. Where Have Urban Areas Grown?

1. Urbanization

2. Defining urban settlements

B. Where Are People Distributed Within Urban Areas

1. Three models of urban structure

2. Use of models outside North America

C. Why Do Inner Cities Have Distinctive Problems?

1. Inner-city physical problems

2. Inner-city social problems

3. Inner-city economic problems

D. Why Do Suburbs Have Distinctive Problems?

1. The peripheral model

2. Contribution of transportation to suburbanization

3. Local government fragmentation

E. Reading – Case Study – Contrasts in the City

F. Key Terms – Ch. 13

G. Free Response – Urbanization and Transportation

H. Unit 13 Exam

I. Chart/Diagram – Urban Models

XIV. Resource Issues

A. Why Are Fossil-Fuel Resources Being Depleted?

1. Dependence of fossil fuels

2. Alternative energy sources

B. Why Are Resources Being Polluted?

1. Pollution sources

2. Alternatives for reducing pollution

C. Why Are Global Food Resources Expandable?

1. Alternative strategies to increase food supply

2. Africa’s food-supply crisis

D. Reading – Case Study – Future Directions

E. Key Terms – Ch.14

F. Power Point Project – Fossil fuels and alternative energy sources

G. Free Response – Green Revolution

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