College Board AP® Human Geography
Exam Questions By Topic

Types of Maps, Spatial Patterns & Information Selection

Data Gathering & Technologies

The Sources & Power of Geographic Data

What are Spatial Concepts?

Concepts & Theories of Human & Environment Interaction

Scales of Analysis, Patterns & Processes

Regions & Regional Analysis

Factors Influencing Distribution, Methods of Calculating Population Distribution

Impacts of Population Distribution & Density

Elements of Population Composition

Trends in Population

The Demographic Transition Model

What is Malthusian Theory?

Pronatalist & Antinatalist Policies, Immigration Policies

Women & Demographic Change, Aging Population

Causes of Migration, Effects of Migration

Cultural Practices

Cultural Landscapes Characteristics, Reflections of Cultural Beliefs & Idenities

Patterns of Language, Religion & Ethnicity, Centripetal & Centrifugal Forces

Types of Diffusion, Historical Causes of Diffusion, Contemporary Causes of Diffusion, Diffusion of Language, Diffusion of Religion, Effects of Diffusion

What is Political Geography?

Processes & Contemporary Political Geography

Political Power

What are Political Boundaries, What are the Functions of Political Boundaries, Internal Boundaries

What are Federal & Unitary States?

Defining Devolutionary Factors, Challenges to State Sovereignty, Centrifugal & Centripetal Forces

Physical Geography & Agricultural Practices

Settlement Patterns & Survey Methods

Domestication & Diffusion of Plants & Animals, The Second Agricultural Revolution, The Green Revolution

What are Agricultural Production Regions?, Spatial Organization of Agriculture, Von Thunen Model, Global System of Agriculture

Environmental Impacts of Agricultural Land Use, Environmental Impacts of Agricultural Practices, Societal Impacts of Agricultural Practices

Agricultural Innovations, Patterns of Food Production & Consumption, Challenges of Feeding the Global Population, Factors Affecting Food-Production Practices

The Role of Women in Agriculture

Growth of Cities, Factors Affecting the Growth of Cities, Megacities, Processes of City Growth, Cities & Globalization

Size and DIstribution of Cities, Internal Structure of Cities

Density and Land Use, Infrastructure, Urban Sustainability, Impacts of Urban Design Initiatives, Urban Data

Cause of Urban Change, Economic & Social Challenges in Cities, Responses to Economic & Social Challenges in Cities, Urban Renewal & Gentrification, Government & Urban Challenges

Challenges of Urban Sustainability, Responses to Urban Sustainability

What was the Industrial Revolution?

What are the Economic Sectors?, Location of Manufacturing

Measures of Development, Women & Economic Development, Theories of Development

Links Between Trade & the World Economy, Changes as a Result of the World Economy, Transformation of the Economic Landscape

Sustainable Development Policies, Ecotourism, Sustainable Development Goals