AP Human Geography

Units and exam weighting

1. Unit 1: Thinking Geographically 8–10% of the exam
   Maps and projections, geographic data and its uses, spatial concepts, human-environment interaction, scales of analysis, regions.
2. Unit 2: Population and Migration Patterns and Processes 12–17% of the exam
   Population distribution and density, population composition, dynamics and growth, the demographic transition model, population policies, causes and effects of migration.
3. Unit 3: Cultural Patterns and Processes 12–17% of the exam
   Culture and cultural landscapes, diffusion, historical causes of diffusion, language, religion and ethnicity, effects of diffusion.
4. Unit 4: Political Patterns and Processes 12–17% of the exam
   Political organisation, territoriality and boundaries, forms of governance, devolution, supranationalism, centrifugal and centripetal forces.
5. Unit 5: Agriculture and Rural Land-Use Patterns and Processes 12–17% of the exam
   Agricultural origins and diffusion, the agricultural revolutions, settlement patterns, von Thünen, the global food system, consequences and challenges of agriculture.
6. Unit 6: Cities and Urban Land-Use Patterns and Processes 12–17% of the exam
   Origin and influence of urbanisation, cities across the world, city site and situation, urban models, urban data, sustainability and urban challenges.
7. Unit 7: Industrial and Economic Development Patterns and Processes 12–17% of the exam
   The Industrial Revolution, economic sectors, measures of development, women and development, theories of development, trade and the world economy, sustainable development.