1. The AP Test: The Multiple Choice Section
The AP test will be held in May next year. If you pass the test you will receive college credit towards a
university degree. That means that you will not have to pay to take the class, pay for the textbooks, and spend
time after school studying for credits to complete you undergraduate degree. The test will have two parts; the
first is a multiple choice test and the second is a Free Response Question section with three questions. Both
parts are worth half of your final grade.
The Multiple Choice Section
1. There will be 75 questions.
2. There will be a penalty for guessing.
3. You should guess, unless you have absolutely no idea what the answer could be. Statistically you will be
better off eliminating the answers you know are wrong, and then taking an educated guess.
4. There are certain patterns of questions. These are as follows:
a. vocabulary questions (straight understanding of important terms)
b. case studies (questions about important cases that we will investigate throughout the year that
illustrate concepts that we study)
c. locational geography (questions that relate to parts of the world that you should know)
d. inferences (taking what you study and then looking deeper into causes or effects)
e. patterns (trying to understand why different things happen/happened based on patterns)
f. theories-models (we will study about 20 important models or theories that geographers have
developed to help analyze the processes that have helped shaped our world)
g. systematic thinking (tests your ability to logically use the models that geographers have
developed to understand world issues)
h. problem solving (tests your ability to come up with solutions to current issues)
i. spatial thinking (demonstrates an ability to understand different parts of the world and how
they relate to one another)
j. general knowledge
5. To prepare you better for the AP Test, I will be adding questions in each unit test that is not explicitly
addressed in your textbook or notebook.
6. The best bet for doing well on the test is by studying the vocabulary terms. A good grasp of the
vocabulary will help you do well on the multiple choice part of the test, and help you do well on the Free
Response Questions (FRQs). If you are not a strong writer, doing well on the Multiple-Choice Section
could help you pass the test. A high score in this section could average out a passing grade if you have a
bad day on the FRQ written responses. Study the vocabulary terms!
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