Test 3 Study Sheet Flashcards
What is the capital of Greece?
Athens
What is the capital of Spain?
Madrid
What is the capital of Germany?
Berlin
What is the capital of Russia?
Moscow
What is the capital of Iraq?
Baghdad
What is the capital of Switzerland?
Bern
What is the capital of France?
Paris
What is the highest peak in Europe?
Mr. Elbrus
What area is known as the “Cradle of Civilization?”
The Fertile Crescent
What is the largest city in population?
Tokyo
What is the world’s largest peninsula?
Arabian Peninsula
What is the world’s oldest republic?
San Marino
What continent is known as the birth place of Western Civilization?
Europe
What is the world’s smallest independent state?
Vatican City
What plateau is know as the “roof” of the world”?
Tibet
What narrow body of water separates the Iberian Peninsula from North Africa?
The Strait of Gibraltar
The Communists built a wall to keep people from escaping to freedom in what German city?
Berlin
In which country has 1/4 of the land been taken from the sea by using dams, dikes, and windmills to drain the water?
the Netherlands
What are the countries in the Baltic States?
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania
What countries were once under control of the Soviet Union but are considered independent republics today?
Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan
What country occupies the Jutland Peninsula?
Denmark
What country is known as the Emerald Isle?
Ireland
What are the four major political divisions of the United Kingdom?
England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales
On what parallel were North and South Korea divided?
38th parallel
What body of water separates Great Britain from continental Europe?
English Channel
What country is spread over the thousands of islands in the Malay Archipelago?
Indonesia
What city do both Muslims and Jews claim as a holy city?
Jerusalem
What is the main product exported from the Arabian Peninsula?
oil
Which country’s society is based on the caste system?
India
Parts of the Alps extend into which of the following countries? Austria, Belgium, France and Switzerland
Austria, France, Switzerland (NOT Belgium)
What is a isthmus?
A narrow strip of land that connects two landmasses.
What is a strait?
A narrow strip of water that connects two larger bodies of water.
What map shows the most accurate display of the earth’s features. It also shows correct shapes, sizes, and locations.
Globe
Who is a cartographer?
A person who is skilled in displaying geographic information on globes and maps.
Know these things on a political map of Europe:
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Amsterdam Berlin Madrid Kiev London, Athens Moscow Paris Rome Denmark France Reykjavik Portugal Hungary Ireland Sweden Ukraine Belarus
Know these items on a physical map of Europe.
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Adriatic Sea Baltic Sea Black Sea Mediterranean Sea North Sea Tyrrhenian Sea Balkan Peninsula Jutland Peninsula Iberian Peninsula Rhine River Caucasus Mountains Ural Mountains Alps Bay of Biscay Crete Ireland Sardinia
Know the following items on a World Map:
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Arctic Circle Antarctic Circle Equator Prime Meridian International Date Line Tropic of Capricorn Tropic of Cancer Indian Ocean Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean Mount Everest Mount Aconcagua Beijing New Delhi Tokyo Indonesia France Pakistan South Korea Saudi Arabia