APHG SIGNIFICANT PLACES OF THE WORLD
Use the outline maps to locate each place name.  These are some of the places that you absolutely must know to be a geographically literate person.  You should incorporate your knowledge of these places into your FRQs and class discussions when appropriate.  We may add to the list as the year progresses and things happen around the world. 


ANGLO AMERICA

  1. US
  2. CANADA

CITIES

  1. NYC
  2. Washington DC
  3. Los Angeles
  4. HOUSTON
  5. CHICAGO
  6. TORONTO
  7. OTTAWA
  8. VANCOUVER

LATIN AMERICA

  1. CUBA
  2. MEXICO
  3. HAITI
  4. BRAZIL
  5. ARGENTINA
  6. COLOMBIA
  7. VENEZUELA

CITIES

  1. MEXICO CITY
  2. TIJUANA
  3. MONTERREY
  4. RIO DE JANIERO
  5. SAO PAULO
  6. BUENOS AIRES

 

EUROPE

  1. United Kingdom
  2. REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
  3. GERMANY
  4. FRANCE
  5. ITALY
  6. GREECE
  7. BOSNIA
  8. SERBIA/YUGOSLAVIA
  9. BELGIUM
  10. NETHERLANDS
  11. SWITZERLAND
  12. UKRAINE

CITIES

  1. LONDON
  2. BELFAST
  3. BERLIN
  4. BRUSSELS
  5. MUNICH
  6. PARIS
  7. ROME
  8.  SARAJEVO
  9. KIEV
  10. AMSTERDAM

RUSSIA AND CENTRAL ASIA

  1. RUSSIA
  2. KAZAKHSTAN
  3. UZBEKISTAN
  4. AZERBAIJAN

CITIES

  1. MOSCOW
  2. VLADIVOSTOCK
  3. ST. PETERSBURG
  4. ARAL’SK
  5. BAKU

MIDDLE EAST

  1. TURKEY
  2. ISRAEL
  3. IRAQ
  4. KUWAIT
  5. SAUDI ARABIA
  6. IRAN
  7. AFGHANISTAN

CITIES

  1. MECCA
  2. RIYADH
  3. ISTANBUL
  4. JERUSALEM
  5. BAGHDAD
  6. TEHRAN
  7. KABUL

SOUTH ASIA

  1. PAKISTAN
  2. INDIA
  3. BANGLADESH

CITIES

  1. ISLAMABAD
  2. KARACHI
  3. NEW DELHI
  4. KOLKATA/CALCUTTA
  5. MUMBAI/BOMBAY
  6. BANGALORE
  7. VARANASI

SOUTHEAST ASIA

  1. THAILAND
  2. BURMA/MYANMAR
  3. VIETNAM
  4. INDONESIA
  5. MALAYSIA
  6. SINGAPORE

CITIES

  1. HO CHI MINH CITY
  2. HANOI
  3. JAKARTA

EAST ASIA

  1. CHINA
  2. JAPAN
  3. TAIWAN
  4. NORTH KOREA
  5. SOUTH KOREA

CITIES

  1. BEIJING
  2. SHANGHAI
  3. LHASA
  4. HONG KONG
  5. TOKYO
  6. PYONGYANG
  7. SEOUL

AFRICA

  1. EGYPT
  2. ALGERIA
  3. TUNISIA
  4. COTE D’ IVOIRE
  5. NIGERIA
  6. GHANA
  7. SUDAN
  8. RWANDA
  9. ETHIOPIA
  10. SOMALIA

AFRICA CON’TD

  1. KENYA
  2. Dem. Republic of Congo (DROC)
  3. CONGO
  4. SOUTH AFRICA
  5. BOTSWANA
  6. LIBERIA

CITIES

  1. CAIRO
  2. ALEXANDRIA
  3. TIMBUKTU
  4. LAGOS
  5. NAIROBI
  6. ABUJA
  7. CAPETOWN
  8. JOHANNESBURG
  9. PRETORIA
  10. SOWETO

OCEANIA

  1. AUSTRALIA
  2. NEW ZEALAND

CITIES

  1. PERTH
  2. SYDNEY

 

REGIONS  These are places around the world that are ‘hot spots’ or regional areas used by geographers. 

  1. NORTHERN IRELAND
  2. WEST BANK
  3. GAZA
  4. KASHMIR
  5. TIBET
  6. QUEBEC
  7. Xinjiang (NW PROVINCE OF PRC)
  1. LATIN AMERICA
  2. WESTERN EUROPE
  3. CENTRAL ASIA
  4. FAR EAST
  5. MIDDLE EAST
  6. OCEANIA
  7. POLYNESIA