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Barron's How to Prepare for the AP Human Geography Advanced Placement Examination

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Don't listen to those other reviews. This is from my first hand experience and I'm not going to tell you anything that isn't true (I'm not trying to market this book, just telling the facts). I studied with this book a month before the 2006 AP exam. I had no previous teachers, textbook or anything to supplement this book. I took the test and ended with a 5. Seriously, a few of the questions in the May exam were exactly like the ones in the Barron's examples, right down to the picture and answer choices. If you don't believe me, ask someone in your area about what the last question on the free-response was (I don't think I'm allowed to state the question). They will tell you the answer is explicitly defined in the Barron's book. No one who bought it would have received anything less that a 5 on the exam.

This book is truly amazing.

I used this book in my class, and like many people here had a poor teacher, used the Rubenstein textbook, etc.. This book covers the material well, and while I am bound not to talk about any AP Test Multiple Choice questions, I will say that the questions in the review portion of this book may or may not be *very* similar to questions that may or may not be on the test.

In other words, it's a good book to have. I got a five, probably because I used this book.

This book is a great resource to use for the AP Human Geography Exam, and I also used it to coincide with the rest of the course. Our AP Human teacher was pretty pathetic, just about all he did was check his email all period, so I decided to take matters into my own hands and got this book. Well, did this change things or what. I realized I wasn't really even grasping the subjects, and gained a lot of useful information taking the practice tests and such. As a matter of fact, one of the questions on the test last year was in this book and I remembered it when I saw it! What a coincidence. Well, if you are debating on which book to get (there aren't many choices for this young subject) or whether to get it at all, I think it's worth it, I barely understood the material at first and I ended up with a 4.

This book is the sole reason I got a 4 on the test. I read through only half of the book because I ran out of time. After the test I went back and looked through the book for answers and every question I remembered was somewhere in the book. Even some diagrams were exactly the same as on the test. This book is a must-buy for anyone taking the test.

This is a wonderful study guide. I hardly paid attention in class the whole year. Nor did I keep up with the reading. The weekend before the AP Exam, I read this book and did all the practice questions and essays. I ended up getting a 5 (the highest grade possible)! This book works miracles! Highly recommended.

Again I would have to agree with Riaz that this book is all you need for the exam. Seriously I didnt even take the class and read this book the night before the exam and made a 5. The vocab is very important to memorize as many of the essay questions will be based off of it. For that reason I would get the Barrons book for an easy 5.

I used this book as an extra preperation tool for the 2005 AP test. I was immediately amazed by the vast amount of vocabulary terms and I love the mini quizzes at the end of the chapters. I began using this book about 5 weeks prior to the test and guess what, I got a 5! This book is a great investment if you wish to really succeed on the AP test. You just need to study it thoroughly and be familiar with all the vocabulary and you should do great!

This Human Geography book is pretty good, the only problem is if u read this from front to back, the best u can get is a 3. For me, I got a 4, because I bought other study guides, and studied from the released exam.

The Test is not very difficult but there are many random questions about language and religion and geography, so beware because it is very difficult, in my opinion to get a 5.

My teacher had us occasionally use these books, but i found them very annoying and boring. The practice test were ok, but not hard at all. I got a 5 on the AP test and I got to say that if this book was my only resource then, a 5 might have not of been a reality for me. The Human Mosaic text book is better, if your teachers are not already using that. The practice tests are all this book is good for, and even then thats an overstatement.

This book basically covers everything you need to know to get a good score on the ap test. I studied with this review book and H.J. de Blij's Human Geography textbook, and I got a 5 pretty easily. The only drawback was that it gave me a lot of extraneous information. Definitions especially; nowhere in the ap test does the college board ask you, What does nomothetic mean?

Besides the additional confusing information, the book is sound. Its explanations are great and the practice tests are pretty accurate.