Test 3 (Chapters 1-3) Flashcards
(134 cards)
1
Q
H
A
Apennines
2
Q
“Cradle of Civilization”
A
Fertile Crescent
3
Q
The world’s largest peninsula
A
Arabian Peninsula
4
Q
A
A
Arctic Circle
5
Q
C
A
Ireand
6
Q
Madrid
A
I
7
Q
Berlin
A
O
8
Q
Name three countries the Alps extend into
A
Austria, France, Switzerland
9
Q
Tropic of Capricorn
A
Y
10
Q
Equator
A
D
11
Q
C
A
North Sea
12
Q
What city do both Muslims and Jews claim as a holy city?
A
Jerusalem
13
Q
J
A
Tyrrhenian Sea
14
Q
What is the main product exported from the Arabian Peninsula?
A
oil
15
Q
Iberian Peninsula
A
E
16
Q
Y
A
Tropic of Capricorn
17
Q
S
A
Baltic Sea
18
Q
The largest city in the world (in population)
A
Tokyo
19
Q
a narrow strip of land that connects two landmassess
A
isthmus
20
Q
North Sea
A
C
21
Q
T
A
Urals
22
Q
Mt. Aconcagua
A
G
23
Q
U
A
Jutland Peninsula
24
Q
Caucasus Mountains
A
Q
25
Baghdad is the capital of ___.
Iraq
26
Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan were once under the control of ___, but are considered independent republics today.
the Soviet Union
27
Pakistan
U
28
Mediterranean Sea
I
29
the most accurate display of earth's features, showing correct shapes, sizes, and locations
globe
30
K
Hungary
31
What tiny European country is the world's smallest independent state?
Vatican City
32
Black Sea
O
33
What plateau is known as the "roof of the world"?
Tibet
34
Y
Kiev
35
Adriatic Sea
Y
36
capital of Russia
Moscow
37
Athens
HH
38
X
Crete
39
Indian Ocean
CC
40
G
Sardinia
41
W
Ukraine
42
Reykjavik
A
43
HH
Athens
44
South Korea
T
45
BB
France
46
Kiev
Y
47
Portugal
G
48
E
Iberian Peninsula
49
DD
Rome
50
On what parallel were North and South Korea divided?
38th parallel
51
I
Madrid
52
France
BB
53
Tyrrhenian Sea
J
54
W
Indonesia
55
Jutland Peninsula
U
56
Prime Meridian
AA
57
S
Tokyo
58
Rome
DD
59
CC
Indian Ocean
60
D
Equator
61
What country is spread over the thousands of islands in the Malay Archipelago?
Indonesia
62
I
Arctic Ocean
63
AA
Prime Meridian
64
Beijing
Q
65
Sardinia
G
66
L
Balkan Peninsula
67
R
Sweden
68
Crete
X
69
France
N
70
N
France
71
Ireland
C
72
X
Belarus
73
New Delhi
R
74
Ireland
A
75
Tokyo
S
76
In which German city did the Communists build a wall to keep people from escaping to freedom?
Berlin
77
Y
Adriatic Sea
78
M
Amsterdam
79
Ukraine
W
80
O
Berlin
81
O
Black Sea
82
a person skilled in displaying geographic information on maps and globes
cartographer
83
Mt. Everest
DD
84
Belarus
X
85
Arctic Ocean
I
86
Indian society is based on the ___, a strict division of social classess
caste
87
V
Rhine River
88
The highest peak in Europe
Mt. Elbrus
89
capital of Spain
Madrid
90
four major political divisions of the United Kingdom
England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales
91
T
Denmark
92
G
Portugal
93
A
Reykjavik
94
G
Mt. Aconcagua
95
Sweden
R
96
Bay of Biscay
D
97
Q
Caucasus Mountains
98
D
Bay of Biscay
99
Baltic Sea
S
100
Alps
N
101
AA
Paris
102
DD
Mt. Everest
103
Rhine River
V
104
Urals
T
105
Saudi Arabia
P
106
Hungary
K
107
occupies the Jutland Peninsula
Denmark
108
Q
Beijing
109
R
New Delhi
110
T
South Korea
111
F
London
112
Denmark
T
113
What body of water separates Great Britain from continental Europe?
English Channel
114
Z
Moscow
115
I
Mediterranean Sea
116
the Emerald Isle
Iceland
117
Paris
AA
118
Apennines
H
119
Balkan Peninsula
L
120
N
Alps
121
U
Pakistan
122
A
Ireland
123
the birthplace of Western civilization
Europe
124
capital of Greece
Athens
125
London
F
126
Arctic Circle
A
127
What narrow body of water separates the Iberian Peninsula from North Africa?
Strait of Gibraltar
128
About 1/4 of the land of _ is *polder*, land that has been taken from the sea by using dams, dikes, and windmills to drain the water
Netherlands
129
P
Saudi Arabia
130
Indonesia
W
131
the world's oldest republic
San Marino
132
Moscow
Z
133
Amsterdam
M
134
the three Baltic States
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania
