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Be sure to check out some of the beautiful geography places on the class Pinterest board. http://pinterest.com/fchsapgeo/fchsapgeo/ [|Pinterest!]

=**Welcome to First Colonial High School Human Geography Wikipage! ** =

Here you will find an easy way to review what you will be doing next year in class. You will also find your summer assignment.

SUMMER ASSIGNMENT-This can also be found on the First Colonial Web Site. You will find a blank map there to use. Advanced Placement Human Geography 2012 Summer Assignment Dear Incoming AP Human Geography Students, Welcome to AP Human Geography. I am so glad that you have chosen to participate in a class that will keep you in “the know” about the world around you. We will spend the 2012-13 school year exploring the globe in preparation for the AP exam. This exam is given in May of each year. The Advanced Placement Program provides highly motivated students the opportunity to complete a course equivalent to a freshman college course. This course is taught at the college level. Additionally, the AP curriculum emphasizes higher level critical thinking skills, essay writing, primary source document interpretation, and computer skills with an introduction to Geographic Information Systems. Below you will find a checklist for the summer that will need to be completed before September 12, 2012. If you have any questions concerning the assignment you may contact me, via email at Debbie.hague@vbschools.com. Sincerely,

Debbie Lou Hague CHECKLIST FOR THE SUMMER This will be due September 12, 2012 1) Buy a three ring notebook for the class or re-use one that you have on hand! You might want to purchase one of the AP Human Geography Review books too. A used one is great to preview information. Place a copy of this Checklist in your notebook as page 1 in your notebook. 2) Register at the collegeboard site. Go to

Register your name and then go to the AP Human section at http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/humangeo/samp.h tml?humangeo and print out the 2012 Free Response Questions (FRQ) and put it into your notebook page 2,3,4,5. 3) Visit [] at least five different times this summer and comment on the information either on facebook, the class wiki http://fcgeohagues.wikispaces.com/Summer2012+comments+from+scoop+it+or+pinterest. Pinterest or twitter. The facebook, wiki, pinterest and twitter accounts to follow can be found on the scoop it web site. Print out the five comments and pictures and place in your notebook. For extra credit you can post pictures or comments on places that you visit in real life, in movies or in a book! 4) Investigate the following sites:

a) http://wps.prenhall.com/esm_rubenstein_humangeo_8

b) http://unrefugees.org/

c) http://local.live.com/

d) http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/outlinemaps/ e) http://www.quia.com/pages/mrsbellaphg.html 5) Complete the following Asian Maps and place in your notebook. 1. Use one map and title it “Asia-Political” label the following. Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Cyprus Georgia Iraq  Israel

Jordan

Kuwait

Lebanon

Oman

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Syria

Turkey

United Arab Emirates Yemen Afghanistan Bangladesh Bhutan

India

Iran Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Maldives Nepal Pakistan

Sri Lanka Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam China

Japan

North Korea South Korea Macao Mongolia Taiwan Tokyo Beijing New Delhi 2. Using a map and label it “Asia-Physical” label or draw in the following. Arabian Sea Indian Ocean Red Sea

Persian Gulf Bab el Mandeb Gulf of Aden Strait of Hormuz Bay of Bengal Strait of Malacca South China Sea East China Sea Gulf of Tonkin Sea of Japan

Philippine Sea

Sea of Okhotsk

Pacific Ocean

Bering Sea

Tigris River

Euphrates River

Ganges River

Indus River

Brahmaputra River

Yellow (Huang He) River Yangtze (Chang Jiang) River Mekong River Amur River

Lena River Himalayas

Eastern Ghats Western Ghats

Tien Shan Mountains Tibetan Plateau Gobi Desert Have a great summer! Be aware of your surroundings because Geography is EVERYWHERE!