Daily Geography 61

** ** Daily Geography 61 ** ** A. What is the capital of Turkey, a country that occupies the area known as Asia Minor?

B. Around March 21 and September 22 is the time called the equinox. What is an equinox?

Daily Geography 62 A. Which is larger, the Red Sea or the Mediterranean Sea?

B. If the scale on a map is 1 inch to 500 miles and the distance between two places on the map measures 2 ¾ inches, how far apart are the two places?

Daily Geography 63 A. What is an archipelago? Name an archipelago.

B. How many states in the United States are on or north of the 60 degree N line of latitude?

Daily Geography 64 A. Name three European countries that are landlocked.

B. What is a tundra? Daily Geography 65 When is the vernal equinox in Johannesburg? Why does it occur then?

Daily Geography 66 A. The Beaufort Sea touches which two North American countries?

B. Are there any states in the United States located south of 25 degrees N latitude? If so, which one(s)?

Daily Geography 67 A. What is the only country on the Iberian Peninsula that borders the Mediterranean Sea?

B. What is the name of the bay (the world’s largest) that is connected to the Atlantic Ocean by the Hudson Strait?

Daily Geography 68 A. What is the body of water that separates Iran from Saudi Arabia?

B. If you were designing a map of your city, would you let 1 inch equal ¼ mile, 40 miles, or 400 miles? Why? Daily Geography 69 A. Which line is closer to the equator, 30 degrees S or 25 degrees N?

B. Quito, the capital of Ecuador, is on the equator, yet its climate is cool. Why?

Daily Geography 70 Write a sentence using each of the following words at least once: Andes, South America, continent, range, Colombia, Chile, mountain.

Daily Geography 71 A. Which twelve Asian countries are landlocked? (Include countries on the Caspian and Aral Seas.)

B. What part of the Indian Ocean is between the east coast of India and Myanmar (formerly Burma)?

Daily Geography 72 A. Which country is the smallest in land area in Central America?

What is the largest?

B. What do Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan have in common? Daily Geography 73 A. The following are the five largest lakes in the world: 1) Caspian Sea, 2) Lake Superior, 3) Lake Victoria, 4) Aral Sea, 5) Lake Huron. To which continent does each belong?

B. Two countries in the Caribbean Sea share an island. What are the names of the countries and the island?

Daily Geography 74 A. If you travel from the Eastern Time Zone to the Central Time Zone, you must adjust your watch. What do you need to do to it?

B. What is the veld (veldt) of South Africa?

D.G. 75 What do pampas, prairies, steppes, and the High Veld(t) have in common? Where is each found?

Daily Geography 76 A. Cape Agulhas is the southernmost point on which continent?

B. Which capital city is near 20 degrees N and 100 degrees W? Daily Geography 77 A. Where would you be more likely to find a scale of 1 inch equals 1,500 miles: on a map of a city, a state, or the world?

B. What is the name of the only state capital in the United States with three words in its name?

Daily Geo 78 A. In which island nation does the equator cross 120 degrees E?

B. Name at least four countries on the African continent that are landlocked.

Daily Geo 79 A. In which country does 40 degrees N cross 40 degrees E?

B. Which city is the capital of Hungary: Bucharest, Budapest, Vienna, or Prague?

Daily Geo 80 Which of the following doesn’t belong: Austria, Australia, Andorra, Albania, Romania? Explain your answer.