AP Human Geography Summer Practice 2017
Welcome to Advanced Placement Human Geography (APHG)!
Human Geography is the study of the distribution, processes, and effects of humans on
our planet in seven units:
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Geography: Its Nature and Perspectives
Population & Migration
Cultural Patterns and Processes
Political Organization of Space
Agricultural, Food Production, and Rural Land Use
Industrialization and Economic Development
Cities and Urban Land Use
1st Semester
2nd Semester
As you can see this is not like the history classes that you have been taking the last
couple of years.
Goal: To give you a jump-start in this course we have collected articles, maps and short
activities for you to build background knowledge. You can access an electronic copy of
this summer practice on-line: http://www.mansfieldisd.org/page.cfm?p=4755
Materials: pencil or pen and map pencils
Due Date: This is practice and will not be taken for a grade. Take this opportunity to lay
a firm foundation for the first six weeks by practicing this summer.
College Board’s Course Overview: https://apstudent.collegeboard.org/apcourse/aphuman-geography
Have a great summer!
MISD AP Human Geography Teachers
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Jakob Howe
Dawn Welch
Lindsey Matthews
Matthew Speight
Jodi Esaili
Ashley Hicks
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I. Geography: Its Nature and Perspectives
What are Regions & Why are they the Foundation of Geography?
A region is an area of land that has common features. A region can be defined by natural or artificial
features. Language, government, or religion
can define a region, as can forests, wildlife,
or climate.
Regions, large or small, are the basic units
of geography. The Middle East is considered a
political, environmental, and religious region
that includes parts of Africa, Asia, and Europe.
The region is in a hot, dry climate. Although
the styles of government are varied
(democracy in Israel and Syria, monarchy in
Saudi Arabia), almost all of them have strong
ties to religion. The region is where three of
the world’s major religions were
founded: Christianity, Judaism, and Islam.
The Amazon River region in South America is
the area surrounding the Amazon River, which
runs through the northern part of the continent, including Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru. This region
is characterized by warm temperatures, heavy rainfall, a large diversity of plant and animal species, and
little human impact on the environment.
Geographers also use regions to study prehistoric environments that no longer exist. Due to plate
tectonics, or the movement of the Earth’s crust, geographic regions are constantly being created and
destroyed over time. Paleogeography is the study of these ancient environments. One paleo geographic
region is Pangaea, the supercontinent that existed millions of years ago, during the Paleozoic
and Mesozoic eras. The continents we know today split apart from the supercontinent of Pangaea.
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Map “orientation” is the relationship between directions on a map and compass directions. In Ancient
Rome, maps were “oriented to the east (that is why until recent times, eastern Asia was called the
“Orient”). Today, most maps are oriented to the north. However, the Australian map below is oriented
to the south.
Is this maps orientation MOST likely based on perspective, political boundaries, or environmental
features? Please explain:________________________________________________________________
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**To be successful in this course you must use and interpret maps and geospatial data.
AP HG
Students
catch
mistakes
others
might miss.
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Not all geographers agree on the world regions and some regions (like the Texan’s Map of the United
States) are based on perspective. This year in APHG we will use the following maps as our guide to
regions. It is vital you learn these regions and we have provided a map for you to practice on page 5.
Human Geography Course Description. New York: College Board, 2015. 15. Print.
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☐Africa
☐ Europe
☐ South America
☐ Central America
☐ North America
☐Antarctica (Draw In)
☐ Oceania
☐ Asia
☐ Russian Federation
☐ Sub-Saharan Africa
Draw Antarctica, label the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, & Southern Oceans & shade your map so that the legend is accurate (see page
4).
World Regions – A Big Picture View
II. Population & Migration
7 Billion - Watch the following video from 2011 using the QR code or goo.gl/PxfZTH and answer the
accompanying questions:
The video lists the
population of Earth as
approximately 1 billion in
the year 1800, which means
it took the earth almost
12,000 years (starting with
the first civilizations 10,000
years ago) of human habitation to reach 1 billion.
1.) In 1800, the world had _________ billion people. 130 years later in 1930, world population reached
_________ billion. Then 30 years later in _________ world population hit _________ billion. This
exponential population continued as world populations reached __________ billion by 1974, _________
billion by 1987, ___________ billion by 1999, and by 2011 world population was at ___________ billion.
If these growth rates continue world population could top 9 billion by the year _________.
2.) Why do you think that there has been such quick population growth in the last 230 years?
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3.) The video discusses the rise in urbanization (living in cities) among the human population. How does
it define a megacity? ___________________________________________________________________
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4.) How many Megacities are there currently? _________
5.) According to the video, what are some problems facing the world of 7 billion people?
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Jing-Jin-Ji: China Planning Megalopolis the Size of New England
Cranes stand behind apartment blocks in Tianjin, China, in October. Jason Lee / Reuters, file
TIANJIN, China — China's rulers are planning a megacity that would be home to 130 million people and
cover an area the size of New England.
Sitting on the northeast coast of China, Jing-Jin-Ji — which stands for "Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei" — is a
central plank of the country's economic development plan over the next century.
The sheer numbers are startling. In November, the government approved $36 billion to build 700 miles
of rail within three years.
Residents of bedroom communities just outside Beijing's city
limits, who now spend five to six hours a day on their
commutes, are expected to be the main beneficiaries of a new
transportation system serving the megalopolis. In the longer
term, 24 intercity railways are planned for completion by 2050
— eight alone by 2020. The goal is a "one-hour commuting
circle" across the area, according to the government. "The
biggest change is in transportation," Zhang Zhongmin, a
humanities professor and environmental campaigner based in
Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei, told NBC News. "It used to
take almost one day to travel from Hebei to Beijing, but now
it's only a few hours."
With 13,670 miles, China already boasts of the world's longest network of high-speed rail lines, which
serve trains traveling 120 mph to 220 mph. The next two countries are Spain, with 1,930 miles, and
Japan, with 1,887 miles. And China plans to build 10,000 more miles.
With its new shipping and transport network and gleaming office towers and apartments under
construction, the Tianjin Free Trade Zone already hints at the colossal resources Beijing is committing to
the next phase of China's economic rise. President Xi Jinping is seeking for China to become the world's
largest economy.
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The government is expected to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on transportation and
infrastructure projects that would connect about 130 million people living in Beijing, the bustling port
city of Tianjin and 11 other cities in Hebei province.
A crucial part of the strategy is the revitalization of Tianjin as a base for advanced manufacturing and
international shipping. Beijing would remain as the nation's capital and its political and cultural center,
while Hebei province would shift to clean manufacturing and wholesale trading.
Communication would get easier, too, with roaming or long-distance fees being scrapped for all intercity
cellphone calls.
"The biggest advantage of Jing-Jin-Ji is that we
can have a more coordinated development and
better environmental plan over a wider area,"
said Zhang Chao, an official at the Tianjin Free
Trade Zone.
He spoke to NBC News while showing off a new
container terminal that will link Tianjin to Minsk,
Belarus, more than 4,000 miles away.
The project will also help ease the housing
crunch for young professionals in and around
Beijing, according to Guo Yi, a Tianjin newspaper
reporter who is working with the government to
publicize the plans.
"By developing Tianjin, we can encourage a redistribution of talent," he said. "Education and housing is
cheaper by half here than in Beijing."
It is hoped that the project will boost the movement of talent and labor and help underdeveloped areas
catch up, a scenario that should benefit Hebei, which has an average income of 40 percent that of
Beijing and Tianjin.
With high-speed rail links, residents of Chongli
county — one of the hosts of the 2022 Winter
Olympics — will be able to get to Beijing in just
50 minutes. Today, the trip takes three to four
hours by car.
According to a strategy detailed in a report
released Wednesday, the megalopolis is one of
three key projects aimed at boosting China's
economy over the next 100 years along with the
Yangtze River Delta Economic Region, led by
Shanghai in the south, and the "One Belt, One Road" program in the west, which was created to
promote China's trading links with Asia, Europe and Africa.
While it is supposed to become a motor for innovation and growth within China, some experts think
Jing-Ji-Ji could also become a model of sustainable growth for the rest of the country and the world. "All
eyes are on the Jing-Jin-Ji region as a testing ground for innovative solutions," according to an October
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2015 report by the Paulson Institute, a think tank founded by former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry
Paulson.
Hebei, China's most industrialized and polluted province and the main source of smog in Beijing, also has
strong winds and higher-than-average sunlight. That could translate into wind and solar power and ease
the transition to low-carbon manufacturing.
Lu Xiangzhou, 31, a native of Handan city, which will be part of Jing-Jin-Ji region, has already seen the
promise of the new megacity. Lu, an entrepreneur, has pooled about $1.5 million of investment capital
with other partners to set up an incubator company in the free-trade zone.
"We nurture start-ups, provide them with half-year free rent in the beginning, and if they become viable
businesses or get listed in the stock market, we can take up to 5 percent ownership," he said.
Baculinao, Eric. "Jing-Jin-Ji: China Planning Megalopolis the Size of New England."NBCNews.com.
NBCUniversal News Group, 25 Mar. 2017. Web. 09 May 2017.
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Instructions for completing the World Population Clusters map on
page 11.
Use the world population density map provided in the QR code or
goo.gl/hJWVB1 (click on the map to enlarge) and the information
below to create a map highlighting the World’s Five Large Population
Clusters.
A. Scan the QR code above. On the World Clusters Map circle, in BLACK ink, the
5 major population clusters. Please use the countries listed below as a guide.
1. East Asia
 Countries: China, Japan, South Korea
 1/4th of the World’s Population
2. South Asia
 India, Bangladesh, Pakistan
 1/5th of the World’s Population
3. Europe
 Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Western Russia
 1/8th World’s Population
4. Southeast Asia
 Indonesia, Philippines
 ½ billion people live here
5. NE USA and SE Canada
 USA, Canada
 2% of the World Population
B. Using a map pencil (any color), shade the areas inside the five circle clusters
you created on the World Clusters Map.
C. Label each cluster on your World Map with the correct Regional Label listed
below, such as: East Asia
D. At the bottom of the World Clusters Map, write in the name of two countries
found in each of the population clusters.
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NE USA / SE Canada:____________________________________________________
SE Asia: _______________________________________________________________
Europe: _______________________________________________________________
South Asia: ____________________________________________________________
Population Cluster:
Cluster #2:
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East Asia: _____________________________________________________________
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Two Countries in each
Cluster #5:
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Cluster #3:
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Use the directions on page 10 to complete this map showing the world’s five largest population clusters.
Cluster #4:
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Cluster #1:
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World Population Clusters
III. Cultural Patterns and Processes
Inside the Blackhawks' Polyglot Culture
By Chris Hine•Contact Reporter Chicago Tribune
April 19, 2017, 11:00 AM
A few months ago, Blackhawks forward Dennis Rasmussen was out to dinner with teammates Artem
Anisimov, Artemi Panarin, Marian Hossa and Richard Panik.
Anisimov and Panarin are native Russians. Hossa and Panik are from Slovakia. At one point during the
evening, those four began having separate conversations in their native languages. It left Rasmussen,
who is from Sweden, sitting there clueless.
"I thought I was at the wrong table," Rasmussen said. "They were laughing at me too because I was just
quiet the whole dinner." Walk around the Hawks dressing room and you might hear conversations in
Swedish, Russian, Czech, Slovakian and English. You also might hear conversations bounce from one
language to another. It's like that in every NHL locker room.
That makes playing for a hockey team unlike almost any other workplace.
Many Hawks players talk to each other in multiple languages — and sometimes they do so to gain a
strategic advantage on an opponent.
"You just need to think fast on the bench and talk fast with what you want to say and just say it —
whatever language it is," Anisimov said.
During the World Cup of Hockey in September, defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson played for Team
Sweden. Everybody spoke Swedish, so speaking English wasn't required. But he caught himself
sometimes talking to teammates on the ice in English. "Sometimes it's in the backbone to scream in
English too. It goes both ways sometimes," Hjalmarsson said. "It's much more natural now to scream in
English. This is my 10th year now so it's pretty deep in my brain."
Hjalmarsson and other Hawks who speak different languages
said they are sometimes able to use the difference in
language to their advantage. For instance, if Hjalmarsson is
involved in a faceoff with Marcus Kruger or Rasmussen, and
they notice that nobody on the other team is Swedish, they
will communicate with each other in Swedish.
"It's a huge advantage for Swedish players and Russian
players," said Lightning winger Nikita Kucherov, who is
Russian.
The same applies to Czechs and Slovaks.
Anisimov has been linemates with Panarin since the two came to the Hawks before the start of last
season. Panarin didn't know much English upon arrival, and though he has learned some over the last
year and a half, Anisimov still communicates with him in Russian, especially on faceoffs.
"You just look on the ice who you're against and you just go from there," Anisimov said. "You can say 'Go
this way,' or 'I'm going to try and win it to your side' or 'It's going to be tight and you need to come and
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pick up the puck.' Those kind of things. "It's a little thing but a hockey game is all little things." Anisimov
and Panarin's other linemate, Patrick Kane, still hasn't quite picked up what they're saying.
"Sometimes I'm caught in between there on the bench, too," Kane said. "Those guys are speaking back
and forth in Russian, I just have to kind of move on the bench to get out of the way. I think if we're doing
a faceoff or something, usually, I sometimes, it might be I communicate with Anisimov in English and he
might have to talk to Panarin in Russian. That's the way it works out sometimes."
The Russians' arrivals with the Hawks — there were none prior to the 2015-16 season — meant some of
the Eastern Europeans on the team had to dust off as much Russian as they could remember. Hossa said
he studied a Russian for about "a half a year" in school before switching to English when he was young.
Defenseman Michal Rozsival, who is from the Czech Republic, said it was mandatory to study Russian
when he was growing up.
"I try to see what I remember, if I can actually talk to them
and get my point across, but it's not much. Mostly it's just
English," Rozsival said.
The Czechs and Slovaks can communicate easily with each
other because "it's almost the same language," according to
Hossa, but Russian has fewer similarities, although it has
just enough for them to get by with Panarin and Anisimov.
"When the game is going the right way I know a few words
in Russian so I throw it out there sometimes and they have
a good laugh," Hossa said. "But most of the time it's in English."
Communication is varied when the Hawks are on the bench. Typically who is sitting where dictates what
language the players speak. If, for instance, Hjalmarsson and Rasmussen are sitting next to each other,
they will communicate in Swedish. But if there are people between them on the bench and they want to
speak with each other, they will talk in English.
"You speak English to make sure everyone understands what you're talking about and they don't think
you're talking (expletive) about them," Hjalmarsson said. "You just don't want to be rude and not make
the other guys understand what you're talking about."
Among the Hawks' roster there are five different primary languages spoken by over 20 players. English is
the universal language, but it's not always easy for newcomers to pick up, like Panarin and Czech
defenseman Michal Kempny, both of whom do not conduct media interviews in English.
But when it comes to communicating with their teammates, they find a way. Kempny, who often played
with Brent Seabrook during the season, joked Seabrook "didn't want to learn" any Czech words and so
had to find a way to communicate with him while Kane said he and Panarin had improved their
communication over the last two seasons.
"His English is pretty good — probably more than he'd ever let on to you guys," Kane said. "But I think
it's pretty easy to communicate with him. If there's something you don't understand, you might take a
second or two to explain it out, maybe with hand motions.
"You figure it out. It's pretty easy. I almost find I'm talking in English in a Russian accent for him to better
understand me sometimes."
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Chicago Blackhawks Roster
CENTERS
NO.
NAME
AGE
HT
WT
SHOT
BIRTH PLACE
BIRTHDATE
15
Artem Anisimov
28
6-4
198
L
Yaroslavl, USSR
5/24/88
11
Andrew Desjardins
30
6-1
195
L
Lively, Ontario
7/27/86
40
John Hayden
22
6-3
210
R
Chicago, Illinois
2/14/95
48
Vinnie Hinostroza
23
5-9
173
R
Chicago, Illinois
4/3/94
67
Tanner Kero
24
5-11
185
L
Southfield, Michigan
7/24/92
16
Marcus Kruger
26
6-0
186
L
Stockholm, Sweden
5/27/90
8
Nick Schmaltz
21
6-0
179
R
Madison, Wisconsin
2/23/96
19
Jonathan Toews
28
6-2
201
L
Winnipeg, Manitoba
4/29/88
LEFT WINGS
NO.
NAME
AGE
HT
WT
SHOT
BIRTH PLACE
BIRTHDATE
72
Artemi Panarin
25
5-11
170
R
Korkino, USSR
10/30/91
70
Dennis Rasmussen
26
6-3
205
L
Vasteras, Sweden
7/3/90
RIGHT WINGS
NO.
NAME
AGE
HT
WT
SHOT
BIRTH PLACE
BIRTHDATE
38
Ryan Hartman
22
6-0
181
R
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
9/20/94
81
Marian Hossa
38
6-1
207
L
Stara Lubovna, Czechoslovakia
1/12/79
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Tomas Jurco
24
6-2
188
L
Kosice, Slovakia
12/28/92
88
Patrick Kane
28
5-11
177
L
Buffalo, New York
11/19/88
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Richard Panik
26
6-1
208
L
Martin, Czechoslovakia
2/7/91
22
Jordin Tootoo
34
5-9
195
R
Churchill, Manitoba
2/2/83
DEFENSE
NO.
NAME
AGE
HT
WT
SHOT
BIRTH PLACE
BIRTHDATE
51
Brian Campbell
37
5-10
192
L
Strathroy, Ontario
5/23/79
42
Gustav Forsling
20
6-0
186
L
Linkoping, Sweden
6/12/96
4
Niklas Hjalmarsson
29
6-3
197
L
Eksjo, Sweden
6/6/87
2
Duncan Keith
33
6-1
192
L
Winnipeg, Manitoba
7/16/83
6
Michal Kempny
26
6-0
194
L
Hodonin, Czech Republic
9/8/90
27
Johnny Oduya
35
6-0
190
L
Stockholm, Sweden
10/1/81
32
Michal Rozsival
38
6-1
210
R
Vlasim, Czechoslovakia
9/3/78
7
Brent Seabrook
31
6-3
220
R
Richmond, British Columbia
4/20/85
57
Trevor van Riemsdyk
25
6-2
188
R
Middletown, New Jersey
7/24/91
GOALIES
NO.
NAME
AGE
HT
WT
SHOT
BIRTH PLACE
BIRTHDATE
50
Corey Crawford
32
6-2
216
L
Montreal, Quebec
12/31/84
33
Scott Darling
28
6-6
232
L
Lemont, Illinois
12/22/88
30
Jeff Glass
31
6-3
206
L
Calgary, Alberta
11/19/85
Coach: Joel Quenneville
**To be successful in this course you must understand the cultural differences and regional patterns in
world languages, religions, and ethnicity. You must also understand the how these cultural traits diffuse
globally. Please answer the following questions from your reading and the given on line resource.
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1. Based on the reading, what do you think a polyglot is? __________________________________
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2. Based on the chart provided list the languages that you might hear in the 2017 Chicago
Blackhawks locker room: _________________________________________________________
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3. Why is it a strategic advantage to know multiple languages in the NHL?
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4. Look at the Blackhawk’s roster and list the countries of birth for the players (hint: there are 7).
_________________, ____________________________, _______________________________,
____________________, ______________, ______________________, ___________________.
You may have noticed that the USSR appears as the birthplace of several
Blackhawk players. Please go to the following link and read a brief synopsis
of what the USSR was in order to answer the following questions.
(http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ussr-established)
5. USSR = ___________________________________________________
6. What year was the Russian revolution? ________
7. Read a dictionary definition and then write your own definition of communism =
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8. What year did the USSR dissolve? ________
9. Which Chicago Blackhawk players were born in the USSR just before its collapse?
____________________________________________________________________ (there are 2)
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10. According to the article defenseman Michal Rozsival, who is from the Czech Republic, was
required to learn Russian. Why do you think it was mandatory to learn Russian in the country of
Czech Republic?
______________________________________________________________________________
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11. How might language work against a team in the midst of a game?
______________________________________________________________________________
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12. If you were the manager of the Chicago Blackhawks team, how would you handle the
complexity of having a multilingual team?
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