World Geography (Misc.) Flashcards

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Region spanning southern Bulgaria, northeastern Greece, & western Turkey

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(Northern, Western, & Eastern) THRACE

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Fell to Japanese in WWII
Site of a “Death March” of Filipino & American POWs

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BATAAN PENINSULA

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3
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Paris’ subway system
French for “city railway”

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(CHEMIN DE FER) METRO(POLITAIN)

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4
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Ancient Roman road started 312 BCE
Originally went from Rome to Capua, then to Brindisi
Site of Peter’s “Quo vadis?” to Jesus

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APPIAN WAY

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Region around Rome on the Tyrrhenian sea for which a language is named

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LATIUM
(LATIN)

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Region of Balkan peninsula
Setting of Twelfth Night (Viola falls for Orsino, its Duke)

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ILLYRIA

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Bronze Age Greek civilization of which Agamemnon was king

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MYCENAE

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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

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BERBER(S)

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Nomadic group of Levant, Arabia, & North Africa
Wear “smagg” head coverings
Tribes led by Sheikhs

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BEDOUIN

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Ethnic group of Afghanistan (makes up ~40% of population)
Also some presence in Pakistan (~15%)

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PASHTUN

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Caribbean ethnic group
Language gave us “Jamaica” (“Xaymaca”, “land of wood & water”)
Met Columbus

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ARAWAK

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12
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Ethnic group of the Americas for whom a sea off the Atlantic is named

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CARIB

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13
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Ethnic group of Kenya
Involved in the Mau Mau uprisings of 1952 against colonization

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KIKUYU

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A group of countries named after a continent/currency

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EUROZONE
(EURO AREA)

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Group of European countries named for a 1985 “Agreement” & 1990 “Convention” signed in Luxembourg
Allows free movement across borders

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SCHENGEN AREA

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16
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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

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OPEC
(ORGANISATION OF THE PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES)

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Area North of the Sahara
Arabic for “west”

18
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Semi-arid area south of the Sahara

19
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Nomadic people of the Sahara
Also the name of a VW model

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TUAREG/TOUAREG

20
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Hyphenated south slavic languages (or a single pluricentric language)
Spoken in Dubrovnik & Belgrade

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SERBO-CROATIAN

21
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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

A

ALSACE-LORRAINE

22
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Mascot representing Colombian coffee growers
Has a mule named Conchita

A

JUAN VALDEZ

23
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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

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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

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Mexican state South of Sonora On the Gulf of Mexico Includes the seaport of Mazatlan
SINALOA