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Every day there will be a short video you will need to watch and take hand written notes. For every video you watch and take notes you will get 10 points extra credit. There were 874 points in the class and if you have 787 you will receive an A in the class. If you already have an A you are encouraged to also watch the video and get an A+ or over 100%. The videos are about World History because I feel it is a very important topic for students to understand before going to college. You can skip a line and continue with the next video notes. Please title them. Once you have taken pictures and sent them to me I will input them and your grade will be final. You can wait until the last day of school or finish today.
 

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The AP Human Geography test begins at 1pm. 

The online AP Exam is optimized for use in the latest versions of Chrome (preferred), Firefox, Safari, and Microsoft Edge. The online exam won't be compatible with Internet Explorer 11.

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class notes

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Models review.

Models and theories needed for the AP test. Only look at 1-18. The others will not be on this year's test. If you print them, you can use them on the test as notes.
 

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2020 test format

 

Exam timing

Students will have 25 minutes to read and respond to Question 1, and then 5 minutes to upload their response. After uploading the response to Question 1, students will have 15 minutes to respond to Question 2, with 5 additional minutes to upload their response to Question 2. Once their response to Question 1 has been submitted, they cannot go back to it.

Questions

Question 1 (25 mins.)

Question 2 (15 mins.)

% of exam weight (rounded)

55%

45%

Question name

Two-Stimulus Free-Response Question

One-Stimulus Free-Response Question

Question description

Question 1 presents students with an authentic geographic situation or scenario and assesses students’ ability to describe, explain, and apply geographic concepts, processes, or models, as they analyze geographic patterns, relationships, and outcomes in applied contexts. Question 1 includes 2 stimuli (data, images, and/or maps).

Question 2 presents students with an authentic geographic situation or scenario and assesses students’ ability to describe, explain, and apply geographic concepts, processes, or models, as they analyze geographic patterns, relationships, and outcomes in applied contexts. Question 2 includes 1 stimulus (data, image, or map).

Corresponding free-response question (FRQ) type in the course and exam description binder

FRQ 3

  • 2020 Question 1 is a two-stimulus FRQ that will have fewer tasks than a traditional FRQ in order to fit the 25-minute working period.
  • Students will not be asked to provide (nor will be granted points for providing) basic definitions—rather, the question will focus on geographic concepts, processes and models, and how they interrelate and apply to the scenario given in the prompt.

FRQ 2

  • 2020 Question 2 is a one-stimulus FRQ that will have fewer tasks than a traditional FRQ in order to fit the 15-minute working period.
  • Students will not be asked to provide (nor will be granted points for providing) basic definitions—rather, the question will focus on geographic concepts, processes and models, and how they interrelate and apply to the scenario given in the prompt.

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Topics that have not been an FRQ yet

I Geography: Its Nature and Perspectives

Geographic information provides context for understanding spatial relationships and human-environment interaction.
thematic maps (e.g., choropleth, dot, graduated symbol isoline, cartogram), map projections (e.g., Mercator, polar)
Christaller's central place theory
Regionalism refers to a group’s perceived identification with a particular region at any scale (e.g., Quebec).
Population and Migration
The three methods for calculating population density are arithmetic, physiological, and agricultural.

Populations grow and decline over time and space.

Social, cultural, political, and economic factors influence fertility, mortality (2019), and migration rates.
The epidemiological transition explains causes of changing death rates.

Evaluate various national and international population policies.

Types of population policies include those that promote or restrict population growth (e.g, pronatalist, antinatalist).

Analyze reasons for changes in fertility rates in different parts of the world.

Changing social values and access to education, employment, health care, and contraception have reduced fertility rates in most parts of the world.

III. Concepts of culture frame the shared behaviors of a society.

Explain how globalization is influencing cultural interactions and change.

Acculturation, assimilation, and multiculturalism are shaped by the diffusion of culture.

Compare and contrast ethnic and universalizing religions and their geographic patterns.

Ethnic religions (e.g., Hinduism, Judaism) are generally found near the hearth or spread through relocation diffusion.
Universalizing religions (e.g., Christianity, Islam, Buddhism) are spread through expansion and relocation diffusion.
Political Organization of Space
Types of political entities:nations, states, nation-states, stateless nations, multinational states, and autonomous regions.

Explain the concepts of political power and territoriality.

Political power is expressed geographically as control over people, land, and resources (e.g. heartland, rimland, and organic theories).
Territoriality is the connection of people, their culture, and their economic systems to the land.
The Law of the Sea has enabled states to extend their boundaries offshore, which sometimes results in conflicts.
State morphology(compact, elongated, perforated, fragmented, prorupted states) has economic, political and social implications.

V Agriculture, Food Production, and Rural Land Use

The development of agriculture led to widespread alteration of the natural environment

Early hearths of domestication of plants and animals: Southwest Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Americas.
Patterns of diffusion (e.g., Columbian Exchange) resulted in the globalization of various plants and animals.

Explain the connection between physical geography and agricultural practices.

Agricultural regions are influenced by the natural environment (e.g., climate, soils, landforms).
Populations alter the landscape(e.g., terraces, irrigation, deforestation, draining wetlands) to increase food production.
Plant and animal production is dependent on climatic conditions, including spatial variations in temperature and rainfall.
Agricultural regions are associated with bioclimatic zones (Mediterranean, shifting agriculture, Pastoral nomadism).

Analyze the economic forces that influence agricultural practices.    

Intensive farming practices include market gardening, plantation agriculture, mixed crop/livestock systems, etc.
Extensive farming practices include shifting cultivation, Nomadic herding, ranching, etc.

Evaluate the environmental consequences of agricultural practices.  

Environmental systems are affected by land use/land cover change (e.g., irrigation, desertification, deforestation, wetland destruction, conservation efforts).

Explain issues related to the changing nature of contemporary agriculture.  

Agricultural innovations (e.g., biotechnology, genetically modified organisms, organic farming, aquaculture) have resulted in ongoing debates over environmental, cultural, and health impacts.
Environmental issues related to agriculture include sustainability, soil degradation, reduction in biodiversity, overgrazing, river and aquifer depletion, animal wastes, and extensive fertilizer and pesticide use.
Patterns of food production and consumption are influenced by food-choice issues (e.g., organic farming, value-added specialty crops, fair trade, local-food movements).

Explain issues related to the location of food-production facilities.

Factors affecting the location of food-producing facilities includes markets, economies of scale, transportation, government policies etc. (subsidies)

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AP test help

Listen to my amazing explanation of how to get a 5 on the exam: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMDKB-RbmGQ
 
You are not allowed to use your phone on the test.
You can use any notes and book.
Printing these two sheets may help.
 

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These review powerpoints are not working well on my phone but you can easily listen to them on your computer.
 

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These review powerpoints are not working well on my phone but you can easily listen to them on your computer.

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Course Content

ONLY UNITS 1-5 WILL BE ON THE HUMAN GEOGRAPHY TEST THIS YEAR: 2020

Unit 1: Thinking Geographically

Tools and methods geographers use in their study of places.

Topics may include:

Different types of maps and what they tell you

How geographers collect and use data

Spatial relationships and patterns

Data analysis at different scales (for example, global, national, local)

How geographers define regions

Unit 2: Population and Migration Patterns and Processes

Patterns associated with human populations.

Topics may include:

Population density and how it affects society and the environment

Theories of population growth and decline

Population and immigration policies and their effects

The causes and effects of migration

Unit 3: Cultural Patterns and Processes

How and why language, religion, and other cultural practices spread over space and time.

Topics may include:

The different ways that cultural practices spread

Historical forces, such as colonialism and trade, that affect cultural patterns

Modern forces, such as globalization, that affect cultural patterns

Why different religions spread in different ways

Unit 4: Political Patterns and Processes

Political organization of the world.

Topics may include:

Types of political entities such as nations and nation-states

The ideas and forces that shaped the political boundaries of the modern world

Forms of government such as unitary states and federal states

The factors that lead to states breaking apart

Unit 5: Agriculture and Rural Land-Use Patterns and Processes

Where humans first developed agriculture and how farming practices spread throughout the world.

Topics may include:

How physical geography influences farming practices

The origins and spread of agriculture

The Green Revolution

How farming practices affect the environment and society

UNIT 6 AND 7 WILL NOT BE ON THE TEST THIS YEAR

Unit 6: Cities and Urban Land-Use Patterns and Processes

The factors that drive the growth of cities and suburbs

Urban design initiatives and practices

Unit 7: Industrial and Economic Development Patterns and Processes

The Industrial Revolution

Economic sectors and patterns

How economic development affects the roles of women

Trade and the world economy

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You do not need to read past the Green Revolution. Urban Geography/Cities and Industry/Development are not on the AP test this year.

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Some people still have not joined join AP Human Geography remind. Please do so.
text to the number 81010
then text this message:  @h9b27h
 

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Here is a study guide
  1.      Physiological density
  2.       What is the rate of natural increase?
  3.      The epidemiological transition:
  4.      Pronatalist policies, give one example.
  5.      contraception
  6.       assimilation
  7.      Ethnic religion example
  8.      Universalizing religions example
  9.      Where are folk cultures often found?
  10.       nation
  11.       state
  12.       autonomous regions
  13.         What part of the world does the heartland theory believe is important to control?
  14.       What part of the world does the rimland theory believe is important to control?
  15.        organic theory?
  16.        territoriality
  17.         the Law of the Sea
  18.         federal state
  19.         State morphology
  20.         What region is the Fertile Crescent found?
  21.          Name one country in Southeast Asia?
  22.         With regards to this class what was exchanged in the Columbian Exchange?
  23.         What bioclimatic zone do we live in?
  24.         Name 3 types of intensive farming:
  25.         Name 3 types of Extensive farming:
  26.         Overgrazing of land can lead to what environmental problem?
  27.         aquaculture
  28.         economies of scale
  29.        What is an agricultural subsidy?
  30.       Write what NAFTA stands for.
  31.       site
  32.       situation
  33.           Compare and contrast popular and folk culture and the geographic patterns associated with each.

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Tiny quiz

Some people were not able to take the test on the College Board website.
I created the shortest test in the world just to see if you are able to sign in.
Please take the test ASAP so I know who is having trouble. It will only take 2 seconds, literally.
If you are not able to get on their webpage then you will have to take an extra class in college. Do you want to take 7 classes next year? Of course not and you don't want to take an extra one in 3 years either. 
 

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Practice FRQs

Sign into your College Board account and take the practice test that I created. There are 3 FRQs and you can use your notes and textbook but not your phone or the internet. Once you start the test you have one hour and you must be done by 10pm on Sunday. You are not allowed to have bullet points. Good luck.

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I really like this guys videos. They are short and pretty good quality.  This would be a good one to start with. If you take notes you can use them on the test.
 

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If you feel you need comprehensive review this is the place to go. In order to avoid zoning out you may want to take notes. You can then use the notes on the AP test. yes it is open notes.
 
 
 

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Course Content

ONLY UNITS 1-5 WILL BE ON THE HUMAN GEOGRAPHY TEST THIS YEAR: 2020

Unit 1: Thinking Geographically

Tools and methods geographers use in their study of places.

Topics may include:

Different types of maps and what they tell you

How geographers collect and use data

Spatial relationships and patterns

Data analysis at different scales (for example, global, national, local)

How geographers define regions

Unit 2: Population and Migration Patterns and Processes

Patterns associated with human populations.

Topics may include:

Population density and how it affects society and the environment

Theories of population growth and decline

Population and immigration policies and their effects

The causes and effects of migration

Unit 3: Cultural Patterns and Processes

How and why language, religion, and other cultural practices spread over space and time.

Topics may include:

The different ways that cultural practices spread

Historical forces, such as colonialism and trade, that affect cultural patterns

Modern forces, such as globalization, that affect cultural patterns

Why different religions spread in different ways

Unit 4: Political Patterns and Processes

Political organization of the world.

Topics may include:

Types of political entities such as nations and nation-states

The ideas and forces that shaped the political boundaries of the modern world

Forms of government such as unitary states and federal states

The factors that lead to states breaking apart

Unit 5: Agriculture and Rural Land-Use Patterns and Processes

Where humans first developed agriculture and how farming practices spread throughout the world.

Topics may include:

How physical geography influences farming practices

The origins and spread of agriculture

The Green Revolution

How farming practices affect the environment and society

UNIT 6 AND 7 WILL NOT BE ON THE TEST THIS YEAR

Unit 6: Cities and Urban Land-Use Patterns and Processes

The factors that drive the growth of cities and suburbs

Urban design initiatives and practices

Unit 7: Industrial and Economic Development Patterns and Processes

The Industrial Revolution

Economic sectors and patterns

How economic development affects the roles of women

Trade and the world economy

 

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In my opinion you should spend 30 minutes a day, 5 days a week on AP Human Geography. More if you can handle it.
Things you can do include:
  • Listening to my review lectures that are located in the AP Human Geography Review on this webpage.
  • Reading the AP Human Geography Review book that you purchased online.
  • Reading your textbook.
  • Reading p. 30-130 of  the Course Framework provided by College Board (the company that makes the test): https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/pdf/ap-human-geography-course-and-exam-description.pdf
  • Looking up terms and reading about topics you don't fully understand.

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You are ready. Everyone else isn’t     https://youtu.be/1PZN7ABjn8s
 
 

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Watch Geography Now every day. Pick the most populated countries.

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The human geo ap test is now at 1pm on May 12th. You will take it at home online.  Goto this link for more info.   https://apcoronavirusupdates.collegeboard.org/students
 

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I was told to share this with you: BAM. Done.
IT STARTS AT 4PM.

THURSDAY, APRIL 16th- How to Prepare for AP-Home Exams

Trevor Packer will be hosting a parent webinar to discuss this year’s at-home exams and how to help students prepare.  

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this is my favorite webpage. Open it up and just read as much as you can. Skip all the covid 19 stuff. 
https://www.prb.org/worldpopdata/

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check out these fantastic videos 

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I’m now officially a youtuber. More reviews to come. Watch and weep. 
https://youtu.be/brkPOUiNMI4

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Todays quiz: sketch the Latin American model.   Once you are done go check your answer. 

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You should go online and buy an AP Human Geography Review book. They are all pretty much the same so it doesn't matter which one you purchase.
 

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Spend the next two days watching all 12 of the videos in the urban links on this webpage.
Click my name to the right, then links, in the Show links in topic box, scroll to urban links and push go. 
You are going to take notes on every video we watch and I will collect for points when we return.
Give it a title and write down 3-10 things depending on the length of the video.
Free Response on Thursday. I will put the question up in the morning and you will have until midnight to complete it.

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Watch this video, read the article, and answer the question below. I should have had you take your notebooks home.
 
 
What are the common characteristics that allow urbanization to take place in each of the epochs? Speculate why
these characteristics are common.

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Chapter 11 book study guide test. 

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US Models Quiz

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US Urban Models quiz. Fill in blank.

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Economic geography Test. Open Notes. Meaning the notes you bring to class everyday that we highlight from the powerpoint. 

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New Urbanism Project: This plan will be implemented on Valley Blvd in Walnut from Walnut Creek Rd (Del Taco) to Fairway. The area will be bulldozed and redeveloped. Design what should be put in there.

20 points

Create a birds eye view that incorporates new urbanism:

Walkable neighborhoods

Mixed use land use

Parks

Mixed income housing

Recreation facilities

Places of employment

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Cities location quiz. The cities will be numbered on a map. You will write the name using your list.  Period one will have this quiz on Tuesday with the vocab test.

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Midterm Economic Geography: 100 questions on primary activities, manufacturing, services, and development (Chapters 8,9,10 and notes).

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Chapter 10 multiple choice book test

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Place Marketing Project

Choose a city off the 101 freeway between the cities of San Jose and San Luis Obispo.

The city has hired you to bring tourism money to their city.

Create a unique atmosphere that will get people to stop and stay for a few hours or even a few days.

You will present this to the city council and the project that is chosen will receive 10 points extra credit.

Make a poster or brochure for 25 points.

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Services Notes test.

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Water Poster project for up to 20 points extra credit. If you can't draw then you can't get this extra credit. Sorry. 
 

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Cities map quiz
You will have to know what country each city is in.

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Fill in the blank test 305-310. Tertiary Activities 

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Fill in the blank p. 295-303 study guide test.

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Manufacturing notes test 

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p 286-294 Fill in the blank test.

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Fill in the blank test. p 281-286. Study the study guide Period 1 only

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Chap 9 vocabulary test. You will write in the definition.  Period 1. Tutorial on Tues if you didn't take it on Friday
 

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Agriculture Midterm 100 questions. 
 

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You do not need to turn these study guides in but doing them could be helpful.

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Agriculture notes test with a Free response.

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Look over this if you want to do well on the AP test. No class test. 

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Agriculture regions quiz

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City Hall Meeting 7-9pm

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Economic Development Notes Test. Use the chart from December to help you.