GPH 210
World Regional Geography
Map Exercises
Dr. Richard L. Langill
Saint Martin’s University
GPH 210
World Regional Geography
Map Exercises
All students are expected to complete the maps in this packet. The due date for these exercises is listed in the syllabus. A blank map of each region is included in these materials. Students must complete as part of this class. Collectively these will count 20% of your grade.
Directions for Completing the Map Exercises
Students must follow the directions below:
- All countries, cities and physical features must be located on the enclosed maps
- Students need to purchase several colored pens to complete these exercises
- The blue pen should be used to locate all water bodies- oceans, seas, lakes, and rivers. (Trace the course the rivers with the blue pen and label it.)
- The red pen should be used to locate all cities on the map
- The brown pen should be used to locate all mountains, plateaus or plains. (Draw a circle around mountain ranges, plateaus, etc.)
- The black pen should be used to label all states or other territorial divisions.
Late Maps
Late maps will be penalized 10% (Late is defined as not being turned in on the date due.) Under no circumstances should these map exercises be complete in class.
Reference Sources
Several reference sources should be consulted to complete these exercises. The maps at the beginning of each regional chapter can be used to find many of the geographical terms. Atlases are also available in the library. A particularly useful source is Microsoft’s Encarta World Atlas, which is on line through the SMC computer center. Using the FIND feature of the program will locate any geographical term you need. (Just accurately type the term in the box under FIND, and the program will instantly locate the item for you.
It is important that you have basic geographical place name knowledge as part of this course. The examinations for the course will test your place name capability. (For example, you should know that Hong Kong is located in the southern part of China, and Beijing is located in the North China plain, far away from Hong Kong.)
- EUROPE
Locate the following places on the "Europe- Political Map”
A. Western Europe Political Map #1
Western European Core:
CountryCities
The United Kingdom:
ScotlandGlasgow
Northern Ireland Belfast
Wales
EnglandLondon, Birmingham, Manchester
IrelandDublin
The NetherlandsAmsterdam, Rotterdam, the Hague
BelgiumBrussels, Antwerp
Luxembourg
Lichtenstein
FranceParis, Marseilles, Lyon, Bordeaux
GermanyBerlin, Frankfort, Munich, Hamburg
SwitzerlandBern, Geneva
AustriaVienna
Mediterranean Europe (Southern Europe):
CountryCities
PortugalLisbon
SpainMadrid, Barcelona, Seville
Andorra
Monaco
Vatican City
Italy Rome
Greece Athens
TurkeyIstanbul
Malta
CyprusNicosia
Nordic Europe (Northern Europe):
IcelandReykjavik (RAY-ka-vik)
DenmarkCopenhagen
NorwayOslo (OZ-loh)
SwedenStockholm
FinlandHelsinki
B. Eastern Europe:
Central Eastern Europe:
CountriesCities
PolandWarsaw
Czech Republic (Check)Prague (PRAHG)
SlovakiaBratislava (BRUDDIS-lahva)
HungaryBudapest (booda-pest)
RomaniaBucharest (BOO-ka-rest)
The Balkans:
CountriesCities
BulgariaSofia (So-FEE-ah)
Albania (Al-BAYN-ee-ah)Tirane (TEER-ah-na)
Macedonia (Mass-ih-DOH-nee-ah)Skopie(SKAWP-yay)
Bosnia (BOZ-nee-ah)Sarajevo (Sar-ah-YAY-vo)
Croatia (Crow-AY-sha)Zagreb (ZAH-greb)
SloveniaLubijana
Serbia-MontenegroBelgrade
Europe Physical Map #2
Water Bodies
North SeaBaltic Sea
Gulf of FinlandEnglish Channel
Strait of Gibralter (Jih-BRAWL-tir)Mediterranean Sea
Adriatic SeaAegean Sea (uh-JEE-an)
Black SeaBosporus (Turkey)
Sea of Marmara (Turkey)Dardanelles (Turkey)
Skagerrak and Kattegat (Denmark)Bay of Biscay
Islands
SicilySardinia
CorsicaCrete
Cyprus
Mountains
Pyrenees (PEER-ah-nees)Alps Mountains
Dinaric AlpsCarpathians (Car-PAY-thee-ans)
Massif Central (So. France)Pindus Mts. (Greece)
Rivers
Rhine RiverDanube River (DAN-yoob)
Po RiverSeine River (SEEN)
Rhone River (roan)Loire River (luh-WAHR)
Elbe RiverOder River
Thames River (temz)
Peninsulas
Iberian peninsulaBalkan peninsula
Scandinavian penninsula
Plains
North European Plain
Po Valley
Swiss Bavarian Basin
- RUSSIA NEAR AND ABROAD :
Russian Political Map #3
Identify the following places on the Russia map
Russia
CountriesCities
RussiaMoscow (MOSS-kow), St. Petersburg,
Kaliningrad (Ka-LEEN-yen-grod)
Vladivostok (Vlod-ee-VOS-tok),
Nizhniy Novogorod (nizh-nee nahv-guh-rahd) Rostov, Odesa, (oh-DESSA)
Baku, Yetaterinberg (yeh-KAHTA-rin-berg)
Grozny (GRAWZ-nee)
Novosibersk (noh-voh-suh-BERSK)
Irkutsk (ear-KOOTSK))
Former Soviet Republics:
CountriesCities
Estonia (eh-STOH-nee-uh)Tallinn (TALLIN)
Latvia (LOT-vee-ah)Riga
Lithuania (lith-oo-AINY-uh)Vilnius (VILL-nee-us)
Belarus (Bell-ah-ROOS) Minsk
Ukraine (YOO-krayn)Kiev (KEE-ev), Kharkov,Dnipropetrovsk
Moldova (Mol-DOH-vah)
The Caucasus Region:
CountriesCities
GeorgiaTbilisi (tuh-BILL-uh-see)
Armenia (Ar-MEE-nee-ah)
Azerbaijan (Oz-er-by-JAHN)Baku
Central Asia
CountriesCities
Kazakhstan (KOZ-ak-stahn) Alma Ata (Almaty)
Uzbekistan (Ooz-BEK-ih-stahn) Tashkent
Turkmenistan (Turk-MEN-ih-stahn)
Kyrgystan (KIR-gis-stahn)
Tajikstan (TAH jik-stahn)Dushanbe (dooh-SHAHM-buh)
Industrial Regions (Draw a circle around the region and identify it)
Central Industrial RegionVolga Region
Urals RegionKuzbas Region (kooz-BASS)
Baykallya Region (bye-Kahl-ya)
Russian Physical Map #4
Mountains/Plains
Siberian Lowlands (Sy-BEER-ee-ahn)Rivers
Caucasus Mountains (KOK-ah-zuss) Volga River
Ural Mountains (YOOR-uhl) Dnieper River (duh-NYEPPER)
Western Siberian LowlandDon River
Kirghiz Steppe (KEER-geeze)Ob River
Nova ZemlyaIrtysh River (ear-TISH)
Sakhalin (SOCK-uh-leen)Yenisey River (yen-uh-SAY)
Kamchatka Peninsula (komm-CHUT-kuh)Lena River
Crimean Peninsula (cry-MEE-un)Amur River
SyrDarya River
Amu Darya
Water Bodies/Seas/Lakes
Black Sea
Caspian Sea
Aral Sea (Uh-RAWL)
Baltic Sea
Sea of Okhotsk (oh-KAHTSK)
Kra Sea
Barents Sea
Sea of Japan
Lake Baikal (BY-kall)
Lake Ladoga
Sea of Azov
Bering Strait (BEAR-ing)
III. LATIN AMERICA
Political Map #5
Locate the following places on the "Latin American Political Map"
A. Middle America:
CountriesCities
MexicoMexico City, Juarez [Wahr-EZ], Monterrey,
Veracruse,
Guadalajara(gwah-duh-luh-HARH-uh)
Tijuana
Guatemala [Gwa-teh-MAH-lah] Guatemala City
Belize [Bay-LEEZ]
Honduras Tegucigalpa [Tuh-goo-see-GAL-pa]
El Salvador San Salvador
Nicaragua(nick-uh-rah-gwuh)Managua [Man-AH-gwa]
Costa Rica(koss-tuh-ree-kuhSan Jose [San Hoh-SAY]
Panama Panama City
B. SOUTH AMERICA
Locate the following places on the "Latin America" map.
Countries: Cities:
Columbia Bogota [Bo-guh-TAH]
Venezuela Caracas [Kar-AH-cus]
Guyana [Guy-AWN-ah]
Suriname [SUR-ih-nom]
French Guiana [Gee-AWN-ah]
BrazilBrazilia, Rio de Janeiro,
Sao Paulo [Sow-POW-lo]
Recife (ruh-SEE-fuh)
Manaus (muh-NAUSS)
Bolivia
Paraguay [PAR-uh-gwye]
Uruguay [OO-ruh-gwye] Montevideo (Moan-tay-vee-DAY-oh)
Argentina Buenos Aires [BWAY-nos AIR-ays]
Chile [CHEE-lay] Santiago [San-TEE-ah-go]
Peru Lima [LEE-ma]
Ecuador [EK-wa-door] Quito [KEE-toh]
Guayaquil (gwye-ah-KEEL)
Latin America Physical Map #6
Mountains/PlainsWaterBodies/Rivers/Islands
Andes Mountains [AN-dees] Amazon River
Altiplano Orinoco River (ORRY-noh-koh)
Brazilian Highlands Parana River
Amazon RainforestStrait of Magellan [Ma-JELL-an]
Cape HornFalkland Islands UK (Malvinas)
Tierra del FuegoGalapagos Islands
PatagoniaRio de la Plata
Gran ChacoLake Maracaibo (mah-rah-KAE-boh)
Pampas
Atacama Desert
Water Bodies/Seas/Lakes
Gulf of Mexico
Caribbean Sea
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Panama Canal
Capes/PeninsulasOther
Baja CaliforniaPanama Canal
Cabo San Lucas
Yucatan Peninsula (yoo-kuh-TAHN)
IV. NORTH AFRICA AND SOUTHWEST ASIA
Political Map #7
Locate the following places on the "North Africa and Southwest Asia"political map
A. Arab North Africa:
CountiresCities
EgyptCairo [KY-roh], Alexandria
LibyaTripoli [TRIP-uh-lee]
Tunisia (Too-NEE-zee-ah]Tunis
Algeria [Al-JEER-ee-ah]Algiers,
Morocco [Moor-AWK-oh]Rabat, Fez, Casablanca
B. Eastern Mediterranean
CountiresCities
TurkeyIstanbul, Ankara
LebanonBeirut [Bay-ROOT]
Cyprus [SY-prus]
Jordan Amman
Israel Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa
Syria [SEER-ee-ah]Damascus [Duh-MAS-kis]
C. Persian Gulf and Arabian Peninsula
CountiresCities
Saudi Arabia [SAW-dee Ah-RAY-bee-ah]Riyadh (ree-AHD) Mecca, Medina,
Jedah, Ad Dammam
Oman [o-MAHN]
Yemen [YEH-men]Sana
United Arab Emirates [EHM-er-its]
Qatar [Ka-TAR]Doha
Kuwait [Kuh-WAYT]Kuwait City
IranTehran, Tabriz, Abadan, Isfahan (IZ-fuh-HAHN)
Iraq [Eer-AK]Baghdad [BAG-dad]
Baharain (bah-rain)
D. Occupied Territories (Israeli controlled)
West BankJerusalem, Bethlehem, Hebron
Gaza
North Africa and Southwest Asia
Physical Map #8
Mountains:
Atlas Mountains
Elburz Mts (el-boorz)
Al Nijaz and Asir Mountains
Zagros Mountains (ZAH-gruss)
Water Bodies
Caspian Sea
Black Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Red Sea
Dead Sea
Persian Gulf
Gulf of Oman
Straits of Hormuz
Lake Nasser
Gulf of Aqaba (AH-kuh-buh)
Gulf of Aden
Aswan High Dam
Suez Canal
Rivers
Nile River
Tigris River [TY-gris]
Euphrates River (yoo FRATE-eeze)
Jordan River
Deserts
Sahara Desert
Arabian Desert
Ar Rub Al Khali
V. SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Political Map #9 Locate the following places on the "Africa" map.
A. West Africa:
CountriesCities
ChadN’Djamena (en-jah-MAY-nah)
Niger [NY jer]
Burkina Faso [Ber-KEE-na Faw-SO] Ouagadougou
Mali [MAW-lye]
Mauritania [Mahr-ih-TAIN-ee-ah]
Senegal [SIN-uh-gawl]Dakar (duh-KAHR))
Gambia [GAM-bee-ee-ah]
Guinea-Bissau [GIHN-ee BEE-saw]
Guinea (GHINNY)
Sierra Leone [See-AIR-ah Lee-OWN] Freetown
Liberia [Ly-BEER-ee-ah] Monrovia
Cote d'Voire (Ivory Coast!) Abidjan (abb-ih JAHN)
Ghana [GAWN-ah] Accra (uh-KRAH))
Togo [TOE-go]
Benin [Beh-NEEN]
Nigeria [Ny-JEER-eeah] Lagos, Kano, Port Harcourt
Equatorial Guinea [GIHN-ee]
Gabon [Ga-BOHN]
B. East Africa:
CountriesCities
Eritrea [Air-ih-TRAY-ah]
Ethiopia [Ee-thee-OH-pee-ah] Addis Ababa
Djibouti [Jih-BOO-tee]
Somalia [Sum-AWL-ya] Mogadishu (moo-gah-dee-SHOU)
Kenya [KEEN-yuh] Nairobi(nye-ROH-bee),
Mombasa (mahm-BAHSSA)
Tanzania [Tan-zan-EE-ah] Dar es Salaam (dahr-ess-suh-LAHM)
Uganda [Yoo-GAWN-duh] Kampala (kahm PAH-luh)
Rwanda [Ruh-WAHN –da]Kigali
Burundi [Buh-BOON-dee]
C. Equitorial Africa:
CountriesCities
Sudan [Soo-DAN]Khartoum
Central African Republic
Cameroon [Kam-er-OON] Yaounde (yown-DAY)
Congo Republic [KAWN-go] Brazzaville
Democratic Republic of the CongoKinshasa (kin-SHAH-suh)
(formerly Zaire [zy-EER])
D. Southern Africa:
CountiresCities
Angola [Ann-GOH-1a]Luanda (loo-AN-duh)
Namibia [Na-MIH-bee-ah]
Zambia [ZAM-bee-ah] Lusaka
Malawi [MAW-law-eel
Mozambique [Mah-zam-BEEK] Maputo (muh POOH-toh)
Madagascar [Mah-duh-GAS-car]
Zimbabwe [Zim-BOB-way] Harare (huh-RAH-ray)
Botswana [Bots-WAH-na]
Swaziland [SWAH-zee-land]
Lesotho [Leh-SOO-too]
South AfricaJohannesburg, Cape Town, Durban,
Praetoria, Port Elizabeth
Sub-Saharan Africa Physical Map #10
Mountains
Ethopian Highlands
Drakensberg Range
RiversLakes
Niger RiverLake Tanganyika
Congo RiverLake Victoria
Senegal RiverLake Chad
Orange RiverLake Nyasa
Limpopo RiverLake Kariba
Zambezi RiverLake Albert
DesertsIslands
Kalahari DesertCanary Islands
Namib DesertSao Tome and Principe
Sahara DesertZanzibar
VI. SOUTH ASIA
PoliticalMap #11
Locate the following places on the "South Asia" map.
CountiresCities
IndiaNew Delhi, Calcutta,
Mumbai (MOOM-bye) formerly Bombay
Bangalore, Madras
PakistanIslamabad (iss-LAHM-uh-bahd),
Karachi (kuh-rah-chee), Lahore (luh-HOAR)
AfghanistanKabul (kah-BULL)
NepalKathmandu (kat-man-DOOH)
Bhutan
Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) Colombo
BanladeshDhaka or Dacca (DAHK-uh)
Special Areas
Jammu and Kashmir (juh-mooh) (KASH-meer)
Kyber Pass
Baluchistan (buh-loo-chih-STAHN)
Deccan Plateau (DECKEN)
Punjab (pun JAHB)
South Asia Physical Map #12
Mountains:
Himalayan Mts.
K2 (Mt. Goodwin Austin)
Hindu Kush Mts.
Karakoram Mts. (kahra-KOR-rum)
Western Ghats
Eastern Ghats
The Arakan Yoma
RiversWater Bodies/Deserts
Indus River Indian Ocean
Ganges River (gan jeez)Bay of Bengal
Brahmaputra River (brahm-uh-POOH-truh)Arabian Sea
Thar Desert
VII. EAST ASIA Political Map #13
Locate the following places on the "East Asia" map
CountriesCities
People's Republic of ChinaBeijing (bay-ZHING) Shanghai, (shang-HYE),
Guangzhou (gwahng JOP), Hong Kong
Tianjin (tyahn JEEN), Harbin,
Chengdu (chung-DOO) ,Chongqing (chong-CHING), Wuhan, Nanjing Nanjing (nahn-ZHING) , Shenyang (Mukden), Xian (SHE-an) Lanzhou (lahn JOH), Qingdao(ching-DAU) , Lhasa (LAH-suh),
JapanTokyo, Yokohama, Kobe, Osaka,
Yokohama, Kyoto, Nagasaki, Sapporo,
Sendai
Republic of China (Taiwan)T'aipei (tye-BAY), Kaohsiung
Republic of Korea (South Korea)Seoul (SOAL), Pusan
People's Democratic Republic of Korea
(North Korea)P'yongyang (pea-AWNG-yahng)
Mongolian People’s RepublicUlan Bator (oo-lahn-bah-tor)
East Asia Physical Map #14
MountainsInterior Basins, Plains, and Deserts
Qing Ling Mountains(ching-ling)Tarim Basin
Yunnan PlateauDzungaria Basin (joong-GAH-ree-uh)
Tibetan Plateau Gobi Desert
Kunlun Shan MountainsSichuan (Red) Basin (zeh-CHAWHN)
Altai MountainsTakla Makan
Tien Shan Mountains
Da Hinggan Ling (Greater Khingan Range)
Xiao Hinggan Ling (Lesser Khingan Range)
Himalyan Mountains
RiversWater Bodies
Huang He River (HWAHNG-huh)Sea of Japan
Wei RiverPhilippine Sea
Chang Jiang River (Yangtze River)Yellow Sea
Sungari RiverTaiwan Strait
Amur RiverKorea Strait
Yalu RiverBo Hai Bay (bwoh-HYE)
Xi Jiang River Inland Sea of Japan
Islands
Japanese islands:Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu,Hokkaido, the
Other islands:Taiwan (Formosa), Sakhalin, Kuril Islands
Ryukyu Islands, Okinawa, Hainan Island
VII. SOUTHEAST ASIA
Political Map #15
Locate the following places on the "Southeast Asia" map
CountriesCities
Myanmar (Burma) (mee-ahn-mah)Rangoon (Yangon), Mandaly
VietnamHanoi (han-NOY), Haiphong (hi-FONG),
Ho Chi Minh City
ThailandBangkok, Chiang Mai (chee-AHGN-mye)
Laos (lauss)Viangchan, (vyen-CHAHN)
Cambodia (kam-boh-dee-uh)Phnom Penh (puh-NOM pen)
Malaysia (muh-lay-zhuh)Kuala Lumpur (KWAHL-uh LOOM poor)
IndonesiaJakarta (juh-KAHR-tuh), Bandung, Surabaya
PhilippinesManila
Papua New Guinea Port Moresby
Brunei (broo-nye)
Singapore Singapore
Southeast Asia Physical Map #16
MountainsRivers
The Arakan Yoma Irrawaddy River (ih-ruh-WODDY)
Annamese Cordillera Range Chao Phraya River (CHOW-pruh-yah
Salween River
Red River
Mekong River (MAY-kong)
Water BodiesIslands/Other Physical features
Celebes SeaSumatra (suh-MAH-truh)
Andaman Sea Java (JAH-vuh)
Lake Tonle SapSulawesi (Celebes) (soo-luh-WAY-see)
Sulu SeaKalimantan
Gulf of ThailandBali
Gulf of TonkinAndaman Islands (ANN-duh-mun)
South China SeaLuzon
Philippine SeaMindanao (min-DUH-nau)
Sulu SeaMalay Peninsula
Indian OceanKra Isthmus (KRAH ISS-muss)
Java SeaStrait of Malaka (muh-lahk-uh)
Sunda Strait (soon-duh)
VIII. AUSTRALIA , NEW ZEALAND, and OCEANA
PoliticalMap #17
Locate the following places on the "Australia/New Zealand" map
CountriesCities
AustraliaCanberra,
Western AustraliaPerth
VictoriaMelbourne
QueenslandBrisbane
South AustraliaAdelaide
New South WalesSydney
TasmaniaHobart
Northern TerritoryDarwin
New ZealandAuckland, Wellington, Christchurch
Vanuatu (formerly New Hebrides)
Solomon Islands
Australia, New Zealand, and Oceans Physical Map #18
MountainsRivers
The Great Dividing RangeMurray River
Australian AlpsDarling River
Southern Alps
Darling Range
Water BodiesDeserts
Coral SeaSimpson Desert
Great Australian BightGreat Sandy Desert
Botany BayGibson Desert
Tasman SeaVictoria Desert
Timor Sea
Bass Strait
Arafura Sea
Gulf of Carpentaria
Cook Strait
Other Features
Nullarbor Plain
Cape York Peninsula
The Great Barrier Reef
The Great Artesian Basin
North Island, NZ
South Island, NZ
Ayers Rock
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