AP World History: World Regions Flashcards
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| 10780415246 | Mesoamerica | A geographic region in the western hemisphere that was home of the Mayan and Aztec civilizations. Includes Central America and Mexico. | 0 | |
| 10780427091 | West Indies | Caribbean Islands | 1 | |
| 10780435836 | Latin America | Includes Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean Islands. | 2 | |
| 10780457440 | North Africa | Top 1/4 of Africa, excluding Egypt (Middle East). | 3 | |
| 10780468864 | West Africa | Coast of Africa that became center of European slave trade. | 4 | |
| 10780477813 | East Africa | East coast of Africa, including Madagascar. | 5 | |
| 10780500277 | Equatorial Africa (Central Africa) | Rain forest region of Africa, surrounds the Democratic Republic of the Congo. | 6 | |
| 10780517178 | Southern Africa | Lower 1/4 of Africa | 7 | |
| 10780543461 | Sub-Saharan Africa | Portion of the African continent lying south of the Sahara. | 8 | |
| 10780556630 | Saharan | The big desert, mostly in North Africa. | 9 | |
| 10780561870 | Asia Minor (Anatolia) | The Anatolian peninsula, or the Anatolian plateau, is the westernmost protrusion of Asia, which makes up the majority of modern-day Turkey | 10 | |
| 10780570661 | Middle East | Includes Egypt to Turkey, plus Iraq and Iran, but not Afghanistan or Pakistan. | 11 | |
| 10780586961 | Indian Subcontinent | India, and to the south of the Himalayas. | 12 | |
| 10780596559 | South Asia | Mainly India, but also Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, plus Afghanistan. | 13 | |
| 10780621311 | East Asia | Includes China, Korea, and Japan (Taiwan). | 14 | |
| 10780652092 | Southeast Asia | Countries below China, including the Philippines and Indonesia. | 15 | |
| 10780666289 | Central Asia | A region that includes the republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan. | 16 | |
| 10780687856 | Oceania | A 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 | |
| 10780697143 | East Indies | Indonesia | 18 | |
| 10780701917 | Steppe | A large area of flat unforested grassland in southeastern Europe or Siberia. From Russia and Ukraine to Mongolia. | 19 | |
| 10780716852 | Fertile Crescent | A 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 | |
| 10780735645 | Siberia | Cold forest covered area of Russia that makes up 77% of the land area, other side to the Urals. | 21 | |
| 10780742233 | Eurasia | The large landmass that includes both Europe and Asia | 22 | |
| 10780747952 | Afroeurasia | A large geographical region spanning Africa, Europe, and Asia | 23 |