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.