Maps
The art, science, and technology of making maps.
Cartography
Canada
Ottawa
Language spoken by more people than any other
Mandarin
The "Continental Divide" is formed by this range
Rockies
The largest tributary of the Mississippi
Missouri River
The Earth can be divided into 2 of these
Hemispheres
Venezuela
Caracas
Irish, Italian, Hispanic, Korean for example
Ethnic groups
Runs like a spine along the Pacific coast of S. America
Andes
Longest river in Europe
Volga River
Lines of latitude are called this
Parallels
Hungary
Budapest
Lakota, Hopi, Iroquois, Seminole
Native Americans
These mountains form the the border between France and Spain
Pyrenees
It's source in Lake Victoria, it flows North 4,258 miles to the Mediterranean.
Nile River
The imaginary line at 180 degrees longitude
International Dateline
Iceland
Reykjavik
The "melting pot" describes how immigrants to America undergo this process.
assimilation
The highest mountain in Africa
Mt. Kilamanjaro
China's Huang He river is also called this
Yellow River
Every map has this feature which measures the ratio of distance on the map.
Scale
Kenya
Nairobi
Process by which one group undergoes a major modification by adopting a major characteristic of another
Acculturation
This highest peak in Australia is sacred to the Aboriginal people
Ayers Rock
Mesopotamia means "the land between these 2 rivers", the birthplace of civilization
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers