{
 "source": "https://peabody.kids/flashcards/geo-islands-world",
 "id": "geo-islands-world",
 "title": "Famous Islands of the World",
 "category": "geography",
 "subject": "Geography",
 "levels": [
  "3-5",
  "6-8",
  "9-12"
 ],
 "description": "Big and famous islands and where they are.",
 "tags": [
  "islands",
  "physical geography"
 ],
 "frontLabel": "Island",
 "backLabel": "Where it is",
 "cards": [
  [
   "Greenland",
   "North Atlantic; the largest island in the world, part of Denmark's realm"
  ],
  [
   "New Guinea",
   "Pacific; second-largest island, shared by Indonesia and Papua New Guinea"
  ],
  [
   "Borneo",
   "Southeast Asia; shared by Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei"
  ],
  [
   "Madagascar",
   "Off southeast Africa; home to lemurs"
  ],
  [
   "Baffin Island",
   "Nunavut, Canada; Canada's largest island"
  ],
  [
   "Sumatra",
   "Indonesia; large island in Southeast Asia"
  ],
  [
   "Honshu",
   "Japan's largest island, with Tokyo"
  ],
  [
   "Great Britain",
   "Europe; the island of England, Scotland and Wales"
  ],
  [
   "Victoria Island",
   "Canadian Arctic"
  ],
  [
   "Ellesmere Island",
   "Nunavut, Canada; near Greenland"
  ],
  [
   "Sulawesi",
   "Indonesia; shaped like a letter K"
  ],
  [
   "Java",
   "Indonesia; the most populated island on Earth, with Jakarta"
  ],
  [
   "Cuba",
   "Caribbean; the largest island in the Caribbean"
  ],
  [
   "Hispaniola",
   "Caribbean; shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic"
  ],
  [
   "Jamaica",
   "Caribbean; south of Cuba"
  ],
  [
   "Puerto Rico",
   "Caribbean; a U.S. territory"
  ],
  [
   "Ireland",
   "Europe; west of Great Britain"
  ],
  [
   "Iceland",
   "North Atlantic; an island of volcanoes and glaciers"
  ],
  [
   "Sri Lanka",
   "Off the southern tip of India"
  ],
  [
   "Hokkaido",
   "Northern island of Japan"
  ],
  [
   "Kyushu",
   "Southern main island of Japan"
  ],
  [
   "Shikoku",
   "A main island of Japan, smallest of the four big ones"
  ],
  [
   "Newfoundland",
   "Eastern Canada"
  ],
  [
   "Vancouver Island",
   "British Columbia, Canada"
  ],
  [
   "Tasmania",
   "An Australian state south of the mainland"
  ],
  [
   "South Island",
   "New Zealand's larger island"
  ],
  [
   "North Island",
   "New Zealand; has Wellington and Auckland"
  ],
  [
   "Sicily",
   "Italy; the largest island in the Mediterranean"
  ],
  [
   "Sardinia",
   "Italy; west of the Italian mainland"
  ],
  [
   "Corsica",
   "France; north of Sardinia"
  ],
  [
   "Crete",
   "Greece; the largest Greek island"
  ],
  [
   "Cyprus",
   "Eastern Mediterranean; its own country"
  ],
  [
   "Malta",
   "Mediterranean; an island nation south of Sicily"
  ],
  [
   "Mallorca",
   "Spain; the largest of the Balearic Islands"
  ],
  [
   "Zanzibar",
   "Off the coast of Tanzania, East Africa"
  ],
  [
   "Mauritius",
   "Indian Ocean island nation"
  ],
  [
   "Seychelles",
   "Indian Ocean island nation"
  ],
  [
   "Maldives",
   "Indian Ocean island nation of low coral islands"
  ],
  [
   "Bali",
   "Indonesia; a popular island with temples"
  ],
  [
   "Singapore",
   "A small island nation at the tip of the Malay Peninsula"
  ],
  [
   "Taiwan",
   "Island off the southeast coast of China"
  ],
  [
   "Luzon",
   "The largest island of the Philippines, with Manila"
  ],
  [
   "Hawaii (Big Island)",
   "The largest island in the Hawaiian chain"
  ],
  [
   "Oahu",
   "The Hawaiian island with Honolulu and Pearl Harbor"
  ],
  [
   "Maui",
   "Hawaiian island, home of Haleakalā volcano"
  ],
  [
   "Kodiak Island",
   "Alaska; the largest island in the United States after the Big Island of Hawaii"
  ],
  [
   "Long Island",
   "New York State; holds Brooklyn and Queens"
  ],
  [
   "Manhattan",
   "New York City island between the Hudson and East rivers"
  ],
  [
   "Nantucket",
   "Massachusetts island south of Cape Cod"
  ],
  [
   "Martha's Vineyard",
   "Massachusetts island off Cape Cod"
  ],
  [
   "Galápagos Islands",
   "Pacific; owned by Ecuador, famous for unusual animals"
  ],
  [
   "Easter Island",
   "Pacific; part of Chile, known for giant stone heads"
  ],
  [
   "Tierra del Fuego",
   "Southern tip of South America, shared by Chile and Argentina"
  ],
  [
   "Falkland Islands",
   "South Atlantic, off Argentina"
  ],
  [
   "Fiji",
   "South Pacific island nation"
  ],
  [
   "Tahiti",
   "French Polynesia in the South Pacific"
  ],
  [
   "Guam",
   "Western Pacific; a U.S. territory"
  ],
  [
   "Isle of Wight",
   "England's south coast"
  ],
  [
   "Isle of Skye",
   "Scotland; one of the Inner Hebrides"
  ]
 ]
}