Geography Final

Front 1

Electricity produces from steam is called _____ _____. New Zealand uses this type of electicity.

Back 1

geothermal energy

Front 2

Name the explorer who claimed Australia for the British.

Back 2

Captain James Cook

Front 3

Electricity produced by flowing water is called _______ _______.

Back 3

hydroeletric power

Front 4

Name the capital of New Zealand.

Back 4

Wellington

Front 5

What island south of Australia is part of Australia?

Back 5

Tasmania

Front 6

The ___ ___ ___ is a group of coral formations off of Austalia's coast

Back 6

Great Barrier Reef

Front 7

The ______ is what the Australians call the rural areas of their country

Back 7

bush

Front 8

Name Australias capital

Back 8

Canberra

Front 9

Name an important port city in New Zealand

Back 9

Auckland

Front 10

What do the Australians call themselves?

Back 10

Aussies

Front 11

Name the largest area of flat land in New Zealand

Back 11

Canterbury Plains

Front 12

The original inhabitants of New Zealand are called the _____

Back 12

Macris

Front 13

The original inhabitants of Australia are called the ________

Back 13

aborigines

Front 14

What European country once controlled Australia?

Back 14

Great Britian

Front 15

What country controlled India from the 1700s until the 1940s

Back 15

Great Britian

Front 16

Who led a peaceful independent movement in India?

Back 16

Mohandas Gandi

Front 17

What religion do most of the people of India practice?

Back 17

Hindu

Front 18

North Africa and Southwest Asia are often called the ______ _______

Back 18

Middle East

Front 19

A fan shaped fertile area at the mouth of a river is a ______

Back 19

delta

Front 20

Name the finger of land in Russia with many active volcanoes

Back 20

Kamchatka Peninsula

Front 21

Name the world's largest inland body of water

Back 21

Caspian Sea

Front 22

Name the world's deepest feshwater lake. It is in Russia

Back 22

Lake Baikal

Front 23

Name the capital of China

Back 23

Beijing

Front 24

Name the capital of the united kingdom

Back 24

London

Front 25

The distribution of people, ideas, and diseasesaround the world by European explorers and settlers it is called the ______ _________

Back 25

Columbian Exchange

Front 26

Name the capital of the roman empire during its decline

Back 26

constantinople

Front 27

Name the rock desert in southeastern Mongolia. It is almost twice the size of texas

Back 27

Gobi desert

Front 28

This river is called China's sorrow

Back 28

yellow river

Front 29

the land of the blue sky

Back 29

Mongolia

Front 30

the city that was a great city of learning in northern eygpt

Back 30

alexandria

Front 31

the group thar wanted to reform the catholic church during te middle ages is called the _______

Back 31

prodistants

Front 32

_____ was home to the ist democratic constitution

Back 32

athens,greece

Front 33

_____, socrates, and aristotle were famous greek teachers and philosophers

Back 33

plato

Front 34

the capital of eygpt

Back 34

cairo

Front 35

morocco's larget city and port

Back 35

casa blanca

Front 36

north africa's smallest country

Back 36

tunisia

Front 37

jewish holy book

Back 37

torah

Front 38

muslim holy book

Back 38

q'uran

Front 39

the greatest prophet in judism is ______. god gave him the 10 commandments

Back 39

moses

Front 40

the great prophet of islam

Back 40

muhammed

Front 41

the world's youngest major religion and didn't begin until 600s A.D.

Back 41

islam

Front 42

the capital of libya

Back 42

tripoli

Front 43

tourists sand board in the sand dunes of this desert

Back 43

namib

Front 44

the african island country. it lies off of the southeast coast of the continent

Back 44

madigascar

Front 45

it is the largest island in the world

Back 45

greenland

Front 46

the main religion of the middle east

Back 46

islam

Front 47

the religion of isreal

Back 47

jewish

Front 48

the religion of western europe

Back 48

christianity

Front 49

the capital of france

Back 49

paris

Front 50

the capital f germany

Back 50

berlin

Front 51

the roof of the world

Back 51

plateau of tibet

Front 52

african lake that holds about 500 fish species

Back 52

lake malawi

Front 53

name the first black president of south africa

Back 53

nelson mendeli

Front 54

the continent at the south pole

Back 54

antartica

Front 55

the line of latitude that divides the earth into eastern and western hemispheres

Back 55

prime merideaen

Front 56

a _____ is a large wave or waves that cause flooding

Back 56

tsunami

Front 57

a tropical storm that reaches speeds of 74 and over and starts in the atlantic ocean

Back 57

hurricane

Front 58

in 1900 a hurricane and is storm surge killed between 6000 and 8000 people in ______ texas

Back 58

galveston

Front 59

whose body preserved and on display in moscow, russia?

Back 59

linnen

Front 60

china's government has been _________ since 1949

Back 60

communist

Front 61

what mountains in russia divide europe from asia?

Back 61

ural mountains

Front 62

what city in turkey is located in both europe and asia?

Back 62

istanbul

Front 63

the roman empire surrounded the ________ sea

Back 63

mediterranean

Front 64

ethiopia and somalia are located on the ___ of africa

Back 64

horn

Front 65

scotland, north ireland, england, and wales are the kingdoms that make up this country

Back 65

u.k.

Front 66

this is the highest mountain in africa

Back 66

mt. kilimanjaro

Front 67

this is world's largest desert. it is in north africa.

Back 67

sahara

Front 68

what country is called the gift of the nile?

Back 68

egypt

Front 69

mongolia, japan, and korea are all located on the continent of ______

Back 69

asia

Front 70

what 3 countris fought the u.s. in ww2?

Back 70

germany, italy, and japan

Front 71

Name the countries in ww2 that made up the allie powers

Back 71

soviet union, france, britian,china, u.s.

Front 72

what is the world's largest ocean?

Back 72

pacific

Front 73

name the 7 continents

Back 73

north america, south america, europe, asia, africa, antartica, and australia

Front 74

is the artic ocean closer to the u.s. or antartica?

Back 74

u.s.

Front 75

what ocean borders india?

Back 75

indian

Front 76

name the 3 oceans that border asia

Back 76

indian, pacific, and artic

Front 77

_____ was the main part of the soviet union ntil 1991

Back 77

russia

Front 78

this is the only continent that is a country

Back 78

australia

Front 79

the great wall is located in this country

Back 79

china

Front 80

the taj mahal is located in this country

Back 80

india

Front 81

the lourve, notre dame, and the effiel tower are all located in this city in france

Back 81

paris

Front 82

what major river runs through london?

Back 82

thames

Front 83

what major river runs next to paris?

Back 83

seine

Front 84

what is russia's major river?

Back 84

volga

Front 85

the water between britian and the mainland of europe is called the ____ ____.

Back 85

english channel

Front 86

what city in russia was once called leningrad?

Back 86

st. petersburg

Front 87

what is the capital of greece?

Back 87

athens

Front 88

name the captial of spain

Back 88

madrid

Front 89

in what country do they have the running of the bulls?

Back 89

spain

Front 90

what country is located on the southern tip of africa?

Back 90

south africa

Front 91

the largest lake in africa, it is the source of the nile, and is named after a british queen

Back 91

lake victoria

Front 92

france, britian, and germany are all part of this country

Back 92

europe

Front 93

the european countries have formed an economic partnership called the ____ ______. many people beleive this was a way of creating one country out of europe's many countries

Back 93

european union

Front 94

there is a famous opera house in ______, australia

Back 94

sydney

Front 95

siberia is located in which country?

Back 95

russia

Front 96

what is the tallest mountain on earth?

Back 96

mount everest

Front 97

this landlocked country is located between india and china

Back 97

napal

Front 98

name 2 countries that used to be part of india

Back 98

pakistan and bangledesh

Front 99

mt. everest is located in this mountain range

Back 99

himalayas