Geography Semester 1 Final Review

What country was the rival of the United States during the Cold War

What two countries are considered the Alpine countries?

What is the capital of Ireland?

Muskets, horses, and diseases helped the Spanish conquer the Aztects.

A feeling of strong political and emotional loyalty to one's own region.

What is Canada's largest city?

During the 1800s, the North and the South of the United States fought the

In what year did the Soviet Union fall?

Horizontal lines, on a map or globe, that measure North and South.

What is the capital of Britain?

Which province is the center of French-Canadian culture?

The belief that certain parts of a country should be independent.

What is the capital of Canada?

In which country did the Industrial Revolution begin?

The process of moving from one place to another.

A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas.

What was the largest civilization in South America?

The part of Earth that includes all forms of life.

Human Geography and Physical Geography are the two main branches of geography.

Europe's largest mountain range

The last of the major Mexican empires.

Areas west of the Ural Mountains are a part of which continent?

The solid crust of the planet

The envelope of gases that surrounds Earth

A map that shows states, nations, capitals, and major cities.

A river that is deep enough and wide enough for shipping is known as a

Which line of latitude divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemisphers?

How many independent countries make up the British Isles.

The movement of water through the hydrosphere is known as the water cycle

Another name for the United Kingdom is Great Britain.

A map that shows what the surface of the Earth looks like.

Which central American country predominately speaks English

the movement of surface material from one location to another.

Something that draws a person to move to a new place/home

Resources that continuously replace themselves through natural processes.

What is the Capital of France?

How many provinces did the British create in Canada?

Areas east of the Ural Mountains are a part of which continent?

What is the largest country in South America?

What is South America's largest river?

Which Central American country did the US build a canal across in the 1900s?

All of Earth's water

A narrow deep inlet of the sea between high rocky cliffs.

Very cold regions near the North and South Poles.

What family of powerful nobles ruled over the Holy Roman Empire?

Resources that cannot be replaced naturally after they have been used.

Warm region of the Earth near the Equator that receives a lot of sun light.

What is the largest mountain range in South America?

This fresh water lake contains 1/5th of the world's fresh water supply.

What city is the capital, and the largest city, of Austria?

The earliest inhabitants of the US arrived from which continent?

Which European country suffered from a potato famine in the 1800s?

The lands that the Netherlands reclaimed from the sea are known as polders.

Something that forces someone to move from where they live to somewhere new.

What is the largest country in the world?

Which Province is the center of British heritage and culture?

What is the Capital of the United States?

Vertical lines, on a map or globe, that measure East and West.