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Europe
S. America
N. America
Africa
EUROPE MAP TERMS:
ISLANDS:
Iceland
Ireland
Britain
Corsica
Sardinia
Sicily
Crete
Cyprus
RIVERS:
Volga (Rybinsk to Caspian Sea)
Danube (S. Germany to Black Sea)
Rhone (S. France)
Po (N. Italy)
MOUNTAINS:
Urals (60E)
Divide Europe/Asia* see below
Alps (around Switzerland)
Pyrenees (Spain/France)
Apennines (in Italy)
Bodies of Water:
Mediterranean Sea
Adriatic Sea (E. of Italy)
Aegean Sea (Greece/Turkey)
Black Sea
Caspian Sea
Sea of Azov
North Sea
English Channel
Lake Ladoga
White Sea
Baltic Sea
Atlantic Ocean
LANDFORMS
Iberian Peninsula (Spain, Portugal)
Balkan Peninsula (S. of 46 degrees N)
Kola Peninsula (White Sea)
Po Valley (N. Italy)
Hungarian Basin (Hungary)
Black Earth Belt (Ukraine to Volga...)
Fenno-Scandian Shield (Scandinavia plus...)
North European Glaciated Plain
Crimean Peninsula (S. Ukraine)
*Europe/Asia:
1) Ural Mountains (60E)
2) Ural River
3) Caspian Sea to Baku
4) Across Caucasus Mountains
5) Through the Black Sea around Turkey to Cyprus
EUROPE
COUNTRIES AS OF 2010:
Iceland
Ireland (Eire)
United Kingdom: Scotland, Wales, England, N. Ireland (“Ulster”)
Scandinavia 3: Norway, Sweden, Denmark
Finland
Benelux 3: Belgium, The Netherlands (Holland), Luxembourg
Germany
Poland
France
Switzerland
Austria
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Hungary
Iberian Peninsula 3: Spain, Portugal, Andorra
Italian Peninsula 3: Italy, Vatican City, San Marino
Balkan Peninsula: Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo,
Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia
Bulgaria
Romania
Albania
Greece
European Turkey (near Istanbul-Constantinople)
Cyprus: “Northern Turkish Republic of Cyprus”, Rep. of Cyprus
Baltic Republics 3: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Russia
Microstates:
Vatican City, San Marino
Monaco , Liechtenstein
Andorra
Malta
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SOUTH AMERICA MAP TERMS:
ISLANDS:
Galapagos Archipelago
Tierra Del Fuego
Falklands (Malvinas)
REGIONS:
Andes Mountains
Brazilian Highlands
Guiana Highlands
Amazon Basin (Selvas),
Atacama desert
Altiplano
Humboldt (Peru) Current
GRASSLANDS:
Llanos
Gran Chaco
Pampas
RIVERS:
Amazon
Orinoco
Parana-Paraguay
LAKES:
Titicaca
Maracaibo
COUNTRIES:
Venezuela
Colombia
Ecuador
Peru
Bolivia
Chile
Paraguay
Argentina
Uruguay
Brazil
French Guiana
Suriname
Guyana
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NORTH AMERICA MAP TERMS
ISLANDS:
Greenland
Aleutian
Newfoundland
West Indies
Cuba
Hispaniola
Jamaica
Puerto Rico
RIVERS:
Yukon
Columbia
Colorado
Mississippi
Missouri
St. Lawrence
LAKES:
Winnipeg
Great Salt Lake
Great Lakes (5 homes)
Lago de Nicaragua
REGIONS:
North Slope
Yellowstone
Yucatan Peninsula
Everglades
Central Valley of California
(N. Sacramento Valley- S. San
Joaquin Valley)
Basin and Range Province
(Great Basin)
Great Plains
Baja Peninsula
MOUNTAINS:
Cordilleran Highlands, Brooks Range,
Rocky Mountains, Transverse Range,
Sierra Nevada, Cascades, Sierra Madre Occidental,
Sierra Madre Oriental,
Appalachian Mountains
BODIES OF WATER:
Hudson Bay
Bering Sea
Bering Strait
Gulf of Alaska
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez)
Gulf of Mexico
Misc.:
Isthmus of Panama
Tropic of Cancer
Mexico City, Los Angeles
Countries:
Know the following countries:
Canada, USA, Mexico
Central America (all seven):
Belize, Honduras,
El Salvador, Guatemala,
Nicaragua, Costa Rica,
Panama
West Indies:
Greater Antilles:
Cuba, Jamaica, Dominican Republic,
Haiti, Puerto Rico.
Lesser Antilles :
All the rest...
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AFRICA
AFRICA
MAP TERMS:
REGIONS:
Sahel (South of Sahara)
Cape of Good Hope (S. Africa)
(Rep. of Congo)
East African Rift Zone (Through the Red Sea, through Ethiopia ,through all the thin narrow lakes of E. Africa to Malawi ).
Horn of Africa (Ethiopia & Somalia)
DESERTS:
Sahara
Libyan (Libya/Egypt)
Kalahari (Botswana)
Namib (coast of Namibia)
MOUNTAINS:
Atlas (Morocco to Tunisia)
Ethiopian Highlands
Drakensberg (S. Africa)
Karroos (S. Africa)
OCEANIC:
Indian/Atlantic Oceans
Gulf of Guinea
Gulf ofAden (Somalia)
Red Sea
Gulf of Suez (Egypt)
Suez Canal (Egypt)
Mozambique Channel
Madagascar Island
Canary Islands (off coast of Morocco)
RIVERS:
Nile (Sudan, Egypt)
Congo (Rep. of Congo)
Zambezi (Mozambique)
Niger (Nigeria)
MISCELLANEOUS:
Serengeti Plain (Tanzania)
Mt. Kilimanjaro (Tan. Kenya )
Lake Victoria (Uganda )
Strait of Gibraltar
(Spain/Morroco)
VEGETATION:
Rain forest
Savanna
Mediterranean
POLITICAL/COUNTRIES:
Tier 1:Morocco , Algeria , Tunisia , Libya , Egypt
Tier 2:Mauritania , Mali , Niger , Chad ,Sudan , Ethiopia , Eritrea ,Djibouti ,Somalia .
W. Africa: Liberia , Nigeria.
DRC-Congo , Uganda , Kenya , Rwanda Burundi , Tanzania , Angola , Zambia , Zimbabwe, Malaw , Mozambique, Namibia , Botswana , South Africa, Lesotho ,
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