AP Human Geography
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Thu, May 5, 2022,
8 AM Local
This is the regularly scheduled date for the AP Human Geography Exam.
60 questions 1hr 50% of Score
The multiple-choice section includes individual questions as well as sets of questions. You’ll be asked to:
3 questions 1hr 15mins 50% of Score
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.
At least one of the free-response questions assesses your ability to analyze across geographic scales to explain spatial relationships.
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2021 AP Human Geography Free-Response Questions and Scoring Information
Review two sets of released free-response questions and scoring guidelines.
2021 AP Human Geography Free-Response Questions - Set 1
Review the released free-response questions.
2021 AP Human Geography Scoring Guidelines - Set 1
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2021 AP Human Geography Free-Response Questions - Set 2
Review the released free-response questions.
2021 AP Human Geography Scoring Guidelines - Set 2
See the guidelines that the AP Program used to score the free-response questions.
2021 AP Human Geography Sample Responses Q1 - Set 1
2021 AP Human Geography Sample Responses Q1 - Set 2
2021 AP Human Geography Sample Responses Q2 - Set 1
2021 AP Human Geography Sample Responses Q2 - Set 2
2021 AP Human Geography Sample Responses Q3 - Set 1
2021 AP Human Geography Sample Responses Q3 - Set 2
2021 AP Human Geography Scoring Distributions
AP Human Geography Exam Free-Response Question and Scoring Information Archive
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