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6. Global Locations Flashcards

1
Q

where is the alps?

A

On Italy’s border with France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria and Slovenia (a curve along the top of Italy)

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2
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where are the pyranees?

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along the border of Spain and France - including Andorra (across everything)

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3
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what are all of the five seas?

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*Arctic
*Pacific
*Atlantic
*Indian
*Southern Ocean

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4
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where is the arctic ocean

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the northmost ocean

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5
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where is the indian ocean

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in the area below india

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6
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where is the atlantic ocean

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between the europe / africa and the americas

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7
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where is the pacific ocean

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between asia and the americas

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8
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where is the southern ocean

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around anarctica

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9
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where is the Mediterranean sea

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from spain & morocco to the middle east
(the sea that italy is in)

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10
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where is the river rhine

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goes from the netherlands through germany to the border with switzerland (the northern most part of switzerland)

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11
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belgium capital

A

brussels

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12
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denmark capital

A

copenhagen

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13
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france capital

A

paris

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14
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germany capital

A

berlin

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15
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greece capital

A

athens

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16
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iceland capital

A

reykjavik

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17
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italy capital

A

rome

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18
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netherlands capital

A

amsterdam

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19
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norway capital

A

oslo

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20
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poland capital

A

warsaw

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21
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portugal capital

A

lisbon

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22
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russia capital

A

moscow

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23
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spain capital

A

madrid

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24
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switzerland capital

A

bern

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25
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where is the prime meridian?

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a line that goes through london (separates the tiny bit on right from the rest), leaves spain and portugal on secluded from europe and goes through ghana

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26
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england capital

A

london

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27
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northern ireland capital

A

belfast

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28
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scotland capital

A

edinburgh

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29
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republic of ireland capital

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dublin

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30
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where is the arctic circle

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where all of the nordic countries (finland, sweden, norway) and russia meet & north of USA

31
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where is the tropic of capricorn

A

the bottom one - goes through the bottom of madagascar and the curve of australia

32
Q

how to remember where all the lines of latitude are

A

cancer
equator - in the middle
capri’corn’ - corn grows from the ground

33
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where is the tropic of cancer

A

on the top - goes through north india and a tiny bit above caribbean

34
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where is the equator

A

in the middle - goes through indonesia and the line jutting out on the left of Africa (just below it)

35
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where is the andes

A

across the west of south america

36
Q

where is the rockies

A

up from alaska (west of canada) down in a slanting line to the right to the middle of the usa

37
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where is the himalayas

A

from the north of pakistan, india and bhutan (next to india)

38
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where is the sahara desert

A

across the whole of north africa (above senegal) and leaves a bit of the top of africa still there

39
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where is the arabian desert

A

saudi arabia and below

40
Q

red sea

A

to the left of saudi arabia

41
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amazon river

A

south america - through brazil to peru

42
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mississippi river

A

half-way through the gulf of mexico up to canada’s border

43
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yangtze river

A

squiggly line through the middle of china

44
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ganges river

A

down from nepal and then across north india

45
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egypt capital

A

cairo

46
Q

ethiopia capital

A

addis ababa

47
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ghana capital

A

accra

48
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kenya capital

A

nairobi

49
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nigeria capital

A

abuja

50
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south africa capital

A

pretoria

51
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canada capital

A

ottawa

52
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mexico capital

A

mexico city

53
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usa capital

A

washington dc

54
Q

argentina capital

A

buenos aires

55
Q

brazil capital

A

brasilia

56
Q

chile capital

A

santiago

57
Q

colombia capital

A

bogóta

58
Q

peru capital

A

lima

59
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bangladesh capital

A

dhaka

60
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china capital

A

beijing

61
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india capital

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new delhi

62
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iran capital

A

tehran

63
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israel capital

A

jerusalem

64
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iraq capital

A

baghdad

65
Q

japan capital

A

tokyo

66
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pakistan capital

A

islamabad

67
Q

saudia arabia capital

A

riyadh

68
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south korea capital

A

seoul

69
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thailand capital

A

bangkok

70
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turkey capital

A

ankara

71
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australia capital

A

canberra

72
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new zealand capital

A

wellington

73
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papua new guinea capital

A

port moresby

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