Thursday, January 27, 2011

Daily Geo and Map - Week of 1/25

All of Europe: http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/europe.html

1) Chennai, the city in eastern India formerly known as Madras, is a port on which large bay?
Bay of Bengal Gwatar Bay Sonmiani Bay
2) Liverpool, historically an important city in England, is a port on which sea that separates England from Ireland?
Celtic Sea Irish Sea North Sea
3) What country’s agricultural region is located near the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
4) Which country is not crossed by the Arctic Circle- Canada, Finland or Poland?
5) The temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahri is on the west bank of which African river?
Niger Nile Orange
6) Re and Osiris were among the gods of an ancient civilization that developed along a river that flows north into the Mediterranean Sea. Name this river.
7) Dubrovnik is considered one of the most scenic cities along the Dalmatian coast of what country?
8) Place these lakes in order according to their surface area, from largest to smallest: Lake Titicaca, Lake Huron, Lake Baikal.
9) The westernmost part of the Jura Mountains is located in which country?
10) To fly directly from Brazil to Angola, you would travel in which general direction- east or north?
11) The Tatar Strait separates Sakhalin Island from the mainland of which country?
12) In the southwestern United States, a Spanish word is commonly used for a streambed that is usually dry except after heavy rains. What is the term for this kind of intermittent stream?
13) Houston, the country’s second largest port, is located in which state- Texas or Florida?
14) Place these countries in order according to length of their coastlines, from longest to shortest: Guyana, Colombia, Chile.
15) Tropical rain forests are found on every continent except Antarctica and which other continent?

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