AP Human Geography: Summer Assignment
Global Geography 1: Africa
Africa is the second largest continent on our planet, and it covers 1/5th of the world’s surface. Your first goal for the Summer Assignment is to understand the impact of geography on the development of Africa over the centuries as well as its ability to modernize. You will specifically focus on the following geographical features of the African continent. This section is worth 1/6 of the Summer Assignment final grade Step 1: Label and Color the following political map of Africa
Regions/Countries Key Cities External Bodies of Water
There are five (5) regions of Cairo Mediterranean Sea Africa. Cape Town Algiers Red Sea
Pick a color for each region Mogadishu Indian Ocean Nairobi Create a key on your map. Lagos Atlantic Ocean Kinshasa Label all the countries.
Casablanca Cape of Good Hope Tripoli Color in each region. Harare
Below are the regions Abidjan
North Africa East Africa West Africa Central Africa South Africa EGYPT KENYA SENEGAL NIGERIA ANGOLA LIBYA UGANDA GAMBIA CAMEROON SOUTH AFRICA TUNISIA TANZANIA GUINEA-BISSAU GABON LESOTHO ALGERIA BURUNDI GUINEA SAO TOME & THE PRINCIPE BOTSWANA MOROCCO RWANDA SIERRA LEONE EQUATORIAL GUINEA ZAMBIA W.SAHARA ETHIOPIA LIBERIA CENTRAL AFRICAN NAMIBIA MAURITANIA ERITREA COTE D’IVOIRE REPUBLIC SWAZILAND MALI DJIBOUTI GHANA REP. OF THE CONGO MOZAMBIQUE NIGER SOMALIA BURKINA FASO DEM. REP. OF THE CONGO ZIMBABWE CHAD MADAGASCAR TOGO MALAWI SUDAN SEYCHELLES BENIN SOUTH SUDAN COMOROS CAPE VERDE MAURITIUS Step 2: Label and Color the following on the physical map of Africa:
Key Environmental Features Key Features Key Features
There are five (5) key ecological Internal Bodies of Water: Mountains: areas in Africa.
Desert
Nile River Drakensberg Mountains Semi desert
Steppe Congo River Mt. Kilamanjaro
Savanna Grasslands and Niger River Ethiopian Highlands Woodland Savanna (put together as one on your map) Limpopo River Deserts:
Tropical Rainforest
Zambezi River Sahara Desert Directions: Other: Kalahari Desert
Pick a color for each area. Great Rift Valley Namib Desert
Create a key on your map. Horn of Africa
Color in each area on map. Suez Canal
Congo Basin
Tropic of Capricorn
Tropic of Cancer
Step 3: Summation Question:
Please write a 1/2 page written summary to the following question:
What conclusions can you draw from examining in the maps you created for Africa? What do you think will be some of the advantages and challenges for this continent?
Rubric for Maps: Points Accuracy Completion Neatness
All required entries Not missing any No cross-outs or labeled in correct required entries; erasures noticeable; Exceeds Standard 14-15 place; Summation Summation use of color; easy to question answered question is complete read; Summation completely. question answer typed
Meets Standard 12-14 1-2 entries Missing no more Use of at least 3 incorrect; Question than 2 entries; colors; legible; answered relatively Question answered, Question answered well. but less than but hand written complete
Approaches Standard 10-11 3-5 entries Missing 3-5 entries; Little use of color; incorrect; Question Limited answer to somewhat legible; not answered well question question hand written but not legibly.
Does Not Meet 9 or More than 5 Missing more than Difficult to read; Standard below entries incorrect; 5 entries; question little effort; question not not answered question answer is answered completely illegible
PHYSICAL MAP OF AFRICA
POLITICAL MAP OF AFRICA AP Human Geography: Summer Assignment
Global Geography 2: South America
You will specifically focus on the following geographical features of the South American continent. This section is worth 1/6 of the Summer Assignment final grade Step 1: Label and Color the following political map of South America
Regions/Countries Key Cities External Bodies of Water
There are five (3) regions of Sao Paulo Caribbean Sea South America. Buenos Aires Caracas Pacific Ocean
Pick a color for each region Bogota Atlantic Ocean Lima Create a key on your map. Santiago Cape Horn Rio de Janeiro Label all the countries. La Paz Montevideo Color in each region. Asunción
Below are the regions Quito
Caribbean States Pacific States Atlantic States Colombia Ecuador Brazil Venezuela Peru Argentina Guyana Bolivia Uruguay Suriname Chile Paraguay French Guiana* Falkland Islands*
Step 2: Label and Color the following on the physical map of South America:
Key Environmental Features Key Features Key Features
There are five (5) key ecological Internal Bodies of Water: Mountains: areas in South America.
Amazon River Andes Mountains
Desert
Orinoco River Brazilian Highlands Pampas (grassland)
Tropical Rainforest Parana River- Guiana Highlands
Mountain (Alpine) Rio de la Plata Deserts:
T emperate forest
Lake Titicaca Atacama Desert
Directions: Lake Maracaibo
Pick a color for each area. Other:
Create a key on your map. Patagonia
Color in each area on map. Tierra del Fuego
Galapagos Islands
The Llanos
Tropic of Capricorn
Tropic of Cancer
Step 3: Summation Question:
Please write a 1/2 page written summary to the following question:
What conclusions can you draw from examining in the maps you created for South America? What do you think will be some of the advantages and challenges for this continent?
POLITICAL MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA
PHYSICAL MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA AP Human Geography: Summer Assignment
Global Geography 3: Asia
Asia is the largest continent on our planet. This section is worth 1/6 of the Summer Assignment final grade Step 1: Label and Color the following political map of Asia
Regions/Countries Key Cities External Bodies of Water
There are five (5) regions of Africa. Jerusalem Mediterranean Sea
Pick a color for each region Mecca Arabian Sea Dubai Indian Ocean
Create a key on your map. Baghdad Pacific Ocean Karachi Sea of Japan
Label all the countries. Tehran South China Sea Mumbai Yellow Sea
Color in each region. Shanghai Bay of Bengal Beijing Persian Gulf Below are the regions Hong Kong Red Sea
Seoul Strait of Hormuz Tokyo Gulf of Aden Manila Strait of Malacca Bangkok East China Sea Jakarta Gulf of Tonkin Kuala Lampur Philippine Sea
Middle East Central Asia South Asia East Asia Southeast Asia Israel Pakistan India Mongolia Myanmar Jordan Afghanistan Sri Lanka China Thailand Syria Iran Maldives Japan Laos Lebanon Tajikistan Bangladesh North Korea Cambodia Saudi Arabia Turkmenistan Nepal South Korea Vietnam Yemen Kyrgyzstan Bhutan Taiwan* Indonesia Oman Kazakhstan Philippines Brunei United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan East Timor Qatar Malaysia Bahrain Singapore Kuwait Iraq
Step 2: Label and Color the following on the physical map of Asia:
Key Environmental Features Key Features Key Features
There are five (6) key ecological Internal Bodies of Water: Mountains: areas in Africa. Caspian Sea Himalayas Desert Tigris/Euphrates River Hindu Kush Mountains Yangtze River Western and Eastern
Steppe Yellow River Ghats Mekong River Grassland Zagros Indus River Tropical Rainforest Brahmaputra River Urals Coniferous /Temperate Ganges River Kunluns forest Mount Fuji Other: Directions: Sundarbans (wetlands) Deserts: Pick a color for each area. Tropic of Cancer Gobi Desert Create a key on your map. Arabian Desert Taklamaklan Desert Color in each area on map. Thar Desert Kara Kum Desert Iranian Desert
Step 3: Summation Question:
Please write a 1/2 page written summary to the following question:
What conclusions can you draw from examining in the maps you created for Asia? What do you think will be some of the advantages and challenges for this continent?
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AP Human Geography: Summer Assignment
Global Geography 4: Europe
Your fourth goal for the Summer Assignment is to understand the impact of geography on the development of Europe over the centuries as well as its ability to modernize. You will specifically focus on the following geographical features of the European continent. This section is worth 1/6 of the Summer Assignment final grade Step 1: Label and Color the following political map of Europe
Regions/Countries Key Cities External Bodies of Water
There are five (5) regions of London Mediterranean Sea Africa. Paris Atlantic Ocean Berlin English Channel
Pick a color for each region Moscow Black Sea Rome Bay of Biscay Create a key on your map. Madrid Baltic Sea Budapest Adriatic Sea Label all the countries. Kiev Aegean Sea Bucharest North Sea Color in each region. St. Petersburg Tyrrhenian Sea
Below are the regions
Western Southern Central Eastern Eurasia United Kingdom Italy Germany Finland Russia Ireland Vatican City Switzerland Estonia Turkey Norway San Marino Czech Republic Latvia Azerbaijan Iceland Malta Liechtenstein Lithuania Georgia Sweden Greece Austria Belarus Armenia Denmark Cyprus Slovakia Ukraine Belgium Bulgaria Hungary Moldova Luxembourg Croatia Slovenia Romania Netherlands Bosnia/Herzegovina Poland France Montenegro Spain Kosovo Portugal Serbia Andorra Macedonia Monaco Albania
Step 2: Label and Color the following on the physical map of Africa:
Key Environmental Features Key Features Key Features
There are five (5) key ecological Internal Bodies of Water: Mountains: areas in Africa.
Thames River Alps
Alpine
Danube River Pyrenees Arctic Tundra
Conifer Forest Rhine River Carpathians
Mediterranean Volga River Caucuses
Deciduous Forest
Elbe River Urals
Directions: Dneiper River Kjolen Mountains
Pick a color for each area. Other: Appenines
Create a key on your map. Massif Central Dinarics
Meseta
Color in each area on map. Great Hungarian Plain
Strait of Gibraltar Central Russian Uplands
Step 3: Summation Question:
Please write a 1/2 page written summary to the following question:
What conclusions can you draw from examining in the maps you created for Europe? What do you think will be some of the advantages and challenges for this continent?
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AP Human Geography: Summer Assignment Global Geography 5: North America
North America encompasses Central America and the Caribbean as well. You do not need to know all the Caribbean islands, just the major ones. This section is worth 1/6 of the Summer Assignment final grade Step 1: Label and Color the following political map of North America
Regions/Countries Key Cities External Bodies of Water
There are five (3) regions of Africa. New York City Atlantic
Pick a color for each region Chicago Pacific Los Angeles Caribbean Sea
Create a key on your map. Washington DC Bering Sea Houston Gulf of Mexico
Label all the countries. Seattle Miami
Color in each region. Vancouver Toronto Below are the regions Ottawa
Montreal Calgary Mexico City Havana Panama City San Juan Santo Domingo Kingston San Jose (Costa Rica)
North America Caribbean Central America United States Cuba Guatemala Canada Jamaica Honduras Mexico Bahamas El Salvador Lesser Antilles (island Costa Rica region) Nicaragua Haiti Panama Dominican Republic Belize Trinidad and Tobago Puerto Rico*
Step 2: Label and Color the following on the physical map of North America:
Key Environmental Features Key Features Key Features
There are five (7) key ecological Internal Bodies of Water: Mountains: areas in Africa. Mississippi River Rockies Desert Missouri River Appalachians Mountains Ohio River Canadian Rockies Sierra Madres Arctic Tundra Columbia River Cascades Grassland Mackenzie River Yukon Sierra Nevadas Tropical Rainforest St. Lawrence Coniferous forest Deserts: Rio Grande Temperate forest Nelson River Great Basin Colorado Directions: Sonora Great Lakes Pick a color for each area. Mojave Hudson Bay Chihuahua
Create a key on your map. Chesapeake Bay Great Salt Lake
Color in each area on map. Lake Nicaragua
Other: Tropic of Cancer Yucatan Peninsula Everglades Grand Canyon Baja Peninsula Copper Canyon Panama Canal
Step 3: Summation Question:
Please write a 1/2 page written summary to the following question:
What conclusions can you draw from examining in the maps you created for North America? What do you think will be some of the advantages and challenges for this continent?
POLITICAL MAP OF NORTH AMERICA
PHYSICAL MAP OF NORTH AMERICA AP Human Geography: Summer Assignment
Global Geography 6: Australia and Oceania
This region is made up of the continent of Australia and the islands of Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia You will not need to know all of the islands but you will need to know their groupings. This section is worth 1/6 of the Summer Assignment final grade Step 1: Label and Color the following political map of Australia and Oceania
Regions/Countries Key Cities External Bodies of Water Sydney There are five (3) regions of Africa. Melbourne Indian Ocean
Pick a color for each region Canberra Coral Sea Perth Tasman Sea
Create a key on your map. Alice Springs Pacific Ocean Wellington
Label all the countries. Darwin Auckland
Color in each region. Port Moresby Brisbane Below are the regions Christchurch
Melanesia Micronesia Polynesia
• Australia: • Fed. States of • Samoa • Papua New Guinea Micronesia • Tuvalu • Fiji • Palau • Tonga • Solomon Islands • Kiribati • Vanuatu • Marshall Islands • New Zealand
Step 2: Label and Color the following on the physical map of Australia and Oceania:
Key Environmental Features Key Features Key Features
There are five (5) key ecological Internal Bodies of Water: Mountains: areas in Africa. Murray River Carstenz Pyramid Desert Murrumbidgee River Southern Alps
Mountains Puncak Jaya Other: Grassland Australian Alps Tropical Rainforest Tasmania Coniferous /Temperate Great Barrier Reef Deserts: forest Great Victorian Desert Gibson Desert Directions:
Pick a color for each area.
Create a key on your map.
Color in each area on map.
Step 3: Summation Question:
Please write a 1/2 page written summary to the following question:
What conclusions can you draw from examining in the maps you created for Australia and Oceania? What do you think will be some of the advantages and challenges for this continent?
POLITICAL MAP OF AUSTRALIA/OCEANIA
PHYSICAL MAP OF AUSTRALIA/OCEANIA