AP Human Geography: World Regions

Central America

Countries from Mexico south to Panama

North America

Canada and the United States

Caribbean

Islands near North America

Latin America

Portuguese and Spanish speaking countries of the Americas

Brazil

Large Portugese speaking country in Latin America

Europe

Countries west of the Ural Mountains and North of Dardanelle Strait

Russian Federation

Largest country in the world

Western Europe

Consisting mostly the countries of Latin and Germanic ethnicity

Eastern Europe

Countries east of Germany, normally associated with Slavic, Balkan, and Baltic States

East Asia

The Korean Peninsula, China, Mongolia, Taiwan,

and Japan

Central Asia

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan

South Asia

India, Bhutan, Nepal,

Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

Southeast Asia

Asian Countries and Islands located east of India

and south of China

Asia

Continent bounded by the Pacific, Arctic, and

Indian Oceans and Mediterranean Sea

West Africa

Sub-Saharan Countries west of (but not including)

Chad and Cameroon

North Africa

African countries North of the Saharan Desert but

south of the Mediterranean Sea

Southern Africa

Countries to the south of (but not including) the

Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania

(Including Madagascar)

East Africa

All countries bordering Kenya and Ethiopia

Antarctica

Uninhabited southernmost continent

Southwest Asia

AKA The middle east

Sub-Saharan Africa

Countries that lie within and below the Saharan Desert

Australia

Largest island in Pacific and Oceania

Pacific Ocean

Largest world ocean, body of water between western sides of North/South America and eastern side of Asia and all of Oceania

Atlantic Ocean

Body of water between eastern North/South America and western side of Europe and Africa

Indian Ocean

Body of water between eastern Africa, southern South Asia, and west of Australia

Southern Ocean

Body of water just north of Antarctica

Arctic Ocean

Body of water north of North America, Asia, and Europe

Africa

Continent surrounded by Atlantic and Indian Oceans