Daily Geography-Due Friday, March 13, 2015
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Daily Geography-due Friday, March 13, 2015
Remember to restate for full credit!
1. What country has the largest land area in the Northern Hemisphere?
2. Which is more mountainous, northern or southern Asia?
3. Which continents does the Tropic of Capricorn pass through?
4. What two countries and one body of water border Uruguay?
5. What is the city, first started as a Spanish settlement in 1609 that is the capital of New Mexico?
6. Which South American countries does the Tropic of Capricorn pass through?
7. An isthmus is a narrow strip of land located between two water bodies that connect two larger land areas. Find a Central American country that is an isthmus.
8. What countries surround Switzerland?
9. Is the Arctic Circle north or south of the Tropic of Capricorn?
10. What lines measure distance east and west of the Prime Meridian?
Journal Topic
Pretend you are Imhotep, the designer of the first Egyptian pyramid, who has just been given the assignment to build the first great royal tomb. Why have you chosen the design of a pyramid? What other designs did you consider and reject? Why?
Daily Geography-due Friday, March 13, 2015
Remember to restate for full credit!
1. What country has the largest land area in the Northern Hemisphere?
2. Which is more mountainous, northern or southern Asia?
3. Which continents does the Tropic of Capricorn pass through?
4. What two countries and one body of water border Uruguay?
5. What is the city, first started as a Spanish settlement in 1609 that is the capital of New Mexico?
6. Which South American countries does the Tropic of Capricorn pass through? 7. An isthmus is a narrow strip of land located between two water bodies that connect two larger land areas. Find a Central American country that is an isthmus.
8. What countries surround Switzerland?
9. Is the Arctic Circle north or south of the Tropic of Capricorn?
10. What lines measure distance east and west of the Prime Meridian?
Journal Topic
Pretend you are Imhotep, the designer of the first Egyptian pyramid, who has just been given the assignment to build the first great royal tomb. Why have you chosen the design of a pyramid? What other designs did you consider and reject? Why?
Daily Geography-Honors-due Friday, March 13, 2015
Remember to restate for full credit!
1. What country has the largest land area in the Northern Hemisphere?
2. Which is more mountainous, northern or southern Asia?
3. Which continents does the Tropic of Capricorn pass through?
4. What two countries and one body of water border Uruguay?
5. What is the city, first started as a Spanish settlement in 1609 that is the capital of New Mexico?
6. Which South American countries does the Tropic of Capricorn pass through?
7. An isthmus is a narrow strip of land located between two water bodies that connect two larger land areas. Find a Central American country that is an isthmus.
8. What countries surround Switzerland?
9. Is the Arctic Circle north or south of the Tropic of Capricorn? 10. What lines measure distance east and west of the Prime Meridian?
11. What capital city is near 40 degrees N latitude and 83 degrees W longitude?
12. What large desert is found in northern China and Mongolia?
13. Which area has the higher elevation, eastern or western Brazil?
14. What is the capital of the landlocked country that borders Russia to the north and China to the south?
15. What do Kingston, Jamaica, and Kinshasa, Zaire, both have in common?
Journal Topic
Pretend you are Imhotep, the designer of the first Egyptian pyramid, who has just been given the assignment to build the first great royal tomb. Why have you chosen the design of a pyramid? What other designs did you consider and reject? Why?