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Home > AP Courses and Exams > AP Exam Questions > The AP Human Geography Exam The AP Human Geography Exam More About AP Human Geography... Exam Format: Human Geography AP Human Geography Course Home Page Exam Content In May 2001, 3,272 trail-blazing students took the very first exam in AP Human Geography. The exam covers a one-semester introductory college course in human geography. The major content areas covered by the exam are: The nature and perspectives of geography Population Cultural patterns and processes Political organization of space Agricultural and rural land use Industrialization and economic development Cities and urban land use Multiple-Choice Questions For sample multiple-choice questions, refer to the Course Description.   AP Human Geography Course Description (.pdf/2.2KB) Free-Response Questions Below are free-response questions from past AP Human Geography Exams. Included with the questions are scoring guidelines, sample student responses, and commentary on those responses, as well as exam statistics and the Student Performance Q&A (Chief Reader's Report) for past administrations. Free-Response Questions 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2007: Free-Response Questions Questions Scoring Samples and Commentary Grade Distributions All Questions Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 Grade Distributions 2006: Free-Response Questions Questions Scoring Samples and Commentary Grade Distributions All Questions Scoring Guidelines Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Sample Responses Q1 Sample Responses Q2 Sample Responses Q3 Grade Distributions 2005: Free-Response Questions Questions Scoring Samples Grade Distributions All Questions Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Sample Responses Grade Distributions 2004: Free-Response Questions Questions Scoring Samples Grade Distributions All Questions Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Sample Response Q1 Sample Response Q2 Sample Response Q3 Grade Distributions 2003: Free-Response Questions Questions Scoring Samples Grade Distributions All Questions Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Sample Response Q1 Sample Response Q2 Sample Response Q3 Sample Response Q3 Grade Distributions 2002: Free-Response Questions Questions Scoring Samples Grade Distributions All Questions Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary Student Performance Q&A Scoring Statistics Sample Response Q1 Sample Response Q2 Sample Response Q3 Grade Distributions 2001: Free-Response Questions Questions Scoring Samples All Questions Scoring Guidelines Scoring Commentary Student Performance Q&A Sample Response Q1 Sample Response Q2 Sample Response Q3 Important Note: PDF Files The links to exam questions for this course are in Adobe® PDF format, and you will need to use the Adobe® Acrobat® Reader® to view them. If you don't have Acrobat Reader 4.0 or higher installed on your computer, choose the link for the Adobe Web site below for installation instructions. For help downloading and printing PDF files, choose the link "PDF Troubleshooting" below in "See also." More... AP Human Geography Development Committee Exam Data My AP Central Index Exam Questions Index Personal Profile See also... CB Store: FRQs & Released Exams for AP Human Geography PDF Troubleshooting Adobe® Acrobat® Reader®

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