Quinling Shandi Mountains

• Divides the Northern part of China with the Southern part of China

Himalayas• Mountain Chain in Southeast Asia– Mt. Everest located there• World’s tallest peak: 29,035 ft

Archipelago• Long group of islands– Maldives Islands are example

Storm surges• High waters– Caused by monsoon or hurricanes– Can cause severe hardships

Three Gorges Dam

• China’s largest construction project– The world’s largest dam (Book says

will be)

Oceania

• Group of Islands in the Pacific – More than 20,000 islands

Great Barrier Reef• World’s Largest Corral Reef

Bikini Atoll

• U.S. Nuclear testing site• Long-term effects – Bikini Islanders were exiled from their

homeland because of the testing

Voyaging Canoe• Special Canoes for ocean travel – Developed by Pacific Islanders

Ocean Current

• Water circulation system of the oceans and seas

• Helps to moderate regional climates

Ijsselmeer• A freshwater lake separated from the North Sea by a dike and bordered by polders

• Located in the Netherlands

Zuider Zee

• Former inlet of the North Sea • Located in the Netherlands

Typhoon

• Tropical Storm that occurs in the Western Pacific

Rocky Mountains

• Major mountain system of the western US and Canada

• Extends approximately 3,000 miles from Alaska south to New Mexico

Appalachian Mountains• Major mountain system of the eastern US and Canada– Extends approximately 1,600 miles

from Newfoundland south to Alabama

Mediterranean Climate

• Strong climate region for agriculture

• Located on the central and southern coasts of California

Commodity

• An agricultural or mining product that can be sold

One Commodity Country• A country that relies on one principle export for much of its earnings

Cholera• An infectious disease that can be fatal– Caused by a lack of adequate

sanitation and clean water

Malaria

• Infectious disease of the red blood cells– Carried by mosquitoes– Characterized by chills, fever,

sweating

Estuary

• Broadened seaward end of a river where river currents meet the ocean tides

Tiber River

• River in central Italy– Flows through Rome

Rhine River

• River in central Europe flowing from Switzerland through Germany to the Netherlands

Elbe River

• Major waterway in central Europe– Flows from Czech Republic, through

Germany to the North Sea

Saigon

• Former Capital of South Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh)

Keban Reservoir

• Created by the Keban dam on the Euphrates river in southern Turkey

Demarcation Line

• Line that separates two regions or countries

• Demilitarized Zone the separates North and South Korea 38th parallel

Taedong River

• A large river in North Korea which flows past the capital Pyongyang into the Bay of Korea

Lena River• River in Russia that flows from Lake Baikal to the Arctic Ocean

Volga River• Longest river in Europe– Flows through central Russia to the

Caspian Sea

Estonia• Country in Northwestern Europe– Gained independence from the Soviet

Union in the 1990’s