Mr. Dalton’s Class AP Human Geography

Name:_____________________ Date:_____________________

Due Date:_____________________ /15 (Formative Assessment)

Summer Assignment

Parts 1 and 2 The goal of this assignment is to begin to recognize physical features and locations in order to build

background knowledge for areas that we will discuss throughout this school year.

You will create a series of maps, please follow all of the directions as you work through this guide. Map #1 will

ONLY be Physical Features. (The World Map)

Locate the following on the map provided; you will label each country, body of water, city and region listed

below. You are also required to mark and label the capitals of all of these countries listed below.

You will have a quiz worth (50pts) during the first week that will require you to label/identify places on a

map, and answer vocabulary questions associated with a map (based solely on Map #1).

You will have a second quiz on the 2nd week of school which will cover physical geography from the

attached slides.

Your quiz will only be based on Map #1/vocabulary, the others are for more general

knowledge and building a foundation moving forward.

This assignment will be due the first day of school, late

policy will be enforced immediately.

Part 1: Maps (50pts)

Map #1 (World Map)--(The Rest of the maps will have their own specific instructions included in the back of the packet)

Continents (Shade in each continent as a color LIGHTLY) Label and include the color in the key.

Oceans (The Five Oceans) (Lightly shade each ocean a color and add it to the key)

Other bodies of water (You can just color/draw these all as the same color and label them)

Land Forms (Draw/shade these all as the same color and label them)

North America South America Australia Africa Europe Asia Antarctica

Pacific Ocean Atlantic Ocean Indian Ocean Southern Ocean (Antarctic Ocean) Artic Ocean

St. Lawrence River Mississippi River Ohio River Missouri River Rio Grande Colorado River Columbia River Mackenzie River Amazon River Parana River Nile River Congo River Niger River Danube River Rhine Volga River Yellow River Yangtze River Mekong River Ganges River Gulf of Mexico Bering Sea Panama Canal Lake Victoria Red Sea Mediterranean Sea Suez Canal Black Sea

Rocky Mountains Appalachian Mountains The Andes Mountains Atlas Mountains Sahara Desert The Great Plains Kalahari Desert Siberia Himalaya’s Gobi Desert Outback Great Barrier Reef

Part 2: Map Vocabulary (25pts)

Define the following terms in 2-3 sentences each (minimum). These definitions should be in your own words and should

be completed fully (act as if this is an exam grade)

To review these terms you may join my Quizlet https://quizlet.com/join/SBNvFNtfC

DO NOT COPY MY DEFINITIONS OFF OF THE QUIZLET!!!

Map

Definition: A representation of an area that can show either features, cities, roads, political areas, or all of the above.

Compass Rose

Definition: A circle that shows the principal directions printed on a map or chart. A compass rose primarily depicts North as Up on a printed map.

Key / Legend

Definition:

Latitude

Definition:

Longitude

Definition:

Equator

Definition:

Prime Meridian

Definition:

Political Map

Definition:

Physical Map

Definition:

Thematic Map

Definition:

Scale

Definition:

Cartography

Definition:

Map #1 (World Map)

Map #2 (Europe) - - I have provided an example of what your maps should look like. You should also include a KEY with

colors corresponding to each country.

Map #2 Europe (Label all countries in DARK PEN, and color each country a different color/pattern. Create a KEY

somewhere on this page.

Map #3 Africa (Label all countries in DARK PEN, and color each country a different color/pattern. Create a KEY

somewhere on this page.

Map #4 Asia (Label all countries in DARK PEN, and color each country a different color/pattern. Create a KEY

somewhere on this page.

Map #5 North America (Label all COUNTRIES, not states, in DARK PEN, and color each country a different

color/pattern. Create a KEY somewhere on this page.)

Map #6 South America (Label all countries)

Map #7 Australia and Oceania (Label all countries in DARK PEN, and color each country a different color/pattern.

Create a KEY somewhere on this page.