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
Capital of Rhode Island
Providence
Capital of Massachusetts
Boston
Capital of Jordan
Amman
Capital of Maldives
Malé
Full name of Afghanistan
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Lena River drains into
Laptev Sea
The “Hot Gates” in Greece
Thermopylae
sacred stone in Mecca’s mosque
Ka’aba
Capital of Cayman Islands
George Town
Danube flows into
Black Sea
Munich square
Marienplatz
Capital of Kiribati
South Tarawa
Russian island north of Japan
Sakhalin
New name for Swaziland
Eswatini
Body of water between Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea
Gulf of Oman
language spoken in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
Telugu
Capital of Sudan
Khartoum
Full name of Jordan
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
archipelago off northern Russia east of Svalbard
Franz Josef land
island off Yucatan
Cozumel
western Massachusetts mountains
Berkshires
mountain range north of Alps between France and Switzerland
Jura Mountains
Capital of Turkey
Ankara
relating to bank of a river, pond, lake
riparian
Founder of LA Chinese Theater
Grauman
largest Canadian island
Baffin
NY prison, site of riot
Attica
central African river flowing east
Zambezi
Hampton Roads VA is on this River
James
Capital of Haiti
Port-au-Prince
Capital of Brazil
Brasilia
Language of southeastern Nigeria
Igbo
Sea connected to north Black Sea
Sea of Azov
Venice square
Piazza San Marco
Capital of North Dakota
Bismarck
military island in Indian Ocean
Diego Garcia (UK)
Body of water between China, Vietnam, Philippines
South China Sea
water between Italy and Sicily
Strait of Messina
resort island off South Carolina
Hilton Head
island nation off Gabon
Sao Tome and Principe
Capital of New York
Albany
island shared by Haiti and DR
Hispaniola
Joint Base Charleston location
South Carolina
Capital of Bhutan
Thimphu
Sea north of Corsica
Ligurian Sea
Capital of Italy
Rome
body of water south of Sydney
Botany Bay
military college on Hudson River
West Point
Language of southwestern Nigeria
Yoruba
Capital of Maine
Augusta
Capital of Thailand
Bangkok
Capital of Dominica
Roseau
Body of water between Sulawesi and Papua
Banda Sea
Capital of Bermuda
Hamilton
River through Madrid
Manzanares
body of water in the Mediterranean Sea on the northern coast of Libya
Gulf of Sidra
Water between northern Ellesmere Island and Greenland
Lincoln Sea
Capital of Ukraine
Kiev
Lake Titicaca on border between Peru and
Bolivia
Capital of Vermont
Montpelier
stand of sequoia in Yosemite
Mariposa Grove
Sea between southern Italy and Greece
Ionian
term for falling tide
ebb tide
Capital of Zimbabwe
Harare
New Mexico cave system
Carlsbad Caverns
River from Ukraine/Russia to Sea of Azov
Don
Capital of Yukon Territory
Whitehorse
Capital of Bolivia
La Paz
Original name for Liberty Island NYC
Bedloe’s Island
River through Canada and Alaska
Yukon
The southernmost point of Alaska is on this island, as well as the westernmost longitude of Alaska, the United States, and North America.
Amatignak Island
The Hague museum
Mauritshuis
southern arm of Hudson Bay
James Bay
Capital of Idaho
Boise
US Red Rivers
South (Mississippi), North (ND)
Capital of Hungary
Budapest
Sea south of Korea
East China Sea
Balboa Park city
San Diego
Egyptian statues rescued from dam
Abu Simbel
Capital of New Brunswick
Fredericton
Capital of Mozambique
Maputo
Coachella is part of CA’s
Imperial Valley
runs between Vancouver Island and WA
Juan de Fuca strait
mountain range of Bulgaria and Serbia
Balkan Mountains
Capital of Cyprus
Nicosia
Capital of Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
Location of Alhambra
Granada
largest city in Quebec
Montreal
Capital of Venezuela
Caracas
Capital of DRC
Kinshasa
deserts in Mexico and US SW
Chihuahuan, Sonoran
Capital of Cameroon
Yaounde
Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst location
New Jersey
peninsula in eastern Quebec
Gaspe
NW-central Canadian river to Arctic
Mackenzie
northernmost Canadian island
Ellesmere
Main river of Myanmar
Irawaddy
Italian island where migrants land
Lampedusa
Capital of California
Sacramento
Shakespeare library in DC
Folger
Capital of Benin
Porto-Novo
Paris basilica where French monarchs were buried
St. Denis
Capital of St. Vincent & Grenadines
Kingstown
Location of Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling
Washington DC
Capital of Ireland
Dublin
Capital of Niger
Niamey
Baseball Hall of Fame in
Cooperstown, NY
Strait between Aegean Sea and Sea of Marmara
Dardanelles
Bay at Rio de Janeiro
Guanamara Bay
Capital of Nepal
Kathmandu
Capital of Botswana
Gaborone
Capital of Greece
Athens
Capital of Sri Lanka
Colombo
large lake near St Petersburg
Ladoga
main island of Japan
Honshu
Sea between Italy and Corsica/Sardinia
Tyrrhenian Sea
volcano formed Crater Lake
Mazama
Capital of Finland
Helsinki
Portuguese wine-making island
Madeira
Capital of Sierra Leone
Freetown
main southern island of Japan
Kyushu
Capital of Peru
Lima
French name for New Orleans French Quarter
Vieux Carre
Office name of Laos
Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Capital of New Zealand
Wellington
tidal island commune off Normandy
Mont St. Michel
Oxford Library
Bodleian
Capital of Spain
Madrid
Kentucky cave system
Mammoth Cave
connects Lake Huron and Superior
Soo Locks
Capital of Iran
Tehran
Santa Catalina island was owned and developed by
Wrigley
Name of Dead Sea Scrolls caves
Qumran Caves
Teddy Roosevelt’s mansion Long Island
Sagamore Hill
religious center off of Cornwal
St. Michael’s Mount
river through Warsaw
Vistula
Capital of Nova Scotia
Halifax
mountain range that is the north side of the Tibetan plateau
Kunlun mountains
ancestral people of Japan
Ainu
Monument in Trafalgar Square
Nelson’s Column
Location of Iqaluit
Baffin Island, Nunavut
language spoken in Punjab region
Punjabi
Capital of Trinidad and Tobago
Port of Spain
body of water between Myanmar and Sumatra
Andaman Sea
Capital of Djibouti
Djibouti
Capital of Nebraska
Lincoln
Capital of UAE
Abu Dhabi
Capital of Virginia
Richmond
British resort islands south of Bahamas
Turks and Caicos
George Washington home
Mount Vernon
Capital of Portugal
Lisbon
Indiana river
Wabash
seat of Church of England’s primate
Canterbury
Scottish mountains south of Northern Highlands
Grampian
Capital of Wisconsin
Madison
island in Solomons retaken by allies in WWII
Guadalcanal
main national park in Tanzania
Arusha
Capital of Florida
Tallahassee
highest-elevation major lake
Titicaca
Capital of Morocco
Rabat
Rome’s greatest temple, later a church
Pantheon
Capital of New Jersey
Trenton
island at the mouth of the St Lawrence
Anticosti
finger-shaped inlet from the sea
firth or fjord
ring-shaped coral reef
atoll
Capital of Slovakia
Bratislava
wildlife park near Kilimanjaro
Amboseli
language spoken in Sri Lanka
Tamil
Nebraska river
Platte
country in Pyrenees
Andorra
Venetian craft island
Murano
Body of water between Red Sea and Arabian Sea
Gulf of Aden
Strait known as the Hellespont
Dardanelles
wide grassy plain, esp. in South America
pampas
islands further off northern tip of Scotland
Shetland
Capital of Laos
Vientiane
Body of water between Madagascar and mainland
Mozambique Strait
Capital of Kosovo
Pristina
Capital of France
Paris
London gardens west of Hyde park
Kensington Gardens
Capital of Sweden
Stockholm
Body of water east of Valencia and Barcelona
Balearic Sea
Capital of Zambia
Lusaka
Lake Malawi separates Malawi from
Tanzania (north) and Mozambique (south)
Balkan republic renamed in 2018
North Macedonia
Body of water north of Java and south of Borneo
Java Sea
low-lying coniferous area in NJ
Pine Barrens
Sea west of Novaya Zemlya
Barents Sea
Rio de la Plata tributaries
Parana and Uruguay rivers
London Wren-designed church
St. Paul’s
River from Belarus through LIthuania
Neman
Israel’s Holocaust archives
Yad Vashem
Big lake near Concord NH
Lake Winnepesaukee
most prominent Roman hill
Palatine
highest peak in Hawaii
Mauna Kea
Capital of West Virginia
Charleston
Official name of Uruguay
Oriental Republic of Uruguay
largest component of Mississippi Delta from river offshot
Atchafalaya Basin
Revere church in Boston
Old North Church
Legislative capital of Chile
Valparaiso
Capital of Alberta
Edmonton
River through Kolkata
Hooghly
desert in southern Africa
Kalahari
Capital of Madagascar
Antananarivo
Prague river
Moldau (Vltava)
central valley of southern CA
Imperial Valley
Capital of Lebanon
Beirut
Capital of Netherlands
Amsterdam (official, govt at Hague)
Dutch National Museum
Rijksmuseum
largest island in Indonesia
Sumatra
body of water between Baja and mainland Mexico
Gulf of California
deposition bar or beach landform off coasts or lake shores
spit
group or chain of islands
archipelago
Mountains of Armenia/Georgia
Caucasus
Capital of Alaska
Juneau
Capital of Samoa
Apia
Capital of Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou
Volga flows into
Caspian Sea
desert in western China
Taklamakan
Body of water separating NZ islands
Cook Strait
Largest island in Italy
Sicily
Capital of Belgium
Brussels
Main Square in Mexico City
Zocalo
Capital of Malta
Valletta
Body of water between Sri Lanka and Maldives
Laccadive Sea
Capital of Iceland
Reykjavik
Capital of Mauritania
Nouakchott
shore or coast zone
littoral zone
site of the only World War II land battle fought in the United States and its Territories
The Battle of Attu Island, Alaska
Daniel Boone route through the Appalachians
Cumberland Gap
Capital of Gambia
Banjul
Capital of Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby
Capital of Montenegro
Podgorica
Capital of Bahrain
Manama
neck of land connecting two larger land masses
isthmus
Capital of Norway
Oslo
Capital of Tajikistan
Dushanbe
New Hampshire birthplace of World Bank
Bretton Woods
Aruba is in the Kingdom of
Netherlands
first US National Monument
Devils Tower
Capital of US Virgin Islands
Charlotte Amalie
Body of water east of Papua New Guinea
Solomon Sea
Capital of Croatia
Zagreb
Capital of Ghana
Accra
disputed regions of South Georgia
Abkhazia and South Ossetia
Largest city in Pakistan
Karachi
Capital of Estonia
Tallinn
main square in Berlin
Alexanderplatz
royal residence in Edinburgh
Holyroodhouse
Official name of Micronesia
Federated States of Micronesia
Big lake in northern Alberta/Saskatchewan
Lake Athabasca
Capital of Serbia
Belgrade
Former US base on Baffin Island
Frobisher Bay
Capital of Jamaica
Kingston
Capital of Bosnia
Sarajevo
concave bend or curvature in a coastline, river or other geographical feature, or very open bay
Bight
Antilles SE of Puerto Rico divided into
Leeward (north) and Windward (south)
Capital of Taiwan
Taipei
massive Egyptian temple near Luxor
Karnak
World’s longest lake
Tanganyika
Lake in caldera on Sumatra
Toba
Capital of Gabon
Libreville
Dutch ABC islands
Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao
large populated island off England’s southern coast
Isle of Wight
Capital of North Macedonia
Skopje
Founder of Detroit
Cadillac
Official name of Greece
Hellenic Republic
old European name for Manchuria/Siberia
Tartary
narrows of the English Channel
Dover Strait
Roman site of chariot races
Circus Maximus
estuary next to Buenos Aires
Rio de la Plata
river in northern South Africa
Limpopo
Capital of Afghanistan
Kabul
Capital of Lithuania
Vilnius
Capital of Indonesia
Jakarta
area at the foot of a mountain
piedmont
Largest island in France
Corsica
places on opposite sides of the earth
antipodes
citadel in Arabic architecture
kasbah
Prague’s largest church
St. Vitus
River between North Korea and China
Yalu
Inlet of Barents Sea
White Sea
Siberian rivers west to east
OYL
Spanish national museum
Prado
Bay south of Rhode Island
Narragansett Bay
Mississippi’s source
Lake Itaska
large lake in Venezuela
Maracaibo
Capital of Mexico
Mexico City
Capital of South Dakota
Pierre
main wildlife reserve in Kenya
Masai Mara
Capital of Ontario
Toronto
mountain range arcing across Eastern Europe
Carpathian
Capital of South Sudan
Juba
Capital of Ivory Coast
Yamoussoukro
Capital of Chad
N’Djamena
a coastal landform, a point of land usually high and often with a sheer drop, that extends into a body of water
head or headland
Capital of Prince Edward Island
Charlottetown
St. Petersburg art museum
Hermitage
Capital of Somalia
Mogadishu
where Noah’s ark came to rest
Mt. Ararat
2nd highest peak in Americas, in Ecuador
Chimborazo
Capital of Oman
Muscat
Capital of Uzbekistan
Tashkent
Paris Cemetery
Pere lachaise
Capital of Nevada
Carson City
River originating in Baikal mountains
Lena
plateau in southern France
Massif Central
county house of Spencer-Churchill Family
Blenheim Castle
Capital of Israel
Jerusalem
Chinese city directly north of Hong Kong
Shenzhen
Capital of Qatar
Doha
Capital of Honduras
Tegucigalpa
desert in Northern Chile
Atacama
Italy Alpine peaks
Dolomites
Capital of Georgia
Atlanta
cathedral that is the symbol of Florence
Duomo
islands just off northern tip of Scotland
Orkney
Capital of Maryland
Annapolis
Main river in British Columbia
Fraser
Russian territory east of north Finland
Kola peninsula
Capital of San Marino
San Marino
Capital of Egypt
Cairo
Capital of Belize
Belmopan
Capital of Liechtenstein
Vaduz
New Zealand glow-worm caves
Waitomo
Capital of Ecuador
Quito
mountain pass between Pakistan and Afghanistan
Khyber Pass
Capital of Cuba
Havana
Capital of New Mexico
Santa Fe
Capital of North Carolina
Raleigh
Islands in Mozambique Channel
Comoros
Fort Benning state
Georgia
Capital of Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo
Body of water northeast of Papua New Guinea
Bismarck Sea
Land between Black Sea and Sea of Azov
Crimea
2nd longest river flowing through Poland
Oder
Capital of Tunisia
Tunis
separates Finland from Estonia
Gulf of Finland
land built up at the mouth of a river
delta
Capital of Manitoba
Winnipeg
River through Delhi
Yamuna (tributary of Ganges)
islands in Alexandria Bay in St. Lawrence River
Thousand Islands
highest mountain in Wales
Snowdon
Capital of Burundi
Bujumbura
Capital of Russia
Moscow
Official name of Oman
Sultanate of Oman
mountain range in Israel and the West Bank where Jerusalem and several other biblical cities are located
Judean Mountains
Jerusalem house of worship on the Temple Mount
Dome of the Rock
Capital of Colombia
Bogota
western tributaries of Hudson Bay
Churchill River and Nelson-(Lake Winnipeg)-Saskatchewan River
Body of water east of northern Australia
Coral Sea
Capital of Barbados
Bridgetown
mountain range spanning the borders of China, India, and Pakistan, with the northwest extremity of the range extending to Afghanistan and Tajikistan; second highest mountain range in the world
Karakoram
Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson location
Alaska
Significant inlet of Gulf of Maine
Penobscot Bay
Capital of India
New Delhi
“The Adobe of Peace”
Brunei
Capital of Costa Rica
San Jose
Capital of Latvia
Riga
Capital of Rwanda
Kigali
Capital of Mali
Bamako
Capital of Tanzania
Dar es Salaam
Capital of Malawi
Lilongwe
Language of northern Nigeria
Hausa
Capital of Angola
Luanda
Capital of Hawaii
Honolulu
US Air Force Academy is in
Colorado Springs
Body of water between Newfoundland and Greenland
Labrador Sea
Capital of Guyana
Georgetown
Capital of Paraguay
Asuncion
Capital of Denmark
Copenhagen
Body of water between East Timor and Darwin, Australia
Timor Sea
Capital of Bahamas
Nassau
Saint Martin island in Caribbean divided between
France and Netherlands
River through eastern Germany
Elbe
Capital of Arkansas
Little Rock
Borneo, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Java - collectively
Greater Sunda Islands
River between Irawaddy and Mekong
Salween
2 bodies of water between Greenland/Iceland and Svalbard/Norway
Greenland Sea in the north, Norwegian Sea in the south
Body of water between Australia and New Zealand
Tasman Sea
Capital of Panama
Panama City
Winston Churchill’s home in southern England
Chartwell
English abbey linked with Arthur
Glastonbury
Capital of Newfoundland and Labrador
St. John’s
Russian port on Barents Sea
Murmansk
Denmark’s largest island, including Copenhagen
Zeeland
River east of Lena, north of Sea of Okhotsk
Kolyma, drains to East Siberian Sea
rock-bound peninsula on the west coast of Galicia, Spain. In Roman times it was believed to be an end of the known world.
Cape Finisterre
mountain in Acadia NP
Cadillac
body of water between Egypt proper and Sinai
Gulf of Suez
Capital of Northern Mariana Islands
Saipan
Capital of El Salvador
San Salvador
garden near Jerusalem where Jesus was arrested
gethsemane
Capital of Philippines
Manila
Capital of Myanmar
Naypyidaw
desert in Mongolia and northern China
Gobi
Dublin’s cathedral
St. Patrick’s
Capital of Suriname
Paramaribo
main north Island of Japan
Hokkaido
Capital of Fiji
Suva
Highest capital in the world
La Paz
Capital of Texas
Austin
Capital of Turkmenistan
Ashgabat
Sea west of Korea
Yellow Sea
Capital of Albania
Tirana
US Naval Academy is in
Annapolis
Chinese city inland from Hong Kong
Guangzhou (Canton)
Capital of Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Two languages of Afghanistan
Dari (Farsi) and Pashto
Body of water west of Cornwall and Wales
Celtic Sea
Capital of Kuwait
Kuwait City
Island Mumbai is on
Salsette Island
Desert covering 70% of Turkmenistan
Karakum Desert
body of water between South America’s Cape Horn, Chile and the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica
Drake Passage
Tahiti and Bora Bora are part of
Society Islands (which are part of French Polynesia)
Narrowest point between Australia and New Guinea
Torres Strait