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Mapping Lab Canada/U.S
Mapping Lab Latin America
Mapping Lab Europe/Russia
Mapping Lab Africa
100
What does the term shield refer to?
The large core of very old rock that lies at the base of each continent.
100
Define the term isthmus.
A narrow strip of land that links with two larger land masses.
100
Europe and Russia share a ______ of sweeping plains and rugged mountains.
Landscape
100
There are ______ countries on the continent of Africa.
47.
200
During the ice ages, _______ scraped across the land.
Glaciers
200
Plains and _______ cover most of South America.
Plateaus
200
The European land mass looks like a giant _______ attached to Eurasia.
Peninsula
200
What is Africa often called?
The plateau continent.
300
What kind of climate does most of the United Sates have?
Humid Continental
300
What climate zone is the Mexican Plateau in?
Semiarid
300
No roads or railroads connect to the peninsula to _______.
Siberia
300
What is the longest fresh water lake in the world?
Lake Tanganyika
400
What is the main vegetation zone in Canada?
Coniferous forest
400
What kind vegetation zone covers the arid north?
Desert Scrub
400
The Russian ______ accounts for about 1/5 of the earths total forested area.
Taiga
400
Much of Ethiopia lies in a _______ vegetation zone.
Highlands
500
Northern American history began when bands of hunters migrated to Alaska from ______?
Asia
500
The Caribbean islands have a mix of ______ ______ and broad leaf evergreen forest.
Tropical Grasslands
500
The union of Aragon and Castile lead to the rise of the nation of _______.
Spain
500
By ______ _______ African were raising animals and growing crops.
5000 B.C.E