AP World History Regions and Geography Flashcards

16049452298	Australia and Oceana		0
16049452299	Caribbean		1
16049452300	Central Africa		2
16049452301	Central America		3
16049452302	Central Asia		4
16049452303	East Africa		5
16049452304	East Asia		6
16049452305	Europe		7
16049452306	Latin America		8
16049452307	Mesoamerica		9
16049452308	Middle East		10
16049452309	North Africa		11
16049452310	North America		12
16049452311	South America		13
16049452312	South Asia		14
16049452313	Southern Africa		15
16049452314	West Africa		16
16049452332	Nile River	The world's longest river, which flows northward through East Africa into the Mediterranean Sea	17
16049452333	Tigris River and Euphrates River	Mesopotamia means: "land between rivers":	18
16049452334	Indus River	A river in South Asia that flows from the Himalayas to the Arabian Sea.	19
16049452335	Mississippi River	A major North American river and the chief river of the United States, longest river in the U.S.	20
16049452336	Amazon River	A major river in South America that flows through Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Brazil.	21
16049452337	Rio Grande River	Large river that forms a border between the US and Mexico	22
16049452338	Yangtze River	Longest major river in China	23
16049452339	Huang He River	Yellow River	24
16049452315	Australia and Oceana		25
16049452316	Caribbean		26
16049452317	Central Africa		27
16049452318	Central America		28
16049452319	Central Asia		29
16049452320	East Africa		30
16049452321	East Asia		31
16049452322	Europe		32
16049452323	Latin America		33
16049452324	Mesoamerica		34
16049452325	Middle East		35
16049452326	North Africa		36
16049452327	South America		37
16049452328	South Asia		38
16049452329	Southern Africa		39
16049452330	West Africa		40
16049452340	Nile River	The world's longest river, which flows northward through East Africa into the Mediterranean Sea	41
16049452341	Tigris River and Euphrates River	Mesopotamia means: "land between rivers":	42
16049452342	Indus River	A river in South Asia that flows from the Himalayas to the Arabian Sea.	43
16049452343	Mississippi River	A major North American river and the chief river of the United States, longest river in the U.S.	44
16049452344	Amazon River	A major river in South America that flows through Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Brazil.	45
16049452345	Rio Grande River	Large river that forms a border between the US and Mexico	46
16049452346	Yangtze River	Longest major river in China	47
16049452347	Huang He River	Yellow River	48
16049452348	Manchu Empire	Northeast Asian peoples who defeated the Ming Dynasty and founded the Qing Dynasty in 1644, which was the last of China's imperial dynasties.	49
16049452349	Mughal Empire	Muslim state (1526-1857) exercising dominion over most of India in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Empire which greatly increased in size under the rule of Babur and his grandson Akbar.	50
16049452350	Ottoman Empire	Islamic state founded by Osman in northwestern Anatolia. After the fall of the Byzantine Empire, the Empire was based in Istanbul (formerly Constantinople) from 1453-1922. It encompassed lands in the Middle East, North Africa, the Caucasus, and eastern Europe.	51
16049452351	Safavid Empire	A Shi'ite Muslim dynasty that ruled in Persia (Iran and parts of Iraq) from the 16th-18th centuries that had a mixed culture of the Persians, Ottomans and Arabs.	52
16049452352	Songhai Empire	West African empire that conquered Mali and controlled trade from the into the 16th century	53
16049452353	Russian Empire	Historical empire founded on November 2 (October 22, Old Style), 1721, when the Russian Senate conferred the title of emperor (imperator) of all the Russians upon Peter I. The abdication of Nicholas II on March 15, 1917, marked the end of the empire and its ruling Romanov dynasty.	54