AP Human Geography: Summer Assignment Global Geography 1: Africa Africa is the second largest continent on our planet, and it covers 1/5th of the worl...
AP Human Geography: Summer Assignment Global Geography 1: Africa Africa 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 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
North Africa EGYPT LIBYA TUNISIA ALGERIA MOROCCO W.SAHARA MAURITANIA MALI NIGER CHAD SUDAN SOUTH SUDAN
East Africa KENYA UGANDA TANZANIA BURUNDI RWANDA ETHIOPIA ERITREA DJIBOUTI SOMALIA MADAGASCAR SEYCHELLES COMOROS MAURITIUS
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?
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
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
Rubric for Maps:
PHYSICAL MAP OF AFRICA
POLITICAL MAP OF AFRICA
AP Human Geography: Summer Assignment Global Geography 2: South America You 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 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
Caribbean States Colombia Venezuela Guyana Suriname French Guiana*
Key Cities Sao Paulo Buenos Aires Caracas Bogota Lima Santiago Rio de Janeiro La Paz Montevideo Asunción Quito
Pacific States Ecuador Peru Bolivia Chile
External Bodies of Water Caribbean Sea Pacific Ocean Atlantic Ocean Cape Horn
Atlantic States Brazil Argentina Uruguay Paraguay Falkland Islands*
Step 2: Label and Color the following on the physical map of South America: Key Environmental Features There are five (5) key ecological areas in South America.
Key Features Internal Bodies of Water:
Key Features Mountains:
Amazon River
Andes Mountains
Orinoco River
Brazilian Highlands
Tropical Rainforest
Parana River-
Guiana Highlands
Mountain (Alpine)
Rio de la Plata
Desert Pampas (grassland)
Temperate forest
Lake Titicaca
Atacama Desert
Lake Maracaibo
Directions: Pick a color for each area.
Deserts:
Other:
Create a key on your map.
Patagonia
Color in each area on map.
Tierra del Fuego Galapagos Islands The Llanos Tropic of Capricorn 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
PHYSICAL MAP OF SOUTH AMERICA
AP Human Geography: Summer Assignment Global Geography 3: Asia Asia 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 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
Middle East Israel Jordan Syria Lebanon Saudi Arabia Yemen Oman United Arab Emirates Qatar Bahrain Kuwait Iraq
Key Cities Jerusalem Mecca Dubai Baghdad Karachi Tehran Mumbai Shanghai Beijing Hong Kong Seoul Tokyo Manila Bangkok Jakarta Kuala Lampur
Central Asia Pakistan Afghanistan Iran Tajikistan Turkmenistan Kyrgyzstan Kazakhstan Uzbekistan
South Asia India Sri Lanka Maldives Bangladesh Nepal Bhutan
External Bodies of Water Mediterranean Sea Arabian Sea Indian Ocean Pacific Ocean Sea of Japan South China Sea Yellow Sea Bay of Bengal Persian Gulf Red Sea Strait of Hormuz Gulf of Aden Strait of Malacca East China Sea Gulf of Tonkin Philippine Sea
East Asia Mongolia China Japan North Korea South Korea Taiwan* Philippines
Southeast Asia Myanmar Thailand Laos Cambodia Vietnam Indonesia Brunei East Timor Malaysia Singapore
Step 2: Label and Color the following on the physical map of Asia: Key Environmental Features There are five (6) key ecological areas in Africa.
Key Features Internal Bodies of Water:
Mountains:
Caspian Sea Tigris/Euphrates River Yangtze River Yellow River Mekong River Indus River Brahmaputra River Ganges River
Desert Mountains Steppe Grassland Tropical Rainforest Coniferous /Temperate forest Directions: Pick a color for each area.
Key Features
Himalayas Hindu Kush Western and Eastern Ghats Zagros Urals Kunluns Mount Fuji
Other: Sundarbans (wetlands) Tropic of Cancer
Deserts:
Create a key on your map. Color in each area on map.
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?
POLITICAL MAP OF ASIA
PHYSICAL MAP OF ASIA AP Human Geography: Summer Assignment
Global Geography 4: Europe Your 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 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.
Key Cities
External Bodies of Water
London Paris Berlin Moscow Rome Madrid Budapest Kiev Bucharest St. Petersburg
Mediterranean Sea Atlantic Ocean English Channel Black Sea Bay of Biscay Baltic Sea Adriatic Sea Aegean Sea North Sea Tyrrhenian Sea
Below are the regions
Western United Kingdom Ireland Norway Iceland Sweden Denmark Belgium Luxembourg Netherlands France Spain Portugal Andorra Monaco
Southern Italy Vatican City San Marino Malta Greece Cyprus Bulgaria Croatia Bosnia/Herzegovina Montenegro Kosovo Serbia Macedonia Albania
Central Germany Switzerland Czech Republic Liechtenstein Austria Slovakia Hungary Slovenia Poland
Eastern Finland Estonia Latvia Lithuania Belarus Ukraine Moldova Romania
Eurasia Russia Turkey Azerbaijan Georgia Armenia
Step 2: Label and Color the following on the physical map of Africa: Key Environmental Features There are five (5) key ecological areas in Africa.
Key Features Internal Bodies of Water:
Key Features Mountains:
Thames River
Alps
Danube River
Pyrenees
Conifer Forest
Rhine River
Carpathians
Mediterranean
Volga River
Caucuses
Elbe River
Urals
Dneiper River
Kjolen Mountains
Alpine Arctic Tundra
Deciduous Forest Directions: Pick a color for each area.
Other:
Create a key on your map. Color in each area on map.
Appenines Dinarics Massif Central Meseta Great Hungarian Plain Strait of Gibraltar Central Russian Uplands
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 MAP OF EUROPE
PHYSICAL MAP OF EUROPE AP Human Geography: Summer Assignment
Global Geography 5: North America North 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 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
North America United States Canada Mexico
Key Cities
External Bodies of Water
New York City Chicago Los Angeles Washington DC Houston Seattle Miami Vancouver Toronto Ottawa Montreal Calgary Mexico City Havana Panama City San Juan Santo Domingo Kingston San Jose (Costa Rica)
Atlantic Pacific Caribbean Sea Bering Sea Gulf of Mexico
Caribbean Cuba Jamaica Bahamas Lesser Antilles (island region) Haiti Dominican Republic Trinidad and Tobago Puerto Rico*
Central America Guatemala Honduras El Salvador Costa Rica Nicaragua Panama Belize
Step 2: Label and Color the following on the physical map of North America: Key Environmental Features There are five (7) key ecological areas in Africa.
Key Features 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
Desert Mountains Arctic Tundra Grassland Tropical Rainforest Coniferous forest Temperate forest Directions: Pick a color for each area. Create a key on your map. Color in each area on map.
Key Features Mountains: Rockies Appalachians Canadian Rockies Sierra Madres Cascades Sierra Nevadas Deserts: Great Basin Sonora Mojave Chihuahua
Other: Tropic of Cancer Yucatan Peninsula Everglades Grand Canyon Baja Peninsula Copper Canyon Panama Canal
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
PHYSICAL MAP OF NORTH AMERICA
AP Human Geography: Summer Assignment Global Geography 6: Australia and Oceania This 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 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
Key Cities Sydney Melbourne Canberra Perth Alice Springs Wellington Darwin Auckland Port Moresby Brisbane Christchurch
Melanesia • • • • • •
Australia: Papua New Guinea Fiji Solomon Islands Vanuatu New Zealand
External Bodies of Water Indian Ocean Coral Sea Tasman Sea Pacific Ocean
Micronesia • • • •
Fed. States of Micronesia Palau Kiribati Marshall Islands
Polynesia • • •
Samoa Tuvalu Tonga
Step 2: Label and Color the following on the physical map of Australia and Oceania: Key Environmental Features There are five (5) key ecological areas in Africa.
Carstenz Pyramid Southern Alps Puncak Jaya Australian Alps
Other: Tasmania Great Barrier Reef
Deserts: Great Victorian Desert Gibson Desert
Directions: Pick a color for each area. Create a key on your map. Color in each area on map.
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?
