Geography Flashcards
What is the largest landlocked sea?
Caspian Sea
The Dead Sea lies between what two countries?
Jordan and Israel
The ____ is directly west of India.
Arabian Sea
Where is the Marianas Trench located?
Southeast of Guam
The world’s tallest mountain is from base to peak is what?
Mauna Kea
Which is the largest Ocean?
Pacific Ocean
What is the highest point on earth?
Mt. Everest
What sea is located between northern Africa and southern Europe?
Mediterranean
What narrow gap seperates Morocco from a small British territory?
Strait of Gibraltar
What body of water sits between Baja California and mainland Mexico?
Gulf of California or Sea of Cortés
What sea sits between Italy and Croatia?
Adriatic Sea
What canal connects the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea?
Suez Canal
What sea is situated between the sland of Sakhalin and the Kamchatka Peninsula?
Sea of Okhotsk
What channel is located between Madagascar and Mozambique?
Mozambique Channel
What sea is located between Greece and Turkey?
Aegean Sea
Which bay is primarily surrounded by Myanmar and India?
Bay of Bengal
Where are the Galapogos Islands located?
West of Ecuador
What is the largest lake in the world, and in which country is it?
Lake Baikal, Russia
What strait seperates the two islands of New Zealand?
Cook Strait
What sea is immediately north of Eastern Alaska and Western Canada?
Beaufort Sea
What lake sits between Tanzania, Malawi, and Mozambique?
Lake Nyasa
What lake is primarily surrounded by Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lake Tanganyika
What body of water sits between Somalia and Yemen?
Gulf of Aden
What body of water seperates Saudi Arabia from Iran?
Persian Gulf
What body of water seperates Iceland and Greenland?
Denmark Strait
What body of water sits north of the city of Archangelsk and south of the Kola Peninsula?
White Sea
In which Ocean are the Seychelles located?
Indian Ocean
What strait cuts through Patagonia?
Strait of Magellan
What cape is located at the southern tip of South America?
Cape Horn
What is the largest lake in Central America?
Lake Nicaragua
What group of Islands controlled by the UK is located east of Patagonia?
Falkland Islands
What landlocked sea located between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan is now mostly gone due to former Soviet irrigation projects?
Aral Sea
What major river flows north from Canada into the Beaufort Sea?
Mackenzie River
What is the largest river in South America?
Amazon River
What large island group is located far north of Norway?
Svalbard
(It is also the northernmost place in the world with a permanent population)
What sea is between Sweden, Finland, and Europe?
The Baltic Sea
Climate is primarily determined by ______
Lattitude
The Nile flows in what direction?
North
The great lake contains __% of
the world’s fresh water
20
Asia is the largest of the world’s continents, covering approximately __% of the Earth’s land area.
30
What trench is the deepest point in the Atlantic Ocean?
Puerto Rico Trench
What is the longest, uninterrupted barrier
island found in the U.S.?
Padre Island
What is the largest landmass stradling
a mid-ocean ridge?
Iceland
What region is known by the nickname
“Pirate Alley” due to the large
amounts of pirate activity in the area?
The Gulf of Aden
Name the strait which connects the Red Sea
and the Gulf of Aden
and is known as the “Gate of Tears.”
Bab el Mandeb
(also acceptable are Mandab Strait or Mandib Strait)
What unit of distance is approximately the length of
one minute of latitude anywhere on Earth?
one nautical mile
Where is the continental shelf the narrowest?
Off the coast of western South America.
Why does Great Britain have a relatively mild
climate?
The warm Gulf Stream moderates the
climate.
What area of the ocean was Columbus referring to
when he wrote about a sea full of vegetation
resembling pine branches so dense he thought it
was shallow and the ships would run aground?
Sargasso Sea
What bay in eastern Canada is known for its very
large tidal range?
Bay of Fundy
What canal crosses France connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.
Canal du Midi
