AP Human Geography: Summer Assignment



AP Human Geography: Summer AssignmentGlobal 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 gradeStep 1: Label and Color the following political map of AfricaRegions/CountriesKey CitiesExternal Bodies of WaterThere 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 regionsCairoCape Town Algiers Mogadishu Nairobi Lagos Kinshasa Casablanca Tripoli Harare Mediterranean Sea Red SeaIndian Ocean Atlantic Ocean Cape of Good HopeNorth AfricaEast AfricaWest AfricaCentral AfricaSouth AfricaEGYPT LIBYA TUNISIA ALGERIA MOROCCO W.SAHARASUDANSOUTH SUDANKENYA UGANDA TANZANIA BURUNDI RWANDA ETHIOPIA ERITREA DJIBOUTI SOMALIA MADAGASCAR SEYCHELLES COMOROS MAURITIUSSENEGAL 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 CONGOANGOLA SOUTH AFRICA LESOTHO BOTSWANA ZAMBIA NAMIBIA SWAZILAND MOZAMBIQUE ZIMBABWE MALAWIStep 2: Label and Color the following on the physical map of Africa:Key Environmental FeaturesKey FeaturesKey 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 RainforestDirections: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 BasinTropic of Capricorn Tropic of CancerMountains:Atlas Mountains Drakensberg Mountains Mt. Kilamanjaro Ethiopian Highlands Deserts:Sahara Desert Kalahari Desert Namib DesertStep 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:PointsAccuracyCompletionNeatnessExceeds Standard14-15All required entries labeled in correct place; Summation question answered completely.Not missing any required entries; Summation question is completeNo cross-outs or erasures noticeable; use of color; easy to read; Summation question answer typedMeets Standard12-141-2 entries incorrect; Question answered relatively well.Missing no more than 2 entries; Question answered, but less than completeUse of at least 3 colors; legible; Question answered but hand writtenApproaches Standard10-113-5 entries incorrect; Question not answered wellMissing 3-5 entries; Limited answer to questionLittle use of color; somewhat legible; question hand written but not legibly.Does Not Meet Standard9 or belowMore than 5 entries incorrect; question not answeredMissing more than 5 entries; question not answeredDifficult to read; little effort; question answer is completely illegiblePHYSICAL MAP OF AFRICAPOLITICAL MAP OF AFRICAGlobal 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 gradeStep 1: Label and Color the following political map of South AmericaRegions/CountriesKey CitiesExternal Bodies of WaterThere 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 regionsSao Paulo Buenos Aires Caracas BogotaLima SantiagoRio de Janeiro La Paz Montevideo Asunción QuitoCaribbean SeaPacific Ocean Atlantic Ocean Cape HornCaribbean StatesPacific StatesAtlantic StatesColombiaVenezuelaGuyana Suriname French Guiana*EcuadorPeruBolivia ChileBrazilArgentinaUruguay Paraguay Falkland Islands*Key Environmental FeaturesKey FeaturesKey FeaturesThere are five (5) key ecological areas in South America.DesertPampas (grassland) Tropical Rainforest Mountain (Alpine) Temperate forestDirections: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 FuegoGalapagos Islands The LlanosTropic of Capricorn Tropic of CancerMountains:Andes Mountains Brazilian Highlands Guiana Highlands Deserts:Atacama DesertStep 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 AMERICAPHYSICAL MAP OF SOUTH AMERICAGlobal Geography 3: AsiaAsia is the largest continent on our planet. This section is worth 1/6 of the Summer Assignment final gradeStep 1: Label and Color the following political map of AsiaRegions/CountriesKey CitiesExternal Bodies of WaterThere are five (5) regions of Africa. Pick a color for each regionCreate a key on your map. Label all the countries. Color in each region. Below are the regionsJerusalem Mecca Dubai Baghdad Karachi Tehran Mumbai Shanghai Beijing Hong Kong Seoul Tokyo Manila Bangkok JakartaKuala LampurMediterranean 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 SeaMiddle EastCentral AsiaSouth AsiaEast AsiaSoutheast AsiaIsraelJordan SyriaLebanon Saudi Arabia Yemen OmanUnited Arab Emirates QatarBahrain Kuwait IraqPakistanAfghanistan IranTajikistan Turkmenistan Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan UzbekistanIndiaSri Lanka MaldivesBangladesh Nepal BhutanMongoliaChina JapanNorth Korea South Korea Taiwan* PhilippinesMyanmarThailand LaosCambodia Vietnam Indonesia Brunei East Timor Malaysia SingaporeKey Environmental FeaturesKey FeaturesKey FeaturesThere are five (6) key ecological areas in Africa.Desert Mountains Steppe GrasslandTropical Rainforest Coniferous /Temperate forestDirections: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 RiverOther:Sundarbans (wetlands) Tropic of CancerMountains:Himalayas Hindu KushWestern and Eastern GhatsZagros Urals Kunluns Mount FujiDeserts:Gobi Desert Arabian Desert Taklamaklan Desert Thar DesertKara Kum DesertIranian DesertStep 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?POLITICAL MAP OF ASIAP Human Geography: Summer AssignmentPHYSICAL MAP OF ASIAAGlobal 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 gradeStep 1: Label and Color the following political map of EuropeRegions/CountriesKey CitiesExternal Bodies of WaterThere 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 regionsLondonParis Berlin Moscow Rome Madrid Budapest Kiev BucharestSt. PetersburgMediterranean SeaAtlantic Ocean English Channel Black SeaBay of BiscayBaltic Sea Adriatic Sea Aegean Sea North Sea Tyrrhenian SeaWesternSouthernCentralEasternEurasiaUnited KingdomIreland NorwayIceland Sweden Denmark Belgium Luxembourg Netherlands France Spain Portugal Andorra MonacoItalyVatican City San MarinoMalta Greece Cyprus Bulgaria CroatiaBosnia/HerzegovinaMontenegro Kosovo Serbia Macedonia AlbaniaGermanySwitzerland Czech RepublicLiechtenstein Austria Slovakia Hungary Slovenia PolandFinlandEstonia LatviaLithuania Belarus Ukraine Moldova RomaniaRussiaTurkey AzerbaijanGeorgia ArmeniaKey Environmental FeaturesKey FeaturesKey FeaturesThere are five (5) key ecological areas in Africa.AlpineArctic Tundra Conifer Forest Mediterranean Deciduous ForestDirections: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 UplandsMountains: Alps Pyrenees Carpathians Caucuses UralsKjolen Mountains Appenines DinaricsStep 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?POLITICAL MAP OF EUROPEP Human Geography: Summer AssignmentPHYSICAL MAP OF EUROPEAGlobal 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 gradeStep 1: Label and Color the following political map of North AmericaRegions/CountriesKey CitiesExternal Bodies of WaterThere are five (3) regions of Africa. Pick a color for each regionCreate a key on your map. Label all the countries. Color in each region. Below are the regionsNew York City ChicagoLos AngelesWashington DC HoustonSeattleMiami Vancouver Toronto Ottawa Montreal Calgary Mexico City Havana Panama City San JuanSanto Domingo KingstonSan Jose (Costa Rica)Atlantic Pacific Caribbean Sea Bering Sea Gulf of MexicoNorth AmericaCaribbeanCentral AmericaUnited StatesCanadaMexicoCubaJamaicaBahamasLesser Antilles (islandregion) HaitiDominican RepublicTrinidad and Tobago Puerto Rico*GuatemalaHondurasEl Salvador Costa Rica Nicaragua Panama BelizeKey Environmental FeaturesKey FeaturesKey FeaturesThere are five (7) key ecological areas in Africa.Desert Mountains Arctic Tundra GrasslandTropical Rainforest Coniferous forest Temperate forestDirections: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 NicaraguaOther:Tropic of Cancer Yucatan Peninsula EvergladesGrand Canyon Baja Peninsula Copper Canyon Panama CanalMountains:Rockies Appalachians Canadian Rockies Sierra Madres CascadesSierra NevadasDeserts:Great Basin Sonora Mojave ChihuahuaStep 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 AMERICAPHYSICAL MAP OF NORTH AMERICAAP Human Geography: Summer AssignmentGlobal 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 gradeStep 1: Label and Color the following political map of Australia and OceaniaRegions/CountriesKey CitiesExternal Bodies of WaterThere are five (3) regions of Africa. Pick a color for each regionCreate a key on your map. Label all the countries. Color in each region. Below are the regionsSydneyMelbourne Canberra PerthAlice Springs Wellington Darwin Auckland Port Moresby Brisbane ChristchurchIndian Ocean Coral Sea Tasman Sea Pacific OceanMelanesiaMicronesiaPolynesiaAustralia:Papua New GuineaFijiSolomon IslandsVanuatuNew ZealandFed. States of MicronesiaPalauKiribatiMarshall IslandsSamoaTuvaluTongaKey Environmental FeaturesKey FeaturesKey FeaturesThere are five (5) key ecological areas in Africa.Desert Mountains GrasslandTropical Rainforest Coniferous /Temperate forestDirections: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 RiverOther:TasmaniaGreat Barrier ReefMountains:Carstenz Pyramid Southern Alps Puncak Jaya Australian AlpsDeserts:Great Victorian Desert Gibson DesertStep 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/OCEANIAPHYSICAL MAP OF AUSTRALIA/OCEANIA ................
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