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AP World History: World Regions Flashcards

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10780415246MesoamericaA geographic region in the western hemisphere that was home of the Mayan and Aztec civilizations. Includes Central America and Mexico.0
10780427091West IndiesCaribbean Islands1
10780435836Latin AmericaIncludes Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean Islands.2
10780457440North AfricaTop 1/4 of Africa, excluding Egypt (Middle East).3
10780468864West AfricaCoast of Africa that became center of European slave trade.4
10780477813East AfricaEast coast of Africa, including Madagascar.5
10780500277Equatorial Africa (Central Africa)Rain forest region of Africa, surrounds the Democratic Republic of the Congo.6
10780517178Southern AfricaLower 1/4 of Africa7
10780543461Sub-Saharan AfricaPortion of the African continent lying south of the Sahara.8
10780556630SaharanThe big desert, mostly in North Africa.9
10780561870Asia Minor (Anatolia)The Anatolian peninsula, or the Anatolian plateau, is the westernmost protrusion of Asia, which makes up the majority of modern-day Turkey10
10780570661Middle EastIncludes Egypt to Turkey, plus Iraq and Iran, but not Afghanistan or Pakistan.11
10780586961Indian SubcontinentIndia, and to the south of the Himalayas.12
10780596559South AsiaMainly India, but also Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, plus Afghanistan.13
10780621311East AsiaIncludes China, Korea, and Japan (Taiwan).14
10780652092Southeast AsiaCountries below China, including the Philippines and Indonesia.15
10780666289Central AsiaA region that includes the republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan.16
10780687856OceaniaA large group of islands in the south Pacific including Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia (and sometimes Australasia and the Malay Archipelago). Includes Hawaii and Easter Island.17
10780697143East IndiesIndonesia18
10780701917SteppeA large area of flat unforested grassland in southeastern Europe or Siberia. From Russia and Ukraine to Mongolia.19
10780716852Fertile CrescentA geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East stretching in a broad semicircle from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates. From Mesopotamia to Syria, and then down to Israel.20
10780735645SiberiaCold forest covered area of Russia that makes up 77% of the land area, other side to the Urals.21
10780742233EurasiaThe large landmass that includes both Europe and Asia22
10780747952AfroeurasiaA large geographical region spanning Africa, Europe, and Asia23

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