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 Major Mountain Ranges Major Rivers 5 Oceans Himalayas Rhine 7 continents Rockies Amazon Equator Andes Yangtze Tropic of Cancer Alps Mississippi Tropic of Capricorn Caucasus Ganges Prime Meridian Urals Nile Appalachian Congo Mekong Major Deserts / random other Major Climate Regions- which Major Bodies of Water stuff parts of the world fit each Great Lakes Sahara category Mediterranean Sea Great Sandy Desert Tropical Black Sea (Australia) Dry/Arid Caspian Sea Gobi Mild/Temperate Red Sea Siberia Continental Arabian Sea Sahel Polar South China Sea Caribbean Sea Aral Sea Chokepoints (Straits and Major World Cities Channels) New York City Chicago Strait of Gibraltar London Beijing Panama Canal Tokyo Bombay (Mumbai) Suez Canal Paris Mexico City Strait of Malacca Cairo Tehran English Channel Sydney Washington D.C. Bosporus & Dardanelles Sao Paulo Lagos Strait of Hormuz Johannesburg Calcutta (Kolkata) Moscow Toronto Hong Kong Singapore Shanghai Major World Regions – where they are and Canadian Provinces Have some sense of British Columbia development levels of some cultural characteristics (major religions, Yukon Territory regions: Rich (Highly languages, ethnicities, etc.) Alberta Developed), Middle East Saskatchewan Developing (Middle South East Asia Northwest Territories Income), Poor (Less South Asia Manitoba Developed) Sub-Saharan Africa Quebec Latin America New Brunswick Central America Nova Scotia Caribbean Newfoundland and Western Europe Labrador Eastern Europe Nunavut Former USSR Ontario Oceania Country identification – Locate the following places and label on a map. You may use more than one map.
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.
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