| A | B |
|---|
| Arctic Ocean | One of the five Oceans |
| Atlantic Ocean | One of the five Oceans |
| Indian Ocean | One of the five Oceans |
| Pacific Ocean | One of the five Oceans |
| Indus River | natural divide between Pakistan and India |
| Caspian Sea | worlds largest inland body of water |
| Mekong River | man trainsportation route in Vietnam |
| English Channel | separates England from France |
| Mississippi River | vital early transportation route for USA |
| Gulf of Mexico | vital trade route early of Early US settlement |
| Nile River | vital trade and transportation route in Easter Africa; longest river int he world |
| Mediterranean Sea | way of trade, colonization and war, and was the basis of life fopr europe, African and middle east |
| Amazon River | largest river in the world and run through heart of south america |
| Rhine River | natural divide between france and germany |
| Panama Canal | designed in early 1900s to shorten the trade route between US and rest of the world |
| Chang Jiang River | major trade route inc hina and major port is shanghai |
| Seine River | major transportation route and was |
| Persian Gulf | part of the arabian sea and 90% of world's oil reserve are found in the region |
| Congo River | largest river of the sahara deser; runs across equator |
| Tigris River | originates in turkey, runs through iraq and has always been main river to irrigate farms in the middle east region |
| Red Sea | major transportation route from middle east to asia |
| Euphrates River | runs through iraq and larger than tigris; used for irrigation purposes |
| Black Sea | naib transportation route of former USSR |
| Strait of Gibraltar | major trade route through through europe and north africa; connects atlantic to mediterranean sea |
| Ganges River | vital source of irrigation for farming and a place of spiritual cleansing for indians |
| Caribbean Sea | area of high trade and farming due to tropical weather and first settlements of africa slave labor |
| Suez Canal | connects the mediterranean and red sea in egypt; place of oil rich nations |
