Deserts
Stretching across parts of Mongolia and northern China, this cold desert is known for dramatic temperature swings.
Gobi Desert
This part of a map explains what its symbols and colors mean.
Legend or key
This Southeast Asian country is made up of more than 7,000 islands.
Philippines
Dutch is an official language of the Netherlands and this neighboring European country.
Belgium
This island nation in the Caribbean was named for Saint Lucy of Syracuse.
Saint Lucia
This Colorado resort town is famous for four ski areas: Aspen Mountain, Aspen Highlands, Buttermilk, and Snowmass.
Aspen
The Beatles famously began building their following in this English port city.
Liverpool
This country is often called the “Land of the Rising Sun.”
Japan
The Namib Desert runs along this ocean.
Atlantic Ocean
On a 360-degree compass, due east is this number of degrees.
90 degrees
The island nation of Sri Lanka lies just southeast of this much larger country.
India
English, German, Dutch, Swedish, and Norwegian belong to this branch of Indo-European languages.
Germanic languages
This Louisiana city was named for Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, Regent of France.
New Orleans
This Utah destination hosted alpine skiing events during the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Park City
U2 formed in this Irish capital.
Dublin
This country is nicknamed the “Emerald Isle.”
Ireland
A region generally qualifies as desert when it receives less than about this many inches of precipitation annually.
10 inches
When contour lines are spread far apart, the slope is generally this.
Gentle or gradual
Tashkent is the capital of this Central Asian country.
Uzbekistan
“Shukran” means “thank you” in this language.
Arabic
This capital city of the U.S. state of Nebraska was renamed in honor of a U.S. president after originally being called Lancaster.
Lincoln
This French resort town sits at the foot of Mont Blanc and hosted the first Winter Olympics in 1924.
Chamonix
The tango developed along the Río de la Plata and is especially associated with this South American capital.
Buenos Aires
This South Asian country is often called the “Pearl of the Indian Ocean.”
Sri Lanka
These endangered two-humped camels survive in parts of the Gobi Desert.
Bactrian camels
Longitude measures distance east or west of this reference line.
Prime Meridian
This plateau, often called the "Roof of the World," lies north of the Himalayas.
Tibetan Plateau
Russian is most commonly written in this alphabet.
Cyrillic alphabet
This U.S. city was named for Louis XVI of France.
Louisville
This Maine ski resort near Carrabassett Valley is the largest ski area in the state.
Sugarloaf
Kraftwerk emerged from this German city, which became highly influential in the development of electronic music.
Düsseldorf
This country has long been called the “Land of the Midnight Sun.”
Norway
These seasonal winds can carry enormous quantities of Sahara dust across the Atlantic Ocean toward the Caribbean and Americas.
Trade winds
Closed contour lines with hachure marks pointing inward usually indicate this type of landform.
A depression
This island, the world's third largest, is shared by Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei.
Borneo
This European country has four national languages: German, French, Italian, and Romansh.
Switzerland
This capital of Liberia was named for U.S. President James Monroe.
Monrovia
Located about an hour south of Munich, this historic resort hosted the 1936 Winter Olympics. It offers 40 km of pistes, high-altitude glacier skiing, and a charming Bavarian village atmosphere.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
The electronic dance style known as techno emerged during the 1980s in this American city
Detroit
This country is known as the “Land of the Brave,” words that also appear in its national anthem.
Nambia