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Students learn to use maps, landscapes, and geographic data to explain how places are connected and change over time.

What Is AP Human Geography?

This course is about how and why people settle, move, and organize the world. Students study how humans interact with places, environments, and one another across the globe. AP Human Geography includes map analysis, geographic data, case studies, spatial thinking, and investigations into real-world social and economic issues.

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AP Human Geography connects to people, places, and development. It helps students make sense of the world and the people in it, building the kind of problem-solving and analytical skills used in college and future careers. Give students the opportunity to earn college credit and advanced placement with AP Human Geography.

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