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Geography
Question | Answer |
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capital of Uganda | Kampala |
capital of Afghanistan | Kabul |
13th state | Rhode Island |
14th state | Vermont |
second longest river in Asia | Huang He (Yellow) |
second longest river in Africa | Zaire/Congo |
longest river in Asia | Yangtze |
longest river in Africa | Nile |
Longest river in South America | Amazon |
highest capital | La Paz, Bolivia |
second highest capital | Quito, Ecuador |
highest lake | Lake Titicaca |
capital of Burma | Rangoon |
capital of Chad | Ndjamena |
capital of Denmark | Copenhagen |
capitals of Bolivia (2) | La Paz, Sucre |
capital of Ghana | Accra |
capital of Norway | Oslo |
capital of Suriname | Paramaribo |
capital of Switzerland | Bern |
capital of Senegal | Dakar |
capital of Sierra Leone | Freetown |
capital of Alberta | Edmonton |
capital of Northwest Territories | Yellowtown |
capital of Prince Edward Island | Charlottetown |
Capital of Wales | CArdiff |
capital of Jordan | Amman |
Capital of Belize | Belmopan |
capital of Bulgaria | Sophia |
Capital of India | New Dehli |
capital of Grenada | St. Georges |
capital of Nepal | Kathmandy |
capital of Turkey | Ankara |
capital of Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur |
capital of Sri Lanka | Colombo |
capital of Malta | Valleta |
capital of Berkina Faso | Ougadougou |
capital of Queensland | Brisbane |
capital of Nova Scotia | Halifax |
capital of New Brunswick | Fredericton |
capital of Newfoundland | St. John's |
capital of Kenya | Nairobi |
capital of Ethiopia | Addis Ababa |
capital of Ukraine | Kiev |
capital of Albania | Tirana |
capital of Pakistan | Islamabad |
capital of Bellorusia | Minsk |
capital of PErsia | Persepolis |
capital of Assyria | Ninevah |
capital of Babylonians/Chaldeans | Babylon |
gulf located directly south of Yemen | Gulf of Aden |
lake formed when 2 stream meanders meet | oxbow lake |
grassy plains of southern Africa | veldt |
gulf between Sweden and Finland | Gulf of Bothnia |
most populous island in Indonesia | Java |
sea between Dardannelles and Bosporous straits | Sea of Marmara |
most populous state capital in US | Phoenix |
Tennessee's secret "atomic bomb city" | Oak Ridge |
wind on eastern slope of Rockies | Chinook |
location of the running of the bulls | Pamplona, Spain |
Mason-Dixon Line separates these two states | Maryland/Pennsylvania |
lake created by Hoover Dam | Lake Mead |
largest river in India | Ganges |
deepest spot on Earth | Mariana Trench |
deepest lake in the world | Lake Baikal |
where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found | Qumrum, Jordan |
former name of the Gulf of California | Sea of Cortes |
place where Magna Carta was signed | Runnymede |
Great Lake with smallest surface area | Ontario |
shallowest Great Lake | Erie |
Niagara Falls is between these 2 lakes | Erie/Ontario |
only Great Lake entirely in US | Michigan |
largest river in Venezuela | Orinoco |
Russian peninsula in northeast | Kamchatka |
highest point in Russia | Mt. Elbrus |
large lake just north of St. Petersburg/frozen part of the year | Lake Ladoga |
capital of Zimbabwe | Harare |
capital of Nepal | Kathmandu |
this state is the furthest north of the lower 48 | Minnesota |
capital of Romania | Bucharest |
largest desert in Botswana | Kalahari |
county Miami is in | Dade |
county Chicago is in | Cook |
Soo Canal is between these two great lakes | Superior/Huron |
body of water shrinking because of irrigation | Aral Sea |
pass between Afghanistan and Pakistan | Khyber Pass |
sacred river of India | Ganges |
US state the Platte River flows through | Nebraska |
tallest mountain in South America | Aconcagua |
Huge waterfalls between Argentina and Brazil | Iguacu |
longest river in Asia | Yangtze |
second longest river in Asia | Huang He (Yellow) |
river boundary between Texas and Oklahoma | Red River |
river in Ireland | Shannon |
river between Germany and Poland | Oder |
world's most active volcano | Kilauea |
highest point in Africa | Mt. Kilmanjaro |
former name of the Hawaiian Islands | Sandwich Islands |
southern tip of South America | Cape Horn |
Southern tip of Africa | Cape of Good Hope |
large island at southern tip of South America | Tierra del Fuego |
2 countries that have split the large island at the southern tip of South America | Argentina/Chile |
strait that separates Tierro del Fuego from the rest of South America | Strait of Magellan |
river that goes through Rome | Tiber |
northern Italian river that flows into the Adriatic | Po |
highest point in Europe | Mont Blank |
barrier island chain off North Carolina | Outer Banks |
Minnesota area that produces the most iron in US | Mesabi Range |
easternmost point of the Outer Banks of North Carolina | Cape Hatteras |
bay in Rhode Island by Newport | Narrangansett Bay |
largest lake in Florida | Lake Okeechobee |
biggest river in Venezuela | Orinoco |
river flowing through Kiev and Chernobly | Dnieper |
disputed area between India and Pakistan | Kashmir |
flat, treeless plain in northern South America | llanos |
flat, treeless plain in southern South America/Argentina | Pampas |
cold, rough, windy, rocky region in southern South America | Patagonia |
2 names for teardrop-shaped island and its capital | Sri Lanka/Ceylon; Colombo |
canal that cuts across the Jutland peninsula in Germany | Kiel |
states that joined the Confederacy after Fort Sumter | VA. AR, TN, NC |
border states | MO, KY, MD, DE, later WV |
huge, exposed rock plate in Canada around Hudson Bay | Canadian Shield |
country with tree on flag | Lebanon |
state with triangular flag | Ohio |
sate with Union Jack on flag | Hawaii |
sate with square flag | Alabama |
longest suspension bridge in North America | Verrazano-Narrows, New York |
body of water where the battle of Jutland took place; also German name for the battle | skagarrak |
heroic stand by 300 Spartans to stall Persians | Thermopylae |
large sea battle, Greeks defeated Persians | Salamis |
where the Exxon-Valdez oil spill took place | Prince William Sound |
island that became home of HMS Bounty mutineers | Pitcairn Island |
2 cities destroyed by Mt. Vesuvius in 79 AD | Pompeii, Herculaneum |
fortified Incan city built in 15th century on top of mountain | Macchu Picchu |