2019-2020 AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY – MAP ASSIGNMENT What am I doing? Labeling world outline maps with the features listed below building an understanding of the political and physical geography world regions. Why am I doing this? Part of entering an AP class is an assumption of a certain level of background knowledge and skills. You will need a strong working mental map in order to be successful in this course. When are the maps due? __________________ How many maps should I submit? 14 Map 1 – Map Basics Map 8 – Sub-Saharan Africa Map 2 – Land Features Map 9 – North Africa & the Middle East Map 3 – Rivers and Lakes Map 10 – E Asia, C Asia, S Asia, and SE Asia Map 4 – Seas, Gulfs, and other Major Water Features Map 11 – Central and South Asia Map 5 – North America and the Caribbean Map 12 – Oceania Map 6 – South America Maps 13 – World Regions A Big Picture
(COLORING REQUIRED) Map 7 – Europe Maps 14 –World Regions A Closer Look
(COLORING REQUIRED) *MAPS 13 & 14 MUST BE COLORED What do I label on each map? Each map has a list of countries, cities and/or regions to label. Use this list as a key and label the country or city on the map. When is the first map test? Map tests will occur about every two weeks, starting with map 1. It is essential that you build a mental map of the world and the placement of states (countries), cities and natural phenomena. How do I study? Studying for map tests takes time and preparation. The first step is to find each feature and label blank outline maps. Use the list below and quiz yourself by labeling blank maps and seeing how much you know. Listed below are links where you can test yourself online. Online Map Quizzes (not required – just for practice) http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Geography.htm http://ilike2learn.com/ http://www.sporcle.com/games/category/geography http://www.maps.com/funfacts.aspx https://www.seterra.com/
map 1: basics
Label the following: Arctic Ocean Pacific Ocean Arctic Circle Tropic of Capricorn Prime Meridian Atlantic Ocean Southern Ocean Antarctic Circle Equator Indian Ocean 7 Continents Tropic of Cancer International Dateline
After labeling Map 1, complete the following sentences: Lines of latitude run from _________________ to _________________and measure distances _________ and _________ of the _______________.
Lines of longitude run from _________________to _________________and measure distances _________ and _________ of the _______________
map 2: land features
Label the following:
Mountains: Alps Caucasus Urals Gobi Patagonia Appalachians Himalayas Deserts: Kalahari Rub al Khali Andes Rockies Atacama Namib Sahara
map 3: rivers and lakes
Label the following:
Rivers: Ganges River Rhine River Yangtze River Lakes: Ontario Amazon River Indus River Rio Grande River Baikal Superior Brahmaputra River Mekong River St. Lawrence River Erie Victoria Congo River Mississippi River Tigris River Huron Winnipeg Euphrates River Nile River Volga River Michigan
map 4: seas, gulfs, and other major water features
Label the following:
Bodies of Water: Gulf of Aden Red Sea Dardanelles Strait Strait of Gibraltar Aral Sea Gulf of Mexico South China Sea English Channel Strait of Hormuz
Caribbean Sea Mediterranean Sea Chokepoints(Straits,Canals): Mandeb Strait Strait of Malacca Caspian Sea Persian Gulf Bosporus Strait Panama Canal
map 5: north america and the caribbean
Label the following:
Caribbean Countries: Cen.Am.Countries Nicaragua Cities of North New York City Bahamas Belize Panama Am&Caribbean: Ottawa Cuba Costa Rica Northern America: Chicago Washington, D.C. Dominican Republic El Salvador Canada Havana Haiti Jamaica Trinidad & Tobago
Guatemala Honduras Mexico
Greenland United States
Los Angeles Managua Mexico City
map 6: south america
Label the following: South American Countries and South American Cities:
Argentina Ecuador Peru S. Amer Cities: Lima Bolivia Falkland Islands Suriname Bogota Santiago Brazil French Guiana Uruguay Brasilia Sao Paulo Chile Guyana Venezuela Buenos Aires Rio de Janeiro Colombia Paraguay Caracas
map 7: europe Label the following:
Eastern Europe: Belarus Bulgaria Czech Republic Hungary Moldova Poland Romania Russia Slovakia Ukraine Northern Europe: Denmark Estonia Finland Iceland Ireland Latvia Lithuania Norway Sweden United Kingdom Southern Europe: Albania Andorra Bosnia & Herzegovina Croatia Greece Holy See (Vatican City) Italy Kosovo Macedonia Malta Montenegro Portugal
San Marino Western Europe: Germany Netherlands Brussels Paris Serbia Austria Liechtenstein Switzerland London Rome Slovenia Belgium Luxembourg European Cities: Madrid St. Petersburg Spain France Monaco Berlin Moscow The Hague
Kenya Central Afr. Rep. Swaziland Ghana Rwanda Chad Zimbabwe Liberia Somalia Dem Rep. of Congo Mali South Sudan Republic of Congo Mauritania Tanzania Niger
map 8: sub-saharan africa
Label the following: Southern Africa: Western Africa: Nigeria African Cities: Eastern Africa: Uganda Botswana Benin Senegal Accra Burundi Zambia Lesotho Burkina Faso Sierra Leone Addis Ababa Djibouti Middle Africa: Madagascar Cape Verde Togo Cape Town Ethiopia Angola Namibia Cote d’ Ivoire Johannesburg Eritrea Cameroon South Africa Gambia Lagos
Mogadishu
Label the following: North African Countries:
Middle Eastern Countries: Afghanistan
Israel Jordan
Syria Turkey
Cairo Damascus
Algeria Armenia Kuwait U.A.E Istanbul Egypt Azerbaijan Lebanon Yemen Jerusalem Libya Cyprus Oman N. Africa & Mecca Morocco Georgia Palestine MidEast Cities: Medina Sudan Iran Qatar Baghdad Tehran Tunisia Iraq Saudi Arabia Beirut Tripoli
map 9: north africa and the middle east
MAP 11: CENTRAL AND SOUTH ASIA
Label the following: Central Asian Countries: Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan South Asian Countries:
Bangladesh Bhutan India Kashmir
Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
South Asian Cities Calcutta New Delhi
map 14: world regions (closer look)
This map will be colored based on region not state (country). Each REGION must be a single color. Draw a circle around Eastern Europe, East Asia, SE Asia, and S Asia. Bracket the Caribbean and Latin America. Use the sample map provided to help you.
1. Latin America 4. Western Europe 7. Eastern Europe 10. North Africa & Middle East 13. West Africa 2. Central Africa 5. East Africa 8. Southern Africa 11. Siberia 14. Central Asia 3. South Asia 6. East Asia 9. Southeast Asia 12. Australia 15. Antarctica