US/Canada
What mountain range runs through both Canada and the United States?
Rocky Mountains
What type of storms are common in the Caribbean in the summer?
hurricanes
What is the smallest country in Europe and in the world?
What is the largest desert in Africa?
Sahara
What is the largest desert in Asia?
Gobi Desert
What three oceans border Canada and the United States?
Pacific, Arctic, and Atlantic Oceans
What is the most widespread type of vegetation found in Latin America?
broadleaf evergreen forest
What countries make up the Iberian Peninsula?
Spain and Portugal
What physical feature is in northwest Africa?
Atlas Mountains
How much does the Himalayan Mountain range grow each year?
half an inch
What landform covers almost half of Canada?
Canadian Shield
What are the three regions in Latin America?
Mexico and Central America, Caribbean Islands, and South America
What mountain range separates France and Spain?
Pyrenees
What is the population in Africa?
1.3 billion
What country colonized India?
Great Britain
In what year did Canada win independence from Great Britain?
1931
What are the two most widespread economic activities in Latin America?
Livestock raising and subsistence farming
What river flows through ten countries?
Danube River
What is the most common land use in Africa?
subsistence farming
Where did the first civilization in India begin?
Indus River Valley
What percentage of the world's population lives in Canada and the United States?
about 5%
What is the oldest civilization in Latin America?
Maya
What peninsula has volcanoes?
Kamchatka Peninsula
Tanganyika, Victoria, Malawi
What group was so advanced for its time that it had indoor plumbing?
Mohenjo-Daro