对于母语非英语的AP考生来说,AP人文地理的难度主要集中在词汇、理解、总结、写作。在这4个难点里,词汇又是基础中的基础。接下来我们就进一步讲讲AP人文地理的复习建议与必背词汇。
AP的人文地理将内容基础分为了7个主要话题:
1. 地理:基础概念及技巧学习
2. 人口与移民
3. 文化特征及发展过程
4. 政治和组织
5. 农业、生产以及乡村土地利用情况
6. 经济发展及工业化进展
7. 城市以及城市地区土地利用情况
AP人文地理内容等同于大学内容的入门基础概念级别,所以对于有申请社科类专业的学员来说学习APHuman Geography就等同于获得了先行了解大学课程结构,更加了解人文地理课程中概括广阔的社会类、经济类、政治类以及综合性问题以及更加重要的培养全面的分析能力和逻辑思维。
在人文地理的考试中我们有75题选择题,通过定义类、应用类以及数据类问题主要测试学员快速的辨别能力,另外我们还有书面表达题,测试学员将地理定义带入到真实事件及问题中的能力,以及是否具备良好的写作能力能够清楚表达自己的观点。同时涉及大量需要分析和总结。
总结来说AP人文地理是一门知识内容较为基础但是考核内容非常具体的科目,就好比课上提出的概念是一个框架,如何搭建成问题中需要的回答需要学员去思考。
在考试中地理的每个话题内容都是按照一定比例出现的,以单元“基础概念”为例,内容比例为5%-10%左右,剩下的6个单元都是13%-17%的内容比例,也就是暗示我们考生复习时不能“偏心”任何一科,需要面面俱到。
1Absolute 的
2Accessibility :
The relative ease with which a destination may be reached from some other place.易接近
3Acculturation :
The adoption of cultural traits, such as language,by one group under the influence of another 文化互渗,同化
4Agglomeration:
The clustering of similar or related firms in close proximity to one
another成团
5Aggregation:
To come together into a mass,sum,or whole.聚集
6Agricultural Density:
The total number of farmers (and family) divided by all arable land 农业密度
7Anthropogenic:
Human-induced changes on the natural environment人为的
8Aquaculture:
The cultivation or farming (in controlled conditions) of aquatic species, such as fish水产养殖
9Arithmetic Density:
The total number of people divided by the total land area 算数密度
Azimuthal projection方位投影
10Backwash effect:
The negative effects on one region that result from economic growth within another region.出口畸形发展效应
11Balkanization:
The contentious political process by which a state may break up into smaller countries 分割成小国
12Boudary disputes:
The Law of the Sea has enabled states to extend their boundaries offshore, which sometimes results in conflicts边界纠纷 Break-bulk :A location where large shipments of goods are broken up into smaller containers for delivery to local markets.分涂装运
13Carrying capacity :
The largest number of people that the environment of a particular area can sustainably support.承载能力 Cartogram 统计地图
14Centrifugal force:
divide a state(lead to balkanization /devolution, disrupt internal order, destabilize, weaken(06)离心
Centripetal forceunify a state (provide stability, strengthen, bind together, create solidarity)(06)向心
15Chain Migration:
Once migration starts subsequent migrants will follow earlier migrants(06)连锁性迁移
16Choropleth等值线图
17Christianity 基督教
18Cognitive map:
An image of a portion of Earth's surface that an
individual creates in his or her mind认知图
19Colonialism :
The expansion and perpetuation of an empire 殖民 Compact State- a state in which the distance form the center to any boundary does not vary significantly紧凑型国家20Complementarity:
The actual or potential relationship between two places, usually referring to economic interactions 补充
21Concentration:
The spread of something over a given area浓度
22Conglomerate corporation:
A firm that is comprised of many smaller firms that serve several different functions.集团公司
Contagious DiffusionThe rapid,widespread diffusion of a feature or trend throughout a population.传染扩散
23Core-periphery:
Uneven spatial distribution of economic, political,or cultural power, Must show basic understanding of the relationshipbetween more-developed and less-developed regions of the world (06、14)外围式
24Crop rotation:
The practice of rotating use of different fields from crop to crop each year, to avoid exhausting the soil 轮作
25Cultural boundary:
cultural factors such as language, religion, ethnicity 文化边界
26Cultural ecology:
Also called nature-society geography, the study of the interactions between societies and the natural environments in which they live文化生态学
27Cultural landscape:
The human-modified natural landscape specifically containing the imprint of a particular culture or society 文化景观
Culture is comprised of the shared practices, technologies, attitudes, and behaviors transmitted by a society文化
希望以上内容可以帮大家更好地学习AP人文地理。AP地理学习内容中有非常多美国本土的地理知识以及专题学习,这对于非美国本土考生来说,挑战性是不言而喻的。
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