AP Human Geography

 2001:

1. Green Revolution (unit 5)

2. Suburbs in North American metropolitan areas (unit 6/7)

3. Rostow model (unit 6)

2002:

1. Nation, State, Nation-state (unit 4)

2. How religion shaped cultural landscape (unit 3)

3. Hoyt sector model (unit 7)

2003:

1. Core-periphery relations (unit 6)

2. Tourism and regional landscape

3. DTM and Europe (unit 2)

2004:

1. Maquiladora (unit 6)

2. Poultry production (unit 5)

3. Population pyramids (unit 2)

2005:

1. Supranationalism, devolution (unit 4)

2. Immigration (unit 2)

3. CBD and residential districts (unit 7)

2006:

1. International migration (unit 2)

2. Call center, manufacturing plant (unit 6)

3. Centripetal force vs. Centrifugal force (unit 4)

2007:

1. Von Thunen's Model

2. Minority languages and globalization

3. New international division of labor

2008:

1. Von Thunen's model, Burgess Model

2. Migration

3. Developing world education

2014:

1. Rostow's 5-stage model

2. International borders of African countries

3. Coffee producing

2015:

1. Redistricting

2. Lingua Franca

3. Refugee

2016:

1. Economic sectors

2. Canada language

3. Agricultural types

2017:

1. New Urbanism (unit 6/7)

2. Natural increases (unit 2)

3. Unitary, federal (unit 4)

2018:

1. Women in agricultural

2. Gentrification

3. Popular culture

2019 (Set 1 & 2)

1. Food desert

2. Infant mortality rate

3. Devolution

1. Pos-intudstiral economy

2. Galactic city model

3. International Boundaries

2021 (Set 1 & 2)

1. Intensive agriculture (unit 2)

2. World cities (unit 6)

3. Supranational organization (unit 6/7)

1. TFR (unit 2)

2. India/China English (unit 6)

3. SEZ (unit 4)

2022 (Set 1 & 2)

1. Large-scale commercial agriculture (unit 5)

2. Urbanization (unit 6)

3. Boundaries/colonization (unit 4)

1. Informal/formal economy (unit 6)

2. Forest cover

3. Devolution, Multinational state (unit 4)

2023 (Set 1 & 2)

1. RNI (unit 2)

2. Hearth of crop domestication (unit 5)

3. Growth pole (unit 7)

1. Territoriality (unit 4)

2. HDI (unit 2)

3. Agriculture in Sahel region of Africa (unit 5)

2024 (Set 1 & 2)

1. Population, Malthusian theory, Green Revolution

2. Urban pattern, ethnic map

3. Globlization

1. Cultural diffusion

2. Boundary, suburban sprawl, fregmentation

3. Demographic Transition Model 

2025 (Set 1 & 2)

1. International Organizations

2. Population Pyramid

3. Spatial patterns, agriculture

1. Urban migration

2. Agriculture, green revolution

3. Political Divisions

🌍 Unit 2: Population & Migration

🧠 Most frequently tested

• DTM (Demographic Transition Model) — 2003

• Population pyramids — 2004

• International migration / immigration — 2005, 2006

• Refugees — 2015

• Natural increase / RNI — 2017, 2023

• Infant mortality rate — 2019

• TFR (Total Fertility Rate) — 2021

• HDI — 2023
  
  

✅ What to know: Population indicators, push/pull factors, migration types, DTM stages, population policies, and global examples.

🎭 Unit 3: Culture

• Religion shaping landscape — 2002

• Lingua franca — 2015

• Popular culture — 2018

• Canada language (English/French) — 2016

• India/China English use — 2021

• Minority languages and globalization — 2007
  
  

✅ What to know: Cultural landscapes, language patterns, globalization effects, cultural diffusion.

🗺️ Unit 4: Political Organization of Space

• Nation vs. state vs. nation-state — 2002

• Supranationalism and devolution — 2005, 2022

• Centripetal vs. centrifugal forces — 2006

• International borders / boundaries — 2014, 2022

• Redistricting — 2015

• Unitary vs. federal states — 2017

• Territoriality — 2023

• Multinational states — 2022

• SEZs (also connects to unit 6) — 2021

✅ What to know: Definitions, real-world examples, political boundaries, forces shaping state identity, devolution case studies.

🌾 Unit 5: Agriculture & Rural Land Use

• Green Revolution — 2001

• Poultry production — 2004

• Women in agriculture — 2018

• Hearths of domestication — 2023

• Commercial agriculture — 2022

• Agriculture in Sahel — 2023
  
  

✅ What to know: Ag. practices (intensive/extensive), subsistence vs. commercial, gender roles, environmental impacts, diffusion of crops.

🏭 Unit 6: Industrialization & Economic Development

• Rostow’s Model — 2001, 2014

• Maquiladoras — 2004

• Call centers / global outsourcing — 2006

• Tourism & labor patterns — 2003

• Economic sectors — 2016

• Informal/formal economy — 2022

• SEZs — 2021

• HDI — 2023

• World cities — 2021
  
  

✅ What to know: Development models, types of economies, outsourcing, urban hierarchies, economic indicators (GNI, HDI, etc.)

🏙️ Unit 7: Cities & Urban Land Use

• Suburbs and metro areas — 2001

• Hoyt Sector Model — 2002

• CBDs and residential zones — 2005

• Von Thünen — 2007, 2008

• Burgess Model — 2008

• Gentrification — 2018

• Food deserts — 2019

• Galactic city model — 2019

• Growth poles — 2023

• Urbanization — 2022

• New Urbanism — 2017
  
  

✅ What to know: Urban models, spatial patterns, gentrification, suburbanization, city planning concepts.