GEOG101 People and Their
Environment
MAP QUIZ 1
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ABOUT MAP QUIZZES
You are responsible for knowing how to locate all geographic objects listed below on the
blank maps handed out in class for practicing. The same blank maps will be given during
the map quiz, so you will be well familiar with the maps. The map quiz will include only
20-25 place names selected randomly from the list. You will be asked to indicate the
location of a geographic object by putting a number or a letter on its location. The
number has to be placed directly on the object or within its boundaries (a river, a city, a
lake, an ocean and so on). Or, you might be asked to provide a name of a geographic
object shown on the blank map by a number or a letter. Most place names listed below
can be easily found in your Atlas on either the world geographic map or the
corresponding continent maps. You should be able to locate most of these geographic
objects by simply examining the maps. If you cannot find them, please see course
syllabus (section Using Atlas and Map Quiz) for instructions on how to use the index at
the end of your Atlas. No atlas is allowed during the quiz.
PLACE NAME LIST FOR GEOGRAPHY 101 MAP QUIZ 1
CONTINENTS AND OCEANS, AFRICA, NORTH AMERICA, SOUTH AMERICA, ANTARCTICA, AUSTRALIA
AND OCEANIA
CONTINENTS
North America
South America
Europe
Antarctica
Africa
Asia
Australia
OCEANS
Atlantic
Pacific
Indian
Arctic
OCEANS, SEAS, GULFS, BAYS
Atlantic
Gulf of Guinea
Caribbean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Hudson Bay
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific
Bering Sea
Gulf of Alaska
Coral Sea
Gulf of Carpentaria
Gulf of California
Tasman Sea
Indian
Red Sea
Gulf of Aden
Arctic
Beaufort Sea
Baffin Bay
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STRAITS AND CANALS
Drake Passage
Str. of Gibraltar
Str. of Malacca
Panama Canal
Str. of Magellan
Suez Canal
Str. of Florida
Yucatan Channel
Bass Strait
Mozambique Channel
Bering Strait
INLAND SEAS AND LAKES
N. America
Lake Michigan
Great Salt Lake
Lake Huron
Lake Erie
Lake Superior
Lake Ontario
Great Lakes
S. America
Lake Titicaca
Maracaibo
Africa
Lake Chad
Lake Victoria
Lake Tanganyika
Lake Tana
Lake Nyasa
N. America
Greenland
Bahamas
Hispaniola
Newfoundland
West Indies
Jamaica
Vancouver
Puerto Rico
Bermuda
Baffin
Cuba
Aleutian
S. America
Falklands (Malvinas)
Terra del Fuego
Trinidad
Galapagos
Africa
Canaries
Madagascar
Oceania
Hawaiian
New Guinea
Tahiti
New Zealand
Tasmania
New Caledonia
N. America
Mississippi
Columbia
Missouri
Yukon
Ohio
St.Lawrence
Rio Grande
Mackenzie
Colorado
S. America
Amazon
Parana
Orinoco
Sao Francisco
Africa
Nile
Zambezi
Niger
Blue Nile
Congo
White Nile
Orange
Australia
Murray
Darling
ISLANDS
Cape Verde
Fiji
Pascua
(Easter)
RIVERS
MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS
N. America
Sierra Madre Oriental
Sierra Madre Occidental
Rocky Mountains
Sierra Nevada
Appalachians
S. America
Andes
Brazilian
Highlands
Africa
Atlas
Tibesti
Australia
Great Dividing Range
Cascades
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PLATEAUS, LOWLANDS, AND PLAINS
N. America
Great Plains
S. America
Mato Grosso
Africa
Ethiopian
Mexican
Great Basin
Yucatan
Baja California
PENINSULAS AND CAPES
N. America
Florida
S. America
Cape Horn
Africa
Cape of Good Hope
Australia
Cape York
Antarctica
Antarctic
Alaska
Somali
MAJOR CITIES
N. America
New York
San Francisco
S. America
Buenos Aires
Africa
Cairo
Dar es Salaam
Nairobi
Australia
Auckland
Los Angeles
Havana
Chicago
Mexico City
Miami
Rio de Janiero
Sao Paulo
Casablanca
Khartoum
Dakar
Accra
Addis Ababa
Lagos
Johannesburg
Melbourne
Sydney
OTHER FEATURES
N. America
Mississippi Delta
S. America
Atacama Desert
Africa
Sahara Desert
Kilimanjaro
(mount)
Australia
Great Barrier Reef
Nile Delta
Kalahari desert
Namib desert
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