Geography Flashcards

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Adriatic Sea

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Separates Italy from the Balkan Peninsula

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38th parallel north

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Line of latitude that divided Korea after WWII

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Aegean Sea

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Separates Greece and turkey

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Arabian Sea

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Branch of Indian Ocean between India, the Arabian peninsula and Somalia

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Atlas Mountains

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Northwest Africa

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Black Sea

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Separates parts of Europe and Asia

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Caspian Sea

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Largest inland body of water located in Asia

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Death Valley

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California desert with the hottest and lowest location in North America

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El Niño southern oscillation

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Tropical Pacific Ocean warms every 5 years

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English Channel

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Separates France from Great Britain

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Erie Canal

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Connects Lake Erie to Atlantic

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Everglades

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Wetlands in Florida

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Kalahari desert

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Southern Africa

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Kremlin

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Moscow residence of Russian president

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La Niña

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Tropical pacific cools every 5 years

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Lake titicaca

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Largest lake in South America

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Lake Victoria

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Largest lake in Africa

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Louisiana purchase

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French sold Louisiana territory to U.S. In 1803

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Mesopotamia

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Modern Iraq

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Mount Kilimanjaro

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Tallest mountain in Africa (Tanzania)

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Oceania

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Large portion of pacific containing thousands of islands

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Persian gulf

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Part of Indian Ocean between Iran and the Arabian peninsula

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Strait of Magellan

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Connects Atlantic and pacific south of South America

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Suez Canal

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Connects Mediterranean to Red Sea

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Tropic of Cancer
Most northerly place the sun can be overhead
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Tropic of Capricorn
Most southerly place the sun can be overhead
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Volga
Longest river on Europe running through central Russia