BASIC Geography
ver. 1.30
Business 187 assumes students have learned some basic geography in middle school and high school, and from reading periodicals, exploring the Web, and talking to friends. This sheet lists nations, cities, etc.,whose locations I will assume you know. If you don’t know where they are, you can the countries in a printed atlas or the web site (Clicking on the continent or region that contains a city or nation listed below on the main sitesatlas world map will usually bring up a map on which you can find what you’re looking for.) Using one of the excellent atlases in the Martin Luther King library is even better. If you have trouble finding anything, please see the instructor.
Nation / CityOn the continent of North America
Canada / Toronto
Montreal
Vancouver
Mexico / Mexico City
On the continent of South America
Brazil / Rio de Janeiro
Sao Paulo
Argentina / Buenos Aires
Note: “Latin America” includes all nations of North and South America that speak Spanish or Portuguese (two languages closely related to Latin, the language of ancient Rome). Thus Latin America includes Mexico and almost all countries to the south of it, plus some nations (Cuba) to the east of it in the Caribbean Sea.
On the continent of Europe
England / London
France / Paris
Spain / Madrid
Italy / Rome
Milan
Germany / Berlin
Frankfurt
Sweden
Russia (in both Europe and Asia) / Moscow
On the continent of Asia
Turkey (in both Europe and Asia) / Istanbul
Israel / Jerusalem
Saudi Arabia / Mecca
Iraq / Baghdad
Note: Turkey, Israel, Iraq, and Iran in Asia together with Egypt in Africa and nearby countries are in a region often called the Middle East(it’s to the east of the U.S. and most of Europe, but not as far east as India, China, or Japan.)
Pakistan
India / New Delhi
Bangladesh
China / Beijing
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Taiwan[*]
Thailand / Bangkok
Vietnam
Korea, North (a communist country)
Korea, South (a capitalist country) / Seoul
Japan / Tokyo
Indonesia / Jakarta
Philippines / Manila
On the continent of Africa
Egypt / Cairo
South Africa
Australia (a nation that is also a continent) / Sydney
Melbourne
New Zealand (located southeast of Australia in the Pacific Ocean)
[*] Taiwan is considered a province of China, but it has a separate, democratic capitalist, government