World Geography final

• Andes


  Mountain range that runs down the western coastline of South America
• Greater Antilles


  Grouping of the larger islands in the Caribbean Sea
• How the Inca built their civilization in the mountains


  They built terraces or flat areas cut into the hillside to build crops
• Push factors


  Reasons that individuals might emigrate from their homes
• Pull factors


  Reasons that an individual might settle in a particular country
• Amazon River


  River that begins in the Andes Mountains and flows to the Atlantic Ocean
• Rainforest in South Africa


  Located on the south coast and the subtropical east coast and escarpment
• River systems are more important in South America than in Central America because it is a smaller land mass
• Brazil


  Largest country in Latin America in both territory and population
• Isthmus


  A narrow strip of land with sea on either side
• Cultures that shaped the development of Mexico

  Spanish and native
• Islands


  Sicily, Ireland, and Great Britain
• Fjords


  Long, narrow sea inlets with steep sides or cliffs
• Alps


  Stretch from Switzerland to the Austrian border
• Danube River


  Flows from the Black Forest mountains
• Pyrenees Mountains


  Separate the Iberian Peninsula from the rest of Europe
• Mediterranean Sea


  Separates the Iberian Peninsula from Africa
• Factors that influence Europe's climate and vegetation

  • Northern latitude and proximity to the sea
• Denmark


  Most densely populated nation in northern Europe
• Great Britain


  Includes England, Scotland and Wales
• United Kingdom


  Includes England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
• English Channel


  Waterway that separates Great Britain from France
• "Land of the Midnight Sun"


  Includes Norway, Iceland, Finland, Greenland, Sweden, Alaska Canada, Svalbard, Russia