Geo Basics
This map shows human made boundaries
What is political?
The region made up of a mainland peninsula and many archipelagos
What is Southeast Asia?
A plateau covers a large portion of this continent in which basins cut through to collect water
What is Africa?
World's longest river and continent location
What is Nile and Africa?
Mountains that are considered the dividing line between Europe and Asia
What are the Ural Mountains?
This is a way to describe location using exact latitude & longitude
What is absolute?
This type of map projection is usually in a textbook
What is Robinson?
This SA country was colonized by Portugal and therefore the dominant language is Portuguese
What is Brazil?
River in South Asia that is both sacred and polluted
What is the Ganges?
This mountain range is the largest in South America
What are the Andes Mountains?
The movement of people from one location to another
What is the migration?
Least populated and most populated continents
What are Antarctica and Asia?
This region (N, S, E, or W) of Europe has climate that is mild, like Southern California, and is called
What is Southern and Mediterranean?
Thi river is the largest in South America and supports a rainforest
What is the Amazon?
What are the Himalayas and Mount Everest?
Lines of _______ are imaginary lines from pole to pole (east and west) and lines of ___________ from north to south, parallel to equator
What is longitude and latitude?
This country is the largest, located on two continents, and has great influence
What is Russia?
Canada's legislature (governing body), head of government and political units
What is the Parliament, Prime Minister and provinces?
Oceans between N. America and Asia and N. America and Europe/Africa
What are Pacific and Atlantic?
This mountain is Africa's tallest and is a dormant volcano
What is Mount Kilimanjaro?
The study of distribution & interaction of physical and human features on earth
What is geography?
Land surrounded by water on three sides
What is a peninsula?
Original nation that occupied much of Oceania, as well as New Zealand and Australia
What is Great Britain (now known as the United Kingdom)?
Ocean between Africa and South/Southeast Asia
What is Indian?
World's largest non-polar desert and continent
What is Sahara and Africa?