AP World Regions Flashcards

4871834429	Africa	2nd largest continent	0
4871834430	The Carribean	A region of North America, once known as the West Indies	1
4871834431	Central Asia	Dominated by the Silk Roads up until the modern era	2
4871834432	Australasia	The continent of Australian and related islands	3
4871834433	Central Africa	Region of Africa. Tropical and drained by major river systems (Niger, Congo etc)	4
4871834434	Central America	A region of North America, the isthmus between North and South America	5
4871834435	South Asia	The Indian subcontinent	6
4871834436	East Asia	Dominated by China and societies influenced by Chinese civilization	7
4871834437	Southwest Asia	Commonly called "The Middle East"	8
4871834438	North Africa	The Sahara desert and Mediterranean coast of Africa	9
4871834439	The Atlantic Ocean	World's second largest ocean	10
4871834440	Southeast Asia	Region geographically and culturally between India and China	11
4871834441	Mediterranean	The sea connecting Africa, Europe and Southwest Asia. Refers to both the sea and the surrounding societies	12
4871834442	Eastern Europe	Russia and neighbors to the west	13
4871834443	Eurasia	New term to encompass the entire landmass which ancient geographers arbitrarily split into Europe and Asia	14
4871834444	Indian Ocean	The ocean separating Africa and Asia	15
4871834445	North America	Northern part of the American landmass	16
4871834446	East Africa	The Indian ocean coast of Africa	17
4871834447	Oceania	Region made up of the many islands of the Pacific Ocean	18
4871834448	West Africa	The bulge of Africa projecting westward	19
4871834449	South America	The southern part of the American landmass	20
4871834450	Southern Africa	The southern "cone" of Africa	21
4871834451	Western Europe	European region bordering the Atlantic	22
4871834452	The Americas	The two American continents: The western hemisphere	23
4871834453	Afro-Eurasia	The mega-landmass of the eastern hemisphere	24
4871834454	Europe	Western spur of Eurasia. Gained continent status by hosting the geographers who defined the continents	25
4871834455	The Pacific	The world's largest Ocean	26
4871834456	The Arctic	Northern most ocean, large portions permanently frozen	27
4871834457	Scandanavia	Northern regions of Europe	28