Test 6 (Final Exam) Flashcards
What is the wide mouth where the ocean tide meets a river current called?
estuary
What is the world’s highest navigable freshwater lake?
Lake Titicaca
What is the world’s highest waterfall?
Angel Falls
What is the longest mountain range on land?
Andes
What is the world’s largest desert?
Sahara
What is the world’s largest canyon?
Grand Canyon
What is the world’s largest inland seaway?
the St. Lawrence Seaway
What is the world’s largest island?
Greenland
What is the world’s largest freshwater lake in area?
Lake Superior
What is the world’s longest river?
Nile River
What is the world’s biggest natural structure formed by living things?
Great Barrier Reef
What country prohibits the killing of cattle?
India
What city do both Jews and Muslims consider a holy city?
Jerusalem
What is the only Asian country where a majority of people practice Roman Catholicism?
the Philippines
About 1/4 of what country is polder that was taken from the sea by using dikes, dams, and windmills to drain water from the land?
the Netherlands
Afrikaners are the Dutch inhabitants of what country?
South Africa
Which African country was settled by freed slaves?
Liberia
A gold rush in 1851 caused the population of what country to increase by 200%?
Australia
What mountain range is considered the “Backbone of North America?”
Rocky Mountains
What is Canada’s French province?
Quebec
What country became the Western Hemisphere’s first Communist dictatorship?
Cuba
Which South American lake is the continent’s largest?
Lake Maracaibo
What is the highest peak in the Western Hemisphere?
Mt. Aconcagua
What canal of North America provides passage for ships traveling between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans?
the Panama Canal
What religion do the majority of South Americans practice?
Roman Catholicism
What country produces more emeralds than any other country?
Columbia
What is the official language of Brazil?
Portuguese
What separates South America from Antarctica?
Drake Passage
The Galapagos Islands belong to which nation?
Ecuador
What is South America’s largest city in population?
Sao Paulo, Brazil
What country is known as the “Granary of the South”?
Argentina
Who is remembered for leading Venezuela and several other South American countries to independence from Spain?
Simon Bolivar
Where did Francisco Pizarro conquer the Inca Indians?
Peru
Capital: Australia
Canberra
Capital: Canada
Ottawa
Capital: China
Beijing
Capital: Egypt
Cairo
Capital: Greece
Athens
Capital: India
New Delhi
Capital: Japan
Tokyo
Capital: Liberia
Monrovia
Capital: Libya
Tripoli
Capital: Philippines
Manila
Capital: South Korea
Seoul
Capital: Spain
Madrid
Capital: Thailand
Bangkok
Capital: the Netherlands
Amsterdam
Capital: Ukraine
Kiev
Capital: Portugal
Lisbon
Capital: North Korea
P’Yongyang
Physical and Political South America: Amazon River Brazil Buenos Aires Chili Columbia Ecuador Falkland Islands French Guiana Georgetown Lake Titicaca Lima Pampas Tierra del Fuego Uruguay Venezuela
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Physical World: Andes Mountains Arctic Circle Antarctic Circle Cape of Good Hope Caribbean Sea Caspian Sea Gobi Desert Hudson Bay Indian Ocean Mississippi River Mt. Everest Pacific Ocean Prime Meridian International Date Line Tropic of Capricorn Tropic of Cancer Ural Mountains Yucatan Peninsula
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Political World: United States (Need to know 3) Canadian Provinces/Territories (Need to know 2) Australia (need to know 2) Cape Town China Cuba Egypt Germany Indonesia Italy London Moscow New Zealand Ontario Queensland Spain Sudan Ukraine Russia
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