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Daily Geography

Grade 4

Glenwood Elementary School 2012-2013

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Daily Geography Grade 4 – Week 1

Use your desk map and/or atlas to answer the questions in complete sentences.

1. Where would a person look on a map to find out what the symbols mean?

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2. How many states are there in the United States?

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3. Which is the largest ocean in the world? The smallest?

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4. Look at a map and find a lake. Now define lake in your own words.

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5. Des Moines is to Iowa as __________________ is to Oregon.

6. Which state is farther north, Louisiana or New Mexico?

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7. On a map, a black dot is usually a symbol for a ___________________.

8. How many states border Lake Erie? What are their names?

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1. What are the seven continents of the world?

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2. What is the map symbol for a national capital?

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3. In what state does the Mississippi River flow into the Gulf of Mexico?

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4. What ocean is west of North America and South America?

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5. Which state has a longer border with Canada, New York or Montana?

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6. What color on a map would seem to be better for farmland, blue or green?

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7. What river forms the boundary between Texas and Mexico?

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8. Place the four cardinal directions on the compass rose.

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1. What imaginary line is halfway between the North and South Poles?

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2. What state is just east of Colorado and just north of Oklahoma?

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3. Define the word map in your own words?

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4. What is the only Great Lake that is completely within the United States?

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5. What major river flows into the Mississippi River just north of St. Louis, Missouri?

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6. What is the capital of Texas?

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7. Which state has more land area, Iowa or New Hampshire?

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8. What is the capital of Maryland?

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1. Which continent, South America or Africa, is closer to the Arctic Ocean?

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2. Is the United States in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere?

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3. The following are the four largest countries in the world: (1) Russia (2) Canada

(3) China (4) United States. On which continent can they each be found?

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4. What is the name of the large island just south of Florida?

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5. What two oceans do not touch Australia?

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6. Which of the Great Lakes is farthest east?

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7. What does a star on a map usually mean?

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8. Which continent is larger in land area, Europe or Asia?

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1. Which three states come together where the Ohio River joins the Mississippi River?

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2. What is the capital of Kentucky, the state known for its bluegrass?

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3. In which ocean could you go swimming if you were in California?

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4. On a map, what do the black lines between the states usually represent?

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5. Which three bodies of water border South America?

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6. What is the capital of South Carolina?

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7. Which of the four Great Lakes touches the state of Michigan?

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8. Which of the four oceans does not touch the continent of North America?

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1. Which is larger in land area, China or Russia?

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2. What natural feature forms Arkansas’ eastern border?

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3. What is the city, located on the Hudson River, that is the capital of the state of New

York?

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4. What is the name of the imaginary line that divides Earth into Northern and Southern

Hemispheres?

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5. Which state would have a warmer climate, Montana or Florida? Why?

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6. Which two oceans touch the continent of Europe?

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7. Look at a map and find an island. Now define island in your own words.

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8. Name the two countries located in South America that rank among the ten largest in the world. ______________________________________________________________________



1. Which is larger in land area, California or Missouri?

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2. In what state are you probably located if you can see both the Gulf of Mexico and the

Atlantic Ocean?

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3. What is the capital of Georgia, the state known as the Peach State?

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4. Which state is directly north of Hawaii?

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5. On a map, the blue line is usually a symbol for a _______________________.

6. What are the only two continents totally north of the equator?

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7. Name the four oceans of the world.

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8. Which ocean borders Florida on three sides?

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1. Which continent extends farther south, Australia or South America?

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2. Carson City is the capital of what state?

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3. Which continent is just south of Italy and Greece?

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4. On a map, what do the black dots usually represent?

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5. Which continent is smaller in land area, Europe or Australia?

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6. In general, which state would have the coldest weather: Montana, Georgia, or

Oklahoma?

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7. Which states would you pass through if you wanted to travel by car from Dallas,

Texas, to Los Angeles, California, using the shortest route?

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8. Is the Arctic Ocean larger than the Indian Ocean?

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1. What country lies to the east of Alaska?

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2. What is the capital of Nebraska, the state known as the Corn Husker State?

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3. If you traveled south from South America, what is the next continent you would

reach?

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4. Which ocean is off the east coast of the United States?

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5. Is South America north of the equator, south of the equator, or both north and south

of the equator?

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6. Are the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern U.S. or the western U.S.?

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7. What is the only state bordered by two oceans?

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8. Which of the following is not a state: Missouri, Idaho, or Chicago?

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1. Which two continents form one large landmass?

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2. What do colors other than blue often show on a map?

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3. What is the capital of New Jersey, the state with the motto “Liberty and Prosperity”?

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4. The Indian Ocean touches which four continents?

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5. What country forms most of the northern border of the United States?

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6. Is China north or south of the equator?

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7. Which would take longer, to travel by car from South Dakota to Canada or from

South Dakota to Indiana?

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8. Which is larger, the Indian Ocean or the Atlantic Ocean?

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1. Name the five Great Lakes?

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2. What is the name of the city that is the capital of Washington?

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3. What state has the longest border on the Atlantic Ocean?

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4. Which is farther, Nevada to Wyoming or Colorado to Illinois?

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5. Through what oceans does the equator pass?

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6. Use the cardinal directions to describe the location of the state of Ohio in relation to

its surrounding states and Lake Erie?

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7. Which would take longer, to travel from St. Louis, Missouri, to Milwaukee, Wisconsin,

or St. Louis, Missouri, to Miami, Florida?

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8. What are the world’s four oceans?

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1. Why is Washington, D.C., a special city?

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2. Which two oceans touch the continent of Africa?

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3. How many states in the United States are north of the equator?

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4. Through which continents does the equator pass?

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5. Which four states meet at a common corner?

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6. What direction is West Virginia from South Carolina?

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7. What mountain range runs from the St. Lawrence Gulf in Canada to the state of

Alabama?

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8. What kinds of animals usually live in the areas often represented by blue on the

map?

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1. What is the capital of the state that borders Kansas to the south?

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2. Name five of the ten states that share a land border with Canada.

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3. Name the three states that touch California?

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4. What is the only direction in which you can travel from the North Pole?

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5. What direction is the equator from the South Pole?

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6. Are there more mountain ranges or continents in the world?

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7. Which one of the states shares its name with one of the Great Lakes?

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8. Which is larger, Lake Superior or Lake Erie?

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1. What is the capital of West Virginia, the state known as the Mountain State?

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2. Which continents does the Pacific Ocean touch?

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3. Which state borders Wisconsin to the north?

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4. What river forms the border between the states of Arizona and California?

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5. Crater Lake, the deepest lake in the United States, is located in Oregon. What is the

capital of Oregon?

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6. Name three states on the east coast of the United States?

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7. In what state are the Everglades located?

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8. What is the northernmost place on Earth called?

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1. Which two oceans touch Australia?

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2. What is the capital of the state whose neighbors are Mississippi, Tennessee,

Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, and Louisiana?

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3. Is most of South America north or south of the equator?

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4. Which of the following is not a state: Idaho, India, Iowa, Illinois?

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5. If you traveled from North America to Europe, would you have to cross the equator?

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6. On which continent is the South Pole located?

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7. What is the city, located on the Mississippi River, that is the capital of Louisiana?

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8. Name the four states that border Mexico?

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1. What continent is farthest south of the equator?

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2. What is the longest river in the longest river in the United States?

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3. What is the only state in the United States that is made up of islands?

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4. Which two Great Lakes border Wisconsin?

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5. Which is farther, Illinois to Ohio or California to Texas?

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6. What is the name of the large body of water separating North and South America

from Europe and Africa?

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7. In which of the following states is the Continental Divide located: New Mexico,

Louisiana, or New York?

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8. Which capital is farther north – Salt Lake City, Utah, or Carson City, Utah?

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1. Name the three oceans that border the continent on which you live.

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2. What state has Cheyenne as its capital?

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3. What direction is Lake Ontario from Lake Michigan?

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4. What state is west of the Mississippi River and just south of Missouri?

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5. Would you find more mountains in the eastern or western part of Montana?

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6. Which state has a larger area, Delaware or Hawaii?

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7. What is the capital of the only state that is cut in two by one of the Great Lakes?

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8. The Atlantic Ocean touches which five continents?

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1. Which ocean is east of where you live?

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2. Which state is farther east, Indiana or Tennessee?

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3. Which state has more land area, New York or Texas?

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4. Springfield is to Illinois as _______________________ is to Arizona.

5. Name the states in the United States that have the Pacific Ocean as a border?

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6. If you were walking north, which way would you turn if you wanted to go west?

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7. Which is larger, the Atlantic Ocean or the Pacific Ocean?

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8. Which continent is cut almost in half by the equator?

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1. Explain the purpose of a key on a map.

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2. What is the capital of the state that shares its long southern border with Texas?

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3. What color is shown the most on a map of the world?

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4. What state is between Mississippi and Georgia?

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5. What river forms the border between Indiana and Kentucky?

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6. What does green on a map usually mean, water or land?

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7. Name at least three bodies of water that touch the United States.

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8. What two countries border the United States?

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1. Are the Rocky Mountains located in the eastern or western part of the United States?

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2. Which state has the larger land area, Minnesota or Iowa?

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3. Which continent is closer to Africa, North America or South America?

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4. Is most of the United States in the Eastern Hemisphere or the Western Hemisphere?

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5. Which of the five Great lakes is farthest west?

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6. Which state is farthest north, Wyoming or South Dakota?

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7. In which states is the Smoky Mountains National Park located?

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8. If you are in Dallas, Texas, in which direction would you need to travel in order to

reach the equator?

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1. List the states in the United States that border Mexico.

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2. Is the state of Mississippi east or west of the Mississippi River?

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3. Which river serves as part of Oklahoma’s southern border?

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4. What is the name given to a body of land with water surrounding it?

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5. In which direction would you go to travel from Colorado to West Virginia?

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6. What is the state with the largest land area?

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7. What is the capital of the state that shares the longest border with Nevada?

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8. What is the only ocean that does not extend both north and south of the equator?

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1. What capital city is farthest east, Springfield, Illinois, or Montgomery, Alabama?

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2. What river is the western border of the state of Illinois?

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3. Name the four states that border Lake Michigan.

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4. Which state is just north of Pennsylvania?

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5. Is the United States in the Northern Hemisphere or the Southern Hemisphere?

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6. In which direction would you head if you wanted to travel from Texas to South

Dakota?

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7. Is a country always larger than a state?

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8. What is the name of the ocean between Africa and Australia?

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1. Is a state’s capital city always the largest city in the state?

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2. To which continent does Greenland belong?

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3. How many states in the United States touch at least one other state?

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4. What direction is New Hampshire from Connecticut?

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5. Which of the following states is not bordered by the Atlantic Ocean: New Jersey,

Delaware, Pennsylvania?

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6. What direction would you be going if you were traveling from Georgia to Mississippi?

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7. Which state has more land area, Idaho or Maine?

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8. Name the state and country that are just west of Texas.

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1. Which continent is north of South America?

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2. What is the name of the large body of water that is south of Louisiana and west of

Florida?

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3. Which state is just east of Connecticut?

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4. Which country is larger in area, the United States or Canada?

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5. In which state are the Green Mountains located?

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6. If you were to travel by airplane from Sacramento, California, to Denver, Colorado,

what states would you probably fly over?

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7. What is the continent on which the Netherlands and Belgium are located?

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8. British Columbia is just north of which state?

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1. Which three continents does the Arctic Ocean touch?

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2. On a map, what color would be more likely to be used to show mountains: dark

brown or blue?

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3. If you traveled from Oregon to Wyoming, what direction would you be going?

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4. Name the island in North America that is part of Denmark?

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5. Name the four oceans of the world?

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6. In which state does the Mississippi River begin?

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7. How many states are there in the United States?

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8. Is Alabama north or south of Tennessee?

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1. What country is between Canada and Mexico?

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2. Which of the seven continents has the largest land area?

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3. Which of the following is not a state: New Jersey, Los Angeles, Mississippi?

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4. On most maps, what color is used to show water?

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5. What is the capital of Georgia?

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6. If on a map, 1 inch equals 100 miles, how many inches would it take to show 500

miles?

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7. Which state is farther north, Washington or Oregon?

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8. Which state is just west of Alabama?

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1. What direction is Idaho from Arizona?

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2. List the seven continents of the world.

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3. Which 3 oceans border the United States?

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4. What imaginary line divides Earth into a Northern and Southern Hemisphere?

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5. In which direction would you go to get from Jackson, Mississippi, to Montgomery,

Alabama?

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6. Which of the following is not a state: Iowa, Indianapolis, Idaho, Illinois?

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7. What is the name of the state that is just south of New Hampshire?

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8. Name the four states that surround the state of Mississippi?

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1. In which direction would you go to get from Carson city, Nevada, to Denver,

Colorado?

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2. What two states between Georgia and Virginia border the Atlantic Ocean?

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3. Which state has a desert, Alabama or Arizona?

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4. What do Huron, Erie, Michigan, Ontario, and Superior all have in common?

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5. Which ocean borders the mainland United States to the east?

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6. In which direction would you go to get from Washington, D.C. to Indiana?

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7. What continent is just north of Egypt?

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8. Which distance is farther, California to Utah or California to Colorado?

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1. Which state is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean?

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2. What is the name of the lake north of Wisconsin that is the second largest lake in the

world?

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3. What country would you be in if your were to travel west from northern Maine?

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4. On a map, ½ inch equals 100 miles. The state of Wisconsin is about 1 ½ inches

long. How many miles would this be?

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5. Which state is closer to the North Pole, Wyoming or Ohio?

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6. Not including Minnesota and Louisiana, there are twenty-six states east of the

Mississippi River. How many states are west of the river?

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7. Which animal would probably be found closer to the equator, the llama or northern

South America or the panda of northern Asia?

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8. If you were attending a home game of the San Francisco giants, in what state would

you be?

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1. Name at least four states that border the Mississippi River?

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2. Which is farther east, North Dakota or North Carolina?

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3. What is the only state in the United States that is located outside of the North

American continent?

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4. What three continents surround the Mediterranean Sea?

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5. What state borders Montana, Idaho, Utah, Colorado, Nebraska and South Dakota?

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6. On what continent are France and Switzerland located?

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7. What direction would you have to travel if you lived in Ohio and wanted to visit your

aunt in Illinois?

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8. What state borders Tennessee to the east?

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1. If you were at the North Pole, would you be in an Arctic or Antarctic region?

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2. What direction is New Mexico from Arizona?

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3. Which state is larger in size, Delaware or Vermont?

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4. Using cardinal directions, describe the location of Colorado in relation to its

surrounding states.

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5. Which state borders Georgia to the west?

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6. Find the name of a large river in southern Idaho.

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7. Which state is farther north, Wisconsin or Minnesota?

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8. Name at least two South American countries whose national capitals are located on

an ocean.

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1. Name at least three things Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia have in common.

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2. In which part of the United States is Kansas located – east, west or central?

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3. Name two states that are on opposite coasts.

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4. Which state that borders Kansas has many high mountains?

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5. What is the last state the Mississippi River flows through before it enters the Gulf of

Mexico?

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6. Which continent is just south of most of Europe?

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7. A very dry area where few plants can grow is called a _________________.

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8. Do the Tampa Bay Buccaneers travel farther when the play the Texans in Houston,

or the Cowboys in Dallas? (Assume the Buccaneers are starting from Tampa.)

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1. Look at the colors on the key of an elevation map of the United States. Which

mountains are higher, the Rocky Mountains or the Appalachian Mountains?

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2. Which states border Lake Erie?

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3. Why don’t many people live in desert climates?

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4. Which state borders Lake Ontario to the south?

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5. Which foreign country borders North Dakota?

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6. What river serves as part of the southern border of Washington?

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7. In which state is each of the following cities located: Chicago, Los Angeles, Denver,

Miami?

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8. Name two complete continents located south of the equator?

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1. How many states border Lake Huron?

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2. Which state is farther west, Oregon or Utah?

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3. What is the capital of the state that is make up of several islands?

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4. Which gulf does Texas border?

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5. Which state is between Texas and Kansas?

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6. Which is the northernmost state?

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7. Which state borders both Minnesota and Michigan?

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8. What is the capital of the state that borders only one other state?

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1. What four states border Montana?

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2. What is the capital of the only state that touches the western border of the Oklahoma

Panhandle?

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3. What large body of water borders Oregon to the west?

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4. What direction is Lake Superior from Lake Michigan?

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5. What two continents have the Atlantic Ocean as their western border?

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6. What two continents have the Atlantic Ocean as their western border?

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7. Through which three South American countries does the equator pass?

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8. Which country borders Arizona to the south?

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1. Are temperatures generally colder or warmer as you get closer to the equator?

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2. In what state is the Great Salt Lake located?

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3. What is the capital of Alaska, the state with the highest mountain peak in all of North

America?

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4. If you are facing toward the North Pole, would east be to your left or to your right?

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5. Which northeastern state forms a large cape into the Atlantic Ocean?

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6. Which state has a longer border with the Atlantic Ocean, South Carolina or Florida?

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7. What river forms the border between Arizona and California?

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8. What river forms the southern boundaries of Ohio and Indiana?

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