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originally streamed in 2020 with Dustin FowlerTeacher
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Review session covering urban location theory for AP Human Geography Unit 7. Learn about settlement patterns, urbanization, city models like the rank-size rule and primate city rule, plus the gravity model and mega cities. This session also covers ru ...more

curriculum note

This video refers to urban location theory as "Unit 7," but in the current AP Human Geography course, this content (cities, urbanization, rank-size rule, primate city, gravity model) is covered in Unit 6 – Cities and Urban Land-Use.

covered in this stream

units
Unit 6 – Cities and Urban Land–Use
topics
Urban Location Theory6.1 The Origin and Influences of Urbanization6.2 Cities Across the World6.3 Cities and Globalization6.4 The Size and Distribution of CitiesUnit 6 OverviewUnit 6 Overview: Cities & Urban Land-Use

timestamps

  • 0:00

    Welcome and Spring Break

  • 0:31

    Intro to Unit 7

  • 1:03

    Practice Test Advice

  • 2:35

    Identifying Weaknesses

  • 3:36

    FRQ Resources

  • 4:40

    Surgery Announcement

  • 5:42

    Session Objectives

  • 7:18

    Settlement Definition

  • 8:51

    Social Hierarchy

  • 9:53

    Urbanization and DTM

  • 10:57

    Civilization Characteristics

  • 14:06

    Geographic Features

  • 15:10

    City States

  • 17:15

    Cities as Interaction Centers

  • 19:20

    Medieval Cities

  • 21:54

    Rural Settlements

  • 22:55

    Clustered Patterns

  • 25:03

    Hamlets and Villages

  • 27:36

    World Cities

  • 32:47

    Megalopolis Concept

  • 35:56

    Largest Cities List

  • 38:32

    Mega Cities Definition

  • 42:08

    Squatter Settlements

  • 45:15

    MDG Questions

  • 51:59

    Gravity Model

  • 59:15

    Rank-Size Rule

  • 1:04:30

    Primate City Rule

  • 1:07:38

    Primate City Examples

  • 1:09:47

    Resources and Q&A

  • 1:14:30

    Course Description Overview

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