Geography Final Test Review
Geography Final Test Review
Geography Final Test Review
FINAL TEST
NORTH
60°WEST
30° N
N LATITUDE, 120°
LATITUDE,
S LATITUDE, 60° W
90° EAST
EELONGITUDE
LONGITUDE
LONGITUDE
SOUTH
C=
J=
A=
H= 30°F=
B=
60°
75°N
15° NN60° S
N LATITUDE,
LATITUDE,
LATITUDE,
SLATITUDE,
LATITUDE, 60°
180°
90°
75° WE
E120°
120° W
W
LONGITUDE
LONGITUDE
D=
I=G=
E= 15
45°30°
0° N°
S S
LATITUDE,
LATITUDE,
LATITUDE, 45°
0°
150°
150° W W
LONGITUDE
LONGITUDE
LONGITUDE
LONGITUDE
IMPORTA
NT
GEOGRA
PHY
FACTS
Francisco
Pizarro
conquered
the Inca
Indians of
Peru
Simón Bolívar is remembered for
leading Venezuela and several other
South American countries to
independence from Spain
Argentina is known as the "Granary of
the South”
São Paulo Brazil, is South America's largest city in
population.
Lake Titicaca is the world's highest navigable
freshwater lake
The Galápagos Islands belong to
Ecuador
The Drake
Passage
separates
South
America
from
Antarctica
The Portuguese is the
official language of Brazil
Colombia produces more
emeralds than any other
country
Because its major religion prohibits the
killing of cattle, the country of India has
more livestock than any other country in
the world.
Lake Maracaibo is the largest lake in the South American
continent
Angel
Falls is the
world's
highest
waterfall
Mt. Aconcagua is the
highest peak in the Western
Hemisphere
Roman Catholicism It is the
most followed religion in
South America
Andes Mountains is the
longest mountain range of
South America
Sahara is the world's
largest desert
the Panama Canal provides passage for ships traveling
between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
Grand Canyon is the world's largest canyon
the St Lawrence Seaway is the world's largest
inland seaway
Greenland is the world's largest
island
Estuary is the wide mouth
where the ocean tide meets
a river current
Lake Superior is the
world's largest
freshwater lake in area
Nile River is the world's
longest river
The Rocky
Mountains is
considered
the
“Backbone
of North
America"
The Great Barrier Reef is the world's
biggest natural structure formed by
living things
Both Jews and Muslims consider Jerusalem a
holy city
About 1/4 of the Netherlands is polder that was taken from the sea by
using dikes, dams, and windmills to drain water from the land
Cuba became the Western Hemisphere's first Communist
dictatorship
the Philippines is the
only Asian country
where a majority of
the people practice
Roman Catholicism
Liberia
was
settled by
freed
slaves
A gold rush in
1851 caused
the
population of
Australia to
increase by
nearly 200%
Quebec is
Canada's
French
province
Afrikaners are
the Dutch
inhabitants of
South Africa
COUNTR
IES AND
THEIR
CAPITAL
S
• Australia………………………………… • Canberra
• Canada …………………………………. • Ottawa
• China …………………………………… • Beijing
• Egypt …………………………………… • Cairo
• Greece …………………………………
• Athens
• India ……………………………………...
• New Delhi
• Japan …………………………………….
•
• Tokyo
Liberia ……………………………………
• Libya …………………………………….. • Monrovia
• Philippines……………………………..... • Tripoli
• South Korea…………………………..... • Manila
• Spain …………………………………….. • Seoul
• Thailand …………………………………. • Madrid
• The • Bangkok
Netherlands……...........................
. • Amsterdam
• Ukraine…………………..................... • Kiev
....
MAPS
Amazon River
Brazil
Buenos Aires
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Falkland Islands
French Guiana
Georgetown
Lake Titicaca
Lima
Pampas
Tierra del Fuego
Uruguay
Venezuela
Arctic Circle
Cape of Good
Hope
Caribbean Sea
Caspian Sea
Gobi Desert
Hudson Bay
Indian Ocean
Mississippi River
Mt. Everest
Pacific Ocean
Prime Meridian
Tropic of
Capricorn
Ural Mountains
California
Cape Town
China
Cuba
Egypt
Germany
Indonesia
Italy
London
Moscow
New Zealand
Ontario
Queensland
Spain
Ukraine