Thinking about AP Human Geography

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Thinking about AP Human Geography?
When Brian told me he grew up in New Mexico, I
told him I thought it is cool that people from
other countries play football. He corrected me on
my geography and agreed to sit down with me
anyway. Terry Bradshaw
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What is Human Geography?

• Human Geography has to do with the effects of the
  interactions of human beings and their physical
  environment.
• It is a very multidisciplinary discipline.
• It touches on economics, political science,
  anthropology, sociology, and a few more -logys.

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What does this course cover?

• The course is divided into 13 main topics
• Thinking Geographically Basic Concepts
• Population
• Migration
• Culture
• Language
• Religion
• Ethnicity
• Political Geography
• Development
• Agriculture
• Industry
• Services
• Urban Patterns

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Thinking Geographically

• A brief history of geography as a discipline.
• An introduction to the basic concepts of human
  geography.
• A little bit on the contemporary tools used in
  geography.

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Population

• The distribution and growth of human populations
• Demographic Transition Model (very useful)
• Population Pyramids
• Malthus, his opponents, and Neo-Malthusianism

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Migration

• Reasons and Patterns
• Characteristics of migrants
• Obstacles faced by migrants
• Push and Pull factors

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Culture

• Folk and Popular culture
• Clustering of folk culture
• The intrusion of popular culture
• The homogenizing effects of popular culture

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Language

• Origins of language
• Language families
• Lingua franca

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Religion

• Origin and distribution of religions
• Diffusion of religions
• Holy places
• Religious organization of
• space
• Conflict between religions

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Ethnicity

• Distribution of ethnicities
• Transformation of ethnicities into nationalities
• Clash between ethnicities
• Segregation and alienation
• Ethnic cleansing

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Political Geography

• Location
• Boundaries, borders, and frontiers
• Shapes of countries
• Nation States
• Cooperation among states
• Terrorism

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Development

• Varying development patterns
• Development indicators
• Gender inequalities
• Obstacles to development
• Development financing

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Agriculture

• Origins (youd be surprised!)
• Agricultural hearths and agricultural regions
• Subsistence and commercial agriculture
• Economic factors affecting agriculture

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Industry

• The industrial revolution and its diffusion
• Industrial hearths in MDCs and LDCs
• Situation and Site factors (optimal location of
  industries)
• Problems faced by industry at the local and
  global levels

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Services

• Origin of services
• Distribution patterns (Central Place Theory,
  Market Analysis)
• World cities (there are only three, and Managua
  is not one of them!)
• Hierarchy of business services
• Central Business Districts and suburbanization of
  businesses

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Urban Patterns

• Urbanization
• Urban structure models
• Concentric Zone model
• Sector model
• Multiple nuclei model
• Inner city problems
• Suburban problems

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