IAC Geography Study Guide

Tripoli

capital of Libya

Libya

a country that used a monochrome flag from 1977-2011

Senegal

a country in West Africa that is bordered to its southeast by Mali and Guinea

Suez Canal

an artificial waterway in Egypt that connects the Mediterranean and Red Seas

Map of Africa

redrawn in 2011 when South Sudan officially separated from Sudan

Canary Islands

an archipelago (controlled by Spain) off the coast of Africa that is named for its dogs

Archipelago

a chain or cluster of islands

Lagos and Abuja

2 major cities of Nigeria

Petra, Jordan

this city was built into a sandstone rock face by the Nabataean Kingdom

Shanghai

the busiest port in the word and the largest city in China

Gobi Desert

a large, cold desert that is shared by China and Mongolia

Myanmar

contains most of the course of the Irrawaddy River

Petronas Towers

a pair of connected skyscrapers in Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur

the capital of Malaysia

Istanbul

the capital of Turkey and a transcontinental metropolis that connects Europe and Asia

Jakarta

capital of Indonesia and the largest city in the region of Southeast Asia

New South Wales

a state of Australia that has its capital at Sydney

Outback

a vast region of Australia dominated by natural landscapes and inhospitable to human life

International Date Line

how each calendar day is divided from the next and it runs through several islands in Oceania

Vatican City, San Marino, Andorra, Monaco, Liechtenstein, and Malta

the several microstates in Europe (List 6)

Venice

an Italian city built on a lagoon that has been heavily affected by rising sea levels

Lisbon

the capital of Portugal and home to the Vasco da Gama Bridge

Seine River

the subject of a clean-up effort in advance of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris

Copenhagen

the capital of Denmark and is connected to Malmö, Sweden by the Öresund Bridge

Russia

contains most of the Volga, the longest river in Europe

Brussels

the capital of Belgium where the European Union (EU) is headquartered

Santa Fe, New Mexico

home to a museum dedicated to Georgia O’Keeffe

Calgary and Edmonton

the two most well-known cities of the Canadian province Alberta

Georgia

it’s capital is Atlanta and has more than 70 streets with the name Peachtree

Des Moines

the capital of Iowa and is known for its corn production

Honolulu

the capital of Hawaii, home to the Aloha Tower

Cascades

a mountain range of the Pacific Northwest, home to the Crater Lake National Park

Baltimore, Maryland

the site of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which was struck by a boat in 2024

Oklahoma City

the capital of Oklahoma that architect I.M. Pei created a namesake plan for

Lake Erie

A lake that borders Michigan, New York, and Ohio

Idaho

the panhandle region of this state incorporates Coeur d’Alene and Moscow

Tijuana

The Mexican State of Baja California is home to a heavily touristed border city located across from San Diego

Managua

capital of Nicaragua, the largest country by area in Central America

Machu Picchu

a citadel constructed by the Incas with a ‘Sun Gate’ located at the entrance