Daily Geography S.S. 2nd Trimester
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| In what state are the Aleutian islands located? | Alaska
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| If you were in Madison, Wisconsin would it be closer to go to the North Pole or the Equator? | The Equator
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| You reside in what two hemispheres? | The North and West hemispheres
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| How many of the United States are above the Tropic of Capricorn? | 50
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| Which is more mountainous, eastern or western America? | Western
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| What gulf is located between Saudi Arabia and Iran? | Persian gulf
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| What is the longest country in south America? | Brazil (2,684 miles long)
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| Which country is farther south, Portugal or Spain? | Spain
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| What are the 13 colonies? | New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, and New Jersey.
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| Name the 7 continents. | Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America, Australia, Antarctica.
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| How are Paraguay and Zambia similar? | They are both landlocked, south of the equator.
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| Which city is farther North: San Diego,Los Angeles, or San Francisco? | San Francisco.
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| Which of the following football teams play home game in cities located in Ohio: Chicago Bears, Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, or Cincinnati Bengals? | Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Bengals.
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| Which hemisphere is larger Eastern or western? | They are the same.
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| What country would you have to go through to get from Seattle, Washington, to Anchorage, Alaska? | Canada.
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| Which is farther north, North Carolina or South Dakota? | South Dakota.
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| Name the gulf located between the countries of Sweden and Finland. | Gulf of Bothsnia.
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| Whose border is closer to the Pacific ocean, Nevada or Idaho. | Nevada.
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| What four large islands make up the greater Antilles in the west Indies? | Jamaica, Cuba, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico.
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| Which of the 48 contiguous states has the largest land area? | Texas.
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| What is the name of the large mountain range in South America? | Andes.
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| What direction would you probably be flying if you were traveling from San Francisco to Miami? | Southeast.
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| Libya is to Africa as Venezuela is to... | South America.
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| Which of the 50 states is farthest west? | Alaska.
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| What country has a land border with Denmark? | Germany.
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| Which continents does the Tropic of Capricorn pass through? | Africa, Asia, North America.
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| What the large island nation is located southeast of Africa? | Madagascar.
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| Who owns Baja (or lower) California? | Mexico.
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| What is the state with the smallest land area? | Rhode Island.
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| What mountain range is located between the Caspian and black seas? | Caucasus Mts.
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| Paraguay is to Bolivia as __________ is to Honduras. | Nicaragua.
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| What large river in Brazil has its mouth at the Atlantic ocean? | Columbia.
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| Which are closer to the equator, the nomads of the Sahara or the Coffee growers of Columbia? | Coffee growers of Columbia.
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| What river in part forms in the southern border of the US? | Rio Grande.
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| Which continent is closer to the south pole, Africa or Australia? | Australia.
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| Human Sacrifice: | A human that is sacrificed for a king or god.
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| Clan: | A group or army of an area.
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| Ancestor worship: | Worshiping your elders or long ago ancestors.
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| Logograph: | The characters that stand for words in Chinese writing.
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| Economy: | Saving up or the amount of money/wealth that a person/community has.
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| Standardize: | To make equal or close to equal; to make it the same.
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| Exiled: | To send away or be removed from.
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| Immortal: | The ability to live forever.
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| Toga: | Chinese/Roman clothing.
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| Mirage: | An image that tricks your brain into seeing something else; an image that is not really there.
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| Caravan: | A bunch of travelers traveling together.
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| Civil servant: | A person who works or helps the government.
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| Yin: | In the shadows; darkness.
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| Yang: | Sunlit; in the light.
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| Feudalism: | A system of government based on landowners and tennants.
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| Mandate of heaven: | A power or law believed to be granted by god.
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| Compass: | An instrument for determining direction.
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| Seismograph: | An instrument for detecting earthquakes.
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| Lodestone: | A type of iron ore.
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| Anesthetic: | Something that takes away the feeling of pain.
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| Calligraphy: | The art of fine handwriting.
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| What 5 continents touch the pacific ocean? | North America, South America, Asia, Australia, and Antarctica.
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| Which state is due south of Vermont and New Hampshire? | Massachusetts.
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| Which Lake does the equator pass through: Lake Chad, Victoria, or Malawi. | Victoria.
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| What is the city located on the Conagree that is the capital of South Carolina? | Columbia.
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| Which hemisphere has more land, Eastern or Western? | Western.
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| You travel to San Juan, Puerto Rico from Miami. What direction should your compass be indicating? | South East.
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| What is the only Central American country that doesn't touch the pacific ocean? | Belize.
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| Which country would generally have higher temp. all year round, Laos or Yugoslavia? | Laos because it is closer to the equator.
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| What is the capital of New Jersey, where the first recorded baseball game was? | Trenton.
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| What countries border Iraq? | Turkey, Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Kwait
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| Arrange the 7 Central American countries in alphabet order. | Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama.
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| What is the large desert that runs along Africa's Southwestern Coast? | Namib.
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| What middle eastern country that lies between Afghanistan and Iraq used to be called Persia? | Iran.
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| The tropic of cancer is to the tropic of Capricorn as the Arctic circle is to... | The Antarctic circle.
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| The city of Shanghai is near the mouth of what river? | The Yangtze.
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| Does the Prime meridian pass through the north or south pole? | Both.
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| A map key should tell what the symbols on a map mean. What does a small blackened dot usually mean? | A city.
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| Which state contains the name of a country bordering the US? | New Mexico
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| What is the name given to the half of the earth that includes Asia, Australia, most of Africa, Europe, Antarctica, and their waters? | The Eastern hemisphere.
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| Which distance is shorter, Africa to South America or Africa to Australia? | Africa to South America.
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| Which circle passes through more continents; Arctic or Antarctic? | Arctic
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| Which state has no border to the Atlantic ocean; New Hampshire, Connecticut, or Vermont. | Vermont
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| Which great lake is the only one that does not also belong to Canada? | Lake Michigan.
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| How many continents are totally in the western hemisphere? | 2; North America and South America.
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| If you were to fly from Atlanta to St. Louis, what direction would you most likely be flying? | Northwest.
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| What country has the largest land area in the Western hemisphere? | Canada.
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| In what state, whose borders are North and South Dakota to the east, do the rocky mountains cover about 40% of? | Montana.
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| What country has the largest land area in the Eastern hemisphere? | Russia.
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| What is the capital of Jordan? | Amman.
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| What are the cardinal and intermediate directions on the compass rose? | North, Northwest, West, Southwest, South, Southeast, East, Northeast.
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| Through which continents does the arctic circle pass? | North America, Europe, and Asia.
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| What is the southernmost point on Earth? | South Pole.
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| Is the Bermuda north or south of North Carolina? | South.
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| What state is divided into two parts by water and also has the largest land border? | Michigan.
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| What country has the largest land area in the Northern hemisphere? | Russia.
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| Which is more mountainous, northern or southern Asia? | Southern Asia.
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| Which continent does the Tropic of Capricorn pass through? | Africa, South America, Australia.
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| What two countries and one body of water border Uruguay? | Brazil, Argentina, Atlantic ocean.
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