Places IDS Flashcards
The great rift valley
area in Africa where tectonic plates have separated and early human fossils were found
The Gold Coast
Southern coast of west Africa
Persian gulf
This body of water separates the Arabian peninsula from Persia
Indochina peninsula
a peninsula in Southeast Asia that includes
Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos
Mesopotamia
“land between the rivers”, first human civilization;
in South Asia.
Ring of fire
the chain of volcanoes that lines the Pacific Rim
Iron curtain
A political barrier that isolated the peoples of Eastern Europe from the USSR after WWII; represented communism and capitalism
Berlin Wall
A wall separating East and West Berlin built by East Germany in 1961 to keep citizens from escaping to the West
Kiev Rus
a loose federation of East Slavic tribes in Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century
Latin America
Spanish or Portuguese-speaking nations south of the U.S.
Ican Empire
a Mesoamerican civilization in the Andes
Mountains in South America that by the end of the 1400s was the largest empire in the Americas including much of what is now Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Chile; conquered by Pizzaro
Aconcagua
The highest mountain the the western hemisphere
Beringia
land bridge that connected Asia and North
America that early humans walked across to get to the Americas.
Galapagos islands
Chain of islands near South America where Darwin developed his theory of natural selection by studying the unique life there.
Mingora
The main city of Swat Valley
