World Geography Flashcards
Who are the first two people to climb Mount Everest in 1953?
Hillary of NZ and Norgay of Nepal
Who was the first woman to climb Mount Everest in 1975?
Tabei from Japan
What is the largest military base in the world by area?
Fort Bragg in North Carolina, USA, is often cited as the largest, but outside the USA, the largest is the Russian military base in Kola Peninsula.
City in northeast Scotland on the North Sea
Aberdeen
A beach resort on the Mexican pacific coast
Acapulco
An arm of the Mediterranean Sea with Italy to the west and Balkans to the east
Adriatic Sea
An arm of the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Turkey
Aegean Sea
Edmonton is the capital, known for Banff, oil, gas, and minerals
Alberta
Norwegian man who was the first to reach the South Pole in 1911
Amundsen
British man who was the second to reach the South Pole
Robert Scott
Two places on the globe exactly opposite from each other
Antipodes
A part of the Indian Ocean which includes the Gulf of Oman, the Gulf of Aden. A major trade route between India and the 8 gulf states
Arabian Sea
The Asian part of Turkey called Anatolia in Greek
Asia Minor
Located in southern Egypt, one of the world’s largest dams
Aswan Dam
A coral island surrounding a lagoon
Atoll
Lasted from 1278 - 1918 and the seat of control of the Holy Roman Empire
Hapsburg Dynasty
West of Portugal, islands that lie on strategic trade routes
Azures
Which capital city is located on both banks of the Tigris River?
Baghdad
The Paris of the Middle East
Beirut
The capital of West Germany until the Berlin Wall fell, located on the Rhine River
Bonn
The third largest island in the world that includes Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei
Borneo
A strait that separates the euro / asian portions of Turkey, important shipping route for Russia
Bosporus
The legislative capital of South Africa
Cape Town
Island in the Bay of Naples in southern Italy
Capri
A salt water lake between Europe and Asia, the largest inland body of water in the world
Caspian Sea
The mountains running through southern Russia, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan
Caucasus
Mostly Muslim part of Russia that wants independence
Chechnya
Paris of the north
Copenhagen
The largest of the Greek isles, once the home of the Minoans
Crete
This river was part of the border between east and west Germany, empties into the North Sea
Elbe River
City in central Italy on the Arno River
Florence
City in west / central Germany on the Main River
Frankfurt
City in Scotland on the Clyde River
Glasgow
Between Israel and Syria where the six days war took place
Golan Heights
The sinking of this ship in 1898 in the Havana harbor led to the Spanish American war
USS Maine
