daily geography week 21

Question 1

What do Aconcagua, McKinley, Kilimanjaro, and Elbrus have in common?

Answer 1

They are the highest mountains in their continent

Question 2

Is Paris southeast or southwest of the intersection of 50 degrees N and 0 degrees?

Answer 2

southeast

Question 3

Does Mexico have more coastline on the Gulf of Mexico or on the Pacific Ocean?

Answer 3

Pacific Ocean

Question 4

Wellington is the capital of New Zealand. Is the city north or south of 40 degrees S?

Answer 4

south

Question 5

Which country possesses Easter Island (Rapa Nui), which is about 2,000 miles west of South America?

Answer 5

Chile

Question 6

What is the westernmost state in the U.S?

Answer 6

Alaska

Question 7

What is the physical feature that forms Uruguay’s western boundary?

Answer 7

Uruguay RIver

Question 8

What is the name of the country in the Pyrenees Mountains between France and Spain?

Answer 8

Andora

Question 9

What is the name of the gulf that is north of Somalia and south of Yemen?

Answer 9

Gulf of Aden

Question 10

What is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago?

Answer 10

Port-of-Spain

Question 11

Which large river in eastern Europe passes through Vienna, Austria, and Budapest, Hungary?

Answer 11

Danube River

Question 12

Canada and the U.S make up the Anglo-America. What makes up Latin America?

Answer 12

Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean

Question 13

Which large desert in Africa is almost as big as the contiguous states in the U.S?

Answer 13

Sahara Desert

Question 14

The delta of which river is south of the Island nation of Trinidad and Tobago?

Answer 14

Orinoco River

Question 15

A tree line (or timberline) is found at high elevations and in frigid environments. What is it?

Answer 15

Line marking highest elevation where trees go.

Question 16

Which mountains form part of the southern boundary of Europe?

Answer 16

Caucasus Mountains

Question 17

Sofia is the capital of which European nation?

Answer 17

Bulguria

Question 18

u

Answer 18

r

Question 19

Which large island is found off the coast of southern Labrador?

Answer 19

Newfoundland

Question 20

Which of the following is the capital of Lebanon: Basra, Baghdad, Boston, or Beirut.

Answer 20

Beirut

Question 21

What are moisture-laden winds blowing from the ocean of the land that give India very wet summer and in winter the winds blow in the opposite direction and it is dry called?

Answer 21

Monsoons

Question 22

Which European city is near the intersection of 60 degrees N and 30 degrees E?

Answer 22

St. Petersburg

Question 23

Which famous River is northeast of India and is south of Nepal?

Answer 23

Ganges River

Question 24

A mountain peak in the Himalayas has an elevation of 20,000 feet above sea level. If you climbed to the top, would you be 20,000 feet above the base?

Answer 24

No b/c the base is already above sea level.

Question 25

Which country is due south of Egypt?

Answer 25

Sudan

Question 26

Is Phnom Penh or Hanoi the capital of Vietnam?

Answer 26

Hanoi

Question 27

Which country that is not a former Soviet republic borders the world’s largest lake?

Answer 27

Iran

Question 28

Which river run west to east across northern Italy?

Answer 28

Po River

Question 29

What is the capital of the Scandinavian nation that shares a long border with Russia?

Answer 29

Helsinki, Finland

Question 30

Which will have dawn first, eastern North America or eastern South America?

Answer 30

South America

Question 31

What do Mt. Rainier, Mt. Shasta, and Mt. St. Helen’s have in common?

Answer 31

They are all in North America and are active volcanoes.

Question 32

Name the country that has the longest border in the Arabian Sea.

Answer 32

India