Page 1 of 32 Welcome to AP World History! · Sahara Desert 11. Sahel 12. Gulf of Aden 13. Gulf of Guinea 14. Indian Ocean 15. Lake Chad 16. Lake Victoria 17. Red Sea 18. Suez Canal

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Welcome to AP World History!

The AP World History Summer Prep Kit is designed to prepare students for this course.

Students need to review the following geographic regions of the world and be familiar with their

locations. A vocabulary list has also been provided that includes terms that should be

familiarized before entering into this course. A Summer Prep Kit Test will be assigned and can

include anything from this assignment. Check the blog for the test dates.

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Table of Contents

Directions: Page 3

Section 1: Political and Physical Geography including maps. Page 4

The Americas: page 4

Europe: page 9

Africa: page 12

Asia: page 15

Australia and Oceania: page 21

Section 2: Geography Vocabulary Page 23.

Climate: page 23

Biomes: page 24

Physical Geography Vocabulary: page 24

Geography General Vocabulary and Case Studies: page 25

Section 3: Economic Vocabulary. Page 27

Section 4: Political Vocabulary. Page 28

Section 5: History. Page 30

United States History: page 30

World History: page 31

Section 6: AP World History Regions Map. Page 32

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Directions

PRINT THIS PACKET. BRING THIS TO CLASS EVERY DAY BEFORE THE TEST. BRING

THIS COMPLETED PACKET TO SCHOOL ON THE TEST DAY.

Maps: All students need to be familiar with all of the following map identifications. Use the

following link to help study: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Geography.htm

Print the maps and label the map identifications. Use these maps as a study tool to help learn

where everything is located. Color code the maps to show different areas of the world.

Political Maps: label all of the locations and color them all different colors.

Physical Maps: draw in the mountains, rivers, and all other geographic identifications. Color the

map to show different geographic features (blue for water, etc...).

Vocabulary/key terms/case study: Write the vocabulary definition or a brief description

next to the vocabulary word/key term/case study. Include as much information as possible in

order to maximize success on the test. Use credible sources such as online encyclopedias and

academic sources to complete this activity. Do not use non-academic sources such as Quizlet,

Wikipedia, etc…

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Section 1: Maps.

The Americas Political Map 1. Argentina

2. Bahamas

3. Belize

4. Bolivia

5. Brazil

6. Canada

7. Chile

8. Columbia

9. Costa Rica

10. Cuba

11. Ecuador

12. El Salvador

13. Dominican Republic

14. French Guiana

15. Guatemala

16. Guyana

17. Haiti

18. Honduras

19. Jamaica

20. Mexico

21. Nicaragua

22. Panama

23. Paraguay

24. Puerto Rico

25. Peru

26. Suriname

27. United States of America

28. Uruguay

29. Venezuela

30. Atlanta

31. New York 32. Ottawa 33. Washington D.C.

The Americas Physical Map 1. Alaska Range 2. Amazon Basin 3. Andes Mountains 4. Appalachian Mountains 5. Atacama Desert 6. Brazilian Highlands 7. Brooks Range 8. Canadian Shield 9. Guyana Highlands 10. Mackenzie Mountains 11. Mexican Plateau 12. Pampas 13. Rocky Mountains 14. Sierra Madre Mountains 15. Arctic Ocean 16. Atlantic Ocean 17. Bering Strait 18. Caribbean Sea 19. Gulf of California 20. Gulf of Mexico 21. Gulf of St. Lawrence 22. Great Salt Lake 23. Great Slave Lake 24. Hudson Bay 25. Labrador Sea 26. Lake Erie 27. Lake Huron 28. Lake Michigan 29. Lake Okeechobee 30. Lake Ontario 31. Lake Superior 32. Pacific Ocean 33. Panama Canal 34. South Atlantic Ocean 35. Amazon River 36. Hudson River 37. Mississippi River 38. Ohio River 39. Potomac River 40. Red River 41. Savannah River 42. Uruguay River

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North America Political Map

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North America Physical Map

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South America Political Map

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South America Physical Map

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Europe Political Map 1. Albania 2. Andorra 3. Austria 4. Belarus 5. Belgium 6. Bosnia and Herzegovina 7. Bulgaria 8. Croatia 9. Czech Republic 10. Denmark 11. Estonia 12. Finland 13. France 14. Germany 15. Greece 16. Hungary 17. Iceland 18. Ireland 19. Italy 20. Kosovo 21. Latvia 22. Liechtenstein 23. Lithuania 24. Luxembourg 25. Macedonia 26. Moldovia 27. Monaco 28. Montenegro 29. Netherlands 30. Norway 31. Poland 32. Portugal 33. Romania 34. Russia 35. San Marino 36. Serbia 37. Slovakia 38. Slovenia 39. Spain 40. Sweden 41. Switzerland 42. Ukraine 43. United Kingdom 44. Vatican City

Europe Physical Map 1. Alps Mountains 2. Apennines Mountains 3. Balkan Mountains 4. Balkan Peninsula 5. Carpathian Mountains 6. Corsica 7. Crete 8. Iberian Peninsula 9. Italian Peninsula 10. Jutland Peninsula 11. North European Plain 12. Pyrenees Mountains 13. Sardinia 14. Scandinavian Peninsula 15. Sicily 16. Ural Mountains 17. Adriatic Sea 18. Aegean Sea 19. Baltic Sea 20. Bay of Biscay 21. English Channel 22. Ionian Sea 23. Mediterranean Sea 24. North Sea 25. St. of Gibraltar 26. Tyrrhenian Sea 27. Danube River 28. Dnieper River 29. Don River 30. Ebro River 31. Po River 32. Rhine River 33. River Thames 34. Seine River 35. Volga River

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Europe Political Map

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Europe Physical Map

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Africa Political Map 1. Algeria 2. Angola 3. Benin 4. Botswana 5. Burundi 6. Cameroon 7. Central African Republic 8. Chad 9. Democratic Republic of the Congo 10. Djibouti 11. Egypt 12. Equatorial Guinea 13. Eritrea 14. Ethiopia 15. Gabon 16. Gambia 17. Ghana 18. Guinea 19. Guinea-Bissau 20. Ivory Coast 21. Kenya 22. Lesotho 23. Liberia 24. Libya 25. Madagascar 26. Malawi 27. Mali 28. Mauritania 29. Morocco 30. Mozambique 31. Namibia 32. Niger 33. Nigeria 34. Republic of the Congo 35. Rwanda 36. Senegal 37. Sierra Leone 38. Somalia 39. South Africa 40. South Sudan 41. Sudan 42. Swaziland 43. Tanzania 44. Togo 45. Tunisia 46. Uganda 47. Western Sahara 48. Zambia 49. Zimbabwe

Africa Physical Map 1. Atlas Mountains 2. Congo River Basin 3. Drakensberg Mountains 4. Ethiopian Highlands 5. Kalahari Desert 6. Lake Malawi 7. Lake Tanganyika 8. Namib Desert 9. Nile River Valley 10. Sahara Desert 11. Sahel 12. Gulf of Aden 13. Gulf of Guinea 14. Indian Ocean 15. Lake Chad 16. Lake Victoria 17. Red Sea 18. Suez Canal 19. Blue Nile 20. Niger River 21. Nile River 22. Orange River 23. Senegal River 24. White Nile

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Africa Political Map

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Africa Physical Map

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Asia Political Map 1. Afghanistan 2. Armenia 3. Azerbaijan 4. Bahrain 5. Bangladesh 6. Bhutan 7. Brunei 8. Cambodia 9. China 10. Cyprus 11. East Timor 12. Gaza Strip 13. Georgia 14. India 15. Indonesia 16. Iran 17. Iraq 18. Israel 19. Japan 20. Jordan 21. Kazakhstan 22. Kyrgyzstan 23. Kuwait 24. Laos 25. Lebanon 26. Malaysia 27. Maldives 28. Mongolia 29. Myanmar 30. Nepal 31. North Korea 32. Oman 33. Pakistan 34. Papua New Guinea 35. Philippines 36. Qatar 37. Saudi Arabia 38. Singapore 39. South Korea 40. Sri Lanka 41. Syria 42. Taiwan 43. Tajikistan 44. Thailand 45. Turkey 46. Turkmenistan 47. United Arab Emirates 48. Uzbekistan 49. Vietnam 50. West Bank

Asia Physical Map 1. Anatolian Peninsula 2. Arabian Peninsula 3. Central Siberian Plateau 4. Deccan Plateau 5. Elburz Mountains 6. Gobi Desert 7. Hindu Kush Mountains 8. Himalayas 9. Kamchatka Peninsula 10. Karakoram Range 11. Kolyma Mountains 12. Korean Peninsula 13. North China Plain 14. Okinawa Island 15. Plateau of Iran 16. Plateau of Tibet 17. Rub Al-Khali 18. Syrian Desert 19. Taklamakan Desert 20. Taurus Mountains 21. Tibetan Plateau 22. Thar Desert 23. West Siberian Plain 24. Zagros Mountains 25. Andaman Sea 26. Arabian Sea 27. Aral Sea 28. Bay of Bengal 29. Black Sea 30. Caspian Sea 31. Gulf of Oman 32. Gulf of Thailand 33. Lake Baikal 34. Lake Balkhash 35. Malacca Straight 36. Persian Gulf 37. Sea of Japan 38. South China Sea 39. Strait of Hormuz 40. Yellow Sea 41. Amur River 42. Brahmaputra River 43. Chang Jiang (Yangtze) River 44. Euphrates River 45. Ganges River 46. Huang He River 47. Indus River 48. Jordan River 49. Lena River 50. Tigris River

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51. Yemen 51. Volga River 52. Xi River

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Southwest Asia Political Map

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Southwest Asia Physical Map

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Asia Political Map

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Asia Physical Map

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Australia and Oceania Political Map and Islands

1. American Samoa 2. Australia 3. Fiji 4. French Polynesia 5. Guam 6. Kiribati 7. Marshall Islands 8. Micronesia 9. Nauru 10. New Caledonia 11. New Zealand 12. Northern Mariana Islands 13. Palau 14. Pitcairn Island 15. Samoa 16. Solomon Islands 17. Tonga 18. Vanuatu 19. Wake Island 20. Canberra 21. Darwin 22. Melbourne 23. Perth 24. Sydney

Australia and Oceania Physical Map 1. Ayers Rock 2. Great Australian Bight 3. Great Barrier Reef 4. Great Dividing Range 5. Great Sandy Desert 6. Great Victoria Desert 7. Hamersley Range 8. MacDonnell Ranges 9. Arafura Sea 10. Coral Sea 11. Gulf of Carpentaria 12. Indian Ocean 13. Southern Ocean 14. Timor Sea 15. Darling River 16. Murray River

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Australia and Oceania Political and Physical Map

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Section 2: Geography Vocabulary

Part 1: Climate. Help can be found at the following link:

http://www.csun.edu/~psk17793/ES9CP/ES9%20climate_zones.htm

1. Desert

2. Highland

3. Humid Continental

4. Humid Subtropical

5. Icecap

6. Marine West Coast

7. Mediterranean

8. Semiarid

9. Subarctic

10. Tropical Wet

11. Tropical Wet & Dry

12. Tundra

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Part 2: Biomes. Use the following link to help study:

https://www.geo.arizona.edu/Antevs/biomes/

1. Boreal Forest (Taiga)

2. Desert

3. Grasslands (Steppe)

4. Polar/Alpine

5. Temperate Forest

6. Tropical Deciduous Forest/ Savannah

7. Tropical Rain Forest

8. Tundra

9. Woodland (Chaparral)

Part 3: Physical Geography Vocabulary. Use the following link to help study:

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/media/earth-physical-satellite-images/

1. Atoll

2. Atoll Lagoon

3. Basin

4. Bay

5. Canyon

6. Crater

7. Estuary

8. Fjord

9. Fjord Estuary

10. Glacial Lake

11. Glacier

12. Hill

13. Island

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14. Lagoon

15. Lake

16. Mesa

17. Moraine

18. Mountain

19. Ocean

20. Oxbow Lake

21. Peninsula

22. Plain

23. Plateau

24. River

25. Sand Dune

26. Sea

27. Shield Volcano

28. Stratovolcano

Part 4: Geography General Vocabulary and Case Studies.

1. African Union

2. Airports

3. Amnesty

4. Buddhism

5. Canals/locks

6. Cash Crop

7. China’s One Child Policy

8. Chinampa

9. Christianity

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10. Crop Rotation

11. Cultural Diffusion

12. Cyclone

13. Dams and Reservoirs

14. Deforestation

15. Desertification

16. Diversification

17. Drip Irrigation

18. Drought

19. Drug Trade

20. Fracking

21. Gentrification

22. GMO’s

23. Green Revolution

24. Hinduism

25. Human Trafficking

26. Irrigation

27. Islam

28. Judaism

29. Migration

30. NAFTA

31. Non-renewable Resources

32. Partition of India

33. Plantation

34. Railroads

35. Refugees

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36. Renewable Resources

37. Seaports

38. Shintoism

39. Strip Mining

40. Sustainable Development

41. Terraced Farming

42. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations

43. The European Union

44. Transnational Corporations (Coca Cola, and McDonalds).

45. Tsunami

46. Typhoon

47. United Nations

48. Urban Sprawl

49. Urbanization

50. Vernacular

51. 1961 Antarctica Treaty

Section 3: Economic Vocabulary.

1. Barter and Trade

2. Capital Goods

3. Capitalism

4. Command Economy

5. Communism

6. Counterfeiting/black market goods

7. Currency

8. Embargo

9. Entrepreneurs

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10. GDP

11. Human Capital

12. Land, Labor, Capital

13. Life Expectancy

14. Literacy Rate

15. Levels of Economic Activities: Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary

16. Market Economy

17. Marxism

18. Production

19. Poverty

20. Quota

21. Research Triangles (California, North Carolina)

22. Standard of Living

23. Supply and Demand

24. Tariffs

25. Trade

26. Trade Barriers

27. Traditional Economy

Section 4: Political Vocabulary.

1. Absolute Monarchy

2. Absolutism

3. Anarchy

4. Authoritarian

5. Autocratic

6. Autonomy

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7. Checks and Balances

8. City-state

9. Communist

10. Confederations

11. Constitutional Democracy

12. Constitutional Monarchy

13. Democracy

14. Democratic Republic

15. Dictatorship

16. Ecclesiastical

17. Emirate

18. Fascism

19. Federal Republic

20. General Assembly

21. Governor

22. Monarchy

23. Oligarchy

24. Parliamentary Democracy

25. Parliamentary Government

26. Parliamentary Monarchy

27. President

28. Prime Minister

29. Republic

30. Socialism

31. Sultanate

32. Theocracy

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33. Totalitarian

34. Tyranny

35. Unitary States

Section 5: History.

Part 1: American History.

1. Abraham Lincoln

2. American Civil War

3. American Involvement During World War I

4. American Involvement During World War II

5. American Revolution

6. Boston Tea Party

7. Brown v. Board of Education

8. Constitution

9. Cotton Gin

10. Declaration of Independence

11. Emancipation Proclamation

12. Franklin D. Roosevelt

13. French and Indian War

14. Great Depression

15. New Deal

16. Pearl Harbor

17. Reconstruction

18. September 11, 2001

19. Stamp Act

20. War on Drugs

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21. 1964 Civil Rights Act

Part 2: World History.

1. Antisemitism

2. Apartheid

3. Berlin Conference

4. Chernobyl

5. Collapse of the Soviet Union

6. Cuban Revolution

7. Division between Shia and Sunni.

8. German Reunification

9. Holocaust

10. Imperialism

11. Mao Zedong

12. Mohandas Gandhi

13. Nationalism

14. Nazism

15. Nelson Mandela

16. Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

17. Persian Gulf Conflict

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Section 6: AP World History World Regions Map