AP Human Geography Summer Assignment 2012 -2013
I.
Read “They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky” by Benson Deng
Prepare a book review (minimum of 10 pages). Be sure to back up your opinions with detailed
facts drawn from the reading.
II.
Know the name and location of the world’s physical features listed on the attached
sheet.
III.
Know the relative location of most the countries in the world.
IV.
Know the following regions/areas of interest:
Chechnya, Ossetia, Punjab, Kosovo, Tibet, Basque, Catalonia, Quebec, Alberta,
British Colombia, Maghreb, and Kashmir.
AP GEOGRAPHY PHYSICAL FEATURES
Be able to find all the following physical features from maps provided by me (Mr. Torres).
Mountains
Rockies
Andes
Ural
Great Dividing Range
Zagros
Sierra Nevada
Appalachian
Pyrenees
Himalayas
Taurus
Cascade
Alps
Sierra Madre (E & W)
Balkan
Atlas
Caucasus
Apennine
Kjolen
Deserts
Atacama
Empty Quarter
Sahara
Namib
Great Sandy
Arabian
Persian
Thailand
Mexico
Oman
California
St Lawrence
Gobi
Kalahari
Gulfs
Aden
Tonkin
Suez
Colorado
Amazon
Zambezi
Ganges
Tigris
Rio Grande
Po
Nile
Indus
Rivers
Mississippi
St. Lawrence
Thames
Niger
Euphrates
Ohio
Arkansas
Columbia
Orinoco
Rhine
Danube
Yellow (Huang He)
Missouri
Parana
Zaire
Mekong
Yangtze
Seas & Bays
Caribbean
Adriatic
Red
Dead
Bering
Aegean
Japan
Bengal
Hudson Bay
Mediterranean
East China
North
Baltic
Okhotsk
Yellow
Black
Bay of Biscay
Marmara
Arabian
South China
Erie
Tanganyika
Titicaca
Great Salt
Lakes
Superior
Chad
Malawi
Michigan
Victoria
Caspian
Huron
Nicaragua
Aral
Ontario
Baikal
Dead Sea
Straits
Gibraltar
Bosporus
Bering
Hormuz
English Channel
Formosa
Vancouver
Bahamas
Greenland
Sicily
Java
Spratly
Jamaica
Hispaniola
Galapagos
Crete
New Guinea
Sakhalin
Puerto Rico
Tasmania
Great Britain
Cyprus
Bahamas
Paracel
Magellan
Malacca
Dardanelles
Bab el-Mandeb
Islands
Lesser & Greater Antilles
Aleutian
Corsica
Sumatra
New Zealand (N & S)
Tierra del Fuego
Peninsulas
Baja California
Balkan
Kamchatka
Yucatan
Malaysian
Crimea
Iberian
Arabian
Horn of Africa
Jutland
Sinai
Scandinavian
Plains
Interior/Great Plains
Canadian Shield
Atlantic Coastal
Pampas
North European
Siberian
West Indies
Honshu
Sardinia
Borneo
Hainan