Regions

Question 0

Scandinavia

Answer 0

Include Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland

Question 1

Europe

Answer 1

Include Iceland, Russia west of the urals, the small bit of turkey in its extreme northwest

Question 2

Balkan Peninsula

Answer 2

Centered around Greece and as far north as Bulgaria/ Romania border

Question 3

Sub- Saharan Africa

Answer 3

All of the continent of Africa south of the Sahara desert ( which extends across the entire north from Mauritania through Sudan)

Question 4

Middle East

Answer 4

Must include turkey, Egypt, and Iran, heart of the region is the Arabian peninsula, not Afghanistan

Question 5

South Asia

Answer 5

Includes the area from Afghanistan and Pakistan in the west through Bangladesh in the east, nothern border is the Himalayan mountains, includes the island of Sri Lanka

Question 6

Tibet

Answer 6

Think of it as an oval-shaped region directly north of South Asia, bordered on the south by the Himalayan mountains, part of people’s republic of china but desires autonomy

Question 7

Central Asia

Answer 7

Includes area from Burma/ Myanmar in the west through Indonesia in the east, it’s furthest east point being the Indonesian part of the island of New Guinea, includes Philippines, does not include china

Question 8

East Asia

Answer 8

Generally refers to china, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan; not Mongolia

Question 9

Central America

Answer 9

All the countries from south of Mexico through panama, no Caribbean countries, just the isthmus

Question 10

Latin America

Answer 10

Includes Mexico and most Spanish or Portuguese- speaking countries in the south (a broad loose term referring to countries that speak Romance languages in the Western Hemisphere)

Question 11

Oceania

Answer 11

Refers to numerous island countries and lands in the South Pacific, including Australia and New Zealand and the east half of New Guinea, mostly consists of ocean