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Geography Games and Map Items

Websites to help you review for tests, mostly the modern continents

Geography Quizzes - great for the map tests!

Geography Reviews

More geography quizzes (thanks Brooke!)

Lots of geography games!

Geography Challenge! (must know the region too!)

Traveler IQ Game (must know exact locations of places like capitals) - Thanks Clara

Video that runs through the countries of the world in song - Thanks to David Dominguez

Where in Asia - Satellite Imagery Test (though not all images are in Asia)

Where in the World? A Google Earth Puzzle

Map Items for 2016-17

If you can’t find some of the items (often highlighted) in the specified chapter, try an atlas!

Map Items for Test on Americas (look in back flap of book for map) on 8/31

1. Canada

2. USA

3. Mexico

4. Guatemala

5. Belize

6. El Salvador

7. Honduras

8. Nicaragua

9. Costa Rica

10. Panama

11. Cuba

12. Haiti

13. Dominican Republic

14. Puerto Rico

15. Jamaica

16. Bahamas

17. Colombia

18. Venezuela

19. Guyana

20. Suriname

21. French Guiana

22. Ecuador

23. Brazil

24. Peru

25. Chile

26. Argentina

27. Bolivia

28. Paraguay

29. Uruguay

Map Items for Test on Europe on 9/9

Western Europe

1. Portugal

2. Spain

3. France

4. Italy

5. United Kingdom

6. Ireland

7. Belgium

8. Luxembourg

9. Iceland

10. Norway

11. Sweden

12. Finland

13. Netherlands

14. Switzerland

15. Denmark

16. Germany

17. Austria

18. Greece

Eastern Europe

19. Belarus

20. Ukraine

21. Moldova

22. Albania

23. Bulgaria

24. Macedonia

25. Serbia

26. Kosovo

27. Montenegro

28. Croatia

29. Bosnia-Herzegovina

30. Slovenia

31. Slovakia

32. Czech Republic

33. Poland

34. Romania

35. Hungary

36. Estonia

37. Latvia

38. Lithuania

39. Russia

Map Items for Test on Central, South, & East Asia on 9/16

Central Asia

1. Georgia

2. Azerbaijan

3. Armenia

4. Kazakhstan

5. Kyrgyzstan

6. Uzbekistan

7. Turkmenistan

8. Tajikistan

South Asia

9. Bangladesh

10. Afghanistan

11. Pakistan

12. India

13. Sri Lanka

East Asia

14. China

15. Japan

16. South Korea

17. North Korea

18. Mongolia

19. Taiwan

20. Bhutan

21. Nepal

Southeast Asia

22. Philippines

23. Indonesia

24. Brunei

25. Laos

26. Malaysia

27. Thailand

28. Cambodia

29. Vietnam

30. Myanmar/Burma

31. Singapore

Map Items for Test on Sub-Saharan Africa on 9/23

West Africa

1. Mauritania

2. Mali

3. Niger

4. Chad

5. Nigeria

6. Burkina Faso

7. Senegal

8. The Gambia

9. Togo

10. Cote D’Ivoire/Ivory Coast

11. Guinea

12. Benin

13. Ghana

14. Liberia

15. Sierra Leone

East Africa

16. Madagascar

17. Kenya

18. Uganda

19. Rwanda

20. Burundi

21. Tanzania

22. Sudan

23. Republic of South Sudan

24. Eritrea

25. Ethiopia

26. Djibouti

27. Somalia

Central or Equatorial Africa

28. Central African Republic

29. Cameroon

30. Congo

31. Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

32. Gabon

Southern Africa

33. Angola

34. Mozambique

35. Malawi

36. Zambia

37. Namibia

38. Botswana

39. Zimbabwe

40. South Africa

41. Swaziland

42. Lesotho

Map Items for Test on Southwest Asia and North Africa and Oceania on 9/30

Southwest Asia

Oceania

20. Australia

Polynesia:

21. New Zealand

22. North Island

23. South Island

24. Hawai`i

25. French Polynesia (Tahiti)

26. Samoa

Micronesia (most too small for the map)

27. Guam

Melanesia

28. New Guinea

29. Fiji

30. Guadalcanal (part of Solomon Islands)

Map Items for Test on Chapter 1 (look in Chapters 2 - 4) on 10/14 – Eastern Hemisphere

1. Atlantic Ocean

2. Pacific Ocean

3. Indian Ocean

4. Arctic Ocean

5. Southern Ocean

6. Tigris River

7. Euphrates River

8. Indus River

9. Huang He (Yellow River)

10. Mediterranean Sea

11. Bantu Homeland

12. Nile River

13. Nubia / Kush

Map Items for Test on Chapter 2 (look in Chapters 3 - 5) on 10/20 - World

1. Egypt

2. Sub-Saharan Africa

3. Mesopotamia/ Sumeria/Assyrian / Hittites/Babylonia/Akkadia

4. Eastern Mediterranean/ Israel (Hebrews) /Phoenicia

5. Ural Mountains (p. 600)

6. Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa

7. Shang (Yangzi River Delta)

8. Olmecs/Mesoamerica

9. Isthmus of Panama

10. Norte Chico/Caral

11. Cape Horn (p. 619)

Map Items for Test on Chapters 3 & 4 on 10/26 or 10/27 – Asia Map

1. Hindu Kush

2. Ganges River

3. Bay of Bengal

4. Arabian Sea

5. Himalayan Mountains

6. Mauryan/Gupta Empire

7. Pataliputra

8. Qin/Han Empire

9. Gobi Desert

10. Xiongnu confederation

Map Items for Test on Chapter 5 on 11/2 or 11/3 - Americas

1. Gulf of Mexico

2. Caribbean Sea

3. Yucatan Peninsula

4. Maya

5. Moche / Chimu / Chavin

6. Huari / Nazca

7. Amazon River

8. Andes Mountains

9. Lake Titicaca

10. Rio Grande

11. Mississippi River

12. Rocky Mountains

13. Appalachian Mountains

Map Items for Test on Chapters 6 & 7 on 11/11 - Mediterranean

1. Persian Empires - Achaemenid/Seleucid /Parthian

2. Persepolis

3. Caucasus Mountains

4. Anatolia (Turkey)

5. Athens

6. Aegean Sea

7. Egypt / (Ptolemaic Empire)

8. Gaul

9. Carthage (capital of Phoenician empire)

10. Macedon/Macedonia/Antigonid Empire

11. Red Sea

12. Alexandria

13. Rome

14. Alps

Map Items for Test on Chapter 9 (and in Chapter 11) on 11/30 or 12/1 – ME /South Asia

1. Caliphates (Umayyad and Abbasid)

2. Arabian Peninsula (Arabia)

3. Mecca

4. Medina

5. Damascus

6. Baghdad

7. Persian Gulf

8. Gulf of Aden

9. Sultanate of Delhi/Delhi Sultanate

10. Calicut

11. Isfahan

12. Gujarat

13. Punjab

14. Bengal

15. Ceylon / Sinhalese Kingdom

Map Items for Test on Chapter 10 & 13 (also in Chapter 7) on 12/7 or 12/8 - Europe

Map Items for Test on Chapter 11 (and in Chapter 9) on 12/14 or 12/15 - Africa

Map Items for Test on Chapter 8 & 12 (look in 14 too) on 12/21 or 12/22 – E & SE Asia

Map Items for Test on Chapter 14 on 1/4 or 1/5 – Central & E & SE Asia

13. South China Sea

14. Caspian Sea

15. Black Sea

Semester Exam Items – to be held maybe 1/11 or 1/12

1. Himalayan Mountains

2. Alps Mountains

3. Andes Mountains

4. Caucasus Mountains

5. Rocky Mountains

6. Appalachian Mountains

7. Isthmus of Panama

8. Yucatan Peninsula

9. Arabian Peninsula

10. Gobi Desert

11. Sahara Desert

12. Kalahari Desert

13. Cape Horn

14. Gulf of Mexico

15. Persian Gulf

16. Gulf of Aden

17. Gulf of Guinea

18. Bay of Bengal

19. Sea of Japan

20. Caribbean Sea

21. Mediterranean Sea

22. Black Sea

23. Caspian Sea

24. Red Sea

25. Arabian Sea

26. Aegean Sea

27. Adriatic Sea

28. East China Sea

29. South China Sea

30. Yellow Sea

31. Strait of Malacca/ Melaka

32. Danube River

33. Tigris River

34. Euphrates River

35. Ganges River

36. Indus River

37. Huang He (Yellow River)

38. Yangzi/Yangtze River

39. Nile River

40. Amazon River

41. Rio Grande

42. Mississippi River

Regions (to be identified repeatedly on a separate map from above)

43. East Asia

44. Southwest Asia/Middle East

45. Southeast Asia

46. South Asia

47. Central Asia

48. North America

49. Latin America

50. Eastern Europe

51. Western Europe

52. Oceania

53. North Africa

54. East Africa

55. West Africa

56. Central Africa

57. Southern Africa

Also an ID on themes and chronology from timeline!!!!

Map Items for Test on Chapter 15 on 1/25 or 1/26 - Americas

1. Inca Empire

2. Cuzco

3. Toltec / Mexica (“Aztecs”)

4. Tenochtitlan

5. Quebec

6. Potosi

7. Zacatejas

8. Hudson Bay (p. 634)

9. Rio de la Plata

10. Hispaniola

11. Panama / Panama City

12. Strait of Magellan

Map Items for Test on Chapters 16 & 17 on 2/1 or 2/2 - Europe

1. Lisbon

2. Portugal

3. Spain

4. Netherlands/Holland (Dutch)

5. France

6. Vienna

7. Worms

8. Ireland

9. Scotland

10. England

11. Corsica

12. Sardinia

13. Sicily

14. Baltic Sea

15. North Sea

16. Geneva

Map Items for Test on Chapter 18 & 19 on 2/8 or 2/9 - Africa

1. Canary Islands

2. Cape Verde / Cabo Verde Islands

3. Songhay Empire / Timbuktu

4. Gold Coast

5. Kongo / Angola

6. Mozambique

7. Cape Town / Cape of Good Hope

8. Swahili States / Kilwa / Mombasa / Zanzibar

9. Zimbabwe / Mwene Mutapa / Great Zimbabwe

10. Ethiopia

11. Lake Victoria

12. Lake Chad

13. Namib Desert

14. Kalahari Desert

15. Niger River

16. Congo River

17. Zambezi River

Map Items for Test on Chapter 20 (look in Chapter 21) on 2/15 or 2/16 - Asia

1. Ming Empire/ Qing Empire

2. Beijing

3. Tibet

4. Hormuz

5. Safavid Empire/Persia

6. Mughal Empire

7. Manila

8. Philippine (Islands)

9. Batavia

10. Russian Empire

11. Siberia

12. Moscow

13. St. Petersburg

Map Items for Test on Chapters 21 & 22 (look in Chapter 18) on 3/1 or 3/2 - Americas

1. St. Lawrence River

2. Columbia River

3. Boston

4. Santa Fe

5. Washington DC

6. Peru (Vice Royalty of Peru)

7. Mexico/New Spain (Vice Royalty of New Spain)

8. Gran Colombia/New Granada (Vice Royalty of Granada)

9. Brazil / Vice Royalty of Brazil

10. Louisiana/Louisiana Purchase

11. British Honduras/Belize

Map Items for Test on Chapter 23 on 3/8 or 3/9 - Europe

1. Manchester/Liverpool

2. Great Britain/United Kingdom

3. London

4. Brussels

5. Paris

6. Berlin

7. Buda Pest

8. German Confederation/Prussia/Germany

9. Grand Duchy of Warsaw/Poland

10. Austria-Hungary/Austrian Empire

11. Milan

12. Rome

13. Kingdom of Naples/Kingdom of Italy

14. Ottoman Empire

15. Constantinople/Istanbul

Map Items for Test on Chapter 24 on 3/15 or 3/16 - Asia

1. (Meiji) Japanese empire (Korea and Taiwan)

2. Edo/Tokyo

3. Nagasaki

4. Manchuria/Manchukuo

5. Macao

6. Safavid Empire/Persia/Iran

7. Afghanistan (Kabul)

8. Netherlands/Dutch East Indies

9. Philippines (Spanish then US)

10. French Indochina

11. Siam

12. British India (includes Burma and Ceylon)

13. British Malay States (Malay Peninsula/Malacca)

14. Bombay

15. Calcutta

16. Delhi

17. Shanghai

18. Saigon

19. Singapore

Map Items for Test on Chapter 26 on 3/22 or 3/23 - Africa

1. Suez Canal

2. Italian Somaliland

3. Libya (Italian)

4. Abyssinia (Ethiopia)

5. Eritrea (Italian)

6. Belgian Congo/Congo Free State

7. German Cameroon/Kamerun

8. German Southwest Africa

9. Angola (Portuguese West Africa)

10. Mozambique (Portuguese East Africa)

11. Union of South Africa/Rhodesia

12. Zulu Kingdom (near Isandhlwana and Natal)

13. British East Africa (Kenya)

14. Anglo-Egyptian Sudan / Egypt

15. British Nigeria & Gold Coast

16. French West Africa

17. French Morocco/Algeria/Tunisia

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