Geography Flashcards
forest in Nottinghamshire
Sherwood Forest
remotest island in South Atlantic
Tristan da Cunha
Three parts of Oceania
Micronesia in northwest half, Melanesia in southwest half (incl. New Guinea), Polynesia eastern half (incl New Zealand at bottom, Hawaii at top, Easter Island in east)
Capital of Romania
Bucharest
Capital of Moldova
Chisinau
Southern tip of South America
Cape Horn
Russian Island between East Siberian and Chukchi Seas
Wrangel Island
bay off Miami
Biscayne Bay
Capital of Senegal
Dakar
Capital of Montana
Helena
Capital of Austria
Vienna
the westernmost portion of the Mediterranean Sea, lying between the Iberian Peninsula and the north of Africa
Alboran Sea
Aegean-Azov sequence
Aegean Sea-Dardanelles-Sea of Marmara-Bosphorus-Black Sea-Sea of Azov
Joint Base Langley-Eustis location
Virginia
London’s obelisk
Cleopatra’s Needle
Capital of Indiana
Indianapolis
Capital of Luxembourg
Luxembourg
mountain range within the southern Negev in southern Israel
Eilat Mountains
central African river flowing west
Congo
Second-largest island in Italy
Sardinia
Mexican coast mountain ranges
Sierra Madre
Capital of Namibia
Windhoek
UK national art gallery
Tate Museum
island chains southeast of India
Andaman and Nicobar
Capital of Slovenia
Ljubljana
Capital of South Africa
Pretoria (executive), Cape Town (legislative), Bloemfontein (judicial)
Capital of Yemen
Sana’a
Capital of Ohio
Columbus
Dalai Lama palace for 300 years
Potala Palace
Capital of Liberia
Monrovia
Capital of Guatemala
Guatemala City
Collective name for Puget Sound, Juan de Fuca, Strait of Georgia
Salish Sea
Capital of North Korea
Pyongyang
inlet of Caribbean Sea connected with Lake Maracaibo
Gulf of Venezuela
Two rivers that merge to flow into Bay of Bengal
Ganges (west/south of Himalayas), Brahmaputra (north/east)
Sea east of Novaya Zemlya
Kara Sea
Capital of Uruguay
Montevideo
island where Napoleon died
St Helena
Body of water south of Marseilles
Gulf of Lyon
Capital of Oregon
Salem
Body of water between Sweden and Finland
Gulf of Bothnia
Island off southern Alaska
Kodiak
Wisconsin lake near Green Bay
Winnebago
Capital of Central African Republic
Bangui
Site of Virginia Company first landing
Cape Henry
body of water at southern end of Gulf of Mexico
Bay of Campeche
Island invaded by US after 1983 coup
Grenada
Strait between Marmara and Black Sea
Bosporus
range running from Colorado into New Mexico
Sangre de Cristo
Capital of Michigan
Lansing
Capital of Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur
Confederate military prison in Georgia
Andersonville
Capital of Delaware
Dover
Oxford Museum
Ashmolean
Capital of Argentina
Buenos Aires
Capital of Japan
Tokyo
Capital of Czech Republic
Prague
Capital of Grenada
St. George’s
Capital of Nunavut
Iqaluit, ee-KAL-oo-it
Body of water between Australia and New Guinea
Arafura Sea
Capital of Andorra
Andorra la Vella
Official name of St Kitts and Nevis
Federation of St Christopher and Nevis
Moscow park
Gorky Park
Capital of Iowa
Des Moines
Third-largest Indonesian island
Sulawesi (Celebes)
island shared by Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei
Borneo
Capital of Syria
Damascus
France-Belgium-NL rivers
Meuse (larger), Scheldt
Designer of Guggenheim
Frank Lloyd Wright
Mexico City park
Chapultepec
Capital of Belarus
Minsk
Capital of Kentucky
Frankfort
13th century French cathedral
Chartres
the highest peak of the Caucasus Mountains.
Mt. Elbrus
Capital of Vanuatu
Port Vila
Capital of Illinois
Springfield
small mountains in SE Pennsylvania
Poconos
highest falls in North America
Bridalveil in Yosemite
Arrangement of Australian provinces with major cities
Western Australia (Perth) = west third, then middle third is Northern Territory (Darwin) in the north and South Australia (Adelaide) in the South, then eastern third North to South is Queensland (Brisbane/Cairns), New South Wales (Sydney/Canberra), Victoria (Melbourne), Tasmania (Hobart)
islands of west coast of Scotland
Hebrides
main national park in South Africa
Kruger
Capital of Connecticut
Hartford
Capital of Eritrea
Asmara
Capital of Algeria
Algiers
Capital of British Columbia
Victoria
Aztec city north of Mexico City
Teotihuacan
Largest city in Tierra Del Fuego
Ushuaia
Capital of Togo
Lomé
Body of water between Cape Cod and Nova Scotia
Gulf of Maine
Capital of Uganda
Kampala
runs between Vancouver Island and BC
Strait of Georgia
Norwegian archipelago east of Greenland
Svalbard
body of water in curve of West Africa
Gulf of Guinea
Capital of South Korea
Seoul
mountain range between Caspian and Black Seas
Caucasus
Formerly Place de la Revolution
Place de la Concorde
Coastal northwest Africa
Maghreb
Capital of Wyoming
Cheyenne
Capital of Nigeria
Abuja
Large Chinese island east of Vietnam
Hainan
Fort Necessity is in which state
Pennsylvania
Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall location
Virginia
Capital of Bangladesh
Dhaka
main river of Venezuela
Orinoco
Capital of Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar
Aztec city at center of Mexico City
Tenochtitlan
Capital of Vietnam
Hanoi
Russian palace in response to Versailles
Peterhof, St. Petersburg
Body of water between northwest Canadian islands and mainland
Amundsen Gulf
national park islands off Florida Keys
Dry Tortugas
location of Leyte Gulf
Philippine Sea
spine of Italy
Appenines
US Coast Guard Academy is in
New London
Capital of Louisiana
Baton Rouge
island in the Irish Sea
Isle of Man
Formosa
Taiwan
mountains where Russia/Mongolia/China converge
Altai
Capital of Mississippi
Jackson
FDR’s NY home
Hyde Park
Capital of Poland
Warsaw
Bodies of water between Philippines and Indonesia
Sulu Sea (north), Celebes Sea (south)
island country off Arabia
Bahrain
Capital of Utah
Salt Lake City
Northern Spain/Portugal river
Douro
Capital of Republic of Georgia
Tbilisi
Former capital of Myanmar
Yangon
Sea between Greece and Turkey
Aegean Sea
desert in southern Israel
Negev
Hong Kong mainland peninsula
Kowloon
Capital of Nicaragua
Managua
Capital of New Hampshire
Concord
NYC mayor residence
Gracie Mansion
Antarctica volcano
Mt. Erebus
cities on Rio de la Plata
Buenos Aires (SW) and Montevideo (NE)
bay off mid-Wales
Cardigan Bay
Official name of Venezuela
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Antarctica highest peak
Vinson Massif
mountain range in Central and South Asia to the west of the Himalayas that stretches from central Afghanistan into far northern Pakistan
Hindu Kush
treeless, grassy subtropical plain
savannah
River of Pakistan
Indus
Office name of North Korea
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
body of water near Edinburgh
Firth of Forth
Capital of Republic of Congo
Brazzaville
Capital of Colorado
Denver
Small sea south of Black Sea
Sea of Marmara
DC presidential guest house
Blair House
US Virgin Islands islands
Saint Croix, Saint John, Saint Thomas
desert in SW Africa
Namib
Canadian north islands are part of which territory
Nunavut (and a bit of NWT)
Big Nile dam
Aswan
Full name of Egypt
Arab Republic of Egypt
Capital of UK
London
Canada’s highest mountain
Logan
body of water between Canadian islands and Greenland
Baffin Bay
Capital of Libya
Tripoli
language spoken in Maharashtra and Goa states of Western India
Marathi
Capital of China
Beijing
island off Malaysia
Penang island
Siberian river originating in Mongolia
Yenisei
Capital of Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Capital of Quebec
Quebec City
Capital of Washington
Olympia
Capital of Chile
Santiago
Sea east of Taiwan
Philippine Sea
Capital of Switzerland
Bern
Britain’s northernmost point
John O’Groats
island chain east of Spain
Balearic
Capital of Kyrgyzstan
Bishkek
island country SW of Sri Lanka
Maldives
Islands disputed by Russia and Japan
Kuril islands
Capital of Kazakhstan
Nur-Sultan (formerly Astana)
grassy plains in southern Africa
veldt
Lake Tanganyika is the border between
Tanzania and DRC
Capital of Arizona
Phoenix
Capital of Armenia
Yerevan
Official name of Switzerland
Swiss Confederation
Bay south of New Bedford, MA
Buzzards Bay
Capital of Isle of Man
Douglas
Joint Base Andrews location
Maryland
Capital of Kenya
Nairobi
Russian long islands between Barents and Kara Sea
Novaya Zemlya
wide grassy plain in Eurasia
Steppe
in the open ocean, rather than near land
pelagic zone
Largest city in New Brunswick
Moncton
largest tributary of Hudson River
Mohawk
Sea between south Greenland and Iceland
Irminger Sea
Moorish palace in Granada
Alhambra
US Antarctic research station
McMurdo Station (named for Royal Navy officer)
also known as a composite volcano, it is a conical volcano built up by many layers (strata) of hardened lava and tephra
stratovolcano
cape on the Mississippi River in Missouri
Cape Girardeau
site of WWII’s largest Pacific battle
Leyte Gulf
a natural submerged ridge, bank, or bar
shoal (sandbar)
Mackenzie River drains into
Beaufort Sea
Impressionist museums in Paris
Musee d’Orsay, Orangerie
Capital of Tennessee
Nashville
body of water leading to Houston Ship Canal
Galveston Bay
Capital of Germany
Berlin
Center of French Polynesia
Tahiti
Virginia swamp
Dismal Swamp
Capital of Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
spectacularly narrow part of Danube, in Romania
Iron Gates
DC modern art museum
Hirshhorn
Official name of Luxembourg
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Indonesian language is a standardized variety of
Malay
bulb garden near Amsterdam
Keukenhof
northernmost point in US
Point Barrow, Alaska
Capital of Northwest Territories
Yellowknife
Pennsylvania steel town (not city)
Bethlehem
Capital of Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Joint Base Lewis-McChord location
Washington State
Fort south of Lake Champlain
Ticonderoga
Capital of Bulgaria
Sofia
Capital of Alabama
Montgomery
River draining north Italy to the east
Po
Eastern region of South Africa, incl Durban
Natal
Language of Ethiopia
Amharic
largest island of Russia
Sakhalin
Balearic Islands are
Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza (Formentera)
mountain range bisecting Russia
Ural
body of water in the Arctic Ocean, stretching from northeast of Greenland to Svalbard.
Wandel Sea
Capital of East Timor
Dili
Capital of Iraq
Baghdad
southern tip of Baja California
Cabo San Lucas (cape)
Sea east of Korea
Sea of Japan
Canadian Northwest Territories bordered by
Yukon in the west and Nunavut in the East
barrier chain off North Carolina
Outer Banks
sea bounded by Kamchatka Peninsula
Sea of Othotsk
Fort Knox state
Kentucky
Basketball Hall of Fame is in
Springfield, MA
river through Hong Kong
Pearl River
Russian eastern peninsula
Kamchatka
Capital of Azerbaijan
Baku
Caribbean “Little Ireland”
Montserrat
Bodies of water at top of Red Sea east and west of Sinai
West; Gulf of Suez. East, Gulf of Aqaba.
French shrine where Bernadette had her vision
Lourdes
Capital of Pakistan
Islamabad
Capital of Minnesota
Saint Paul
Caribbean Islands also called
Anitlles
Massachusetts marine lab at
Woods Hole
Vanderbilt’s Newport mansion
The Breakers
Headquarters building for KGB
Lubyanka
Location of Notre Dame in Paris
Ile de la Cite
Danish islands in north Atlantic
Faeroes
Capital of Mauritius
Port Louis
Capital of Guinea
Conakry
private NYC modern art museum
Whitney
South African mountains
Drakensbergs
river border between Russia and China
Amur
West Point location
Hudson River
mountain complex in southern Turkey, separating the Mediterranean coastal region from the central Anatolian Plateau
Taurus Mountains
2 seas north of Alaska
Chukchi on the west (north of Bering Sea/Strait), Beaufort on the east
Mountain Range north of the Taklamakan
Tian Shan mountains
site of Statue of Liberty
Liberty Island
mountains between France and Spain
Pyrenees
easternmost part of the Mediterranean Sea
Levantine Sea
Body of water between Spain and France
Bay of Biscay
Capital of Greenland
Nuuk
Richard Leakey worked near this lake
Lake Turkana
Capital of Singapore
Singapore
island of the Blue Grotto
Capri
Present-day Tunis
Carthage
Bay north of Alaska’s Aleutian islands
Bristol Bay
Long river from Belarus through Ukraine
Dnieper
Capital of Antigua and Barbuda
St. John’s
Capital of South Carolina
Columbia
Body of water where El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua meet the Pacific
Gulf of Fonseca
Capital of Puerto Rico
San Juan
park in San Diego
Balboa Park
Capital of Seychelles
Victoria
Capital of Saskatchewan
Regina
Capital of Australia
Canberra
Capital of Kansas
Topeka
Golden Horn
Istanbul’s bay and harbor
largest lake entirely in Canada
Great Bear Lake
mountain range at a junction with Tian Shan, Karakoram, Hindu Kush and Himalaya
Pamir Mountains
Lake Baikal is part of which river
Yenisei