Put physical features on the shaded-relief side, political features on the all-blue side of your maps. If you use regional maps for practice, put all your answers on one side, and make sure you can also identify the features on the world map.

CONTINENTS: (the six "As"): Africa; North America; South America; Antarctica; Australia; EurAsia

Ural Mountains Caspian Sea Caucasus Mountains Black Sea Bosporus Sea of Marmara Dardanelles Aegean Sea

OTHER CONTINENTAL BOUNDARIES: Gulf of Suez , Red Sea, Bab al Mendeb, Wallace’s Line, Bering Strait, Strait of Gibralter, Mediterranean Sea, Panama Canal, Drake Passage

Equator; Prime (Greenwich) Meridian; Tropic of Cancer (23-1/2^oN)

Tropic of Capricorn (23-1/2^oS);Arctic Circle (86-1/2^oN); Antarctic Circle (86-1/2^oS)

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- NORTH AFRICA A, COUNTRIES: Former Soviet Central Asia: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikstan; Transition: Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan

The non-Arab Northern tier (or "Empire States"): Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, (Pakistan)*

The Maghreb (Northwest Africa): Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya

The Nile: Egypt and Sudan

The Fertile Crescent: Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Iraq

The Arabian Peninsula: Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait

African Transition Zone: Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad, Central African Republic, Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- NORTH AFRICA B, CITIES: Istanbul, Cairo, Ankara, Baghdad, Damascus, Jerusalem, Mecca, Teheran, Algiers

Ahaggar Massif; Tibesti Massif; Atlas Mts.; Ethiopian Plateau; Anatolian Plateau; Zagros Mountains; Persian Plateau; Sahara Desert; Rub’ al Khali; Cyprus; Gulf of Suez; Suez Canal; Gulf of Aqaba; Red Sea; Mandeb Strait; Gulf of Oman; Strait of Hormuz; Persian (Arabian)Gulf; Sea of Galilee; Jordan River; Dead Sea; Aegean Sea; Dardanelles; Sea of Marmara; Bosporus; Black Sea; Aral Sea; Caspian Sea; Nile River; Euphrates River; Jordan River; Tigris River; Amu Darya(river); Syr Darya (river); Straits of Gibralter; Gulf of Sidra

AFRICA SOUTH A, COUNTRIES: The Sahel: Muaritania, Mali, Burkhina Faso, Niger, Chad, Central African Republic, [Sudan], (The horn of Africa)Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti

West Coastal Africa: Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Benin, Togo, Nigeria

Equatorial West Africa: Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, (Cabinda- Angola), Zaire

Central and East Africa: Uganda, Ruanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania

Southern Africa: Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Mocambique, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Madigascar

AFRICA SOUTH B, CITIES: Addis Ababa, Lagos, Dar-es-Salaam, Nairobi, Kinshasa, Johannesburg

AFRICA SOUTH C, PHYSICAL FEATURES: Highlands: Adamoua, Drakensberg, Ethhiopian, Tibesti Massif, Mt. Kilimanjaro. Rivers: Niger, Congo (Zaire), Zambezi, Limpopo, Orange. Great Lakes: Nyasa (Malawi), Tanganyika, Victoria, Kivu,Edward, Albert & Rudolf. Miscellaneous: Victoria Falls, Namib Desert, Kalahari Desert, Okavango Swamp

SOUTH ASIA A, COUNTRIES: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Maldive Islands.

SOUTH ASIA B, CITIES: Islamabad, New Dehli, Dacca, Colombo, Bombay, Calcutta, Karachi, Madras, Bangalore,Yangon (Rangoon), Mandalay,

SOUTH ASIA C, PHYSICAL FEATURES: Himalayas; Hindu Kush; Khyber Pass; Western Ghats; Eastern Ghats; Deccan Plateau; Arakan Mts.; Thar Desert; Palk Strait; Bay of Bengal; Arabian Sea; Indus River; Ganges River; Narmada River; Brahmaputra River

EAST ASIA A, COUNTRIES: China, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Mongolia, Macau, Hong Kong

EAST ASIA B, CITIES:, All capitals, + Hong Kong, Shanghai, Canton, Xian

Shenyang, Urumchi, Osaka, Nagoya, Kyoto

EAST ASIA C, PHYSICAL FEATURES: (Highlands): Himalayan Mts.; Tibetan (Xi-hai) Plateau, KunLun Shan, Tien Shan, Altai Shan, Loess Plateau, Qin Ling Shan, Fujian Massif (Wuyi Shan);

(Basins and Plains): Tarim Basin, Sichuan Basin, NE China Plain, North China Plain,

LowerYangze Basin; (Rivers): Yarlong Zangbo (Brahmaputra); Chang Jiang (Yangze River), Huang Ho (Yellow), Wei River, Heilongjiang (=Amur River).

(Other Bodies of Water): Bo Hai; Yellow Sea; East China Sea; Sea of Japan (Korea

Sea); South China Sea

SOUTHEAST ASIA A, COUNTRIES: Mainland "Indochina:"Myanmar (Burma); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; Malaysia; Singapore; Brunei; Philippines

SOUTHEAST ASIA B, CITIES:, Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, Vianchang, Djakarta, Manila, Phnum Penh, Kuala Lumpur

SOUTHEAST ASIA C, PHYSICAL FEATURES: Islands: Irian Jaya, Java, Sulawesi (Celebes), Sumatera (Sumatra), New Guinea, Luzon, Mindanao, Kalimantan (Borneo), Timor; Rivers: Irrawaddy, Salween, Chao Phraya, Mekong; Mountains: Arakan Yoma, Annam Cordillera; Other Water Bodies: Strait of Malacca; Lombok Strait; Indian Ocean; South China Sea

Nordic: Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark (w/Greenland), Finland, Estonia

British Isles: United Kingdom, Ireland; Western Europe: Belgium, Netherlands, Luxemburg, Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria; Mediterranean: Portugal and Spain (Iberia), Italy, Greece; , Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan Eastern: Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Moldava, Ukraine o/w Balkan Peninsula: Bulgaria, Albania; Serbia-Montenegro (="Yugoslavia"), Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzogovina, Macedonia-Skopje (Former Yugoslavia)

EUROPE, B, CITIES: All capitals, +, Manchester, Milan, Istanbul

EUROPE C, PHYSICAL FEATURES: Alps, Pyrenees, Carpathians, Dinaric Alps, Rhine River, Danube River, Siene River, Thames River, Baltic sea, Gulf of Bothnia, Gulf of Finland, Gulf of Riga, North Sea, English Channel, Bay of Biscay, Straits of Gibralter, Mediterranean Sea, Balearic Islands, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Adriatic Sea

RUSSIA A, COUNTRY: Russia

RUSSIA B, CITIES: St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Vladivostok

RUSSIA C, PHYSICAL FEATURES: East European Plain, Ural Mountains, West Siberian Lowlands, Central Siberian Plateau, East Siberian Highlands, Southern Siberian Mountains; Valdai Hills, Black Sea. Rivers: Volga, Ob, Yenesei, Lena, Amur

NORTH AMERICA A, COUNTRIES: Canada, United States (Note also: St. Pierre & Miquelon) STATES AND PROVINCES: Know the states of the United States and the provinces of Canada.

NORTH AMERICA, B, CITIES: Vancouver, B.C., Portland, OR, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Denver, Dallas, Chicago, Cleveland, New Orleans, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Raleigh, Atlanta, Miami, Calgary, Regina, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec

NORTH AMERICA C, PHYSICAL FEATURES: Canadian Shield, Rocky Mts, Cascades, Sierra Nevada, Vancouver Island, all of the Great Lakes (Superior, Michigan, Ontario, Erie, Huron), Baffin Island, Hudson's Bay, Newfoundland, the Bay of Fundy, Mississippi River, Missouri River, Columbia River, St. Lawrence River, Appalachian Highlands, Ozark ("Interior" Highlands)

MIDDLE AMERICA A, COUNTRIES: Central America: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama

Carribean Islands: Greater Antilles: Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico; Lesser Antilles: Windward Islands, Leeward Islands

MIDDLE AMERICA, B, CITIES: All capitals + Tiajuana, Veracruz, Guanajuato, Monterey, Guadalajara

MIDDLE AMERICA C, PHYSICAL FEATURES: Sierra Madre Occidental, Sierra Madre Oriental,Yucatan Peninsula, Bay of Campeche, Bahama Islands

SOUTH AMERICA A, COUNTRIES: Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil

SOUTH AMERICA B, CITIES: All capitals + Medellin, Guayaquil, Callao, Valparaiso, Rio de Janiero, Sao Paolo

SOUTH AMERICA C, PHYSICAL FEATURES Guyana Highlands, Brazilian Highlands, Amazon Basin, Pampas, Tierra del Fuego, Orinoco River, Parana River, Rio de la Plata, Strait of Magellan