May 4, 2017 Dear Future AP Human Geography Students: I hope you have had a great 8 th grade year, and I am looking forward to having you in class next year. I have attached a review that you can work on over the summer in preparation for your first map test. Please note that there is not a required summer assignment for AP Human Geography, and this test review will not be turned in for a grade. Please feel free to email me if you have questions about the map test review. Sincerely, Katherine Cantu AP Human Geography Teacher Social Studies Department Chair Magnolia High School (281)356-3572 [email protected]To subscribe to AP Human Geography text reminders via Remind 101, text "@aphg20172" to 81010 Follow me on Twitter: @mhs_aphg Mrs. Cantu's website: http://tinyurl.com/cantu-aphg Note: My current AP Human Geography students said it would have been helpful for them to purchase Ethel Wood’s AP Human Geography: A Study Guide, 3 rd Edition over the summer. It will help with reading the textbook, and is great preparation for the AP exam next May. This is not a requirement, but a suggestion. Her book can be purchased at http://www.amazon.com/AP-Human-Geography-Study-Guide/dp/0983176663 for $14.10.
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May 4, 2017Dear Future AP Human Geography Students:
I hope you have had a great 8th grade year, and I am looking forward to having you in class next year. I have attached a review that you can work on over the summer in preparation for your first map test. Please note that there is not a required summer assignment for AP Human Geography, and this test review will not be turned in for a grade.
Please feel free to email me if you have questions about the map test review.
Sincerely,
Katherine Cantu
AP Human Geography TeacherSocial Studies Department ChairMagnolia High School (281)[email protected]
To subscribe to AP Human Geography text reminders via Remind 101, text "@aphg20172" to 81010
Note: My current AP Human Geography students said it would have been helpful for them to purchase Ethel Wood’s AP Human Geography: A Study Guide, 3 rd Edition over the summer. It will help with reading the textbook, and is great preparation for the AP exam next May. This is not a requirement, but a suggestion. Her book can be purchased at http://www.amazon.com/AP-Human-Geography-Study-Guide/dp/0983176663 for $14.10.
Building Background KnowledgePart of entering an AP class is an assumption of a certain level of background knowledge and skills. You will take an
assessment over this information during the first week of school next fall. Think of this knowledge as the ABC’s and 1,2,3’s of geography. Please use the websites listed at the end of this page for blank outline maps, online map quizzes, and other helpful resources.
Basic map and atlas skills – Using an atlas to locate information (index or table of contents) Reading and interpreting a map Using latitude and longitude to locate and find places
Be able to locate the following places on a map for the test.General Stuff
5 Oceans 7 continents Equator Tropic of Cancer Tropic of Capricorn Prime Meridian
Major Mountain Ranges Himalayas Rockies Andes Alps Caucasus Urals Appalachian
Major Rivers Rhine Amazon Yangtze Mississippi Ganges Nile Congo Mekong
Major Deserts / random other stuff
Sahara Great Sandy Desert
(Australia) Gobi Siberia Sahel
Major Climate Regions- which parts of the world fit each category
Major Bodies of Water Great Lakes Mediterranean Sea Black Sea Caspian Sea Red Sea Arabian Sea South China Sea Caribbean Sea Aral Sea
Chokepoints (Straits and Channels)
Strait of Gibraltar Panama Canal Suez Canal Strait of Malacca English Channel Bosporus & Dardanelles Strait of Hormuz
Major World Cities New York City London Tokyo Paris Cairo Sydney Sao Paulo Johannesburg Moscow Hong Kong
Chicago Beijing Bombay (Mumbai) Mexico City Tehran Washington D.C. Lagos Calcutta (Kolkata) Toronto Singapore Shanghai
Canadian Provinces British Columbia Yukon Territory Alberta Saskatchewan Northwest Territories Manitoba Quebec New Brunswick Nova Scotia Newfoundland and
Labrador Nunavut Ontario
Have some sense of development levels of regions: Rich (Highly Developed), Developing (Middle Income), Poor (Less Developed)
Major World Regions – where they are and some cultural characteristics (major religions, languages, ethnicities, etc.)
Middle East South East Asia South Asia Sub-Saharan Africa Latin America Central America Caribbean Western Europe Eastern Europe Former USSR Oceania
Country identification – Locate the following places and label on a map. You may use more than one map. Africa
Algeria Botswana Chad Dem. Rep. of Congo Egypt Ethiopia Kenya Libya Madagascar Mali Morocco Niger Nigeria Rwanda Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Zimbabwe
North America & South America Argentina Bahamas Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Haiti Honduras Mexico Nicaragua Panama Peru United States Venezuela
Asia (East, South & Southeast) Burma/Myanmar Cambodia India Indonesia Japan Kazakhstan Mongolia Pakistan Peoples Republic of China Philippines Rep. of China/Taiwan Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Thailand Uzbekistan Vietnam
Other: Australia New Zealand
Europe Belgium Bosnia Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Finland France Germany Greece Italy
Southwest Asia Afghanistan Armenia Bahrain Iran Iraq Israel Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman
Your first test will be on Friday, September 1 st over Map Skills and Place Names. It is a multiple-choice test with 50 questions, and will be your first
