Ms.

Gutierrez’s
AP Human Geography Summer Assignment 2010-2011

Goal: To identify and label important locations and physical features throughout the
world in order to make pertinent spatial location connections.
Materials: I will provide you with 2 maps (1 is a blank Physical Map and the other is a
blank Political 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.
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.

Assignment Value: Each map is worth 200 for a total of 400 points. Late work will
be accepted; however, my late work policy is that all late work receives half credit.
Due Date: Both maps are due, completed, on the first day of class. See late work
policy above.
Instructions:
-I would suggest making some copies of your maps in case of a major goof-up
(however, white-out can be your friend as long as it’s not used extensively!). The paper
size I used is size 8 ½ by 11. If it’s not big enough, feel free to make larger copies of
your maps somewhere like FedEx*Kinkos. 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).
- 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 the first week of school and then 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 are no longer on the geographically deficient dark side. ☺
-In case of trouble you may email me at maydelisgutierrez@dadeschools.net
-You can also visit my class blog: www.historyminds.blogspot.com

Have a great summer! See you in August!

AP Human Geography Summer Assignment
Physical Map Features List
Lines of Latitude & Longitude & “other”
North Pole Bodies of Water/Water Features
South Pole Great Lakes
Arctic Circle Hudson Bay
Antarctic Circle Chesapeake Bay
Tropic of Cancer Gulf of Mexico
Tropic of Capricorn Mississippi River
Equator Caribbean Sea
Prime Meridian (Greenwich Mean Line/0° Strait of Magellan
Longitude) Colorado River
International Date Line (180° Longitude) Arctic Ocean
Great Barrier Reef Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Mountains Indian Ocean
Andes Southern Ocean
Alps Bering Strait
Atlas Panama Canal
Urals Amazon River
Caucasus Rio Grande
Pyrenees Baltic Sea
Tian Shan North Sea
Himalayas Mediterranean Sea
Eastern Ghats St. Lawrence River
Western Ghats English Channel
Rocky Mountains Danube River
Cascades Black Sea
Appalachian Mountains Adriatic Sea
Southern Alps Aegean Sea
Great Rift Valley Rhine River
Mt. Kilimanjaro Volga River
Mt Fuji Seine River
Po River
Deserts Lake Baikal
Atacama Aral Sea
Sahara Red Sea
Namib Dardanelles Strait
Kalihari Bosporus Strait
Takla Makan Arabian Sea
Gobi Bay of Bengal
Great Victorian Desert South China Sea
East China Sea
GRASSLANDS Yellow Sea
Great Plains (US & Canada) Caspian Sea
Pampas Persian (Arabian) Gulf
Kirghiz Steppe Sea of Japan
Serengeti Plain (Tanzania) Tigris/Euphrates Rivers
Ganges River
Indus River
Yangtze River Orange River
Mekong River Lake Victoria
Nile River Suez Canal
Congo (Zaire) River Tasman Sea
Lake Chad Coral Sea
Niger River Timor Sea

AP Human Geography Summer Assignment

Political Map Place Location List
The Americas Countries
United States Mexico City
Cuba Sao Paulo
Haiti Houston
Dominican Republic Washington D.C.
Puerto Rico Los Angeles
Mexico Santiago (Chile)
El Salvador Buenos Aires
Belize Montevideo
French Guiana Norfolk
Jamaica Montreal
Canada Quebec City
Honduras Toronto
Nicaragua Vancouver
Costa Rica Rio de Janeiro
Panama Caracas
Brazil Lima
Venezuela Bogota
Guyana
Suriname EUROPE COUNTRIES
Guatemala France
Colombia Germany
Ecuador Italy
Peru Belgium
Bolivia Netherlands
Paraguay Luxembourg
Uruguay United Kingdom
Argentina Ireland
Chile Denmark
Bahamas Greenland
Greece
Cities Spain
New York City Portugal
Chicago Austria
Atlanta Finland
Seattle Sweden
Havana Norway
Switzerland Warsaw
Iceland Berlin
Cyprus Lisbon
Poland Vienna
Czech Republic Athens
Slovakia Moscow
Hungary St. Petersburg
Romania Kiev
Bulgaria Sofia
Yugoslavia
Bosnia-Herzegovina Africa Countries
Croatia Egypt
Macedonia Libya
Slovenia Tunisia
Albania Algeria
Russia (European side) Morocco
Estonia Ethiopia
Latvia Eritrea
Lithuania Sudan
Belarus Congo (Dem. Republic)
Ukraine Uganda
Moldova Kenya
Tanzania
CITIES Rwanda
London Burundi
Edinburgh Congo (People’s Republic)
Belfast Somalia
Dublin Mozambique
Paris Madagascar
Madrid Senegal
Gibraltar Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
Bucharest Mauritania
Budapest Central African Republic
Naples Niger
Belgrade Benin
Rome Chad
Geneva Angola
Brussels Zimbabwe
Amsterdam Djibouti
Copenhagen Namibia
Stockholm Nigeria
Oslo Ghana
Helsinki Burkina Faso
Minsk Sierra Leone
Prague Mali
Zaghreb Liberia
Guinea Malaysia
Malawi Singapore
Cameroon Philippines
Gabon Armenia
Pakistan
Botswana
Bangladesh
Lesotho Sri Lanka
Swaziland Israel
South Africa Yemen
Zambia Cambodia
Western Sahara Vietnam
Seychelles Thailand
Cape Verde Myanmar (Burma)
Guinea-Bissau Laos
Togo India
Gambia Azerbaijan
Kazakhstan
Uzbekistan
Cities Turkmenistan
Cairo Tajikistan
Khartoum Kyrgyzstan
Johannesburg Afghanistan
Kinshasa Russia (Asian side)
Lusaka Mongolia
Mogadishu Jordan
Abidjan Lebanon
Cape Town Palestine
Dakar Maldives
East Timor
Lagos
Turkey
Abuja Nepal
Casablanca Bhutan
Rabat Georgia
Luanda Singapore
Brazzaville Iraq
Nairobi Iran
Dar es Salaam Kuwait
Addis Ababa United Arab Emirates
Algiers Syria
Tripoli Oman
Qatar
Tunis
Saudi Arabia
Conakry Bahrain
Asia Countries Cities
China
Tokyo
Taiwan
Seoul
Japan
Pyongyang
North Korea
Hong Kong/Macau
South Korea
Beijing
Indonesia
Shanghai
Bangkok Tehran
Ankara Mecca
Amman
Yangon (Rangoon) Australia & Oceania
Kuala Lumpur Countries
Jakarta Australia
Manila Guam
Dhaka (Dacca)
New Zealand
Karachi
Islamabad Papua New Guinea
Hanoi American Samoa
Kabul Fiji
Novosibirsk (Western) Samoa
Riyadh
Baghdad Cities
Bombay Canberra
Calcutta Sydney
New Delhi Wellington
Jerusalem Auckland