Human geography involves everything from why people build factories along the United States-Mexico border to how land-use patterns and demographics are related. So, how do test-takers put it all together? Focused questions from an AP exam show connections between complicated human dynamics and help individuals exercise their critical thinking and free-response skills.

Concepts

factories, mexico, population, land use, farming, test preparation

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Challenge pupils to investigate one of the questions to reinforce content
• Offer all or part of the exam for test preparation

Classroom Considerations

• The questions are the short-answer prompts from the 2004 AP exam in Human Geography

Pros

• Easy to adapt questions for a variety of classroom activities
• Rubrics and grading guidelines enable faster teacher feedback

Cons

• None

Common Core

RH.9-10.1 RH.9-10.2 RH.9-10.3 RH.9-10.10 RH.11-12.1 RH.11-12.2 RH.11-12.3 RH.11-12.10