AP Human Geography Exam

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About the Exam

The AP Human Geography Exam will test your understanding of the geographic concepts covered in the course units, as well as your ability to analyze maps, geospatial data, infographics, and more.

This is a fully digital exam. You’ll complete multiple-choice and free-response questions in the Bluebook testing app, with all responses automatically submitted at the end of the exam.

Exam Duration
2hrs 15mins

Exam Date

Tue, May 6, 2025

8 AM Local

This is the regularly scheduled date for the AP Human Geography Exam.

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Exam Components

Section I: Multiple Choice

60 questions 1hr 50% of Score

The multiple-choice section includes individual questions as well as sets of questions. You’ll be asked to:

Analyze geographic concepts, processes, patterns, and relationships
Analyze geographic data from maps, tables, charts, graphs, satellite images, and infographics.
Interpret geographic information represented visually in maps, satellite images, photographs, cartoons, and landscapes.
Analyze spatial relationships using geographic scales

In the free-response section, you’ll respond to three questions with written answers. All three will present an authentic geographic situation or scenario, and at least two will ask you to explain and analyze spatial relationships across geographic scales.

The first question will have text only.
The second question will ask you to analyze and/or interpret data, an image, or a map.
The third question will feature two stimuli, which will include data, images, and/or maps.

At least one of the free-response questions assesses your ability to analyze across geographic scales to explain spatial relationships.

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Practice on Bluebook

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Free-Response Questions and Scoring Information  

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AP Human Geography Course and Exam Description

This is the core document for the course. It clearly lays out the course content and describes the exam and AP Program in general.

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Students with documented disabilities may be eligible for accommodations for the through-course assessment and the end-of-course exam. If you’re using assistive technology and need help accessing the PDFs in this section in another format, contact Services for Students with Disabilities at 212-713-8333 or by email at ssd@info.collegeboard.org. For information about taking AP Exams, or other College Board assessments, with accommodations, visit the Services for Students with Disabilities website.

AP Human Geography

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