GEOGRAPHY 100: MAP LIST #1, SPRING 2007

Return to this semester's GEOGRAPHY 100 sites:
    	SYLLABUS	     SCHEDULE     	  LINKS
STUDY THESE LOCATION LISTS using your atlas and sample outline maps:
	WORLD:	Houghton Mifflin maps; Univ. of Alabama maps;
		National Geographic Atlas;
	USA: 	Houghton Mifflin maps; geography.about.com;
		National Geographic Atlas
	WORLD LOCATION LIST			USA LOCATION LIST
Continents				This country and Its Neighbors
   Begin by locating the seven		   Start this list by locating the USA
   "traditional" continents:		   and its neighbors, north and south:
	AFRICA					CANADA
	ANTARCTICA				MEXICO
	ASIA					UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
	AUSTRALIA also a country			
	EUROPE				Major Bodies of Water
	NORTH AMERICA			   Some of these define US boundaries,
	SOUTH AMERICA			   some are shared, some are entirely
					   inside the USA:
Major Bodies of Water				ATLANTIC OCEAN
   Look for these oceans, seas,			COLORADO RIVER forms CA/AZ boundary
   and important rivers:			COLUMBIA RIVER
	AMAZON RIVER				GULF OF MEXICO
	ARCTIC OCEAN				LAKE ERIE
	ATLANTIC OCEAN				LAKE HURON
	CARIBBEAN SEA				LAKE MICHIGAN
	CASPIAN SEA				LAKE ONTARIO
	CONGO RIVER				LAKE SUPERIOR
	HUANG (HUANG HO, YELLOW) R.		MACKENZIE RIVER
	INDIAN OCEAN				MISSISSIPPI RIVER
	MEDITERRANEAN SEA			MISSOURI RIVER
	MISSISSIPPI RIVER			OHIO RIVER
	NILE RIVER				PACIFIC OCEAN
	ORINOCO RIVER				POTOMAC RIVER
	PACIFIC OCEAN				RED RIVER OF THE NORTH		
	PERSIAN GULF				RIO GRANDE Rio Bravo del Norte	
	RED SEA					SACRAMENTO RIVER
	VOLGA RIVER				ST. LAWRENCE RIVER
	YANGTZE RIVER				YUKON RIVER

Some Prominent Landforms		Some Prominent Landforms
   A few mountain ranges, major	   	   Here are four mountain ranges
   peaks, and promontories to study:	   and two physiographic regions:
	the ALPS mtn. range			the APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS
	the ANDES mtn. range			the CASCADE RANGE
	CAPE OF GOOD HOPE			the GREAT BASIN interior West
	CAPE HORN				the GREAT PLAINS
	the CAUCASUS mtn. range			the ROCKY MOUNTAINS
	the HIMALAYAS				the SIERRA NEVADA
	MT. EVEREST
	MT. KILIMANJARO			States and Provinces
	the ROCKY MOUNTAINS		   We'll do all fifty states (and capitals)
	the URAL MOUNTAINS		   later in the semester!
						ALASKA
Countries					ALBERTA province
   A few important places from the		ARIZONA
   political map and headlines:			BRITISH COLUMBIA province
	AFGHANISTAN				CALIFORNIA
	ARGENTINA				COLORADO
	BRAZIL					FLORIDA
	CANADA					GEORGIA
	CHINA					HAWAII
	EGYPT					ILLINOIS
	FRANCE					IOWA
	GERMANY					LOUISIANA
	INDIA					MAINE
	INDONESIA				MICHIGAN
	IRAN					MINNESOTA
	IRAQ					NEVADA
	JAPAN					NEW YORK
	MEXICO					OHIO
	NIGERIA					ONTARIO province
	NORTH KOREA				OREGON
	PAKISTAN				QUEBEC province	
	RUSSIA					PENNSYLVANIA				
	SOUTH AFRICA				TENNESSEE
	UNITED KINGDOM OF			TEXAS
	   GREAT BRITAIN AND		  	UTAH
	      NORTHERN IRELAND			VIRGINIA
	UNITED STATES OF AMERICA		WASHINGTON state, not city
	VENEZUELA				WYOMING