World Geography Exam (Chapters 12-17)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Paris | City of light |
| Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig Van Beetoven | Famous German Composers |
| Victor Hugo | Famous French Writer |
| Hopak | Ukranian dance featuring acrobatic leaps |
| Budapest | The "Paris of eastern Europe" |
| Ural Mountain | Dividing line between Europe and Asia |
| St. Petersburg Hermitage Museum | Originally built to hold the art collection of czars |
| Kalinigrad | Port that is separated from the rest of Russia |
| Venice | Built on a group of more than 100 islands |
| Theocracy | Government controlled by religious leaders |
| Diaspora | The scattering of Jews to countries in many parts of the world |
| Polytheism | Belief in many gods and goddesses |
| Zuggerat | Large, steplike tower |
| Muhammad | Great prophet of Islam |
| Aquifer | Underground rock layers that store large amounts of water |
| Casablanca | Morocco's largest city and port |
| Tinpoli | The capital of Libya |
| Tunis | North Africa's smallest country |
| Cairo | Capital of Egypt |
| Northern Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales | What are the four regions of the United Kingdom? |
| Artists | Claud Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renois were famous ____. |
| France and Spain | What two countries are separated by the Pyrenees? |
| Iceland | Which country is a land of hot springs and geysers? |
| Belgium, Netherlands, Luxemberg | What are the Benelux countries? |
| Venice | What city in Italy has no cars, but instead relies on boats for transportation on its many canals? |
| Albania | Where is Mother Teresa from? |
| The Aral Sea | Irrigation in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan is causing which body of water to rapidly dry up? |
| Babushka | In the Russian household, the person who takes care of the cooking, cleaning, and child care is often the ____. |
| Grandmother | What does Babushka mean? |
| Caspian Sea | What is the world's largest inland body |
| Babylon | Hammurabi was the greatest kind of ____. |
| Babalonians | We borrowed our 60-minute hour from a number system developed by the ____. |
| Epic of Gilgamesh | The world's first known story is ____. |
| Egyptian Civilization | What was the "gift of the Nile"? |
| Arabian Desert | What is another name of the Eastern Desert? |
| Desert | The word Sahara means ____. |
| Shops and Bazaars | In Algiers, the casbahs are known for their ____. |
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