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D.O.G 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 go to the North Pole or the equator? | equator |
You reside in what two hemispheres? | North and West |
How many of the United States are above the Tropic of Capricorn? | 50 |
Which is more mountainous eastern or western North America? | western |
What gulf is located between Saudi Arabia and Iran? | Persian Gulf |
What is the longest country in South America? | Brazil |
Which country is farther south, Portugal or Spain? | Spain |
Name the seven continents. | Asia, North America, South America, Australia, Europe, Africa, and Antarctica |
How are Para and Zambia similar?(think location, situation) | Both are landlocked countries south of the equator |
Which city is farthest north: Los Angeles, San Diego, or San Francisco? | San Francisco |
Which following football teams play home cames in cities located in Ohio: Cleveland Browns, Chicago Bears, Detroit Lions, or the Cninnati Bengals? | Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Bengals |
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 to Pacific Ocean, Nevada or Idaho? | Nevada |
What four large islands make up the Greater Antilles in the West Indies? | Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico. |
What of the forty-eight contiguous states has the largest land area? | Texas |
What is the name of of the large mountain range in South America? | The Andes |
What direction would you probably br 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 |
Which country shares a land border with Denmark? | Germany |
Which continents does the Tropic of Cancer pass though? | North America, Africa, Asia |
What large island nation is located off the Southeast coast of Africa? | Madagasgar |
Who owns Baja (or Lower) California? | Mexico |
What is the state with the smallest land area? | Rhode Island |
What mountian range is located between the Black and Caspain? | Caucasus range |
Paraguay is to Bolivia as __________ is to Honduras. | Nicaragua |
What large river Brazil has its mouth at the Atlantic Ocean? | Amazon |
Which are closer to the equator, to the nomads of the Sahara of coffe growers of Colombia? | coffe growers of Colombia |
What river in part forms the southern border of the United States? | Rio Grande |
Which continent is closer the South Pole, Africa or Australia? | Australia |
Which five continents touch the Pacific Ocean? | North America, South America, Asia, Australia, and Antartica |
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 |
Which is the city, located on the Conagree River, that is the capital of the South Carolina? | Columbia |
Which hemisphere has more land, the Eastern or Western? | Eastern |
You leave the Miami port in your yacht to travel to San Juan, Purto Rico. What direction should you compass be indicting? | South East |
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 as it is closer to the equator than Yogoslavia |
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, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Turkey. |
Arrange the seven countries of Central America in alphabetical order. | Belize, Costa Rico, 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. | Columbia |
What middle eastern country that lies between beetween Iraq and Afghanistan used to be called Persia? | Iran |
The Tropic of aner is to the Tropic of Capicorn as the Artic Circle is the ____________. | Antatic Circle |
A map key should tell what symbols on a map mean. What does a small blackened dot ussually represent? | City |
Which state contians the name of the 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 Hemisphere |
Which distance is shorter, Africa to South America or Africa to Australia? | Africa to South America |
Which circle passes through more continents, Antarcitic or Artic? | Artic |
Which state has no border on Atlantic Ocean: New Hampshire, Connecticuit, Vermount? | Vermount |
Which Great Lake is the only one that does not also belong to Cananda? | Lake Michigan |
How many continets are totally within the Western Hemishere? | Two, North and South America |
What is the name of the large gulf on the northern coast of Austrila? | Carpentaria |
What is another name for line of latitude? | Parallel |
If you were to fly from Atlanta, Georgia, to St Louis, Missouri, what direction would you must likey be traveling? | North-West |
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 Hemishpere? | Russia |
Place all eight cardinal and intermediate directions on a compass rose. | North, North-East, East, South-East, South, South-West, West, and North-West. |
Which of the following cites is the captial of Jordan: Beirut, Damascus, Ankara, or Amman? | Amman |
How are the Artic and Arctic Circles alike? | both equal distance between the equator and poles |
How many countries are on the continent of South America? | 12 |
Through which continents does the Arctic Circle pass? | Europe, Asia and North America. |
What is the farthest point on south on the Earth's Surface? | The south pole. |
In general, where would you need lighter clothing, northern Europe or central Africa? Why? | Central Africa because it is closer to the equator |
What is the second largest ocean in the world? | Atlantic Ocean |
In 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 |
What country has the largest land area in the Northest Hemisphere? | Russia |
Which is more mountianous, northern or southern Asia. | southern |
Which continents does the Tropic of Capricorn pass though? | South America, Africa, and Austrila |
What two countries and one body of water border Uruguay? | Brazil and Argentina, Atlantic Ocean. |