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World Geography Maps

The following is a breakdown by map of those locations you should be able to identify on your various world map quizzes. Please fill out your maps to have something to study for the quiz.

World Map Geographical (35)

Continents: Europe, South America, Antarctica, Africa, Asia, North America, and Australia
Oceans: Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Arctic Ocean,, and Atlantic Ocean
Rivers: Mississippi, Nile, Amazon, Tigris & Euphrates, Indus, Congo (Zaire), and Yangtze (Chiang Jiang)
Mountains: Andes Mountains, Alps Mountains, Rocky Mountains, and Himalayan Mountains
Deserts: Sahara, Gobi, and Kalahari
Seas: Mediterranean, Arabian, Black, Caspian and Yellow
Straits & Gulfs: Bering Strait, Strait of Gibraltar and Straits of Magellan, Gulf of Mexico and Persian Gulf

World Map Political (25)

Countries: China, Canada, Germany, United Sates, India, Mexico, Somalia, Brazil, United Kingdom, France, Russia, Vietnam, Iraq, Japan, Cuba, North Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, Israel, Saudi Arabia
Lines: Equator, Prime Meridian, International Date Line, Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn

United States Geographical (35)
Rivers: Rio Grande, Mississippi, Ohio, Colorado, Columbia, and St. Lawrence Seaway
Mountains: Rocky Mountains, Appalachian Mountains
Lakes: Michigan, Great Salt Lake, Erie, Huron, Superior, and Ontario
Cities: Washington, D.C.; San Francisco, Chicago, New York City, Los Angeles, Seattle, St. Louis, Boston, Houston, New Orleans, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Miami, Denver
Landmarks & Sights: Mount Rushmore, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, and Niagara Falls
Other Bodies of Water: Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, and Gulf of Mexico

United States Political (100)
All fifty U.S. states & capitals

North America Political (25)
Countries: Jamaica, Canada, Dominican Republic, United States, El Salvador, Belize, Mexico, Cuba, Honduras, Bahamas, Haiti, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico
Cities: Mexico City, New York, Toronto, Washington, Ottawa, Los Angeles, Chicago, Montreal, and Havana

North America Geographical (20)
Bodies of Water: Bering Strait, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Hudson Bay, Atlantic & Pacific Oceans, Panama Canal
Rivers: Mississippi, Rio Grande, Ohio, Columbia, Missouri, Colorado, St. Lawrence Seaway (River),
Mountains: Rocky Mountains, Appalachian Mountains, Mt. McKinley, and Pike’s Peak
Peninsulas: Yucatan, Baja

Europe Political (50)
Countries: Spain, Sweden, Ireland, Romania, United Kingdom, Germany, Norway, Luxembourg, Finland, Belarus, Belgium, Ukraine, Moldova, Bulgaria, Greece, Albania, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Austria, Denmark, Switzerland, Italy, Russia, Netherlands, France, Hungary, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Portugal, Latvia, Estonia, Iceland, Lithuania, Yugoslavia (Serbia), Slovenia, Macedonia, Turkey, Cyprus
Cities: Berlin, London, Rome, Paris, Athens, Madrid, Geneva, Moscow, Vienna, Warsaw, and Copenhagen

Europe Geographical (26)
Bodies of Water: Atlantic Ocean, English Channel, North Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Baltic Sea, Adriatic Sea, Aegean Sea, Strait of Gibraltar
Mountains: Urals, Alps, Pyrenees, Apennines
Rivers: Thames, Seine, Rhine, Rhone, Danube, Volga, and Tiber
Islands: Crete, Sicily, Corsica, Cyprus and Sardinia

South America Political & Geographical (30)
Countries: Guyana, Columbia, Peru, Venezuela, Suriname, Brazil, Ecuador, Uruguay, Chile, French Guiana, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina
Bodies of Water: Amazon River, Orinoco River, Strait of Magellan, Pacific Ocean, and Atlantic Ocean
Cities: Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aries, Lima, Caracas, Sao Paulo, Bogotá, Santiago, Brasilia
Islands: Tierra del Fuego, Galapagos & the Falklands Mountains: Andes

Africa Political (55)
Countries: Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Sierra Leone, Morocco, Liberia, Western Sahara, Chad, Mali, Sudan, Ethiopia, Mauritania, Somalia, Nigeria, Togo, Burkina Faso, Eritrea, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Benin, Niger, Gambia, Libya, Senegal, Central African Republic, Kenya, Angola, Uganda, Madagascar, Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Congo, Malawi
Cities: Casablanca, Cairo, Tripoli, Lagos, Mogadishu, Kinshasa, Nairobi, Cape Town, and Johannesburg

Africa Geographical (20)
Rivers: Nile River, Niger River, Zambezi River, Congo (Zaire) Seas & Oceans: Red Sea, Mediterranean Sea Lakes: Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika, Lake Malawi Islands: Zanzibar, Canary, and Cape Verde Islands
Deserts: Sahara and Kalahari  Mountains: Atlas Mountains, Mount Kilimanjaro
Others: Victoria Falls, Strait of Gibraltar, Suez Canal, Cape of Good Hope

Eastern Asia Geographical (20)
Rivers: Ganges River, Huang He River (Yellow), Chang Jiang (Yangtze) River, and Mekong River
Others: Bay of Bengal, Kashmir Province, Tibet Plateau, Yellow Sea, Sea of Japan, South China Sea, Indochina Peninsula, Gobi Desert, Himalayan Mountains, Hindu Kush Mountains, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Malay Peninsula, Manchurian Plain
Islands: Sumatra, Borneo

Eastern Asia Political (31)
Countries: Bangladesh, Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Thailand, China, Bhutan, North Korea, Taiwan, Laos, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Nepal, Cambodia, India, Vietnam, Pakistan, South Korea, Myanmar, Japan, Malaysia
Cities: Shanghai, Hong Kong, Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Bangkok, Beijing, Tokyo, Kabul, Singapore and Seoul

Oceania & Middle East Countries (28)
Countries: Papua New Guinea, Australia, Cyprus, Singapore, New Zealand, Armenia, Bahrain, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Qatar, Lebanon, Brunei, Israel, Yemen, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Malaysia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Egypt

Oceania & Middle East Cities & Geography (25)
Cities: Tehran, Baghdad, Jerusalem, Istanbul, Damascus, Riyadh, Mecca, Hanoi, Beirut and Sydney
Others: Persian Gulf, Strait of Ormuz, Jordan River, Tigris River, Euphrates River, Suez Canal, Bay of Bengal
Seas: Tasman Sea, Black Sea, Coral Sea, Arabian Sea, Caspian Sea, Red Sea, Mediterranean Sea and South China Sea