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Geography
Question | Answer |
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Libson is to Portugal as ____________ is to Cameroon. | Yaounde. |
What is the difference between a natural and a political boundary? Give an example of each. | A natural boundary is based on a physical feature such as a coast, mountain range, or river. A political boundary is one between counties, cities, states, and is determined by people. |
Which polar region has more land, the region around the North Pole or the region around the South Pole? | South Pole because of Antarctica. |
Through which country does the Panama Canal pass? | Panama. |
What color is probably found on a globe more than any other color? Why? | Blue, because water covers about 70% of the Earths surface. |
Through which ocean does most of the international date line pass? | Pacific Ocean |
What is the difference between physical and political maps? | A political map shows governmental units; a physical ma shows water bodies and landforms. |
What is the capital of the only country that borders both the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea? | Ankara (Turkey) |
Through which bodies of water must a ship pass to get from the Black Sea to the Atlantic Ocean? From the Black Sea to the Indian Ocean? | Black to Atlantic: Bosporus, Sea of Marmara, Dardanelles, Aegean Sea, Sea of Crete, mediterranean, alboran, and strait of Gibraltar. To the Indian Ocean: Sea of Marmara, Dardanelles, Aegean Sea, Mediterranean, Suez Canal, Gulf of Suez, Red Sea, |
Which Caribbean island has the second largest land area? | Hispaniola |
Which river flows just south of Cincinatti Ohio? | Ohio River |
What is the capital of the state that is bordered by Colorado, Nebraska, Missouri and Oklahoma? | Kansas. |
The prime meridean passes through which three continents? | Europe, Africa, Antarctica. |
Which has the smaller scale: a map on which 1 inch equals 100 miles, or a map on which 1 inch equals 200 miles? | Map on which 1 inch equals 200 miles. |
Bolivia is one of two landlocked countries in South America. What is the other country? | Paraguay |
If you are in downtown Chicago and facing north, which was would you turn and in which direction would you go to reach lake Michigan? | To the right, east. |
Mexico City is the capital of Mexico. Is Mexico City north or south of the tropic of cancer? | South |