World Geography Flashcards
1
Q
Falls between Lakes Erie and Ontario
A
Niagra Falls
2
Q
Sea between China and Korea
A
Yellow Sea
3
Q
Sea north of Black Sea and Crimean peninsula
A
Sea of Azov
4
Q
Australia’s largest island
A
Tasmania
5
Q
Marshall Island’s site of first atomic test in pacific
A
Eniwetok
6
Q
“Pony” island in English Chanel
A
Shetland Island
7
Q
Mountain Chain: Eastern United States
A
Appalachians
8
Q
Major River of: Israel
A
Jordan
9
Q
Major River west of the Rockies
A
Colorado
10
Q
Volcano in Indonesia
A
Krakatoa
11
Q
World’s highest mountain chain
A
Himalayas
12
Q
Mountain Chain: South Dakota
A
Black Hills
13
Q
Major River of: Kiev
A
Dnieper
14
Q
World’s saltiest body of water
A
Dead Sea
15
Q
Mountain Chain: California
A
Sierra Nevada
16
Q
Strait separating Italy and Sicily
A
Strait of Messina
17
Q
Swedish-Finnish Gulf
A
Gulf of Bothnia
18
Q
Major River of: Louisville-Cincinnati
A
Ohio
19
Q
World’s highest Mountain
A
Mt. Everest
20
Q
Major River of: West central France
A
Loire
21
Q
Prince Edward Island gulf
A
Gulf of St. Lawrence
22
Q
Mountain Chain: Georgia-North Carolina
A
Blue Ridge Mountains
23
Q
Major River of: Hamburg
A
Elbe
24
Q
Highest Mountain in: South America
A
Mt. Aconcagua
25
Major River of: Nebraska
(North) Platte
26
Major River of: Baghdad
Tigris
27
Sound south of cape cod
Nantucket sound
28
Island Group including Tenerife
Canary Islands
29
Volcano in Mexico
Paracuten
30
Mountain Chain: Northeastern New York
Adirondacks (home to Algonquin Peak)
31
North African Desert
Sahara Desert (World's largest)
32
Major River of: "Big Muddy" river
Missouri
33
Major River of: Robert Burns' "Sweet" river
Afton
34
Lake between Switzerland and France
Lake Geneva
35
Highest Mountain in: New Hampshire
Mt. Washington
36
Largest lake in South America
Lake Titicaca
37
Liffey River bay
Dublin bay
38
Mountain Chain: Spain
Sierra Nevada
39
California immigrant island
Angel Island
40
Mountain Chain: French-Spanish border
Pyrenees
41
Mountain Chain: Wyoming
(Grand) Tetons
42
Major River of: Northwest Europe
Rhine
43
Major River of: Budapest
Danube
44
Falls on the Brazil-Argentina Border
Iguazu Falls
45
Bikini island group
Marshall Islands
46
Major River of: Pakistan
Indus
47
Major River of: Boston
Charles
48
Alaska's largest island
Kodiak Island
49
Major River of: Lisbon
Tagus
50
Famous Mountains: Ten Commandments
Mt. Sinai
51
Highest Mountain in: Hawaii
Mauna Kea
52
Source of the Mississippi River
Lake Itaska - Minnesota
53
Major River of: St. Petersburg
Neva
54
Bay on Beaufort Sea
Prudhoe Bay
55
Second-largest island in the Mediterrenean
Sardinia
56
South American Desert
Atacama (World's driest place)
57
Mountain Chain: New England
Presidential Range
58
Major River of: Montreal
St. Lawrence
59
Israeli Desert
Negev
60
Highest Mountain in: Asia
Mt. Everest
61
Volcano in Philippines
Mt. Pinitubo
62
Main island of Japan
Honshu
63
World's largest bay
Hudson bay
64
Mountain Chain: Arkansas-Missouri
Ozarks
65
Highest Mountain in: East of the Mississippi
Mt. Mitchell - NC
66
Largest tropical island
New Guinea
67
Southwest American Desert
Mojave
68
Highest Mountain in: Oregon
Mt. Hood
69
Persian Gulf Strait
Strait of Hormuz
70
Highest Mountain in: Colorado
Mt. Elbert
71
Major River of: Poland
Vistula
72
Major Dreyfus and Papillon were exiled here
Devil's Island
73
Indian/Pakistan desert
Thar desert
74
Major River of: Spain
Ebro
75
Lake behind Grand Coulee Dam
Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake
76
Canada's northern-most island
Ellesmere Island
77
Mountain Chain: South central Europe
Alps
78
Strait between English Channel and North Sea
Strait of Dover
79
Sea between India and Arabian Peninsula
Arabian Sea
80
World's largest marsh
Everglades
81
Volcano in Sicily
Mt. Etna (Europe's highest Volcano)
82
Major River of: West Africa
Congo
83
Volcano in Martinique
Mt. Pelee
84
World's largest gulf
Gulf of Mexico
85
Chile and Argentina's southern island
Tierra del Fuego
86
Highest Mountain in: Europe
Mt. Blanc
87
Gulf between Iran and Arabian peninsula
Persian Gulf
88
Irish Sea island
Isle of Man
89
Main island of the Philippines
Luzon
90
World's deepest lake
Lake Baikal (Siberia)
91
Largest island in the United States
Hawaii (The Big Island)
92
Major River of: Iowa
Des Moines
93
Major River of: Northeast Africa
Nile
94
Mountain Chain: New Zealand
Southern Alps
95
Highest Mountain in: Greece
Mt. Olympus
96
Asia's smallest island country
Singapore
97
Major River of: Vietnam and Cambodia
Mekong
98
Nova Scotia island
Cape Breton
99
Major River of: Scotland
Clyde
100
Islands 500 miles Northwest of Scotland
Hebrides
101
Mountain Chain: Tennessee-North Carolina
Great Smoky Mountains
102
Major River of: Ireland
Shannon
103
Prison located on San Francisco bay island
Alcatraz
104
World's highest waterfall
Angel Falls - Venezuela
105
Famous Mountains: New Hampshire profile
Great Stone Face
106
Major River of: Little Rock
Arkansas
107
Lake behind Aswan High Dam
Lake Nasser
108
U.S. naval base in souther Indian Ocean
Diego Garcia
109
Southwest USA/Northern Mexico Desert
Sonoran Desert
110
Antigua's sister island
Barbuda
111
Strait dividing Asia and North America
Bering Strait
112
Australian deserts
Victoria and Great Sandy Deserts
113
Highest Mountain in: North America
Mt. McKinley (a.k.a. Danili)
114
Mountain Chain: Washington-Oregon
Cascades
115
Mountain Chain: North central Italy
Dolomites
116
The Statue of Liberty sits on this island
Bedloe's Island
117
World's highest tide
Bay of Fundy (Canada)
118
Equador's Pacific islands
Galapagos
119
Volcano in Hawaii
Kilauea
120
Major Falls in Natal - South Africa
Tugela Falls
121
Major River of: Vienna
Danube
122
St. Vincent's sister island
Grenadines
123
Falls on the Zambezi River
Victoria Falls - Zimbabwe
124
Europe's smallest island nation
Malta
125
Mountain Chain: Vermont
Green Mountains
126
Highest Mountain in: Washington
Mt. Rainier
127
Major River of: Virginia
James
128
Major River of: New York State
Hudson
129
Famous Mountains: Rio de Janeiro
Sugarloaf
130
World's second highest mountain chain
Andes
131
Highest Mountain in: Africa
Mt. Kilamanjaro
132
Texas island that is one hundred miles long
Padre Island
133
Formerly known as Sandwich islands
Hawaii
134
Europe's largest island
Great Britain
135
Sea between Egypt and Saudi Arabia
Red Sea
136
Largest island of the Netherland Antilles
Curacao
137
Western Canada's largest island
Vancouver Island
138
Strait separating North and South Islands of New Zealand
Cook Strait
139
Mountain Chain: Eastern USA
Appalachians
140
World's longest strait
Strait of Malacca (Indonesia)
141
Chile's Pacific island
Easter island
142
Highest Mountain in: Antarctica
Vinson Massif
143
Major River of: North Dakota
Red River (of the North)
144
Major River of: Dublin
Liffey
145
Sea between Italy and Balkan peninsula
Adriatic sea
146
World's largest swamp
Gran Pantanal (Brazil)
147
Georgia - Bulgaria and Ukraine Sea
Black Sea
148
Sea in Israel - a.k.a. Lake Tiberias
Sea of Galilee
149
Sea between Russia and Alaska
Bering Sea
150
Formerly known as Cook Islands
New Zealand
151
Bahama's most populous island
New Providence
152
Danish islands between Iceland and Great Britain
Faroe Islands
153
Sea separating Asian and European Turkey
Sea of Marmara
154
Major River of: River that feeds Lake Geneva
Rhone
155
Major River of: Idaho
Snake
156
Formerly known as the Malagasy Republic
Madagascar
157
Marshall Island's site of first Hydrogen bomb test
Bikini
158
Bangladesh bay
Bay of Bengal
159
Major River of: Northeast India
Ganges
160
Canals in Venice and China
Grand Canals
161
Sea west of Vietnam - east of the Philippines
South China Sea
162
Major River of: Harrisburg - PA
Susquehanna (Three Mile Island)
163
Indonesia's western-most main island
Sumatra
164
Latvia - Lithuania - and Estonia Sea
Baltic Sea
165
Brunei's island
Borneo
166
Largest lake lying within U.S. boundaries
Lake Michigan
167
World's largest sea
South China Sea
168
New York-Vermont lake
Lake Champlain
169
Deepest lake in the U.S.
Crater Lake
170
Mountain Chain: India-Asia divider
Himalayas
171
Chinese/Mongolian desert
Gobi desert
172
Mountain Chain: Northwest Africa
Atlas
173
Major River of: Venezuela
Orinoco
174
Major River of: Rome
Tiber
175
Major River of: London
Thames
176
Major River of: New England
Connecticut
177
Strait at southern end of South America
Strait of Magellan
178
Famous Mountains: Iwo Jima
Mt. Suribachi
179
Kazakhstan-Uzbekistan sea
Aral sea
180
Large southern island of Japan
Kyushu
181
St. Croix and St. Thomas Island group
Virgin Islands
182
Strait dividing Spain and Morocco
Strait of Gibralter
183
Tahiti island group
Society Islands
184
Major River of: South Africa
Orange
185
Volcano in Iceland
Mt. Hekla
186
Lake behind Hoover Dam
Lake Mead
187
Jakarta's island
Java
188
Major River of: Northwest Canada
Mackenzie
189
Canal connecting Hudson River and Great lakes
Erie Canal
190
Volcano in Washington
Mt. St. Helens
191
Mountain Chain: Central Italy
Apenines
192
Famous Mountains: Atlanta
Stone Mountain
193
Tanzania's island
Zanzibar
194
Major River of: Turkey
Meander
195
Portuguese islands in Atlantic
Azores
196
Major River of: Northern Vietnam
Red River
197
Islands of the world's worst airline disaster - owned by Spain
Canary Islands
198
Major River of: Washington - D.C.
Potomac
199
Major River of: Liverpool
Mersey
200
Mountain Chain: Montana-Wyoming
Bighorn Mountains
201
World's longest freshwater lake
Lake Tanganyika
202
Mountain Chain: Europe-Asia divider
Urals
203
Guam island group
Mariana or Micronesia
204
Major River of: East Africa
Zambezi
205
Major River of: Texas-New Mexico
Rio Grande
206
Island just south of India
Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon)
207
Island that welcomed 19th century U.S. immigrants
Ellis Island
208
Volcano in Antarctica
Mt. Erebus
209
Highest Mountain in: Great Britain
Ben Nevis
210
Mountain Chain: Eastern Europe
Carpathian
211
Gulf of western Africa
Gulf of Guinea
212
Highest Mountain in: Canada
Mt. Logan
213
Mountain Chain: Eastern Pennsylvania
Poconos
214
Mallorca and Ibiza Island group
Balearic islands
215
Caribbean ABC islands
Aruba - Bonaire - Curacao
216
Island in Manila Bay
Corregidor
217
World's second highest mountain
K-2 (Mt. Godwin-Austen)
218
Sea between Greece and Turkey
Aegean Sea
219
Highest Mountain in: Australia
Mt. Kosciusko
220
Major River of: Cairo
Nile
221
Highest Mountain in: Lower 48 states
Mt. Whitney - CA
222
Major River of: Argentina-Uruguay
Rio de la Plata
223
Southwest African desert
Namib
224
Canada's largest island
Baffin Island
225
Southern African Desert
Kalahar Desert
226
Bounty mutineer's island
Pitcairn
227
Guadalcanal island group
Solomon Islands
228
U.S. highest waterfall
Ribbon Falls - Yosemite
229
Volcano in Alaska
Mt. Readout
230
Washington state sound
Puget Sound
231
Mountain Chain: Minnesota
Masabi Range
232
Highest Mountain in: Japan
Mt. Fuji (Fujiyama)
233
Mountain Chain: South America
Andes
234
Major River of: Florence
Arno
235
Highest Mountain in: Tennessee
Clingman's Dome
236
Volcano in Italian Mainland
Mt. Vesuvius
237
Sea between Ireland and Great Britain
Irish Sea
238
Major River of: Paris
Seine
239
Sea east of Australia - home to great barrier reef
Coral sea
240
Island of Mt. Suribachi
Iwo Jima
241
Mountain Chain: Southern New York
Catskills
242
Mountain Chain: Southwest Russia
Caucasus
243
Major River of: Atlanta
Chattahoochee
244
Volcano in Montserrat
Soufriere
245
Spanish-French bay
Bay of Biscay
246
Largest island in the Mediterrenean
Sicily
247
Highest Mountain in: Israel
Mt. Marion
248
Highest Mountain in: Turkey
Mt. Ararat
249
Mountain Chain: Canada-USA-Mexico
Rockies
250
Large northern island of Japan
Hokkaido
251
Major River of: Stalingrad
Volga
252
Major River of: Alaska
Yukon
253
Major River of: Montana
Missouri
254
Blue Grotto island
Capri
255
New Zealand's main islands
North and South islands
256
Famous Mountains: Italian-Swiss border
Matterhorn
257
Island of giant monitor lizards
Komodo
258
Belgium - Norway and Denmark Sea
North Sea
