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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
P Human Geography: Summer Assignment
PHYSICAL M
AP 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
PHYSICAL M
AP OF
EURO
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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