geography Flashcards

(48 cards)

1
Q

ecuador has this island group

A

the Galapagos

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2
Q

who conquered the Incas of peru

A

Francisco Pizarro

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3
Q

granary of the south

A

Argentina

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4
Q

separates south America from antarctica

A

drake passage

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5
Q

south Americas largest city in population

A

sao puablo in Brazil

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6
Q

produces more emeralds than any other country

A

Colombia

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7
Q

this county has the most life stock bc of religious reasons

A

India

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8
Q

who led Venezuela and other south American countries to independence

A

Simon Bulivar

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9
Q

official language of brazil

A

portugese

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10
Q

worlds highest freshwater lake

A

lake titicaca

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11
Q

worlds biggest living structure formed by living things

A

great barrier reif

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12
Q

the backbone of north america

A

the rocky mountains

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13
Q

the worlds longest river

A

the nile

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14
Q

worlds largest freshwater lake in area

A

lake superior

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15
Q

the wide mouth where a the ocean tide meets a river current

A

estuary

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16
Q

worlds largest island

A

greenland

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17
Q

worlds largest inland seaway

A

the st Lawrence seaway

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18
Q

worlds largest canyon

A

the grand canyonn

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19
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north american canal that provides a passage for ships traveling between the Atlantic and pacific oceans

A

Panama canal

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20
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worlds largest desert

21
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longest mountain range on land

22
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the religion that most south Americans practice

23
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the highest peak in the western hemesphere

A

mount aconcagua

24
Q

worlds highest waterfall

25
south Americas largest lake
lake maricibo
26
Australia's Capital
cambarra
27
capital of canada
Ottawa
28
capital of china
bejing
29
capital of egypt
cairo
30
capital of greece
athens
31
capital of India
delhi
32
capital of Japan
tokyo
33
capital of lyberia
monrovia
34
capital of libya
tripoli
35
capital of the phillapines
manilla
36
capital of south korea
seoul
37
capital of spain
madrid
38
capital of thailand
bangkok
39
capital of netherlands
amsterdam
40
capital of ukrain
keiv
41
1/4 of this county is considered polder
the netherlands
42
only Asian country that practices roman Catholicism
the phillipines
43
caused the population of Australia to increase
Australian gold rush
44
africaners are dutch inhabitants of this country
south aftrica
45
canadas French providence
quebec
46
African country settled by free slaves
liberia
47
western hemispheres first communist dictatorship
cuba
48
considered a holy city by both Jews and muslims
jeruselem