AP Human Geography Summer Assignment 2015-2016
Northeast High School (Mr. Alford)
Goal: To identify and label important locations and physical features throughout the world in order to make pertinent
spatial location connections.
Materials: Attached are three (3) maps (the first is a blank for physical features and the other two are blank for countries
and cities), 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.
Directions: Using
the list provided identify and label all physical features on the
physical map and all locations (countries and cities) 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 & lakes, etc), mountain ranges,
deserts, etc. Please carefully select the colors you use to reflect the natural
landscape. Draw all features to scale. To save space and provide a good study tool,
you can use the letters and numbers for the purpose of labeling (instead of writing
out the full name of the location/landform).
Assignment Value: 50 points
Due Date: Both maps are due, completed, at the end of the first week of class. Maps will be accepted beyond the due
date, but only for partial credit.
Particulars: I would suggest making some copies or print out more maps in case of a major “goof-up” (however, whiteout can be your friend as long as it’s not used extensively!). The paper size I used is size 8 x 11. If it’s not big enough, feel
free to make larger copies of your maps somewhere like OfficeMax, or use multiple copies of the maps to complete
certain regions.
Bigger is better for labeling purposes!
-Please take notice of the rubric included. This is how you will be graded!
-In order to accurately label all of the included locations and features, I would recommend purchasing a relatively
inexpensive (no more than $20) World Atlas from Barnes and Noble (or somewhere similar) to assist in your summer
venture and throughout the year. The internet is also a reliable source for locations (however, it’s not transportable to
the beach). You may also wish to check out the following websites to review locations:
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Geography.htm
http://www.worldatlas.com/
- Be mindful that this assignment was not meant to be completed in one day (or at 2 AM the day before school starts).
You should work progressively on this throughout the summer.
-After you’ve completed these maps please take time to study them. You will be quizzed on these locations throughout
the year with announced quizzes. You will also need to reference these maps for the ENTIRE year.
-Take this seriously, and look on the bright side, you can take pride in the fact that you will no longer be a geographic
novices, but masters of geographic knowledge☺ HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!!!
*** If you have any questions, feel free to contact Mr. Alford at [email protected]
Bodies of Water
A. Great Lakes
B. Hudson Bay
C. Chesapeake Bay
D. Gulf of Mexico
E. Mississippi River
F. Caribbean Sea
G. Colorado River
H. Arctic Ocean
I. Atlantic Ocean
J. Pacific Ocean
K. Indian Ocean
L. Southern Ocean
M. Bering Strait
N. Panama Canal
O. Amazon River
P. Rio Grande
Q. Baltic Sea
R. North Sea
S. Mediterranean
Sea
T. English Channel
U. Danube River
V. Black Sea
W. Adriatic Sea
X. Aegean Sea
Y. Rhine River
Z. Volga River
AA. Seine River
BB. Lake Baikal
CC. Aral Sea
DD. Red Sea
EE. Dardanelles
Strait
FF. Bosporus Strait
GG. Arabian Sea
HH. Bay of Bengal
II. South China Sea
JJ. East China Sea
KK. Yellow Sea
LL. Caspian Sea
MM.
Persian
(Arabian) Gulf
NN. Sea of Japan
OO. Tigris/Euphrates
Rivers
PP. Ganges River
QQ. Indus River
RR. Yangtze River
SS. Mekong River
TT. Nile River
UU. Congo (Zaire)
River
VV. Niger River
WW.
Suez
Canal
LInes of Latitude &
Longitude & “other”
1. North Pole
2. South Pole
3. Arctic Circle
4. Antarctic Circle
5. Tropic of Cancer
6. Tropic of
Capricorn
7. Equator
8. Prime Meridian
(Greenwich
Mean Line/0°
Longitude)
9. International
Date Line (180°
Longitude)
10. Great Barrier
Reef
Mountains
11. Andes
12. Alps
13. Atlas
14. Urals
15. Caucasus
16. Pyrenees
17. Himalayas
18. Rocky Mountains
19. Appalachian
Mountains
20. Southern Alps
21. Great Rift Valley
22. Mt Fuji
Deserts
23. Atacama
24. Sahara
25. Namib
26. Kalihari
27. Takla Makan
28. Gobi
29. Great Victorian
Desert
Grasslands
30. Great Plains (US
& Canada)
31. Pampas
32. Kirghiz Steppe
33. Serengeti Plain
(Tanzania)
Anglo-America
34. United States
35. Canada
36. New York City
37. Chicago
38. Atlanta
39. Seattle
40. Houston
41. Washington D.C.
42. Los Angeles
43. Montreal
44. Quebec City
45. Toronto
46. Vancouver
Latin America
47. Cuba
48. Haiti
49. Dominican
Republic
50. Puerto Rico
51. Mexico
52. El Salvador
53. Belize
54. Jamaica
55. Honduras
56. Nicaragua
57. Costa Rica
58. Panama
59. Brazil
60. Venezuela
61. Guyana
62. Suriname
63. Guatemala
64. Colombia
65. Ecuador
66. Peru
67. Bolivia
68. Paraguay
69. Uruguay
70. Argentina
71. Chile
72. Bahamas
73. Mexico City
74. Rio de Janeiro
75. Caracas
76. Lima
Western Europe
77. France
78. Germany
79. Italy
80. Belgium
81. Netherlands
82. Luxembourg
83. United Kingdom
84. Ireland
85. Denmark
86. Greenland
87. Greece
88. Spain
89. Portugal
90. Austria
91. Finland
92. Sweden
93. Norway
94. Switzerland
95. Iceland
96. Cyprus
97. London
98. Edinburgh
99. Belfast
100. Dublin
101. Paris
102. Madrid
103. Rome
104. Geneva
105. Brussels
106. Copenhagen
107. Oslo
108. Helsinki
109. Berlin
110. Lisbon
111. Vienna
112. Monacco
113. Vatican City
114. Basque
115. San Marino
Eastern Europe and
Russia
116. Poland
117. Czech Republic
118. Slovakia
119. Hungary
120. Romania
121. Bulgaria
122. Former
Yugoslavia
123. BosniaHerzegovina
124. Croatia
125. Macedonia
126. Slovenia
127. Albania
128. Russia
129. Prague
130. Warsaw
131. Athens
132. Moscow
133. St. Petersburg
134. Kiev
135. Bucharest
136. Belgrade
137. Budapest
North Africa
138. Egypt
139. Libya
140. Tunisia
141. Algeria
142. Morocco
143. Cairo
144. Western
Sahara
145. Algiers
146. Tripoli
Sub-Saharan Africa
234. Philippines
235. Malaysia
236. Indonesia
237. Brunei
238. Singapore
239. East Timor
240. Bangkok
241. Hanoi
242. Kuala Lumpur
243. Manila
147. Ethiopia
148. Sudan
149. South Sudan
150. Congo
(Democratic
Republic)
151. Uganda
152. Kenya
153. Tanzania
154. Rwanda
155. Congo
(People’s
Republic)
Formerly known
as Zaire
156. Somalia
157. Mozambique
158. Madagascar
159. Senegal
160. Cote d’Ivoire
(Ivory Coast)
161. Mauritania
162. Niger
163. Chad
164. Angola
165. Zimbabwe
166. Nigeria
167. Ghana
168. Sierra Leone
169. Mali
170. Liberia
171. Guinea
172. Cameroon
173. Gabon
174. Botswana
175. South Africa
176. Zambia
177. Cape Verde
178. Gambia
179. Khartoum
Australia/ Oceania
244. Australia
245. New Zealand
246. Papua New
Guinea
247. Guam
248. American
Samoa
180.
181.
182.
183.
Johannesburg
Mogadishu
Cape Town
Lagos
Southwest Asia / Middle
East
184. Turkey
185. Syria
186. Lebanon
187. Israel
188. Jordan
189. Iraq
190. Saudi Arabia
191. Yemen
192. Oman
193. United Arab
Emirates
194. Qatar
195. Bahrain
196. Kuwait
197. Iran
198. Georgia
199. Armenia
200. Azerbaijan
201. Istanbul
202. Damascus
203. Beirut
204. Jerusalem
205. Gaza Strip
206. Baghdad
207. Mecca
208. Dubai
209. Tehran
Central Asia
210. Afghanistan
211. Turkmenistan
212. Uzbekistan
213. Tajikistan
249. (Western)
Samoa
250. Sydney
251. Melbourne
252. Canberra
214. Kyrgyzstan
215. Kazakhstan
216. Kabul
South Asia
217. Pakistan
218. India
219. Nepal
220. Bangladesh
221. Bhutan
222. Islamabad
223. Mumbai
(Bombay)
224. New Dehli
225. Calcutta
226. Bangalore
East Asia
227.
228.
229.
230.
231.
232.
233.
253.
254.
255.
256.
257.
258.
Mongolia
China
Japan
North Korea
South Korea
Taiwan
Taipei
Hong Kong
Beijing
Shanghai
Pyongyang
Seoul
Tokyo
Southeast Asia
259. Myanmar
260. Thailand
261. Laos
262. Cambodia
263. Vietnam