6. Global Locations Flashcards
where is the alps?
On Italy’s border with France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria and Slovenia (a curve along the top of Italy)
where are the pyranees?
along the border of Spain and France - including Andorra (across everything)
what are all of the five seas?
*Arctic
*Pacific
*Atlantic
*Indian
*Southern Ocean
where is the arctic ocean
the northmost ocean
where is the indian ocean
in the area below india
where is the atlantic ocean
between the europe / africa and the americas
where is the pacific ocean
between asia and the americas
where is the southern ocean
around anarctica
where is the Mediterranean sea
from spain & morocco to the middle east
(the sea that italy is in)
where is the river rhine
goes from the netherlands through germany to the border with switzerland (the northern most part of switzerland)
belgium capital
brussels
denmark capital
copenhagen
france capital
paris
germany capital
berlin
greece capital
athens
iceland capital
reykjavik
italy capital
rome
netherlands capital
amsterdam
norway capital
oslo
poland capital
warsaw
portugal capital
lisbon
russia capital
moscow
spain capital
madrid
switzerland capital
bern
where is the prime meridian?
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
england capital
london
northern ireland capital
belfast
scotland capital
edinburgh
republic of ireland capital
dublin
where is the arctic circle
where all of the nordic countries (finland, sweden, norway) and russia meet & north of USA
where is the tropic of capricorn
the bottom one - goes through the bottom of madagascar and the curve of australia
how to remember where all the lines of latitude are
cancer
equator - in the middle
capri’corn’ - corn grows from the ground
where is the tropic of cancer
on the top - goes through north india and a tiny bit above caribbean
where is the equator
in the middle - goes through indonesia and the line jutting out on the left of Africa (just below it)
where is the andes
across the west of south america
where is the rockies
up from alaska (west of canada) down in a slanting line to the right to the middle of the usa
where is the himalayas
from the north of pakistan, india and bhutan (next to india)
where is the sahara desert
across the whole of north africa (above senegal) and leaves a bit of the top of africa still there
where is the arabian desert
saudi arabia and below
red sea
to the left of saudi arabia
amazon river
south america - through brazil to peru
mississippi river
half-way through the gulf of mexico up to canada’s border
yangtze river
squiggly line through the middle of china
ganges river
down from nepal and then across north india
egypt capital
cairo
ethiopia capital
addis ababa
ghana capital
accra
kenya capital
nairobi
nigeria capital
abuja
south africa capital
pretoria
canada capital
ottawa
mexico capital
mexico city
usa capital
washington dc
argentina capital
buenos aires
brazil capital
brasilia
chile capital
santiago
colombia capital
bogóta
peru capital
lima
bangladesh capital
dhaka
china capital
beijing
india capital
new delhi
iran capital
tehran
israel capital
jerusalem
iraq capital
baghdad
japan capital
tokyo
pakistan capital
islamabad
saudia arabia capital
riyadh
south korea capital
seoul
thailand capital
bangkok
turkey capital
ankara
australia capital
canberra
new zealand capital
wellington
papua new guinea capital
port moresby
