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DOG Trimester 2
Question | Answer |
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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 |
How many of the United states are above Tropic of Capricorn? | 50 |
Which is more mountainous, eastern or western North America? | Western |
What gulf is located between Saudi Arabia and Iran? | Persian |
What is the longest country in South America? | Brazil |
Which country is farther south, Portugal or Spain? | Portugal |
Name the seven continents. | Africa,Asia,Antarctica,Australia,Europe,North America,South America |
How are Paraguay and Zambia similar? | Landlocked and south of the equator |
Which city is farthest north: Los Angeles,San Diego, San Francisco? | San Fransisco |
Which of the following teams play home games in cities located in Ohio: Cleveland Browns, Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, Cincinnati Bengals? | Cincinnati Bengals and Cleveland Browns |
Which hemisphere is larger, Eastern or Western? | Same size |
What country would you have to travel through when driving from Seattle, Washington, to Anchorage, Alaska? | Canada |
Which is farther north, North Carolina or South Dakota? | South Dakota |
Name the gulf located between the countries of Sweden and Finland. | Gulf of Bothnia |
Whose border is closer to the Pacific Ocean, Nevada or Ohio? | Nevada |
What four large islands make Greater Antilles in the West Indies? | Hispaniola, Cuba, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico |
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 |
What direction would you be flying if you were traveling from San Francisco, California to Miami, Florida? | Southeast |
Libya is to Africa as Venezuela is to________? | South America |
Which of the fifty states is farthest west? | Alaska |
What country has a land border with Denmark? | Germany |
Who owns Baja (or lower) California? | Mexico |
What is the state with the smallest land area? | Rhode Island |
What mountain range is located between the Black and Caspian Sea? | Caucasus |
Paraguay is to Bolivia as_______is to Honduras. | Nicaragua |
What large river in Brazil has its mouth at the Atlantic Ocean? | Amazon |
Which are closer to the equator, the nomads of the Sahara or coffee growers of Columbia? | Coffee Growers |
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 America, South America, Asia, Australia, Antarctica |
Which state is due south of New Hampshire and Vermont? | Massachusetts |
Which lake does the equator pass through: Lake Victoria, Lake Malawi, Lake Chad? | Lake Victoria |
What is the city located on the Canogaree River, that is the capital of South Carolina? | Columbia |
Which hemisphere has more land, the Eastern or Western? | Eastern |
You leave the Miami port in your new yacht to travel to San Juan, Puerto Rico. What direction would 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 because it is closer to the equator, below Florida's latitude and Yugoslavia is at New York's latitude. |
What is the capital of New Jersey, the state where the first recorded baseball game took place in 1846? | Trenton |
What countries border Iraq? | Iran, Turkey, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Syria |
Arrange the seven countries of Central America in alphabetical order. | Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama |
Find the name of the 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? | Columbia River |
What Middle Eastern country that lies between Iraq and Afghanistan used to be called Persia? | Iran |
The Tropic of Cancer is to the Tropic of Capricorn as the Arctic Cricle is to the _____ ____. | Antarctic Circle |
The city of Shanghai in China is near the mouth of what river? | Yangtze River |
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 blackened dot usually represent? | 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? | Eastern Hemishpere |
Which distance is shorter, Africa to South 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 (Montpelier is the capital) |
Which Great lake is the only one that does not 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 of 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 |
Place all eight cardinal and intermediate directions on a compass rose. | North, Northeast, East, Southeast, South, Southwest, West, Northwest |
Which of the following cities is the capital of Jordan: Beirut, Damascus, Ankara, Amman? | Amman |
How are the Arctic and Antarctic Circles are alike? | Both are the same distance from the poles and same distance from the equator |
How many countries are on the continent of South America? | 12 |
Through which continents does the Arctic Circle pass? | North America, Europe, Asia |
What is the farthest point south on the Earth's surface? | South Pole |
In general, where would you need lighter clothing, northern Europe or Central Africa? | Central Africa because it is closer to the equator. |
What is the second largest ocean in the world? | 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 the states? | Michigan (Michigan's capital is Lansing) |
What country has the largest land area in the Northern Hemisphere? | Russia |
Which is more mountainous, northern or southern Asia? | Southern |
Which continents does the Tropic of Capricorn pass through? | Australia, Africa, South America |
What two countries and one body of water border Uruguay? | Argentina, Brazil, Atlantic Ocean |