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The Cultural Landscape... by
James M. Rubenstein
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Start your review of The Cultural Landscape: An Introduction to Human Geography
I only opened this once I hated it.
This is the textbook I utilize in my AP Human Geography class. It is the best text for this course.
disgusting. still do not know why geography matters
Read this for school (the Human and Cultural Geography DSST, if anyone's interested), and I don't normally add "school books" to my Goodreads unless they're fiction or whatever. The only adding this one is because it was HUGE and I was SO PROUD OF MYSELF for finishing it. Weighing in at like seventy pounds and 500 pages, this one was pretty massive. I had to bribe myself with episodes of Downton Abbey to finish it. I really enjoyed learning about all of this stuff, but I would've enjoyed it more Read this for school (the Human and Cultural Geography DSST, if anyone's interested), and I don't normally add "school books" to my Goodreads unless they're fiction or whatever. The only adding this one is because it was HUGE and I was SO PROUD OF MYSELF for finishing it. Weighing in at like seventy pounds and 500 pages, this one was pretty massive. I had to bribe myself with episodes of Downton Abbey to finish it. I really enjoyed learning about all of this stuff, but I would've enjoyed it more if I weren't going to be tested on it. (Drat.) ...more
Okay so this is a good textbook. Our teacher was... not that great for this class, but this book was really thorought and covered all the material in an interesting way. There were plenty of maps and visuals to aid
understanding of the text. I'll be honest, I didn't get a study review book for the AP Exam, I just read the textbook and took notes. And although we haven't gotten our scores yet, I feel pretty confident that I did well. Our teacher was... not that great for this class, but this book was really thorought and covered all the material in an interesting way. There were plenty of maps and visuals to aid
understanding of the text. I'll be honest, I didn't get a study review book for the AP Exam, I just read the textbook and took notes. And although we haven't gotten our scores yet, I feel pretty confident that I did well.
I know, I'm a nerd. But I love AP! I've learned so much in that class! I actually enjoy reading the textbook...
You can call me a nerd
now, if you want to. I know, I'm a nerd. But I love AP! I've learned so much in that class! I actually enjoy reading the textbook...
You can call me a nerd now, if you want to. ...more
I really don’t know how to rate a text book or write a review for it, but here we are. It never even
occurred to me I could count text books as part of my reading goals, but I guess why not! Anyways, I’m not going to rate this, and this isn’t much of a review either. This was pretty much your basic ap text book, nothing too out of the ordinary or spectacular. I found the parts on agriculture rather dull, but the parts on race and ethnicity and the geopolitical sphere semi interesting. So there y So there you go. I write a review (a lackluster
review) for a textbook.
Exactly what will come up on the AP exam and interesting content tho it has a status quo bias. We used the 13 or 14E?
i had to read this for school and it was terrible
Interesting pictures, contemporary geographic tools, world statistics..
and more...
This book is excellent. It mostly has 2/3 of what you will need to pass the DSST Human/Cultural Geography test. Read up on Barrons AP
Human/Cultural Geography and you should be good to go. :)
Actually quite interesting for a textbook, not mind numbingly boring and keeps interest for passages that you may have to read in class
It was very informational and I'm glad I had a chance to learn a lot from reading it. It was very informational and I'm glad I had a chance to learn a lot from reading it. ...more
I haven't finished this book yet, but so far for my class it's a great book and is pretty interesting, as far as textbooks go. It should set me up for success this spring during the AP Exam I haven't finished this book yet, but so far for my class it's a great book and is pretty interesting, as far as textbooks go. It should set me up for success this spring during the AP Exam ...more
Boring but helpful. I got a 5 on the AP Human Geography test.
10/10 Mr. Parks would recommend.
“The Cultural Landscape: An Introduction to Human Geography” is an introductory text that contains material used in human geography classes. The first half of this book focuses on elements of cultural geography and the second half focuses on elements of economic geography. It shows how politics, human activities, and geography are related. I myself read this book for my AP (Advanced Placement) Human Geography class. I found it to be very thorough and easy to understand. It is also very interesti “The Cultural Landscape: An Introduction to Human Geography” is an introductory text that contains material used in human geography classes. The first half of this book focuses on elements of cultural geography and the second half focuses on elements of economic geography. It shows how politics, human activities, and geography are related. I myself read this book for my AP (Advanced Placement) Human Geography class. I found it to be very thorough and easy to understand. It is also very interesting for a textbook. Most textbooks are dull but this textbook is not like that. It has many interesting facts and images. Another part of what makes the book interesting is that you may actually use the material presented in the book later on in life, even if you don’t go into a career involving the geographical sciences. However, some parts of this book made me want to stop reading it. These parts were mainly in the second half of the book, economic geography. A lot of material was just rehashed. It felt like sentences were stated in three different ways. Regarding how ready this book has made me for this AP exam, I feel it has done two - thirds of the job, and the remaining third is up to me to get ready. Hopefully, I should get a 4 or 5 on the exam. I would recommend this book to any person, even if they are not planning to pursue a geographical science career, because there are some concepts that you will most likely need to know for use in normal life. My piece of advice, however, is that people using this book for a AP Human Geography class should use other sources if they want a 5 on the exam. ...more
This was actually a decent textbook, I was pleasantly surprised. Visually this looks like the high school textbooks that I remember from a long time ago, and yet the writing was clear, the content was in-depth, and the book covered many topics that affect people around the globe (rather than just focusing on Europe or the US). I especially appreciated the support structures such as vocab guides, review questions, and charts, diagrams, and other images. This makes it difficult to find information This was actually a decent textbook, I was pleasantly surprised. Visually this looks like the high school textbooks that I remember from a long time ago, and yet the writing was clear, the content was in-depth, and the book covered many topics that affect people around the globe (rather than just focusing on Europe or the US). I especially appreciated the support structures such as vocab guides, review questions, and charts, diagrams, and other images. This makes it difficult to find information if you do not already know where to look for it. ...more
I promised myself I would rate this textbook whatever my score was on the AP test. It turns out I did way better than I expected and while I wasn’t a fan of the type of notes my teacher made us write for each section in the book, it was a fairly good textbook and had lots of super useful graphics that I was able to remember on the exam. Of all the textbooks I’ve used this one was very easy to read and I didn’t hate it.
I've been using this book to teach my daughter a course on Human Geography. I've found it fascinating and very helpful in understanding the world and current issues. I've stretched it out over two years alongside a two-year study of world history and have found they complement each other very well. I've been using this book to teach my daughter a course on Human Geography. I've found it fascinating and very helpful in understanding the world and current issues. I've stretched it out over two years alongside a two-year study of world history and have found they complement each other very well. ...more
I didn't find this textbook, nor its associated course I took with it (Cultural Geography) to be very interesting or informative. It's about how different cultures are impacted by their locations. I don't recommend it and I won't spend any more time, yours or mine, diving further into this subject. I didn't find this textbook, nor its associated course I took with it (Cultural Geography) to be very interesting or informative. It's about how different cultures are impacted by their locations. I don't recommend it and I won't spend any more time, yours or mine, diving further into this subject. ...more
*1.5*, ok so I had to read this for ap human geography last year, and admittedly thought it was terrible at the time. since I am taking ap world history this year, I admit that this textbook is way better than the ap world history one so thats why its getting a 2 instead of something lower.
Good information in this book was very useful and gave out good information during class.
My very last high school text book.
The author was pretty disorganized, but seeing as I have no other experience with APHG texts I can't judge too harshly. The author was pretty disorganized, but seeing as I have no other experience with APHG texts I can't judge too harshly. ...more
I had to read this book for class and thought I would hate it, but I surprisingly didn’t, it was actually pretty intresting!
This is a great textbook and is organised very well. I would not choose to read this for fun, but it was a great choice for the AP Human Geography course textbook.
Textbook for AP Human Geography in 9th
grade.
I don't remember much about this book, but I do know I loved the illustrations and diagrams, I learned a lot from it, and the class was great. Textbook for AP Human Geography in 9th grade.
I don't remember much about this book, but I do know I loved the illustrations and diagrams, I learned a lot from it, and the class was great.
...more
This was my AP human geography textbook from freshman year! Overall, very repetitive and the chapters were outrageously long. But if you like detail, I would recommend this book.
Kind of left slanting. They don't tell lies but tell only partial truths. Otherwise pretty good. Kind of left slanting. They don't tell lies but tell only partial truths. Otherwise pretty good. ...more
because I’ll recommend this class to anyone and everyone (already recruited Elle 🤝🤝🤝)
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