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Grow Weeks 20-24
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Panama Canal connects what two bodies of water? | Atlantic and Pacific Oceans |
| What group of small islands form the long tail of Alaska? | Aleutian islands |
| Which continent has the larger land area, South America or Africa? | Africa |
| Which capital city in South America is not a coast? Caracas, Georgetown or Santiago | Santiago |
| The Arctic Ocean touches what three continents? | North America, Europe and Asia |
| What body of water separates the tiny finger of Western Mexico from mainland Mexico? | The Gulf of Mexico |
| What part of a map will usually tell you about direction? | The Compass Rose |
| How do you spell the capital of Honduras? | Tegucigalpa |
| If you were in Savanah, Georgia, on what coast would you be located? | East Coast |
| Name a large bay east of Maine. | Bay of Fundy |
| Bolivia, a country in South America, has two capital cities. What are their names? | Sucre and La Paz |
| Is Chicago, Illinois, located on a bay? How do you know for sure? | No, a bay is a small body of water off of a larger body of water. |
| Is the capital of Alaska east or west of the capital of Hawaii? | East |
| What part of the united states is more mountainous? | West |
| Name the gulf that is just south of Alaska. | Gulf of Alaska |
| What country controls the island of Greenland? | Denmark/Englad |
| How many states border the Gulf of Mexico? Name Them. | 5 - Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas |
| Which state does the Arctic Circle pass through? | Alaska |
| What ocean would you have to cross if you wanted to travel from Eastern Africa to India? | Indian Ocean |
| On what island do you find the capital of Hawaii? | Oahu |
| About half of Canada's coastlines are on what ocean? | Arctic Ocean |
| What is the capital of Nevada? | Carson City |
| Which state would you probably have hte warmest temperatures year round, Missouri or Mississippi? Why? | Mississippi because it is on a coastline and water absorbs heat and releases it when the air above is cool. |
| In what hemisphere can yuou find the Rock of Gibraltar, the Northern or Southern? | Northern |
| What state has a capital city named Montpelier? | Vermont |
| Which is farther, Columbus, Ohio, to Indianapolis, Indiana or Columbus, Ohio to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania? | Columbus, Ohio to Pennsylvania |
| Locate a large lake in Utah. What is its name? | Great Salt Lake |
| What is the capital of Montana? | Helena |
| which is farther, New York to Portugal or Venezuela to Portugal? | Venezuela to Portugal |
| Locate and name a large lake in Eastern Africa. | Lake Victoria |
| What is the capital of the state that has a border with California and Nevada and a coastline on the Pacific? | Salem, Oregon |
| What large country borders France directly to the south? | Spain |
| Whose capital city is Boise? | Idaho |
| In which direction would you have gone if you traveled from Madison, Wisconsin to Bismark, North Dakota? | North West |
| Name the three large gulfs that are close to the United States. | Gulf of California, Gulf of Mexico and Gulf of Alaska |
| Two states have a city named Kansas City. Name the state that calls Kansas City it's capital. | Neither |
| To which continent does Lebanon belong? | Western Asia |
| What country does Alaska border to the east? | Canada |
| Is the capital of Minnesota located to the west of east of the Mississippi River? | East |
| Name the capital of Massachusetts. Is it located on a coast? | Boston and Yes |