Global 1 Physical Features

What mountain range, shown here, runs through South America?

Which physical feature was a great location to begin a civilization?

What is the longest river system in South America?

What two physical features separate cultures from each other?

What are seasonal winds that bring heavy rain or droughts for weeks?

What physical feature isolates cultures from each other?

Where do the Tigris and Euphrates rivers empty into?

What is the largest desert on earth?

What sea, shown below, is surrounded by countries including Italy, Greece, Turkey, and Egypt?

What specific physical feature separates Europe from Asia?

0° longitude, the line that divides the eastern and western hemispheres is called what?

What mountain range is located in Western Europe?

0° latitude, the line that divides the northern and southern hemispheres is called what?

What country contains the largest portion of the Amazon Rainforest?

What is the longest river in India?

What is a characteristic of plains regions?

What measures distance north or south of the equator?

What is the largest river system?

How many main land masses, or continents, are there on earth?

How many oceans are there on earth?