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Coach West- Exam
World Geography Exam
Term | Definition |
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Planets In order | Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto |
The 7 continents | North America, South America, Africa, Asia, Europe, Australia, Antarctica |
The 4 Oceans | Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic |
Latitude | Lines that run East/West |
Equator | Latitude line that that divides the world into North/ South |
Euro | Most of the currency in Europe |
Prime | Longitude line that divides the world into east and west |
Industrial Revolution | Creation of factories in the 1700 in western Europe |
Capitalism | people are allowed to own there own businesses |
Communism | when the government controls all the businesses |
Cold war | 1945 to 1990, when the USA was trying to stop the spread of communism |
Iron Curtain | A figure of speech, showed separation of Eastern and Western Europe during the Cold War |
What's the difference between eastern and Western Europe ? | Eastern Europe is wealthier and more advanced |
English Channel | Small stretch of ocean separates united kingdom from Europe. |
Alps | Major mountain located in central Europe |
Renaissance | Time period in Europe,major advancements in science/math |
Nelson Mandela | First black president of South Africa elected in 1994, after serving many years in prison |
Apartheid | Policy of racial segregation in south Africa, that lasted for 100 yrs when the British took over South Africa |
Sahara | Large dessert in Northern Africa |
Nile River | Longest river in the world from central Africa, running north through Egypt into the Mediterranean Sea. |
Suez | Man made canal connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea, a short cut to the Indian Ocean |
Panama Canal | man made canal connecting the Atlantic Ocean to Pacific Ocean avoiding South America. |