World Geography Chapter 9 - Cultural Regions

Area organized around a focal point.

A region that only exists as a conceptualization or an idea.

<p>Geo-political designation of the area stretching from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the western side of the Indian subcontinent.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A ship canal in northeastern Egypt linking the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Areas of the Americas influenced by the cultures of Spain, France, or Portugal.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A canal that crosses the isthmus of Panama connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The region south of the Sahara Desert in Africa.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A large group of islands in the south Pacific.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An area distinguished by a unique combination of trends or features.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A system where power is divided between one central government and several regional governments.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An international organization of European countries formed after World War II.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Russian term for ruler or king.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An organization formed by former Soviet republics after the collapse of the USSR.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>United Soviet Socialist Republics.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The northernmost region of Africa.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Indonesia, Malaysia.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is the largest country in the world, with Moscow as its capital.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Canada, USA, Mexico, Central America.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is the smallest continent and the driest inhabited continent.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>North Island and South Island and adjacent small islands in the South Pacific.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A region of the Caribbean Basin and North Atlantic Ocean.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A theory or system of social organization based on common ownership of property.</p> Signup and view all the answers