AP Human Geography Final Exam Study Guide Spring 2011
Unit 1: Physical Geography
1) Chapter 1
a. Study Key Terms and Powerpoint
b. Key Ideas: maps, contemporary tools, space (unique features of a
location), regions (areas of unique characteristics), scale (local to
global), space (distribution of features), connections between
places
c. Before New York
d. World Without US
Unit 2: Population Geography
3) Chapter 2: Population
a. Study Key Terms and Powerpoint
b. Key Ideas: population concentrations, sparsely populated regions,
population density, natural increase, fertility, mortality, demographic
transition, population pyramids, countries in different stages of DTM,
Malthus, Cornucopians, declining birth rates, and world health threats.
3) Chapter 3: Migration
a. Study Key Terms and Powerpoint
b. Key Ideas: reasons for migrating distance of migration, characteristics
of migrants, global migration patterns, impact of immigration on the
United States, immigration policies of host countries, cultural
problems immigrants face, migration between regions of a country,
and migration within one region.
c. Faces of America
d. 30 Days
e. Journey of Man
Unit 3: Cultural Geography
1) Chapter 4: Folk and Popular Culture
a. Study Key Terms
b. Key Ideas: origin and diffusion of folk and popular culture, isolation
promotes cultural diversity, influence of physical environment, diffusion
of popular housing, clothing, and food, television diffusing pop. culture,
threat to pop. culture, and env. impact of culture.
2) Chapter 5: Language
a. Study Key Terms and Powerpoint
b. Key Ideas: origin and diffusion of English, dialects of English, IndoEuropean Branches, origin and diffusion of Indo-European,
classification of languages, distribution of language families, preserving
language diversity, global dominance of English, the future of French
and Spanish in Anglo-America.
3) Chapter 6: Religion
a. Study key terms and Powerpoint
b. Key Ideas: Origin of religions, diffusion of religions, holy places, places
of worship, religion vs. gov. policies, religion vs. religion, and future of
Buddhism in Tibet.
c. Rick Steve’s in Iran
4) Chapter 7: Ethnicity
a. Study key terms and Powerpoint
b. Key Ideas: distribution of ethnicities in the US, differentiating ethnicity
and race, rise of nationalities, multinational states, revival of ethnic
identity, ethnic competition to dominate nationality, ethnic cleansing in
Yugoslavia and Central Africa.
Unit 4: Political Geography
1) Chapter 8: Political Geography
a. Study key terms and Powerpoint
b. Key Ideas: defining states, development of state concept, shapes of
states, types of boundaries, boundaries inside states, political and
military cooperation, economic cooperation, terrorism by individuals
and organizations, state support for terrorism.
c. God Grew Tired of Us
Unit 5: Economic Geography
1) Chapter 9: Development
a. Study Key Terms and Powerpoint
b. Key Ideas: Economic, social, and demographic indicators of
development, mdc and ldc, gender-related development index, gender
empowerment, and fair trade.
c. Young and the Restless in China
d. 30 Days
Unit 6: Urban Geography
1) Chapter 13: Urban Patterns
a. Study Key Terms and Powerpoint
b. Key Ideas: defining urban settlements, models of urban structure, use
of models outside north America, inner-city physical, social, and
economic problems, the peripheral model, transportation and
suburbanization, local gov. fragmentation.
c. Hoop Dreams