Abeka 9th Grade Geography Test 3

Mt. Elbrus

The highest peak in Europe.

isthmus

A narrow strip of land that connects two land masses.

Athens

The capital of Greece.

Madrid

The capital of Spain.

Berlin

German city in which the Communists built a wall to keep people from escaping to freedom.

the Netherlands

Country in which about 1/4 of the land is polder, land that has been taken from the sea by using dams, dikes, and windmills to drain the water.

Moscow

The capital of Russia.

Fertile Crescent

Area that is known as the "Cradle of Civilization"

Iraq

Country in which Baghdad is the capital

Tokyo

The largest city in the world (in population).

Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania

The three nations that are known as the Baltic States.

Austria, France, and Switzerland

Three countries into which parts of the Alps extend into.

globe

The most accurate display of the earth's features, showing correct shapes, sizes, and locations.

Arabian Peninsula

The world's largest peninsula.

the Soviet Union

Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan are considered independent republics today, but they were once controlled by ______________________________________.

Denmark

Occupies the Jutland Peninsula.

San Marino

The world's oldest republic.

cartographer

A person skilled in displaying geographic information on maps and globes.

Ireland

Known as the Emerald Isle.

caste

System upon which Indian society is based upon. It is a strict division of social classes.

Europe

Continent that is considered the birthplace of Western civilization.

England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales

The four major political divisions of the United Kingdom.

38th parallel

The parallel on which North and South Korea are divided.

English Channel

The body of water that separates Great Britain from continental Europe.

Indonesia

The country that is spread over the thousand islands in the Malay Archipelago.

oil

The main product exported from the Arabian Peninsula.

Vatican City

The tiny European country that is the world's smallest independent state.

Jerusalem

The city in which both Muslims and Jews claim as a holy city.

Tibet

The plateau that is known as the "roof of the world".

Strait of Gibraltar

The narrow body of water that separates the Iberian Peninsula from North Africa.

Adriatic Sea

Baltic Sea

Black Sea

Large body of water separating Ukraine from Turkey

Mediterranean Sea

North Sea

Jutland Peninsula

Rhine River

Tyrrhenian Sea

Apennines

mountain range?

Balkan Peninsula

Caucasus Mountains

Mountains between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea

Bay of Biscay

Crete

Iberian Peninsula

Ireland

Sardinia

Urals

Alps

Arctic Circle

Arctic Ocean

Beijing

Equator

Indian Ocean

Indonesia

France

Mt. Everest

New Delhi

Pakistan

Prime Meridian

South Korea

Tokyo

Tropic of Capricorn

Saudi Arabia

Mt. Aconcagua

Amsterdam

Berlin

Madrid

Kiev

London

Athens

Moscow

Paris

Rome

Denmark

France

Reykjavik

Portugal

Hungary

Ireland

Sweden

Ukraine

Belarus