North America
Name the two longest mountain ranges in North America:
The Rocky Mountains the Appalachian Mountains
What are the two main languages spoken in South America?
Spanish and Portugese
What are the four regions of Sub- Saharan Africa?
East Africa, West Africa, Southern Africa, Central Africa
The process where fertile land becomes desert.
Deforestation
What is the only continent with land in all four hemispheres?
Africa
What is the most population dense region in Canada?
The southeast region (near Quebec and Toronto).
This river has the largest volume of water in the world.
The Amazon River
An era of racial segregation in South Africa.
Apartheid
What is the difference between a push factor and a pull factor?
A push factor is a reason for someone to move away from a certain area (conflict, unemployment, high costs) while a pull factor is a reason to move somewhere (better jobs, good housing, saftey)
What is the world's largest island?
Greenland
What subregion of Mexico is Mexico City found in?
The Central Plateau
What famous civilization was founded in the Andes Mountains?
The Inca Empire
What Sub- Saharan country did the Czech Republic almost colonize?
Togo
___________ __________ is when cities grow horizontally into Suburbs.
Urban Sprawl
How many time zones are in the United States?
6
What is the longest river system in North America?
The Mississippi River
A colonial treaty that divided South America between Spain and Portugal.
The Treaty of Tordesilla
How many countries are in Sub- Saharan Africa?
48
Small, homogeneous, traditional, and local culture.
Folk Culture
Which continent has the world's largest desert?
Antartica
Name the five Great Lakes:
Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario
A military operation, from the U.S., to prevent communism in South America:
Operation Condor
What is the name of an international organization in West Africa?
ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States)
Colonial powers divided the land that they conquered, and created artificial borders. Some of these colonies were called ___________________.
Viceroyalties
What are the horizontal and verticle lines on a globe called?
latitude and longitude