| A | B |
|---|
| Panama Canal | a strategic chokepoint in Latin America |
| Andes Mountains | nicknamed "cordillera" or backbone - they promoted cultural diversity in South America |
| Amazon rainforest | hot, humid, a victim of deforestation in Brazil |
| Northern European Plain | an invasion route for Napoleon and Hitler to Russia/USSR |
| English Channel | it separates England from Continental Europe |
| Alps | a reason Switzerland has remained neutral during wars |
| Savanna | grassland in Kenya, Africa |
| Sahara Desert | acts as cultural barrier between Northern and Central/Southern Africa |
| Siberia | rich in mineral resources, yet difficult to get because its so cold |
| Himalayas | separates India from Communist China |
| Korean Peninsula | acts as "land bridge" between China and Japan |
| archipelago | Japan, the Philippines, and Indonesia |
| monsoon | brings needed rain to India in June - - August |
| Suez Canal | a strategic chokepoint - shortcut from Europe to the Persian Gulf |
| Cape of Good Hope | the Atlantic and Indian Oceans meet here |
| Persian Gulf | location half of the world's oil supply |
| Mediterranean Climate | cool winters, warm summers - found mostly along coasts |
| arid | hot and dry |
| deforestation | cutting down trees usually for farmland |
| taiga | Russian forestland |
| Nile River | a "center of life" in Egypt |
| Ganges River | sacred in Hinduism |
| Kashmir | fought over by India and Pakistan |
| Equator | 0 degrees latitude - areas are usually hot and humid |
| Pacific Rim | Industrial nations, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, lie along it |
| Black Sea | Russia's warm water port |
| desertification | when a desert continues to expand taking up valuable farmland |
| Llanos | grassland in Venezuela |
| Yucatan Peninsula | home to the Mayas |
| Mediterranean Sea | at one time it nicknamed a "Roman Lake" |
| Dardenelles & Bosporus | they connect the Black Sea with the Mediterreanean Sea |
| Indochina | Southeast Asia [Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia] under French rule |
