AP Human Geography Summer Assignment
Campbell High School 2015-2016
Goal: To identify and label important locations and physical features throughout the world in order to
make pertinent spatial location connections.
Materials: Outline map and a list of important countries, cities, and physical features. You will also need
a pencil or pen, and colored pencils to assist in labeling and coloring the given features.
Overall Instructions: Using the list provided identify and label all physical features on the physical map
and all locations (countries and cities, based on UN recognized states) on the political map. Additionally,
create a map key that shows a symbol of your choice for the following items: capitals, cities, oceans,
rivers, mountain ranges, and deserts. Use color to differentiate bodies of water (oceans, rivers, and
lakes, etc.), mountain ranges, deserts, etc. Please carefully select the colors you use to reflect the
natural landscape. Draw all features to scale. (If you have downloaded maps from the web, they are
scaled. If you are hand drawing the maps, please provide a scale. Also – do not draw gigantic triangles as
mountains, as this would represent a single large mountain rather than a range full of mountains.).
Assignment value: The rubric will be followed for each of the 5 political and 5 physical maps. This will be
a project grade.
Due Date: All maps are due on the first day of the semester. If you are scheduled for second semester
bring your assignment to Mrs. Arrowood in room 402 or Mr. Lynch in room 926. This is non-negotiable
unless you are transferring in from a school at a point beyond day 10 of the semester.
Directions based on questions that have risen over the years:
 Using outline maps create maps for the following regions: Americas – Europe – Africa – Asia –
Oceania
 You will have 1 set of political features – countries and cities – and 1 set of physical features –
mountains, rivers, oceans, etc. – for each of the regions listed above.
 Label countries, cities, and physical features neatly. If you feel you cannot fit a place name in a
location, use a key to denote which country, city, or physical feature belongs where. For
example, label a country A and, in the key, put the name of the country next to the letter A.
 That is a total of at least 10 maps if you have a map that covers the entire region. You may
also break the region into smaller components (for example, Asia can be broken into East
Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Southwest Asia).
 You may print copies of maps from any blank map website,
(https://geography.byu.edu/pages/resources/outlinemaps.aspx), purchase a blank atlas, hand
draw each map.
 Be aware that this assignment is not meant to be completed in 1 day (or at 2am the day before
school starts). You should work progressively throughout summer.
 Study these maps over the summer – or take photos of them to study after you turn them in.
AP Human Geography Summer Assignment Map Rubric
Category
Labels-Accuracy/Text
size
Map- Legend/Key
Scale
Color scheme
Graphics/Pictures and
Relevance
Attractiveness
Grammar and spelling
7 pts
90%-100% of the items
are labeled and located
correctly
Legend is easy-to-find
and contains a complete
set of symbols
All features on map are
drawn to scale and the
scale used is clearly
indicated on the map
Students always uses
color appropriately for
features (blue for water,
black for labels, etc) on
map and text
All graphics and
pictures are attractive,
well executed, and
support the
theme/content
The map is
exceptionally attractive
in terms of design,
layout, & neatness
No
mechanical/grammatical
errors
5 pts
80%-90% of the items
are labeled and
located correctly
Legend contains a
complete set of
symbols
Most features on map
are drawn to scale and
the scale used is
clearly indicated on
the map
Student usually uses
color appropriately
for features on map
3 pts
70%-79% of the items
are labeled and
located correctly
Legend contains an
almost complete set
of symbols
Many features on map
are NOT drawn to
scale even though a
scale is clearly
indicated on the map
Student sometimes
uses color
appropriately for
features on map
1 pt
Less than 70% of the
items are labeled and
located correctly
Legend is absent or
lacks several symbols
The map is attractive
in terms of design,
layout and neatness
The map is acceptably
attractive though it
may be a bit messy
1-2 errors
3-4 errors
The map is
distractingly messy or
very poorly designed.
Not attractive
More than 4 errors
Many features of the
map are NOT drawn
to scale and/or there
is no scale marker on
the map
Student does not use
color appropriately
Points Awarded:
Color: ____________
Graphics: __________
Labels: ___________
Attractiveness: __________
Map/Key: __________
Scale: ____________
Total Points Awarded: _____________
AP Human Geography Summer Assignment
Political Maps
Africa (54)
Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo
Congo, Democratic Republic
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
The Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Ivory Coast
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Asia (44)
Afghanistan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei
Burma (Myanmar)
Cambodia
China
East Timor
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Korea, North
Korea, South
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon
Malaysia
Maldives
Mongolia
Nepal
Oman
Pakistan
Philippines
Qatar
Russian Federation
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Syria
Tajikistan
Thailand
Turkey
Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Yemen
Europe (47 not counting
broken UK)
Albania
Andorra
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
England
Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland, Republic of
Italy
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Malta
Moldova
Monaco
Montenegro
Netherlands
Ireland, Northern
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
San Marino
Serbia
Scotland
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Vatican City
Wales
Americas (36)
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cube
Dominica
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Equador
French Guiana
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Puerto Rico
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
United States of America
Uruguaz
Venezuela
Oceania (14)
Australia
Fiji
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Nauru
New Zealand
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Americas Cities
New York City
Chicago
Atlanta
Seattle
Havana
Mexico City
Sao Paulo
Houston
Washington D.C.
Los Angeles
Santiago (Chile)
Buenos Aires
Montevideo
Montreal
Quebec City
Toronto
Vancouver
Rio de Janeiro
Caracas
Lima
Bogota
European Cities
London
Edinburgh
Belfast
Dublin
Paris
Madrid
Gibraltar
Bucharest
Budapest
Naples
Belgrade
Rome
Geneva
Brussels
Amsterdam
Copenhagen
Stockholm
Oslo
Helsinki
Minsk
Prague
Zaghreb
Warsaw
Berlin
Lisbon
Vienna
Athens
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Kiev
Sofia
African Cities
Cairo
Khartoum
Johannesburg
Kinshasa
Lusaka
Mogadishu
Abidjan
Cape Town
Dakar
Lagos
Abuja
Casablanca
Rabat
Luanda
Brazzaville
Nairobi
Dar es Salaam
Addis Ababa
Algiers
Tripoli
Tunis
Conakry
Asian Cities
Tokyo
Seoul
Pyongyang
Hong Kong/Macau
Beijing
Shanghai
Bangkok
Ankara
Amman
Yangon (Rangoon)
Kuala Lumpur
Jakarta
Manila
Dhaka (Dacca)
Karachi
Islamabad
Hanoi
Kabul
Novosibirsk
Riyadh
Baghdad
Mumbai (Bombay)
Kolkata (Calcutta)
New Delhi
Jerusalem
Tehran
Makkah (Mecca)
Oceania Cities
Canberra
Sydney
Wellington
Aukland
Physical Features!
North Pole/South Pole (if
possible)
Arctic Circle
Antarctic Circle
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
Equator
Prime Meridian
International Date Line
Great Barrier Reef
Mountains
Andes
Alps
Atlas
Urals
Caucasus
Pyrenees
Himalayas
Rocky Mountains
Appalachian Mountains
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Deserts
Atacama
Sahara
Namib
Kalahari
Taklamakan
Gobi
Great Victorian Desert
Grasslands
Pampas
Kirghiz Steppe
Serengeti Plain
Bodies of Water
Great Lakes (All 5)
Hudson Bay
Chesapeake Bay
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi River
Caribbean Sea
Strait of Magellan
Colorado River
Arctic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Indian Ocean
Southern Ocean
Bering Strait
Panama Canal
Amazon River
Rio Grande
Baltic Sea
North Sea
Mediterranean Sea
St. Lawrence River
English Channel
Danube River
Black Sea
Adriatic Sea
Aegean Sea
Rhine River
Volga River
Seine River
Po River
Lake Baikal
Aral Sea
Red Sea
Dardanelles Strait
Bosporus Strait
Arabian Sea
Bay of Bengal
South China Sea
East China Sea
Yellow Sea
Caspian Sea
Persian (Arabian) Gulf
Sea of Japan
Tigris/Euphrates Rivers
Ganges Rivers
Indus River
Yangtze River
Mekong River
Nile River
Congo River
Lake Chad
Niger River
Orange River
Lake Victoria
Suez Canal
Tasman Sea
Coral Sea
Timor Sea