AP Human Geography
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About the Exam
Exam Overview
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.
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.
Exam Duration
2hrs 15mins
2hrs 15mins
Exam Date
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Thu, May 5, 2022,
8 AM LocalAP Human Geography Exam
This is the regularly scheduled date for the AP Human Geography Exam.
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
Section II: Free Response
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.
- 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.
Exam Essentials
Exam Preparation
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2021 AP Human Geography Free-Response Questions and Scoring Information
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2021 AP Human Geography Free-Response Questions - Set 1
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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.
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2021 AP Human Geography Scoring Guidelines - Set 2
See the guidelines that the AP Program used to score the free-response questions.
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2021 AP Human Geography Sample Responses Q1 - Set 1
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2021 AP Human Geography Sample Responses Q1 - Set 2
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2021 AP Human Geography Sample Responses Q2 - Set 1
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2021 AP Human Geography Sample Responses Q2 - Set 2
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2021 AP Human Geography Sample Responses Q3 - Set 1
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2021 AP Human Geography Sample Responses Q3 - Set 2
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2021 AP Human Geography Scoring Distributions
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AP Human Geography Exam Free-Response Question and Scoring Information Archive
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