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AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY SUMMER ASSIGNMENT 2018-2019 AP Human Geography Summer Assignment Welcome to AP Human Geography! This packet is your summer assignment. It will be collected on the first day of the 2018/19 school year. This assignment is designed to help you prepare for your first Advanced Placement course. In this packet/ assignment there are two parts. Part One is a list of vocabulary terms for Unit 1. You will define each of the terms using Flash Cards. These must be hand written. There are seven units in AP Human Geography. For each unit, you will receive a vocabulary list similar to the one in this packet and you will define each of them. The course is very vocabulary heavy and there will be a lot of new terms to learn. Completing your vocabulary is essential to be successful in the course and on the AP Exam. Part two of this assignment is completing and study the attached maps. Students will take an assessment the first week of school on each of the maps included in the Summer Assignment file. Students are required to score at least a 70% on the assessment to meet the minimum standard. Each student MUST attain at least the minimum passing score of 70%. Students who score below a 70% will be required to retake the exam until the minimum standard is achieved Enjoy your summer and I look forward to meeting all of you at the start of the new school year. Coach Gochee
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AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY SUMMER ASSIGNMENT 2018-2019
AP Human Geography Summer Assignment Welcome to AP Human Geography! This packet is your summer assignment. It will be collected on the first day of the 2018/19 school year. This assignment is designed to help you prepare for your first Advanced Placement course. In this packet/ assignment there are two parts. Part One is a list of vocabulary terms for Unit 1. You will define each of the terms using Flash Cards. These must be hand written. There are seven units in AP Human Geography. For each unit, you will receive a vocabulary list similar to the one in this packet and you will define each of them. The course is very vocabulary heavy and there will be a lot of new terms to learn. Completing your vocabulary is essential to be successful in the course and on the AP Exam. Part two of this assignment is completing and study the attached maps. Students will take an assessment the first week of school on each of the maps included in the Summer Assignment file. Students are required to score at least a 70% on the assessment to meet the minimum standard. Each student MUST
attain at least the minimum passing score of 70%. Students who score below a 70%
will be required to retake the exam until the minimum standard is achieved
Enjoy your summer and I look forward to meeting all of you at the start of
the new school year.
Coach Gochee
AP HUMAN GEOGRAPHY SUMMER ASSIGNMENT 2018-2019
Basic Concepts
1.Built landscape
2.Cultural landscape
3.Density
4.Arithmetic density
5.Agricultural density
6.Physiological density
7.Diffusion
8.Hearth
9.Relocation diffusion
10.Expansion diffusion
11.Hierarchical diffusion
12.Contagious diffusion
13.Stimulus diffusion
37.Direction
38.Concentration
39.Dispersed/scattered,
40.Clustered/agglomerated)
41.Distance
42.Distribution
43.Environmental determinism
44.Location
45.Absolute location
46.Relative location
14.Site
15.Situation
16.Pattern
17.Linear pattern
18.Centralized pattern
19.Random pattern
20.Natural landscape
21.Possibilism
22.Region
23Formal region
24.Functional region
25.Vernacular region
26.Scale
27.Large scale
28.Small scale
29.Spatial interaction
30.Accessibility
31.Connectivity
32.Network
33.Distance decay
34.Friction of distance
35.Time-space compression
36.Toponym
Geographic Tools
58.Distortion
59.Geographic Information System (GIS)
60.Global Positioning System (GPS)
61.Grid
62.North and South Poles
63.Latitude/parallel
64.Equator
65.Longitude/meridian
66.Prime Meridian
67.International date line
68.Map
47.Map scale
48.Thematic map
49.Statistical map
50.Cartogram map
51.Dot map
52.Choropleth map
53.Isoline map
54.Mental map
55.Map projection
56.Remote sensing
57.Time zones
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1. World Continents and Oceans
Objective: Students will be able to identify and label each of the world continents and oceans when provided a
blank map of the world.
Continents: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America
Oceans: Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific, Southern
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2. Regions of the World
Objective: Students will be able to identify and label each of the major regions of the world when provided a
blank map of the world.
Regions: Identify each of the following regions: Caribbean, Central America, Central Asia, East Asia, Eastern
Europe, Middle East (aka Southwest Asia), North Africa, North America, Australia/Oceania, South America (aka
Latin America), South Asia, Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Western Europe
A. B. C.
D. E. F.
G. H. I.
J. K. L.
M. N.
F E G
A K
B H I
L
C M J N
D
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3. Countries of the Central American and Caribbean Regions
Objective: Students will be able to identify and label a selection of countries found within each of the major
regions of the world when provided a blank map of the world.
Countries: Identify each of the following: Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua,
Panama, Puerto Rico*
*Puerto Rico is a commonwealth of the United States
A. B. C.
D. E. F.
G. H.
A
B C D
E
F
G H
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4. Countries of the Eastern and Western European Regions
Objective: Students will be able to identify and label a selection of countries found within each of the major
regions of the world when provided a blank map of the world.
Countries: Identify each of the following: Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy,
Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Spain, United Kingdom, the Former Yugoslavia*
*The Former Yugoslavia is today comprised of several countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo
(recognized by the United States and European Union), Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia.
A. B. C.
D. E. F.
G. H. I.
J. K. L.
M.
A J E
D F H G
C I
B K L
M
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5. Countries of the East Asian and Southeast Asian Regions
Objective: Students will be able to identify and label a selection of countries found within each of the major
regions of the world when provided a blank map of the world.
Countries: Identify each of the following: China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar (Burma), North
Korea, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan*, Thailand, Vietnam
*Taiwan is an independently governed territory claimed by China.
A. B. C.
D. E. F.
G. H. I.
J. K. L.
M.
A
C
D E B
F I
G H M
J
K L
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6. Countries of the Middle East (or Southwest Asia) and South Asian Regions
Objective: Students will be able to identify and label a selection of countries found within each of the major
regions of the world when provided a blank map of the world.
Countries: Identify the following: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sri
Lanka, Turkey
A. B. C.
D. E. F.
G. H. I.
J.
I
G
H
F J
E D
C
B
A
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7. Countries of the North African and Sub-Saharan Regions
Objective: Students will be able to identify and label a selection of countries found within each of the major
regions of the world when provided a blank map of the world.
Countries: Identify each of the following: Algeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya,
Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan
A. B. C.
D. E. F.
G. H. I.
J. K. L.
A B
C G
F H
D E J
I
K
L
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8. Countries of the South American Region
Objective: Students will be able to identify and label a selection of countries found within each of the major
regions of the world when provided a blank map of the world.
Countries: Identify each of the following: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela
A.
B.
C.
D. E. F.
B A
F C
E D
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9. Countries of the North American Region
Objective: Students will be able to identify and label a selection of countries found within each of the major
regions of the world when provided a blank map of the world.
Countries: Identify each of the following: Canada, Mexico, United States
A.
B.
C.
C
A
C
B
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10. States of the United States
Objective: Students will be able to identify and label a selection of states comprising the United States when
provided a blank map of the United States.
States: Identify all of the 50 states.
