AP Human Geography Summer Assignment Name: Date: Period: Students enrolled in AP Human Geography are required to complete an assignment during the summer prior to the start of school. The assignment is composed of two parts. The first is intended to build background knowledge. Think of this knowledge as the ABC s, and 1, 2, 3 s of geography. These are the basics that everyone should know. The second part of the assignment is designed to give students a head start on the vocabulary from the first chapter. Many people incorrectly assume that geography is simply the study of the location of places. Nothing could be further from the truth. Geography is everything and everything is geography. What is where, why there, and why care? Grading Guidelines: Bonus points will be awarded for those that have completed the entire assignment (part 1 and 2) in a timely manner. Thursday, August 10 th +10 pts Tuesday, August 15 th +2 pts Friday, August 11 th +8 pts Monday, August 14 th +4 pts Assignment and map test: August 16 th Sign up for Remind text messages ASAP I will be sending messages over the summer. Number: 81010 or 754-217-2407 Message: @ohsaphug If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to email me. I will be checking my email over the summer. Kimberly_McKernan@scps.k12.fl.us 1
Part I: Building Background Knowledge Part of entering an AP class is an assumption of a certain level of background knowledge and skills. Review the lists below and label each item on the appropriate map. You will take a test over the information found on page 3 August 16 th. 1. Basic map and atlas skills Using an atlas to locate information Reading and interpreting a map Using latitude and longitude to locate and find places 2. Label and color the following on the maps provided. Be sure to use the symbols shown in each map legend/key. General Info (map pg. 4) o 5 Oceans o 7 Continents o Equator o Tropic of Cancer o Tropic of Capricorn o Prime Meridian o International Date Line Major Deserts/etc. (map pg. 5) o Sahara o Great Sandy Desert o Gobi o Siberia o Sahel Southwest Major World Regions (map pg. 6) o Middle East o South East Asia o South Asia o Sub-Saharan Africa o Latin America o Central America o Caribbean o Western Europe o Eastern Europe o Former USSR o Oceania Major Mountain Ranges (map pg. 4) o Himalayas o Rockies o Andes o Alps o Caucasus o Urals o Appalachian Major Climate Regions (map pg. 5) o Tropical o Dry/Arid o Mild/Temperate o Continental o Polar Color by climate region Major Rivers (map pg. 4) o Rhine o Amazon o Yangtze o Mississippi o Ganges o Nile o Congo o Mekong Major Bodies of Water (map pg. 5) o Great Lakes o Mediterranean Sea o Black Sea o Caspian Sea o Red Sea o Arabian Sea o South China Sea o Caribbean Sea o Aral Sea Regions of the United States (map pg. 7) 1. Midwest 2. Northeast 3. West 4. Southwest 5. Southeast Color by region Canadian Provinces (map pg. 7) o British Columbia o Yukon Territory o Alberta o Saskatchewan o Northwest Territories o Manitoba o Quebec o New Brunswick o Nova Scotia o Newfoundland and Labrador o Nunavut o Ontario Major World Cities (Label on the appropriate regional map, choose from maps pp. 7-12) New York City Chicago London Beijing Tokyo Bombay (Mumbai) Paris Mexico City Cairo Tehran Sydney Washington D.C. Sao Paulo Lagos Johannesburg Calcutta (Kolkata) Moscow Toronto Hong Kong Singapore Shanghai 2
Be able to label the information on this page for your map test. No word bank. North America (map pg. 7) 1. Greenland 2. Canada 3. United States Europe (map pg. 10) 1. Bulgaria 2. France 3. Germany 4. Greece 5. Iceland 6. Ireland 7. Italy 8. Poland 9. Romania 10. Spain 11. Sweden 12. Turkey 13. Ukraine 14. United Kingdom Africa (map pg. 8) 1. Algeria 2. Angola 3. Chad 4. Egypt 5. Kenya 6. Libya 7. Madagascar 8. Mali 9. Morocco 10. Mozambique 11. Nigeria 12. Rwanda 13. Somalia 14. South Africa 15. Sudan 16. South Sudan Southwest Asia (map pg. 11) 1. Afghanistan 2. Georgia 3. Iran 4. Iraq 5. Israel 6. Pakistan 7. Saudi Arabia 8. Syria 9. West Bank & Gaza Strip 10. Yemen South America (map pg. 9) 1. Argentina 2. Bolivia 3. Brazil 4. Colombia 5. Costa Rica 6. Cuba 7. Guatemala 8. Haiti 9. Honduras 10. Jamaica 11. Mexico 12. Nicaragua 13. Panama 14. Peru 15. Suriname 16. Venezuela Asia (East, South & Southwest) (map pg. 12) 1. Australia 2. China 3. India 4. Indonesia 5. Japan 6. Malaysia 7. Myanmar 8. Nepal 9. Philippines 10. Thailand 11. Vietnam Use these two websites to help you prepare for the test: http://bcs.wiley.com/he-bcs/books?action=resource&bcsid=3139&itemid=0471679518&resourceid=7821 http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/geography.htm 3
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o Tropical Climates o Temperate/Mild Climates o Continental Climates o Polar Climates o Dry/Arid Climates *Color map according to climates ///// Desert 5
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Part II: Vocabulary Directions: Purchase a 80 sheet wireless/spiral notebook. The entire notebook must be handwritten. Definitions must be complete. You may use the second pdf of the book. The key terms are on page 38 in alphabetical order. You may have to use the internet to find the Ap Human Geography definition of words not found in the book. See the next page on how to set up your paper. You may also write on the back of your paper. Chapter 1 Vocabulary: Basic Concepts 1. Cartography 2. Greenwhich Mean Time 3. Geographic Information System 4. Global Positioning System 5. Place 6. Location 7. Site 8. Situation 9. Toponym 10. Cultural Landscape 11. Formal Region/Uniform/homogeneous 12. Functional Region/nodal 13. Perceptual/ Vernacular Region 14. Mental map 15. Globalization 16. Space 17. Scale 18. Distance Decay/ Friction of Distance 19. Time Space Compression/Space-time Compression 20. Network 21. Hearth 22. Sustainability 23. Cultural Ecology 24. Environmental Determinism 25. Possibilism 26. Remote Sensing 27. Sense of Place 28. Perception of Place 29. Relocation Diffusion 30. Expansion Diffusion 31. Contagious Diffusion 32. Stimulus Diffusion 33. Hierarchial Diffusion 34. Transnational Corporation 35. Sequent occupance 36. Qualitative data 37. Quantitative data 38. Idiographic data 39. Nomothetic data 13
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