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Alyssa Burkeen T 2
D.O.G.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| In what state are the Aleutian Islands located? | Alaska |
| If you were in Madison, Wisconsin, would it be closer to the North Pole or the equator? | Equator |
| You reside in what two hemispheres? | Northern and Western Hemisphere |
| What gulf is located between Saudi Arabia and Iran? | The Persian Gulf |
| How many of the United States are above the Tropic of Capricorn? | 50 |
| Which is more mountainous, eastern or western North America? | Western |
| What's the longest country in South America? | Brazil (approximately 2,684 miles long) |
| Which country is farther south, Portugal or Spain? | Spain |
| Name the seven continents. | North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and Antarctica |
| How are Paraguay and Zambia similar? | They are both land locked and have as a southern border. They are south of the equator, and neither have a coastline to give them access to the sea. (First Sentence is most important) |
| What city is farthest north: Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco? | San Francisco |
| Which of the following football teams play home games in cities located in Ohio: Cleveland Browns, Chicago Browns, Detroit Lions, Cincinnati Bengals? | The Cincinnati Bengals and Cleveland Browns |
| Which hemisphere is larger, Eastern or Western? | They are both equal sizes. |
| What country would you have to travel through when driving from Seattle, Washington, to Anchorage, Alaska? | Canada (Capital is Ottawa which is in the Province of Ontario.) |
| Which is farther north, North Carolina or South Dakota? | South Dakota |
| Name the gulf located between the countries of Sweden and Finland. | The gulf of Bothnia |
| Which of the fifty states is farther west? | Alaska |
| What country has a land border with Denmark? | Germany |
| Whose border is closer to the Pacific ocean Nevada or Idaho? | Nevada (The capital of Nevada is Carson City) |
| What four large islands make up the Greater Antilles in the west Indies? | Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico |
| What direction would you probably be flying if you were traveling from San Francisco, California, to Miami, Flordia? | Southeast |
| Libya is to Africa as Venezuela is to _____ | South America |
| Which of the forty-eight contiguous states has the largest land area? | Texas |
| What is the name of the large mountain range in South America? | Andes Mountains |
| Which continents does the Tropic of Cancer pass through? | Asia, Africa, and North America |
| What large island nation is located off the southeast coast of Africa? | Madagascar (It is made up of one large island and many small islands) |
| What large river in Brazil has its mouth at the Atlantic Ocean? | Amazon River |
| Which are closer to the equator, the nomads of the Sahara or the coffee growers of Colombia? | Coffee growers of Colombia |
| Whoowns Baja (or Lower) California? | Mexico |
| What is the state with the smallest land area? | Rhode Island (1,212 square miles; second smallest is Delaware with 2,044 square miles). |
| What mountain range is located between the Black and Caspian Seas? | Caucasus |
| Paraguay is to Bolivia as ____________ is to Honduras. | Nicaragua |
| What river in part forms the southern border of the United States? | Rio Grande |
| Which continent is closer to the South Pole, Africa or Australia? | Australia |
| What five continents touch the pacific ocean? | North and South America, Asia Australia,and Antarctica |
| Which state is due south of New Hampshire and Vermont? | Massachusetts (Note that Boston is the capital of Massachusetts) |
| Which lake does the equator pass through: Lake Victoria, Lake Malawi, Lake Chad? | Lake Victoria |
| What is the city, located on the Conagree River, that is the capital of South Carolina? | Columbia |
| Which hemisphere has more land, the Eastern or Western? | The Eastern Hemisphere has more land. |
| You leave the Miami port in your new yacht to travel to San Juan, Puerto Rico. What direction should your compass be indicating? | Southeast |
| What is the only Central American country that doesn't touch the Pacific Ocean? | Belize |
| Which country would generally have higher temperatures year round, Laos or Yugoslavia? Why? | Laos; closer to the equator |
| What is the capital of New Jersey, the sate where the first recorded baseball game took place in 1846? | Trenton |
| What countries border Iraq? | Iran, Jordan, Turkey, Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait |
| Arrange the seven countries of Central America in alphabetical order. | Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama |
| Find the name of the large desert that runs along Africa's southwestern coast. | Namib |
| Madrid is to Spain as _____ is to France. | Paris |
| Name the river that forms a border between the states of Washington and Oregon. | The Columbia river |
| What Middle Eastern country lies between Iraq and Afghanistan used to be called Persia? | Iran |
| The Tropic of Cancer is to the Tropic of Capricorn as the Arctic Circle is to _______. | Antarctic Circle |
| The city of Shanghai in China is near the mouth of what river? | Chang Jiang (Yangtze) |
| Does the Prime Meridian pass through the North or South Pole? | both |
| A map key should tell what the symbols on a map mean. What does a small black dot usually represent? | A city |
| Which state contains the name of a country bordering the United States? | New Mexico |
| What is the name given to the half of the Earth that includes Asia, Australia, most of Africa, Europe, and Antarctica, and their waters? | The Eastern Hemisphere |
| Which distance is shorter, Africa to America or Africa to Australia? | Africa to South America |
| Which circle passes through more continents, Antarctic or Arctic? | Arctic |
| Which state has no border on the Atlantic Ocean: New Hampshire, Connecticut, Vermont? | Vermont (Note that Montpelier is the capital of Vermont) |
| Which Great Lake is also belong to Canada? | Lake Michigan |
| How many continents are totally within the western hemisphere? | 2 (North and South America) |
| What is the name of the large gulf on the northern coast of Australia? | Gulf of Carpentaria |
| What is another name for a line of latitude? | Parallel |
| If you were to fly from Atlanta, Georgia, to St. Louis, Missouri what direction would you most likely be traveling? | Northwest |
| What country has the largest land area in the Western Hemisphere? | Canada |
| In what state, whose borders are North and South Dakota to the east. Do the Rocky Mountains cover about 40% of the land surface? | Montana |
| What country has the largest land area in the Eastern Hemisphere? | Russia |
| Place all eight cardinal and intermediate directions on a compass rose. | East, North, Northeast, South, Southeast, West, Northwest, Southwest, |
| Which of the following cities is the capital of Jordan: Beirut, Damascus, Ankara, Amman? | Amman |
| How are the Arctic and Antarctic Circles alike? | They have similar weather and climate, they are the same distance from the equator, |
| How many countries are on the continent of South America? | 12 Venesuala, Equador, Belivia, Chile, Brazil, Argintina, Columbia, Paraguay, Peru, Frenchguauna, |
| In general, where would you need lighter clothing, northern Europe or central Africa? | Central Africa. It is warmer and closer to the equator are hotter. Dark colors and shades like black absorb heat. If two people went to Central Africa, one wearing a white shirt, one wearing a black shirt the person in the white shirt would be cooler. |
| What is the second largest ocean in the world? | The Atlantic Ocean |
| Is Bermuda North or South of North Carolina? | South |
| What is the name of the state that is divided into two parts by water and also has the largest freshwater border of all states? | Michigan |
| What country has the largest land area in the Northern Hemisphere? | Russia |
| Which is more mountainous, northern or southern Asia? | Southern Asia |
| Which continents does the Tropic of Cancer pass through? | South America, Africa, and Australia |
| What two countries and one body of water border Uruguay? | Argentina, Brazil, Atlantic Ocaen |
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