Part of entering an AP class is an assumption of a certain level of background knowledge and skills. Review the lists below and label each item on the map (see links). You will take an assessment over this information during the first week of school next fall. Think of this knowledge as the ABC’s and 1,2,3’s of geography. Please use the websites listed at the end of this page for blank outline maps, online map quizzes, and other helpful resources. Basic map and atlas skills – Using an atlas to locate information (index or table of contents) Reading and interpreting a map Using latitude and longitude to locate and find places Be able to locate the following places on a map for the test -You may use more than one map. General Stuff 5 Oceans 7 continents Equator Tropic of Cancer Tropic of Capricorn Prime Meridian Major Mountain Ranges Himalayas Rockies Andes Alps Caucasus Urals Appalachian Major Rivers Rhine Amazon Yangtze Mississippi Ganges Nile Congo Mekong Major Deserts / random other stuff Sahara Great Sandy Desert (Australia) Gobi Siberia Sahel Major Climate Regions- which parts of the world fit each category Tropical Dry/Arid Mild/Temperate Continental Polar Major Bodies of Water Great Lakes Mediterranean Sea Black Sea Caspian Sea Red Sea Arabian Sea South China Sea Caribbean Sea Aral Sea Chokepoints (Straits and Channels) Strait of Gibraltar Panama Canal Suez Canal Strait of Malacca English Channel Bosporus & Dardanelles Strait of Hormuz Major World Cities New York City London Tokyo Paris Cairo Sydney Sao Paulo Johannesburg Moscow Hong Kong Chicago Beijing Bombay (Mumbai) Mexico City Tehran Washington D.C. Lagos Calcutta (Kolkata) Toronto Singapore Shanghai Canadian Provinces British Columbia Yukon Territory Alberta Saskatchewan Northwest Territories Manitoba Quebec New Brunswick Nova Scotia Newfoundland and Labrador Nunavut Ontario Have some sense of development levels of regions: Rich (Highly Developed), Developing (Middle Income), Poor (Less Developed) Major World Regions – where they are and some cultural characteristics (major religions, languages, ethnicities, etc.) Middle East South East Asia South Asia Sub-Saharan Africa Latin America Central America Caribbean Western Europe Eastern Europe Former USSR Oceania Country identification – Locate the following places and label on a map. You may use more than one map.
Africa Algeria Botswana Chad Dem. Rep. of Congo Egypt Ethiopia Kenya Libya Madagascar Mali Morocco Niger Nigeria Rwanda Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Zimbabwe North America & South America Argentina Bahamas Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Haiti Honduras Mexico Nicaragua Panama Peru United States Venezuela Asia (East, South & Southeast) Burma/Myanmar Cambodia India Indonesia Japan Kazakhstan Mongolia Pakistan Peoples Republic of China Philippines Rep. of China/Taiwan Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Thailand Uzbekistan Vietnam Other: Australia New Zealand Europe Belgium Bosnia Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Finland France Germany Greece Italy Kosovo Luxembourg Norway Poland Rep. of Ireland Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom Southwest Asia Afghanistan Armenia Bahrain Iran Iraq Israel Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria Turkey West Bank & Gaza Strip Yemen All 50 US States and Regions Northeast Southeast Midwest Southwest Rocky Mountain Pacific Northwest Blank Outline Maps: Online Map Quizzes: Other Resources: You may also want to consult a world atlas. All maps are due by Friday, August 28th for a grade. If you would like ten bonus points on your test, you may turn in your maps on the first day of school (August 24th) Your first test will be on Friday, August 28th over Map Skills and Place Names.