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Map 1: World Regions & Bodies of Water
___Western Europe (The West)
___Sub-Sahara Africa
___Southeast Asia
___South Asia
___Pacific Ocean
___North America
___North Africa (Sahara Desert)
___Middle East (Southwest Asia)
___Mediterranean Sea
___Latin America (Spanish, Portuguese)
___Indian Ocean
___Eastern Europe
___East Asia
___Balkan Peninsula (The Balkans)
___Atlantic Ocean
___Asia Minor (Turkey)
Map 2: Africa—Geography
___Zambezi
___Suez Canal
___Sub-Saharan Africa
___South Africa
___Sahara Desert
___Rwanda
___Red Sea
___Nile River
___Niger
___Mediterranean Sea
___Kenya
___Kalahari Desert
___Indian Ocean
___Ethiopia
___Egypt
___Congo
___Atlantic Ocean
___Algeria
Map 3: Africa—Locations
___Trans-Sahara Trade Routes
___South Africa
___Songhai Empire
___Sahara Desert
___Rwanda
___Middle Passage
___Kenya
___Ethiopia
___Egypt
___Algeria
Map 4: Asia—Geography
___South China Sea
___Siberia
___Pacific Ocean
___Indus River
___Indian Ocean
___Huang He River
___Himalayas
___Gobi Desert
___Ganges River
Map 5: Asia—Locations
___Vietnam
___Taiwan
___Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
___S. Korea
___Russia
___Pakistan (W. Pakistan)
___N. Korea
___Manchuria
___Kashmir
___Japan
___Indonesia (Spice Islands)
___India
___China
___Bangladesh (E. Pakistan)
Map 6: Middle East— Locations & Geography
J = Jewish I = Islam
___Egypt (I)
___Indian Ocean
___Iraq (I)
___Israel (J) Palestine was British mandate after
WWI
___Jordan (I) - was British mandate after WWI
___Lebanon (I) - was French mandate after WWI
___Madinah - where Muhammad & followers fled
___Makkah - birthplace of Muhammad
___Mediterranean Sea
___Persian Gulf (oil)
___Red Sea
___Saudi Arabia (I)
___Suez Canal- connects Red Sea and Mediterranean
___Syria (I) - was French mandate after WWI
___West Bank (I) - taken by Israel in 1967
Map 7: European Geography
___Adriatic Sea
___Alps Mountains
___Asia Minor
___Atlantic Ocean
___Balkan Peninsula
___Black Sea
___Caspian Sea
___Danube River
___Mediterranean Sea
___Pyrenees Mountains
___Rhine River
___The West (Western Europe)
___Ural Mountains (separates Europe and Asia)
Map 8: Europe Locations
___Austria (= Vienna)
___Belgium
___Bosnia
___Czech Republic
___France (= Paris)
___Germany (= Berlin)
___Great Britain (= London)
___Hungary
___Ireland
___Italy (= Rome)
___Netherlands (Dutch)
___ Northern Ireland (Britain)
___Poland
___Portugal
___Russia
___Spain
___Switzerland
___Turkey (= Istanbul)
Map 9: Americas Locations
___Amazon River
___Andes Mountains
___Appalachian Mountains
___Atlantic Ocean
___Bolivia
___Brazil
___Caribbean Sea
___Cuba
___Gulf of Mexico
___Haiti
___Latin America (region)
___Mexico
___Pacific Ocean
___Panama Canal
___Quebec, Canada
___Rocky Mountains
___Straits of Magellan
___Yucatan Peninsula
Map 10: Trade Routes
___Maritime routes in Indian Ocean (textiles, spices)
___Northern Europe to Black Sea (Danube River)
___Silk Road (spices, silk, porcelain)
___South China Sea (spices)
___Trans-Sahara (gold, salt)
___Western Europe Rhine River/Mediterranean
Map 11: Europe at Exploration 1500
___England
___France
___Holy Roman Empire
___Netherlands
___Ottoman Empire
___Portugal
___Russia
___Spain
Map 12: World Empires 1500
___Songhai
___Persian
___Ottoman
___Mughal
___Maya
___Japanese
___Inca
___Chinese
___Aztec
Map 13: Americas—Age of Exploration
___Aztec Empire - modern Mexico (Cortez, Spain)
___Hispaniola - modern Haiti & Dominican
Republic (Columbus, Spain)
___Inca Empire - modern Andes Mts, Peru, Chile
(Pizarro, Spain)
___Jacques Cartier’s route (eastern Canada/Quebec,
France)
___Magellan’s route - circumnavigation (Spain)
___Mayan Empire
___Middle Passage (slaves)
Map 14: Europe 1914/World War I
___Austria-Hungary (C)
___France (A)
___Germany (C) (Wilhelm II)
___Great Britain (A)
___Ottoman Empire (C)
___Russia (A) (Tsar Nicholas II)
___Sarajevo, Bosnia (Francis Ferdinand
Assassinated)
___Serbia
___Western Front--trench lines
Alliances: A = Allies, C = Central Powers
Map 15: Europe 1939/World War II
___Austria (Germany 1938)
___Czechoslovakia (Germany 1939)
___D-Day Invasion (June 6, 1944--Gen.
Eisenhower)
___France (Germany defeats 1940)
___Germany (Hitler 1933)
___Great Britain (Battle of Britain--1940)
___Italy (Mussolini--Ethiopia 1935)
___Poland (Germany invades 1939)
___Soviet Union (U.S.S.R.--invaded by Germany
1941)
Map 16: Europe 1945-1989 (Cold War)
___Austria
___Berlin
___Czechoslovakia
___East Germany
___Hungary
___Iron Curtain (named by Churchill)
___NATO (the West--democracy)
___Poland
___Soviet Union (U.S.S.R.)
___Warsaw Pact (East--communism)
___West Germany
___Yugoslavia
Map 17: Africa—Independence
___West Africa - this region had a peaceful
transition to independence
___South Africa - apartheid = strict segregation of
blacks and whites
___Kenya - Kenyatta leads fight against Great
Britain
___Egypt - had been ruled by Britain -strategic b/c
of Suez Canal
___Algeria - bloody struggle with France
Map 18: Independence From Imperialism
___Algeria - (France) fought bloody war
___China - (many E’pean powers) Mao Zedong led
fight to make China communist
___India - (Britain) Gandhi led peaceful resistance
(non-violent protest)
___Kenya - (Britain) Kenyatta led fight
___South Africa - (Britain) had policy of apartheid
(segregation)
___Vietnam - (France) Ho Chi Minh led fight to free
Vietnam and make it communist
___West Africa - (France) had peaceful transition to
independence
Map 19: Religions of the World
___Balkan Peninsula (Muslims and Christianity)
___East Asia (Buddhism)
___Eastern Europe (Christianity)
___India (Hinduism - Hinduism & Buddhism started
here)
___Israel (Judaism)
___Latin America (Christianity)
___Middle East (Islam - Judaism, Christianity, and
Islam started here)
___North Africa (Islam)
___North America (Christianity)
___Southeast Asia (Buddhism)
___Sub-Sahara Africa (animism)
___Western Europe (Christianity)