AP Human Geography Summer Assignment

Atlantic Ocean

2nd largest ocean

Bosnia

Capital: Sarajevo Federal parliamentary republic

Bolivia

Capital: Sucre Unitary presidential constitutional republic in western-central South America

Rhine

A European river that begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps

Hong Kong

A city on the southern coast of China at the Pearl River Estuary and the South China Sea.

Singapore

A highly urbanized modern city-state and island country in Southeast Asia

Mediterranean Sea

A large body of water bordered by Europe, Asia, and Africa

Caspian Sea

A large saltwater lake between Iran and Russia fed by the Volga River, world's largest inland body of water located between Europe and Asia

Red Sea

A long arm of the Indian Ocean between northeast Africa and Arabia

Rockies

A major mountain range in western North America

Nile

A major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa, generally regarded as the longest river in the world

South China Sea

A marginal sea that is part of the Pacific Ocean, encompassing an area from the Singapore and Malacca Straits to the Strait of Taiwan

Urals

A mountain range that runs approximately from north to south through western Russia

Arabian Sea

A northwestern arm of the Indian Ocean between India and Arabia

Congo

A river in Africa and the world's deepest river

Carribean Sea

A sea located east of Central America and north of South America?

Great Lakes

A series of interconnected freshwater lakes located in northeastern North America

Appalachian

A system of mountains in eastern North America

Ganges

A trans-boundary river of Asia which flows through the nations of India and Bangladesh

Tehran

Capital of Iran

Mexico City

Capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the union

Islamabad

Capital of Pakistan

Washington DC

Capital of the United States

Nigeria

Capital: Abuja Federal presidential republic in West Africa

Ethiopia

Capital: Addis Ababa Federal parliamentary republic in the Horn of Africa

Algeria

Capital: Algiers Unitary semi-presidential republic in North Africa on the Mediterranean coast

Greece

Capital: Athens Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic in southeastern Europe

Gambia

Capital: Banjul Dominant-party presidential republic mostly surrounded by Senegal in west Africa

Germany

Capital: Berlin Federal parliamentary republic in western-central Europe

Brazil

Capital: Brasilia Federal presidential constitutional republic in South America

Slovakia

Capital: Bratislava Parliamentary republic in central Europe

Romania

Capital: Bucharest Unitary semi-presidential republic located in southeastern-central Europe

Argentina

Capital: Buenos Aires Federal presidential constitutional republic in southeastern South America

Egypt

Capital: Cairo Unitary semi-presidential republic in the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia

Senegal

Capital: Dakar Semi-presidential republic in West Africa

Ireland

Capital: Dublin Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic in northwestern Europe

Sierra Leone

Capital: Freetown Unitary presidential constitutional republic in West Africa

Guatemala

Capital: Guatemala City Unitary presidential republic in Central America

Cuba

Capital: Havana Marxist-Leninist single-party state in the Caribbean

Finland

Capital: Helsinki Parliamentary republic in northern Europe

South Sudan

Capital: Juba/Ramciel Federal presidential republic in northeastern Africa

Sudan

Capital: Khartoum Dominant-party federal presidential republic in the Nile Valley of North Africa

Rwanda

Capital: Kigali Semi-presidential constitutional republic in central and east Africa

United Kingdom

Capital: London Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy lying off the north-western coast of the European mainland

Spain

Capital: Madrid Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy in southwestern Europe

Lesotho

Capital: Maseru Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy completely surrounded by South Africa

Somalia

Capital: Mogadishu Federal parliamentary republic in in the Horn of Africa

Russia

Capital: Moscow Federal semi-presidential constitutional republic in the north of Europe and Asia.

Kenya

Capital: Nairobi Presidential Republic in Africa on the equator with the Indian Ocean lying to the south-east

Niger

Capital: Niamey Unitary semi-presidential republic in western Africa

Norway

Capital: Olso Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy in northern Europe

France

Capital: Paris Unitary semi-presidential constitutional republic in western Europe

Haiti

Capital: Port-au-Prince Unitary semi-presidential republic in the Caribbean

Czech Republic

Capital: Prague Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic in central Europe

South Africa

Capital: Pretoria (executive) - Bloemfontein (judicial) -Cape Town (legislative) Unitary constitutional parliamentary republic in south Africa

Morocco

Capital: Rabat Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy in North Africa

Italy

Capital: Rome Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic in southern Europe

Chile

Capital: Santiago Unitary presidential constitutional republic in South America

Sweden

Capital: Stockholm Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy in northern Europe

Libya

Capital: Tripoli Unitary provisional parliamentary republic in North Africa

Poland

Capital: Warsaw Parliamentary republic in central Europe

United States

Capital: Washington D.C. Federal presidential constitutional republic in central North America with a state in the northwestern part of North America and another state in the central Pacific

Ivory Coast

Capital: Yamoussoukro Semi-presidential republic in West Africa

Croatia

Capital: Zagreb Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic at the crossroads of central Europe, southeast Europe, and the Mediterranean.

Equator

Divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres

Arctic Ocean

Fourth largest of the world's oceans

Alps

Highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe

Black Sea

Large body of water separating Ukraine from Turkey

Pacific Ocean

Largest of the world's oceans In between the Americas and Asia/Oceania

Amazon

Largest river by discharge of water in the world

Himalayas

Mountain range in South Asia which separates the Indo-Gangetic Plain from the Tibetan Plateau

Caucasus

Mountain system in Eurasia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea

Tropic of Cancer

Northern limit of the tropics

Tropic of Capricorn

Southern limit of the tropics

London

The capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom

Paris

The capital and most populous city of France

Moscow

The capital city and the most populous federal subject of Russia

Cairo

The capital of Egypt

Tokyo

The capital of Japan and the most populous metropolitan area in the world

Calcutta

The capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, it is the principal commercial, cultural, and educational centre of East India, and is India's oldest port city.

Beijing

The capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world

Mississippi

The chief river of the largest drainage system in North America

Johannesburg

The largest city in South Africa

Andes

The longest continental mountain range in the world

Yangtze

The longest river in Asia and the third-longest in the world

Sao Paulo

The most populous city in Brazil

Toronto

The most populous city in Canada, and the capital of the province of Ontario

Bombay (Mumbai)

The most populous city in India

New York City

The most populous city in the United States

Sydney

The state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania

Chicago

The third most populous city in the United States

Indian Ocean

Third largest of the world's oceans

Aral Sea

Was an endorheic lake lying between Kazakhstan (Aktobe and Kyzylorda provinces) in the north and Uzbekistan (Karakalpakstan autonomous region) in the south.