Here are the main AP topics and some ARGUS units that deal specifically with those topics; many other tours and case studies address these issues indirectly and are useful for comparison..

Topic I: Geography - Nature and Perspectives
	Activity R: regions and regionalization Thematic map type selector; related Activities on thematic mapping Urban models thematic map; rural land use model (Activity K) Lower East Side tour: animation of an entrepot selection model Observation: Dallas parking thematic map; London Bridge thematic map Activity X: overlay map analysis; ownership and natural gas overlay analysis
Topic II: Population
	Activity AX: graduated symbol maps of population Activity CX: line graphs of immigration Activity E: population pyramids Activity G: choropleth maps of population change Activity V: maps of disease (including the famous Snow map) Wilton, North Dakota, Case Study: ethnic island on the Great Plains Vershire, Vermont, Case Study: population trends in New England Miami Case Study: Cuban migration to Little Havana Greenfield, Iowa, Case Study: trends in farm and non-farm population Lowell, Massachusetts, Case Study: immigration to an early mill town Tunica, Mississippi, Case Study: black migration north from the Delta West Chicago, Illinois, Case Study: black migration north from the Delta Phoenix, Arizona, Case Study: population trends in desert regions Lower East Side tour: entrepot selection Ethnicity in Cemeteries thematic map
Topic III: Cultural Patterns and Processes
	Activity A: Native American reservations Activity B: site and situation of early settlements Activity C: Placenames as cultural imprints on topographic maps Activity F: land division systems and service efficiency Activity VX: metaphors for wilderness Shiprock, New Mexico, Case Study: Navajo reservation Paincourtville, Louisiana, Case Study: cajun/creole settlement Miami, Florida, Case Study: ethnic regions within Miami Ethnicity in cemeteries thematic map Pulaski Road bus tour; Shenandoah tour; Branson country music tour; Leavenworth street tour; Aspen street tour;
Topic IV: Political Organization of Space
	Activity D: plantations and environments Activity R: regions and regionalization Activity S: election districts Activity T: teen pregnancy and public policy Irvine, California, Case Study: a planned community Austin, Texas, Case Study: the impact of the MCC consortium Salt Lake City, Utah, Case Study: religion, economy, and military spending Tunica, Mississippi, Case Study: underbounded towns on the Delta Norris, Tennessee, Case Study: the impact of TVA Research Triangle tour; Tysons Corner tour; North Platte River tour Guthrie, Oklahoma, tour; Land ownership thematic map unit
Topic V: Agricultural and Rural Land Use
	Activity K: land use simulation, includes environment and Von Thunen components Activity KX: crop dot maps Activity G: rural population decline on the Great Plains Activity FX: using the Public Land Survey Greenfield, Iowa, Case Study: farm income and multipliers in the Corn Belt Hill City, Kansas, Case Study: population decline on the Great Plains Imperial Valley, California, Case Study: intensive farming in southern California Alaska climate and agriculture unit; Llano Estacado landform unit Bigjob units on apple growing, irrigated agriculture, poultry production, logging, Everglades drainage, and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area wilderness Thematic map units on land capability, solar energy, soil formation
Topic VI: Industrialization and Economic Development
	Activity B: Lowell site and situation Activity L: iron and steel Activity M: flexible production Activity N: professional sports teams Activity NX: service location Activity O: transportation connectivity Activity W: discounted present value of future income Lowell, Massachusetts, Case Study and Diary: an early milltown Duquesne, Pennsylvania, Case Study: a major steel center Irvine, California, Case Study: flexible production center McAllen, Texas, Case Study: maquiladora factories on the border Hawthorne, Nevada, Case Study: ammunition manufacturing and storage NAFTA highway (Laredo) tour; Branson country music tour Bigjob units on auto production, airplane production, movie production, oil refining, oil transportation, an abandoned stockyards, flexible production, and ocean fishing
Topic VII: Cities and Urban Land Use
	Activity H: urban land use on aerial photographs Activity HX: models of urban land value ActivityS: election districts in East Chicago Manhattan, New York, Case Study: financial center of the nation Madison, New Jersey, Case Study: recycling an 18th century railroad suburb I-494, Minnesota, Case Study: life in an Edge City Irvine, California, Case Study: a planned suburb Miami, Florida, Case Study: transition between Anglo and Latin America Phoenix, Arizona, Case Study: a booming Sun Belt metropolis Austin, Texas, Case Study: public/private investment region Urban models thematic map unit Lower East Side tour; West Chicago tour; Wilshire Boulevard tour; Whittier Boulevard tour; Snoose Boulevard tour; Pulaski Road bus tour; Highway 6 (Omaha and Lincoln) tour; Tyson Corner tour; Houston Main Street tour; San Francisco street tour; Vieux Carre tour Student diaries from Manhattan, Pflugerville, Edina, St. Louis, Charleston, Salt Lake City Corporation head offices thematic map; Capital gains thematic map
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