Unit I - Thinking Geographically

This is an awesome class with tons of incredibly interesting components. Below is just a sliver of the topics we will cover this year!

Additionally, you will understand how the world operates on a different perspective. You will soon see how everything goes back to Geography, and by the end of this course, you will be able to explain how Geography impacts EVERYTHING in the news and throughout history.

Thinking Geographically

(8-10% of the AP Exam will be over Unit 1 material)

Unit 1 - APHumanGeography...rspectivesPowerpoint.pptx

1.1

Geography as a Field of Inquiry

Key geographical skills

How to use and think about maps and spatial data
How to understand and interpret the implications of associations among phenomena in places
How to recognize and interpret at different scales the relationships among patterns and processes
How to define regions and evaluate the regionalization process
How to characterize and analyze changing interconnections among places

New geographic technologies, such as GIS, remote sensing, and GPS

Sources of geographical ideas and data: the field, census data, and satellite imagery

1.2

Key concepts underlying the geographical perspective: location, space, place, scale, pattern, regionalization, and globalization

Evolution of key geographical concepts and models associated with notable geographers

Student Learning Objective Pretest

What if Ancient Greeks had GIS?

Here Be Dragons!

1.3

Read Key Issue #3 before listening to the radio broadcast below:

Types of diffusion:

The American cowboy is being exported to Russia.