AP Human Geography: Summer Assignment

Global Geography 1: AfricaAfrica 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 ofAfrica.

Pick a color for each

region Create a key on

your map. Label all the

countries. Color in

each region. Below are

the regions

CairoCape Town Algiers Mogadishu Nairobi Lagos Kinshasa Casablanca Tripoli Harare

Mediterranean Sea

Red Sea

Indian Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

Cape of Good

Hope

North Africa East Africa West Africa Central Africa South AfricaEGYPT LIBYA TUNISIA ALGERIA MOROCCO W.SAHARASUDANSOUTH SUDAN

KENYA UGANDA TANZANIA BURUNDI RWANDA ETHIOPIA ERITREA DJIBOUTI SOMALIA MADAGASCAR SEYCHELLES COMOROS MAURITIUS

SENEGAL GAMBIA GUINEA-BISSAU GUINEA SIERRA LEONE LIBERIACOTE D’IVOIRE GHANA BURKINA FASO TOGOBENINNIGER

CHADCAPE VERDEMALIMAURITANIA

NIGERIA CAMEROON GABONSAO TOME & THE PRINCIPE EQUATORIAL GUINEACENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLICREP. OF THE CONGODEM. REP. OF THE CONGO

ANGOLA SOUTH AFRICA LESOTHO BOTSWANA ZAMBIA NAMIBIA SWAZILAND MOZAMBIQUE ZIMBABWE MALAWI

Step 2: Label and Color the following on the physical map of Africa:

Key Environmental Features

Key Features Key FeaturesThere are five (5) key ecological areas in Africa.

Desert Semi desert SteppeSavanna Grasslands and Woodland Savanna (put together as one on your map) Tropical Rainforest

Directions:

Pick a color for each

area. Create a key on

your map. Color in

each area on map.

Internal Bodies of Water:

Lake Victoria

Nile River

Congo River

Niger River

Limpopo

River

Zambezi

River Other:

Great Rift

Valley Horn of

Africa Suez

Canal Congo

Basin

Tropic of Capricorn

Tropic of Cancer

Mountains:

Atlas Mountains

Drakensberg

Mountains Mt.

Kilamanjaro

Ethiopian Highlands

Deserts:

Sahara

Desert

Kalahari

Desert

Namib

Desert

S t ep 3 : S u mm a t i o n Q u e s t i o n :

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

Exceeds Standard

14-15

All required entries labeled in correct place; Summation question answered completely.

Not missing any required entries; Summation question is complete

No cross-outs or erasures noticeable; use of color; easy to read; Summation question answer typed

Meets Standard 12-14 1-2 entries incorrect; Question answered relatively well.

Missing no more than 2 entries; Question answered, but less than complete

Use of at least 3 colors; legible; Question answered but hand written

Approaches Standard

10-11 3-5 entries incorrect; Question not answered well

Missing 3-5 entries; Limited answer to question

Little use of color; somewhat legible; question hand written but not legibly.

Does Not Meet Standard

9 or below

More than 5 entries incorrect; question not answered

Missing more than 5 entries; question not answered

Difficult to read; little effort; question answer is completely illegible

PHYSICAL MAP OF AFRICA

POLITICAL MAP OF AFRICA

AP Human Geography: Summer

Global Geography 2: South AmericaYou 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 ofSouth America.

Pick a color for each

region Create a key on

your map. Label all the

countries. Color in

each region. Below are

the regions

Sao Paulo Buenos Aires Caracas BogotaLima SantiagoRio de Janeiro La Paz Montevideo Asunción Quito

Caribbean Sea

Pacific

Ocean

Atlantic

Ocean Cape

Horn

Caribbean States Pacific States Atlantic StatesColombiaVenezuelaGuyana Suriname French Guiana*

EcuadorPeruBolivia Chile

BrazilArgentinaUruguay Paraguay Falkland Islands*

Step 2: Label and Color the following on the physical map of South America:Key Environmental Features

Key Features Key FeaturesThere are five (5) key ecological areas in South America.

DesertPampas (grassland) Tropical Rainforest Mountain (Alpine) Temperate forest

Directions:

Pick a color for each

area. Create a key on

your map. Color in

each area on map.

Internal Bodies of Water:

Amazon River

Orinoco River

Parana River-

Rio de la Plata

Lake Titicaca

Lake

Maracaibo

Other:

Patagonia

Tierra del

Fuego

Galapagos Islands

The Llanos

Tropic of Capricorn

Tropic of Cancer

Mountains:

Andes Mountains

Brazilian Highlands

Guiana Highlands

Deserts:

Atacama Desert

S t ep 3 : S u mm a t i o n Q u e s t i o n :

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

Global Geography 3: AsiaAsia 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. Pick a color for each region

Create a key on your

map. Label all the

countries. Color in

each region. Below

are the regions

Jerusalem Mecca Dubai Baghdad Karachi Tehran Mumbai Shanghai Beijing Hong Kong Seoul Tokyo Manila Bangkok JakartaKuala Lampur

Mediterranean Sea Arabian Sea Indian Ocean Pacific OceanSea of Japan South China Sea Yellow SeaBay of BengalPersian Gulf Red SeaStrait of Hormuz Gulf of Aden Strait of Malacca East China Sea Gulf of Tonkin Philippine Sea

Middle East Central Asia South Asia East Asia Southeast IsraelJordan SyriaLebanon Saudi Arabia Yemen OmanUnited Arab Emirates QatarBahrain

PakistanAfghanistan IranTajikistan Turkmenistan Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan Uzbekistan

IndiaSri Lanka MaldivesBangladesh Nepal Bhutan

MongoliaChina JapanNorth Korea South Korea Taiwan* Philippines

MyanmarThailand LaosCambodia Vietnam Indonesia Brunei East Timor Malaysia

Step 2: Label and Color the following on the physical map of Asia:Key Environmental Features

Key Features Key FeaturesThere are five (6) key ecological areas in Africa.

Desert Mountains Steppe GrasslandTropical Rainforest Coniferous /Temperate forest

Directions:Pick a color for each

area. Create a key on

your map. Color in

each area on map.

Internal Bodies of Water:

Caspian Sea Tigris/Euphrates River Yangtze RiverYellow River Mekong River Indus River Brahmaputra River Ganges River

Other:Sundarbans (wetlands) Tropic of Cancer

Mountains:

Himalayas Hindu KushWestern and Eastern GhatsZagros Urals Kunluns Mount Fuji

Deserts:

Gobi Desert Arabian Desert Taklamaklan Desert Thar DesertKara Kum DesertIranian Desert

S t ep 3 : S u mm a t i o n Q u e s t i o n :

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?

POLITICAL MAP OF ASIA

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Global Geography 4: EuropeYour 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 ofAfrica.

Pick a color for each

region Create a key on

your map. Label all the

countries. Color in

each region. Below are

the regions

LondonParis Berlin Moscow Rome Madrid Budapest Kiev BucharestSt. Petersburg

Mediterranean SeaAtlantic Ocean English Channel Black SeaBay of BiscayBaltic Sea Adriatic Sea Aegean Sea North Sea Tyrrhenian Sea

Western Southern Central Eastern EurasiaUnited KingdomIreland NorwayIceland Sweden Denmark Belgium Luxembourg Netherlands France Spain

ItalyVatican City San MarinoMalta Greece Cyprus Bulgaria CroatiaBosnia/HerzegovinaMontenegro

GermanySwitzerland Czech RepublicLiechtenstein Austria Slovakia Hungary Slovenia Poland

FinlandEstonia LatviaLithuania Belarus Ukraine Moldova Romania

RussiaTurkey AzerbaijanGeorgia Armenia

Step 2: Label and Color the following on the physical map of Africa:Key Environmental Features

Key Features Key FeaturesThere are five (5) key ecological areas in Africa.

AlpineArctic Tundra Conifer Forest Mediterranean Deciduous Forest

Directions:

Pick a color for each

area. Create a key on

your map. Color in

each area on map.

Internal Bodies of Water:

Thames

River

Danube

River Rhine

River Volga

River Elbe

River

Dneiper

River Other:

Massif Central MesetaGreat Hungarian Plain Strait of Gibraltar Central Russian Uplands

M

ountains:

Alps

Pyrenees

Carp

athians

Caucuses

Urals

Kjolen

Mountains

Appenines

Dinarics

S t ep 3 : S u mm a t i o n Q u e s t i o n :

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?

POLITICAL MAP OF EUROPE

P Human Geography: Summer Assignment

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Global Geography 5: North AmericaNorth 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. Pick a color for each region

Create a key on your

map. Label all the

countries. Color in

each region. Below

are the regions

New York City ChicagoLos AngelesWashington DC HoustonSeattleMiami Vancouver Toronto Ottawa Montreal Calgary Mexico City Havana Panama City San JuanSanto Domingo

Atlantic Pacific Caribbean Sea Bering Sea Gulf of Mexico

North America Caribbean Central AmericaUnited StatesCanadaMexico

CubaJamaicaBahamasLesser Antilles (islandregion) HaitiDominican RepublicTrinidad and Tobago Puerto

GuatemalaHondurasEl Salvador Costa Rica Nicaragua Panama Belize

Step 2: Label and Color the following on the physical map of North America:Key Environmental Features

Key Features Key FeaturesThere are five (7) key ecological areas in Africa.

Desert Mountains Arctic Tundra GrasslandTropical Rainforest Coniferous forest Temperate forest

Directions:Pick a color for each

area. Create a key on

your map. Color in

each area on map.

Internal Bodies of Water:

Mississippi River Missouri River Ohio River Columbia River Mackenzie River YukonSt. LawrenceRio Grande Nelson River Colorado Great Lakes Hudson BayChesapeake BayGreat Salt Lake Lake Nicaragua

Other:Tropic of Cancer Yucatan Peninsula EvergladesGrand

Mountains:

Rockies Appalachians Canadian Rockies Sierra Madres CascadesSierra Nevadas

Deserts:

Great Basin Sonora Mojave Chihuahua

S t ep 3 : S u mm a t i o n Q u e s t i o n :

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 OceaniaThis 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

There are five (3) regions of Africa. Pick a color for each region

Create a key on your

map. Label all the

countries. Color in

each region. Below

are the regions

SydneyMelbourne Canberra PerthAlice Springs Wellington Darwin Auckland Port Moresby Brisbane Christchurch

Indian Ocean Coral Sea Tasman Sea Pacific Ocean

Melanesia Micronesia Polynesia

• AAuusstraliatralia::• PPapuapuaa NNeeww GuinGuineaea• FFiijiji• SoloSolommoonn IIsslalannddss• VVaannuatuatuu• NNeeww ZeZealanalandd

• FFeedd.. StatStateses ooff MMiiccronroneessiiaa

• PPalaalauu• KiriKiribbatatii• MMarshalarshalll IIsslanlanddss

• SamoSamoaa• TTuuvvalaluu• TTongongaa

Step 2: Label and Color the following on the physical map of Australia and Oceania:Key Environmental Features

Key Features Key FeaturesThere are five (5) key ecological areas in Africa.

Desert Mountains GrasslandTropical Rainforest Coniferous /Temperate forest

Directions:Pick a color for each

area. Create a key on

your map. Color in

each area on map.

Internal Bodies of Water:

Murray River Murrumbidgee River

Other:TasmaniaGreat Barrier Reef

Mountains:

Carstenz Pyramid Southern Alps Puncak Jaya Australian Alps

Deserts:

Great Victorian Desert Gibson Desert

S t ep 3 : S u mm a t i o n Q u e s t i o n :

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