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 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

Cairo Cape Town Algiers Mogadishu Nairobi Lagos Kinshasa Casablanca Tripoli Harare Abidjan

 

Mediterranean Sea

 Red Sea

 Indian Ocean

 Atlantic Ocean

  Cape of Good Hope

 

North Africa East Africa West Africa Central Africa South Africa

EGYPTLIBYATUNISIAALGERIAMOROCCOW.SAHARAMAURITANIAMALINIGERCHADSUDANSOUTH SUDAN

KENYAUGANDATANZANIABURUNDIRWANDAETHIOPIAERITREADJIBOUTISOMALIAMADAGASCARSEYCHELLESCOMOROSMAURITIUS

SENEGALGAMBIAGUINEA-BISSAUGUINEASIERRA LEONELIBERIACOTE D’IVOIREGHANABURKINA FASOTOGOBENINCAPE VERDE

NIGERIACAMEROONGABONSAO TOME & THE PRINCIPEEQUATORIAL GUINEACENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLICREP. OF THE CONGODEM. REP. OF THE CONGO

ANGOLASOUTH AFRICALESOTHOBOTSWANAZAMBIANAMIBIASWAZILANDMOZAMBIQUEZIMBABWEMALAWI

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 areas in Africa.

Desert

Semi desert

Steppe

Savanna 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

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

 

 

 

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

 

Missing 3-5 entries; Limited answer to

 

Little use of color; somewhat legible; question

answered well question hand written but not legibly.

 

 

Does Not Meet Standard

 

 

9 or belo

w

 

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

AP Human Geography: Summer Assignment

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 Africa

Regions/Countries Key Cities External Bodies of Water

There are five (3) regions of South 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 Bogota Lima Santiago Rio de Janeiro La Paz Montevideo Asunción Quito

 

Caribbean Sea

 Pacific Ocean

 Atlantic Ocean

  Cape Horn

 

Caribbean States Pacific States Atlantic States

POLITICAL MAP OF AFRICA

ColombiaVenezuelaGuyanaSurinameFrench Guiana*

EcuadorPeruBoliviaChile

BrazilArgentinaUruguayParaguayFalkland Islands*

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 areas in South America.

Desert

Pampas (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 

Mountains:

Andes Mountains

Deserts:

Atacama Desert

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

AP Human Geography: Summer Assignment

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 Africa

Regions/Countries Key Cities External Bodies of Water

PHYSICAL MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA

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

JerusalemMeccaDubaiBaghdadKarachiTehranMumbaiShanghaiBeijingHong KongSeoulTokyoManilaBangkokJakartaKuala Lampur

Mediterranean SeaArabian SeaIndian OceanPacific OceanSea of JapanSouth China SeaYellow SeaBay of BengalPersian GulfRed SeaStrait of HormuzGulf of AdenStrait of MalaccaEast China SeaGulf of TonkinPhilippine Sea

Middle East Central Asia South Asia East Asia Southeast AsiaIsraelJordanSyriaLebanonSaudi ArabiaYemenOmanUnited Arab EmiratesQatarBahrainKuwaitIraq

PakistanAfghanistanIranTajikistanTurkmenistanKyrgyzstanKazakhstanUzbekistan

IndiaSri LankaMaldivesBangladesh NepalBhutan

MongoliaChinaJapanNorth KoreaSouth KoreaTaiwan*Philippines

MyanmarThailandLaosCambodiaVietnamIndonesiaBruneiEast TimorMalaysiaSingapore

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

Key Environmental Features Key Features Key Features

There are five (6) key ecological areas in Africa.

Desert

Mountains

Steppe

Grassland

Tropical 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 River Yellow River Mekong River Indus River Brahmaputra River Ganges River

Other: Sundarbans

(wetlands) Tropic of Cancer

 

Mountains:

Himalayas Hindu Kush Western and Eastern

Ghats Zagros Urals Kunluns Mount Fuji

Deserts:

Gobi Desert Arabian Desert Taklamaklan Desert 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?

AP Human Geography: Summer Assignment

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 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

LondonParisBerlinMoscowRomeMadridBudapestKievBucharestSt. Petersburg

 

Mediterranean SeaAtlantic OceanEnglish ChannelBlack SeaBay of BiscayBaltic SeaAdriatic SeaAegean SeaNorth SeaTyrrhenian Sea

 

Western Southern Central Eastern EurasiaUnited KingdomIrelandNorwayIcelandSwedenDenmarkBelgiumLuxembourgNetherlandsFranceSpainPortugalAndorraMonaco

ItalyVatican CitySan MarinoMaltaGreeceCyprusBulgariaCroatiaBosnia/HerzegovinaMontenegroKosovoSerbiaMacedonia

GermanySwitzerlandCzech RepublicLiechtensteinAustriaSlovakiaHungarySloveniaPoland

FinlandEstoniaLatviaLithuaniaBelarusUkraineMoldovaRomania

RussiaTurkeyAzerbaijanGeorgiaArmenia

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 areas in Africa.

Alpine

Arctic 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 Meseta Great Hungarian

Plain Strait of Gibraltar Central Russian

Uplands

 

Mountains:

Alps

 Pyrenees

Carpathians

Caucuses

Urals

Kjolen Mountains

Appenines

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?

POLITICAL M

AP OF EU

ROPE

PHYSICAL M

AP OF EU

ROPE

AP Human Geography: Summer Assignment

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 Africa

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 CityChicagoLos AngelesWashington DCHoustonSeattleMiamiVancouverTorontoOttawaMontrealCalgaryMexico CityHavanaPanama CitySan JuanSanto DomingoKingstonSan Jose (Costa Rica)

AtlanticPacificCaribbean SeaBering SeaGulf of Mexico

North America Caribbean Central AmericaUnited StatesCanadaMexico

CubaJamaicaBahamasLesser Antilles (island region)HaitiDominican RepublicTrinidad and TobagoPuerto Rico*

GuatemalaHondurasEl SalvadorCosta RicaNicaraguaPanamaBelize

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

Key Environmental Features Key Features Key Features

There are five (7) key ecological areas in Africa.

Desert

Mountains

Arctic Tundra

Grassland

Tropical 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 Yukon St. Lawrence Rio Grande Nelson River Colorado Great Lakes Hudson Bay Chesapeake Bay Great Salt Lake Lake Nicaragua

Other: Tropic of Cancer

Yucatan Peninsula Everglades Grand Canyon Baja Peninsula Copper Canyon Panama Canal

 

Mountains:

RockiesAppalachiansCanadian RockiesSierra MadresCascadesSierra Nevadas

Deserts:

Great BasinSonoraMojaveChihuahua

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

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 Africa

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

SydneyMelbourneCanberraPerthAlice SpringsWellingtonDarwinAucklandPort MoresbyBrisbaneChristchurch

Indian OceanCoral SeaTasman SeaPacific Ocean

Melanesia Micronesia Polynesia

PHYSICAL MAP OF NORTH AMERICA

• Australia: Australia: • Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea• FijiFiji• Solomon IslandsSolomon Islands• VanuatuVanuatu• New ZealandNew Zealand

• Fed. States of Fed. States of MicronesiaMicronesia

• PalauPalau• KiribatiKiribati• Marshall IslandsMarshall Islands

• SamoaSamoa• TuvaluTuvalu• TongaTonga

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 areas in Africa.

Desert

Mountains

Grassland

Tropical 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 RiverMurrumbidgee River

Other: Tasmania Great Barrier Reef

 

Mountains:

Carstenz Pyramid Southern Alps Puncak Jaya Australian Alps

Deserts:

Great Victorian Desert

Gibson 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 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