Location Knowledge Flashcards
What are the seven continents?
Europe, Africa, South America, North America, Oceania, Antarctica, Asia.
What are the 5 main oceans?
The Pacific Ocean, The Atlantic Ocean, The Southern Ocean, The Indian, The Artic Ocean.
What is the biggest continent?
Asia
What is the highest mountain?
Mount Everest
What is the longest river?
The River Nile
What is the largest lake?
The Caspian Sea
What is the longest river in Asia?
Yangtze River
What is the longest river in England?
River Severn
What is the highest mountain in England?
Scafell Pike
What is the capital of Northern Ireland?
Belfast
What is the capital of Scotland?
Edinburgh
What is the capital of England?
London
What is the capital of Wales?
Cardiff
What is the capital of Ireland?
Dublin
What is the name of the four sections that the River Nile splits up into?
Nile Delta
What continent has the largest population?
Asia
What continent has the smallest population?
Antarctica but Oceania is what is known to it as it is possible to live in
What is the smallest land area?
Oceania
Where is the South Pole?
In Antarctica
What is the capital of Estonia?
Talking
What is the capital of Finland?
Helsinki
What is the capital of Romania?
Bucharest
What is the capital of Slovenia?
Slovenia
What is Europe’s highest peak?
Mount Elbrus
What is Africa’s highest peak?
Mount Kilimanjaro
What continent is Mount McKinley the highest peak of?
North America
What is the highest peak in South America?
Cerro Aconcagua
What is the highest peak in Oceania?
Mount Wilhelm
What is the longest river in Europe?
The River Volga
What is the longest river in North America?
The River Mississippi
What is the longest river in run South America?
The Amazon River
Biggest country in Asia?
Russia
Biggest country in North America?
Canada
Biggest country in Oceania?
Australia
Biggest country in South America?
Brazil
Biggest country in Africa?
Sudan
Biggest country in Europe?
European Russia
Smallest country in Asia?
Maldives
What are the two golden rules in grid references?
Along the corridor then up the stairs
Bottom left corner of the grid square