Place Name Exam Study Guide

So that we are all on the same page when it comes to knowing where the major physical features on the Earth are, I will be giving you a Place Name Exam. You will be given a Map like the one included here and asked to match 20 locations.  This is a study guide to help you prepare for that exam.  I will not ask you anything that is not included on this guide. I will warn you in advance when this exam is open and due through announcements. Missing an Announcement is not a valid excuse for missing an assignment or exam.

Please know the following locations:

Continents:  Eurasia, Africa, North America, Antarctica, Australia

Oceans:  Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic

Islands:  Greenland, New Guinea, Madagascar, Baffin, Sumatra, Honshu, Great Britain, Ellsmere, Celebes, South Island (N.Z.), North Inland (N.Z.), Java, Cuba, Newfoundland, Iceland, Ireland, Hokkaido, Sakhalin, Hispaniola, Tasmania, Sri Lanka, Tierra del Fuego, Taiwan, Puerto Rico, Vancouver, Sicily

Island Groups: Azores, Bahamas, Hawaiian Is., Philippines, Aleutian, Galapagos

Seas, Bays and Gulfs:  Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, Gulf of Guinea, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Bay of Bengal, South China Sea, Sea of Japan, Sea of Okhotsk, Gulf of Alaska, Gulf of California, Bering Sea, Beaufort Sea, Mediterranean, North Sea, Baltic Sea, Black Sea

Lakes: Caspian Sea, Aral Sea, Lake Baykal, The Great Lakes (Superior, Huron, Michigan, Ontario, Erie), Lake Victoria

Rivers: Mississippi, Missouri, Colorado, Rio Grande, Amazon, Parana, Zaire (Congo), Nile, Niger, Yangtze (Chang), Brahmaputra, Ganges, Murray

Mountains:  Denali, Whitney, Everest

Miscellaneous: Malay Peninsula, Kamchatka Peninsula, Yucatan Peninsula, Isthmus of Panama, Cape of Good Hope, Cape Horn, The Prime Meridian, The Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn and the Equator.

Use online maps to study for this exam. This is a useful tool for studying  for this exam Online Atlas. Links to an external site.

This Map is the one that will be used for the exam. WorldMapPlaceNameExam.pdf Download WorldMapPlaceNameExam.pdf