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AP Human Geography practice

Free, original practice questions for the AP Human Geography exam, written to the College Board Course and Exam Description. Units 1 to 4 are open now.

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How the practice works

Each unit has three multiple-choice sets. White belt covers core terms and foundational ideas. Regular is set at exam level, with concept checks and applications. Black belt has harder, multi-step questions. After each answer you get an explanation, plus a "Still don't get it?" walkthrough with the key idea, a worked solution, a short practice problem and the most common wrong answer.

Free-response questions come with point-by-point scoring rubrics in the style of College Board scoring guidelines, model answers that earn every point, and walkthroughs for each part.

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Units and topics

Unit 1: Thinking Geographically

8 to 10% of the exam · 180 multiple-choice questions · 5 free-response questions

• 1.1 Introduction to Maps
• 1.2 Geographic Data
• 1.3 The Power of Geographic Data
• 1.4 Spatial Concepts
• 1.5 Human–Environmental Interaction
• 1.6 Scales of Analysis
• 1.7 Regional Analysis

Unit 2: Population and Migration Patterns and Processes

12 to 17% of the exam · 180 multiple-choice questions · 5 free-response questions

• 2.1 Population Distribution
• 2.2 Consequences of Population Distribution
• 2.3 Population Composition
• 2.4 Population Dynamics
• 2.5 The Demographic Transition Model
• 2.6 Malthusian Theory
• 2.7 Population Policies
• 2.8 Women and Demographic Change
• 2.9 Aging Populations
• 2.10 Causes of Migration
• 2.11 Forced and Voluntary Migration
• 2.12 Effects of Migration

Unit 3: Cultural Patterns and Processes

12 to 17% of the exam · 180 multiple-choice questions · 5 free-response questions

• 3.1 Introduction to Culture
• 3.2 Cultural Landscapes
• 3.3 Cultural Patterns
• 3.4 Types of Diffusion
• 3.5 Historical Causes of Diffusion
• 3.6 Contemporary Causes of Diffusion
• 3.7 Diffusion of Religion and Language
• 3.8 Effects of Diffusion

Unit 4: Political Patterns and Processes

12 to 17% of the exam · 180 multiple-choice questions · 5 free-response questions

• 4.1 Introduction to Political Geography
• 4.2 Political Processes
• 4.3 Political Power and Territoriality
• 4.4 Defining Political Boundaries
• 4.5 The Function of Political Boundaries
• 4.6 Internal Boundaries
• 4.7 Forms of Governance
• 4.8 Defining Devolutionary Factors
• 4.9 Challenges to Sovereignty
• 4.10 Consequences of Centrifugal and Centripetal Forces

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