World Geography (Misc.) Flashcards
Region spanning southern Bulgaria, northeastern Greece, & western Turkey
(Northern, Western, & Eastern) THRACE
Fell to Japanese in WWII
Site of a “Death March” of Filipino & American POWs
BATAAN PENINSULA
Paris’ subway system
French for “city railway”
(CHEMIN DE FER) METRO(POLITAIN)
Ancient Roman road started 312 BCE
Originally went from Rome to Capua, then to Brindisi
Site of Peter’s “Quo vadis?” to Jesus
APPIAN WAY
Region around Rome on the Tyrrhenian sea for which a language is named
LATIUM
(LATIN)
Region of Balkan peninsula
Setting of Twelfth Night (Viola falls for Orsino, its Duke)
ILLYRIA
Bronze Age Greek civilization of which Agamemnon was king
MYCENAE
North African group, historically nomadic, of the Sahara
Official language of Algeria & Morocco, along with Arabic
Also called “Tamazight”
Makers of “carpets”
“Double-talk” name
BERBER(S)
Nomadic group of Levant, Arabia, & North Africa
Wear “smagg” head coverings
Tribes led by Sheikhs
BEDOUIN
Ethnic group of Afghanistan (makes up ~40% of population)
Also some presence in Pakistan (~15%)
PASHTUN
Caribbean ethnic group
Language gave us “Jamaica” (“Xaymaca”, “land of wood & water”)
Met Columbus
ARAWAK
Ethnic group of the Americas for whom a sea off the Atlantic is named
CARIB
Ethnic group of Kenya
Involved in the Mau Mau uprisings of 1952 against colonization
KIKUYU
A group of countries named after a continent/currency
EUROZONE
(EURO AREA)
Group of European countries named for a 1985 “Agreement” & 1990 “Convention” signed in Luxembourg
Allows free movement across borders
SCHENGEN AREA
Cartel founded in Baghdad, 1960 by Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, & Venezuela
Also includes Algeria, Angola, R.O. Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Libya, Nigeria, & UAE
Former members are Indonesia, Ecuador, & Qatar
1973 oil embargo
HQ in Vienna
OPEC
(ORGANISATION OF THE PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES)
Area North of the Sahara
Arabic for “west”
MAGHREB
Semi-arid area south of the Sahara
SAHEL
Nomadic people of the Sahara
Also the name of a VW model
TUAREG/TOUAREG
Hyphenated south slavic languages (or a single pluricentric language)
Spoken in Dubrovnik & Belgrade
SERBO-CROATIAN
Historic region of France
Largely gained in Westphalia treaty (1648)
Annexed in Franco-Prussian war (1871)
#8 of Wilson’s 14 points, returned to France at Versailles (1919)
German-occupied in WWII
Includes Metz & Strasbourg
ALSACE-LORRAINE
Mascot representing Colombian coffee growers
Has a mule named Conchita
JUAN VALDEZ
2nd largest Mexican state
South of Arizona
Name means “loud”
Borders Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Baja California, & the Gulf of California
Capital & largest city is Hermosillo
Shares name with a desert
SONORA
Largest Mexican state
Borders New Mexico & (across from Rio Grande/Rio Bravo) Texas
Shares canine name with its capital city and desert
Largest city is Juarez
CHIHUAHUA
Mexican state
South of Sonora
On the Gulf of Mexico
Includes the seaport of Mazatlan
SINALOA
