Map Identification

Geography 1303 students will have to know the locations of the following places for each of the exams.

Blank outline maps similar to the ones used on tests are available for practice/study at: http://www.eduplace.com/ss/ssmaps/index.html

Because Unit 1 covers geographic concepts, there are no map identification questions on the unit 1 exam.

For the Map portion of the remaining exams you will be responsible for the underlined regions that were completed during the unit.

Europe

Countries:

Benelux, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Republic of Ireland, Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Ukraine, Former Republic of Yugoslavia

Physical Features:

Alps, Apennines, Black Sea, Central European Upland, Danube River, English Channel, Iberian Peninsula, Mediterranean Sea, North European Lowland, North Sea, Pyrenees, Po River, Rhine River, Ural Mountains, West European Upland

Cultural Features:

Amsterdam, Belfast, Berlin, Italian Industrial Triangle Kiev, London, Paris, Rome, Stockholm, Swedish Industrial Triangle, Chernobyl

Russia

Countries:

Russia

Physical Features:

Caspian Sea, Russian Tundra, Russian Taiga, Siberia Ural Mountains, Volga River

Cultural Features:

Moscow, St. Petersburg

North America

Countries:

Canada, United States

Physical Features:

Appalachian Mountains, Canadian Shield, Colorado River, Columbia River, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake Superior, Mississippi River, Rio Grande, Rocky Mountains, St. Lawrence River

Cultural Features:

Chicago, Corn Belt, Cotton Belt, Dairy Belt, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Megalopolis (Boswash Corridor), New York City, Sunbelt, Washington D.C., Wheat Belts

Latin America

Countries:

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Venezuela

Physical Features:

Altiplano, Amazon river, Andes Mountains, Brazilian Highlands, Baja California, Guiana Highlands, Greater Antilles, Gulf of California, Gulf of Mexico, Lesser Antilles, Orinoco River, Parana River, Sierra Madre Occidental, Sierra Madre Oriental, West Indies, Yucatan Peninsula

Cultural Features:

Brasilia, Lima, Machu Picchu, Manaus, Mexico City, Panama Canal, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paolo

Subsaharan Africa

Countries:

Republic of South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda

Physical Features:

Cape Horn, Cape of Good Hope, Great Rift Valley, Horn of Africa, Lake Victoria

Cultural Features:

Cape Town, Kimberley, Serengeti National Park, Johannesburg

North Africa & Asia

Countries:

Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Nepal, Pakistan, Palestine Authority, Saudi Arabia, South Korea

Physical Features:

Ganges River, Himalayas, Huang He River, Indian Ocean, Indus River, Mount Everest, Nile River, Persian Gulf, Red Sea, Ring of Fire, Sahara Desert, Tigris-Euphrates Rivers, Yangtze River

Cultural Features:

Aswan High Dam, Bagdad, Beijing, Cairo, Jakota Triangle, Jerusalem, Kashmir, Suez Canal, Tehran, Taiwan, Tokyo