GES 1980 - WORLD REGIONAL MAP QUIZZES

You should be able to locate the following places on a map of the region. For each map quiz, you will be given the map of the region and 10 places from the following regional list that you will be expected to locate on the map.

Blank outline maps for each region are available on the Announcements page of the class website: http://www.uccs.edu/~faculty/chuber/ges198/announcements.html

Each region’s map is available as a Word document under the heading, “Maps and Place Names for Quizzes.” These maps are the exact ones that will be used for the map quizzes for each region.

The Links page of the class website (http://www.uccs.edu/~faculty/chuber/ges198/links.html) offers links to interactive sites where you can have fun as you practice your map skills.

Quiz 1: EUROPE

The following countries and their capitals:

Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, United Kingdom, Ireland, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Croatia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro

Additional: Northern Ireland, Basque Region, Kosovo

Physical Features:

Rhine River, Seine River, Rhone River, Danube River, Thames River, Po River, North Sea, Baltic Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Adriatic Sea, Black Sea, Aegean Sea, English Channel, Bosporus Strait,

Strait of Gibraltar, Alps, Pyrenees, Apennines, Balkan Peninsula, Iberian Peninsula

Geography Zone Make-up Quiz: European Countries Challenge

Quiz 2: NORTH AMERICA

Countries: United States and Canada

States, Provinces and Territories: 50 U.S. States; 10 Canadian Provinces (Quebec, Ontario, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia); and, 3 Canadian Territories (Northwest Territories, Yukon, Nunavut)

Cities:

Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, New York City, Washington D.C., Miami, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Colorado Springs

Physical Features:

St. Lawrence River, Columbia River, Ohio River, Missouri River, Mississippi River, Rio Grande, Colorado River, Arkansas River, 5 Great Lakes (Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, Ontario), Great Salt Lake, Bering Strait, Hudson Bay, Gulf of Mexico, Arctic Ocean, Rocky Mountains, Appalachian Mountains, Sierra Nevada Mountains, Cascade Mountains, Cape Cod, Long Island

Geography Zone Make-up Quiz: North American Countries Challenge

Quiz 3: MIDDLE and SOUTH AMERICA

Countries, Islands, and States:

Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Bahamas, Grenada, Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles, Hispaniola, Chiapas, Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil

Cities:

Mexico City, Monterrey, Ciudad Juarez, Tijuana, Guatemala City, San Salvador, Tegucigalpa, Managua, San Jose, Panama City, Havana, Caracas, Bogota, Quito, Lima, La Paz, Asuncion, Santiago, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Brasilia, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro

Physical Features:

Rio Grande, Amazon River, Orinoco River, Rio de la Plata, Parana River, Panama Canal,

Lake Titicaca, Lake Maracaibo, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Bay of Campeche, Baja California,

Gulf of California (Sea of Cortes), Yucatan Peninsula, Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Sierra Madre Oriental, Sierra Madre Occidental, Andes Mountains, Atacama Desert, Pampas, Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego

Geography Zone Make-up Quiz: N Amer Countries Challenge and S Amer Countries Challenge

Quiz 4: RUSSIA AND THE NEWLY INDEPENDENT STATES

Countries, Republics, and Exclaves:

Russia, Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Chechen Republic, Kaliningrad

Cities:

Moscow, St. Petersburg, Murmansk, Irkutsk, Yakutsk, Vladivostok, Groznyy, Minsk, Kiev, Chisinau, Chernobyl (Chornobyl), Tbilisi, Yerevan, Baku, Tashkent, Bishkek, Dushanbe

Physical Features:

Volga River, Ob River, Lena River, Lake Baikal (Baykal), Barents Sea, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Aral Sea, Sea of Okhotsk, Bering Sea, Sea of Japan, Arctic Ocean, Bering Strait, Siberia, Kamchatka Peninsula, Kuril Islands, Ural Mountains, Caucasus Mountains

Geography Zone Make-up Quiz: European Countries Challenge and Asian Countries Challenge

Quiz 5: NORTH AFRICA/SOUTHWEST ASIA

Countries and Regions:

Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Western Sahara, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Kurdistan

(Note: South Sudan became a separate country July 2011 but maps have not been updated)

Cities:

Cairo, Khartoum, Riyadh, Mecca, Jerusalem, Beirut, Damascus, Istanbul, Ankara, Tehran, Baghdad

Physical Features:

Nile River, Blue Nile, White Nile, Tigris River, Euphrates River, Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Arabian Sea, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Suez Canal, Lake Nasser, Atlas Mountains, Sahara Desert, Sinai Peninsula, Arabian Peninsula

Geography Zone Make-up Quiz: Asian Countries Challenge and African Countries Challenge

Quiz 6: SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

Countries:

Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Gabon,

Equatorial Guinea, Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Angola, Namibia, South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zambia, Malawi, Madagascar

Cities:

Nairobi, Kinshasa, Lagos, Dakar, Cape Town, Johannesburg

Physical Features:

Niger River, Congo River, Zambezi River, Lake Victoria, Lake Turkana, Lake Tanganyika,

Lake Malawi, Red Sea, Indian Ocean, Kalahari Desert, Sahara Desert, Sahel,

Cape of Good Hope, Horn of Africa

Geography Zone Make-up Quiz: African Countries Challenge

Quiz 7: SOUTH ASIA

Countries:

Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Maldives

Cities and Regions:

Kolkata (Calcutta), New Delhi, Mumbai (Bombay), Bangalore, Karachi, Islamabad, Dhaka, Kathmandu, Colombo, Kabul, Kandahar, Kashmir

Physical Features:

Indus River, Brahmaputra River, Ganga (Ganges) River, Ganga Delta, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Deccan Plateau, Western Ghats, Himalayas, Mt. Everest, Hindu Kush, Khyber Pass

Geography Zone Make-up Quiz: Asian Countries Challenge

Quiz 8: EAST ASIA

Countries, Provinces, and Islands:

China, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Xizang (Tibet), Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku

Cities:

Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Lhasa, Taipei, Ulan Bator, Pyongyang, Seoul, Tokyo, Kobe-Osaka

Physical Features:

Huang He, Chang Jiang, Sea of Japan, Yellow Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea, Gobi Desert, Himalayas, Mt. Everest, Three Gorges Dam

Geography Zone Make-up Quiz: Asian Countries Challenge

Quiz 9: SOUTHEAST ASIA

Countries:

Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Singapore, East Timor

Cities:

Rangoon, Bangkok, Vientiane, Phnom Penh, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Manila, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur

Physical Features:

Irrawaddy (Ayeyarwady) River, Chao Phraya River, Mekong River, Red River, South China Sea,

Gulf of Tonkin, Gulf of Thailand, Strait of Malacca, Indian Ocean, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Luzon

Geography Zone Make-up Quiz: Asian Countries Challenge

Quiz 10: OCEANIA: AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, AND THE PACIFIC

Countries, States and Territories:

Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Fiji, Vanuatu, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania,

Northern Territory

Cities:

Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Wellington, Auckland

Physical Features:

Murray-Darling River, Great Australian Bight, Tasman Sea, Coral Sea, Indian Ocean,

Great Dividing Range, Great Barrier Reef

Geography Zone Make-up Quiz: Countries Challenge

World Regional Place Names – pg. 2