AP Human Geography
UNIT 2
Unit 2
Population
Wednesday, September 30th – Tuesday, November, 3rd
Unit Project Friday, October 16th
FRQs
Monday, October 19th and Monday, November 2nd
MCQs
Tuesday, October 20th and Tuesday, November 3rd
Population (13-17% of 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
IF YOU LEARN ONLY SIX THINGS IN THIS UNIT:
1) The demographic transition model is a tool demographers use to categorize countries’ population growth rates and
economic structures. The model analyzes crude birth rates, crude death rates, and total population trends in a society at a
given point of time. Once a country moves into the next stage of the model, it cannot go back to previous states, unless
afflicted by nuclear war or another horrific calamity.
2) British economist Thomas Malthus coined the term overpopulation in the late 1700s. Malthus suggested that the
world’s population was growing faster than the rate of food production, and as a result, mass starvation would occur.
Malthus was correct in his assumption about world population increase but was incorrect in his assessment of
agriculture’s inability to produce sufficient food.
3) The world’s population is growing exponentially. Most of the growth is occurring in less developed countries. More
developed countries are either at or near zero population growth. Some Eastern European countries are actually losing
some of their population.
4) Population pyramids show the age and sex demographics of a particular country, city, or neighborhood. Inverted
pyramids indicate a large percentage of elderly persons in the community. A large base indicates a lot of children in the
society and could indicate a less developed country.
5) There are three primary push and pull factors: economic, political, and environmental. Each of these reasons have
caused millions of people to move.
6) Refugees voluntarily leave an area for fear of death or persecution. Forced migrants are forced by the government to
move. Forced migrants can suffer the same fate as refugees if they do not obey the government mandate for them to
relocate.
Day
Wednesday,
September 30
In Class
How to complete MCQ Test
Corrections
Reading Activities and Home Work
Reading:
Getis p. 161-171; Test Corrections due by 10/6
Thursday,
October 1st
FRQ in-class scoring; No clicker check
Reading:
Getis 171-175
Fouberg 57 (Why Does Pop) – 59 (top of page)
Reading Due: Getis p. 161-171
Friday,
October 2nd
Vocab Quiz/Article Reading
Monday,
October 5th
Tuesday,
Octboer 6th
Intro to Population Terminology
Retakes During 1st Half of Lunch/Intro to
Population Pyramids/Clicker Check
Reading Due: Getis 171-175
Reading:
Getis 176-180 top of page (Don’t read expert story
boxes)
Fouberg 53-57
Fouberg 57 (Why Does Pop) – 59 (top
of page)
Wednesday,
October 7th
Thursday,
October 8th
Making Population Pyramids
Population Cont./Clicker Check
Reading:
Reading Due:
Getis 182-191
Fouberg 36-53
Getis 176-180 top of page (Don’t read
expert story boxes)
Fouberg 53-57
Friday,
October 9th
Vocab Quiz/Article Reading
Monday,
October 12th
Tuesday,
October 13th
Demographic Transition Model
Clicker Check/Demographic Transition
Activity
Reading:
Fouberg 59-82
Reading Due:
Getis 182-191
Fouberg 36-53
Wednesday,
October 14th
Thursday,
October 15th
PSAT
Clicker Check/Debrief Demographic
Transition
Reading:
Getis 256-259 (No clicker check the following week,
but on test)
Reading Due:
Fouberg 59-82
Unit Project Due Tomorrow!
Friday,
October 16th
Monday,
October 19th
Tuesday,
October 20th
Vocab Quiz/ Article Reading
(Specifically Broussard)
Unit Project 2 Due by 8:30 am
FRQ Test
MCQ Test
Reading:
Fouberg 76-82
Getis 256-259 (Read to top para. 259)
Wednesday,
October 21st
FRQ in-class scoring
Thursday,
October 22nd
Clicker Check/Intro to Migration
Reading:
Reading Due:
Fouberg 83-94 (Read to "where")
Getis 259-264 (Skip 264 & 265)
Fouberg 76-82
Getis 256-259 (Read to top para. 259)
Friday,
October 23rd
Vocab Quiz/7th period will not meet
(they will take the quiz online)
Monday,
October 26th
Push & Pull Factors & Gravity Model
Tuesday,
October 27th
Retakes During 1st Half Of Lunch/Clicker
Check/Historical Migration/Types of
Migration
Reading/Work Due:
Test Corrections Due by 8:30
A.M./Fouberg 83-94 (Read to "where")
Getis 259-264 (Skip 264 & 265)
Wednesday,
October 28th
Refugee Migration
Thursday,
October 29th
Clicker Check/Continue Refugee
Migration
Reading Due:
Fouberg 94-107
Reading:
Fouberg 94-107
Friday,
October 30th
Vocab Quiz
Monday,
November
2nd
Tuesday,
November 3rd
FRQ test
MCQ Test
Getis 196-206 (Culture Unit Reading/Unit 3)