What Do You Know About Geography and the Western Hemisphere?
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What Do You Know About Geography and
the Western Hemisphere?
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How would you label the circle in this compass
rose?EN
NW
NE
NS
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If you drove from your town to Canada, what direction would you be
traveling?
North
South
East
West
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Which city is farther east?
New York City
Miami
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Which is furthest west?
Vancouver, Canada
Los Angeles
Santiago, Chile
Mexico City, Mexico
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If you went from Venezuela, South America to California, what
direction would you be traveling?
SW
NW
NE
SE
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In which hemisphere is Mexico?
Northern hemisphere
Southern hemisphere
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On which continent is Costa Rica?
Central America
South America
North America
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Which country is mostly north of the equator?
Bolivia
Argentina
Peru
Colombia
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Which is farther east?
Venezuela
New York City
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Which country straddles the equator?
Venezuela
Bolivia
Brazil
Paraguay
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Which is larger in square miles?
Canada
United States
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Which of these are Canadian provinces?
Quebec
Ottawa
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Montreal
Alaska
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You got it!
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Yes!
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Right!
Mexico is north of the equator.
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Yes! Venezuela is farther east than New York
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Yes, you’re right!
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Yes! The U.S. is 3,717,796 sq. mi. and
Canada is 3,851,792 sq. mi.
3,851,792 3,717,796
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1,500,000
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Country
Canada U.S.
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Right, Venezuela is southeast of California.
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Right!
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Yes, Costa Rica is on the North American continent. It is part of
Central America*.
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Next Question*Central America is NOT a continent.
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Yes, there are 10 provinces and 3
territories:• Manitoba• British Columbia• Newfoundland• New Brunswick• Nova Scotia• Prince Edward
Island• Ontario
• Alberta• Saskatchewan• Quebec• Yukon Territory• Northwest
Territories• Nunavut
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Vancouver
Los AngelesMexico City
Santiago, Chile
Vancouver, Canada is furthest west.
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Yes!
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You’re done!