Map: Continents and Islands: http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/world/continentsandislands.html
1) Springfield, Missouri is located on which landform – the Ozark Plateau or the Menominee Range?
2) Which state is not a leading producer of oil – Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Texas?
3) The Prime Meridian is which degree of longitude – 0, 180, 90?
4) What theory explains the shifting positions and ongoing movement of the continents?
5) On which continent did Simon Bolivar lead a revolution that resulted in many countries gaining their independence from Spain?
6) Which river flows from its source on the Tibetan Plateau through Pakistan before draining into the Arabian Sea?
7) Lake Superior borders which state – Illinois or Minnesota?
8) Which state is not a leading producer of cheese – California, Delaware, Wisconsin?
9) In what country do more than 25 % of the population live in or around Dublin?
10) What language do more people speak as their mother tongue than any other language – Mandarin, English, Hindi?
11) The population of Australia rapidly increased during the 1850s as a result of – gold mining, logging, sheep ranching?
12) The Mayflower and the Titanic are two famous ships that began their transatlantic voyage from which British port city – Plymouth, Portsmouth, Southampton ?
13) The discovery of animal fossils on Antarctica proves that is once had a milder climate. This supports which theory?
14) The majority of the population of Kandahar is Pashtun. This city is located in the southern part of which landlocked country?
15) Which city was founded as a fort between Lake Eerie and Lake Huron and became a manufacturing powerhouse?
Friday, January 29, 2010
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Daily Geo: 1/26/10 - 1/29/10
Map Test: North American Mountain Ranges http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/NorthAmerica/North%20American%20Mountain%20Ranges.html
1) Which of the following is not a country in Eastern Europe - Albania, Mauritania, Romania?
2) In February 2004, scientists began a tiger census in which country bordering India? Bangladesh
3) Which state has a mountain range along its coast – Massachusetts or Oregon?
4) Which state does not have a coastline – Georgia, Kentucky, or New York?
5) Loam, a kind of soil valued by farmers, is a mixture of sand, silt, and what other material?
6) Pineapples and which other crop are Hawaii’s chief plantation crop – Bananas, Rice, or Sugarcane?
7) Luanda is a major port in which African country?
8) Although Sierra Leone’s language has Portuguese origins, what is its official language?
9) What country, where Toros coleados is practiced, borders Guyana?
10) The hajj is- the pilgrimage made by followers of what religion that began in the Middle East?
11) What two Caribbean countries were the last two Spanish colonies in the Americas?
12) What country was the center for the Dutch East India and West India Companies?
13) Which TWO tectonic plates meet to form the San Andreas fault?
14) Yellowstone National Park touches what other national park?
15) The second largest desert in the world lies to the east of the Sahara Desert. Name it.
1) Which of the following is not a country in Eastern Europe - Albania, Mauritania, Romania?
2) In February 2004, scientists began a tiger census in which country bordering India? Bangladesh
3) Which state has a mountain range along its coast – Massachusetts or Oregon?
4) Which state does not have a coastline – Georgia, Kentucky, or New York?
5) Loam, a kind of soil valued by farmers, is a mixture of sand, silt, and what other material?
6) Pineapples and which other crop are Hawaii’s chief plantation crop – Bananas, Rice, or Sugarcane?
7) Luanda is a major port in which African country?
8) Although Sierra Leone’s language has Portuguese origins, what is its official language?
9) What country, where Toros coleados is practiced, borders Guyana?
10) The hajj is- the pilgrimage made by followers of what religion that began in the Middle East?
11) What two Caribbean countries were the last two Spanish colonies in the Americas?
12) What country was the center for the Dutch East India and West India Companies?
13) Which TWO tectonic plates meet to form the San Andreas fault?
14) Yellowstone National Park touches what other national park?
15) The second largest desert in the world lies to the east of the Sahara Desert. Name it.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Links for Haiti Project
1st: Go to http://news.google.com
Type in your search terms.
CNN COVERAGE
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2010/haiti.quake/
ABC COVERAGE
http://abcnews.go.com/International/HaitiEarthquake/
NEW YORK TIMES COVERAGE
http://www.nytimes.com/info/haiti-earthquake-2010/
Type in your search terms.
CNN COVERAGE
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2010/haiti.quake/
ABC COVERAGE
http://abcnews.go.com/International/HaitiEarthquake/
NEW YORK TIMES COVERAGE
http://www.nytimes.com/info/haiti-earthquake-2010/
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Daily Geo and Map 1/5/10 - 1/9/10
Map Quiz: North Africa - http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/NorthernAfrica.html
1) In which cardinal direction would one travel to get to Panama from Cuba?
2) What French city on the Sarthe River is known for its 24 hour-long car race?
3) What theatre in downtown Washington D.C. was the site of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination?
4) Of which area are mosquitoes in greater number – tropical rain forest or tundra?
5) What is the official language of Pakistan?
6) What point occupies the southernmost point of Africa?
7) Dinosaur fossils from North America came from what geologic time scale period?
8) What dam was built in 1936 to span the Colorado River?
9) Kit Carson and John Fremont discovered what lake in 1844 which lies between Nevada and California?
10) What is the sacred month on the Islamic calendar which involves fasting from sunup to sundown?
11) The region called Kashmir lies in what Asian country?
12) What famous English prison was the home for Anne Boleyn?
13) Canada consists of ten provinces. What is the smallest?
14) English is the 2nd most spoken language in the world. What is the 1st?
15) What former Soviet republic now controls the warm water ports on the Black Sea?
1) In which cardinal direction would one travel to get to Panama from Cuba?
2) What French city on the Sarthe River is known for its 24 hour-long car race?
3) What theatre in downtown Washington D.C. was the site of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination?
4) Of which area are mosquitoes in greater number – tropical rain forest or tundra?
5) What is the official language of Pakistan?
6) What point occupies the southernmost point of Africa?
7) Dinosaur fossils from North America came from what geologic time scale period?
8) What dam was built in 1936 to span the Colorado River?
9) Kit Carson and John Fremont discovered what lake in 1844 which lies between Nevada and California?
10) What is the sacred month on the Islamic calendar which involves fasting from sunup to sundown?
11) The region called Kashmir lies in what Asian country?
12) What famous English prison was the home for Anne Boleyn?
13) Canada consists of ten provinces. What is the smallest?
14) English is the 2nd most spoken language in the world. What is the 1st?
15) What former Soviet republic now controls the warm water ports on the Black Sea?
Monday, December 14, 2009
Daily Geo and Map Quiz 12/14-12/18
Map Quiz: Middle Eastern Mountain Ranges - http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/middleeast/middleeastmountains.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?
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?
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Monday, December 7, 2009
Daily Geo and Map Test - 12/7 - 12/10
Middle East Map Quiz: http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/MidEast.html
1) What city on the Delaware River is Pennsylvania’s largest?
2) What Nazi concentration camp in Poland was equipped with gas chambers?
3) What is the 2nd largest city and the principal southern port of France?
4) What American President signed the Panama Canal Treaty in 1977?
5) What present day country was the home of the ancient civilization of the Phoenicians?
6) Though today it is a part Michigan Avenue, what was the first settlement of Chicago?
7) What desert of northwestern Mexico is part of the southwestern United States and Arizona.
8) Russians and Bulgarians use what Alphabet?
9) On what island was the colony of New Amsterdam founded?
10) What name is given to tropical rainforest vegetation of evergreens and heavy vines located in the Amazon Basin?
11) What feature does a contour map show?
12) Byzantium and Constantinople are what modern-day Turkish city?
13) Which country of Europe lies on the Jutland Peninsula?
14) What world famous gambling casino lies in Monaco?
15) Which continent has no timberline?
1) What city on the Delaware River is Pennsylvania’s largest?
2) What Nazi concentration camp in Poland was equipped with gas chambers?
3) What is the 2nd largest city and the principal southern port of France?
4) What American President signed the Panama Canal Treaty in 1977?
5) What present day country was the home of the ancient civilization of the Phoenicians?
6) Though today it is a part Michigan Avenue, what was the first settlement of Chicago?
7) What desert of northwestern Mexico is part of the southwestern United States and Arizona.
8) Russians and Bulgarians use what Alphabet?
9) On what island was the colony of New Amsterdam founded?
10) What name is given to tropical rainforest vegetation of evergreens and heavy vines located in the Amazon Basin?
11) What feature does a contour map show?
12) Byzantium and Constantinople are what modern-day Turkish city?
13) Which country of Europe lies on the Jutland Peninsula?
14) What world famous gambling casino lies in Monaco?
15) Which continent has no timberline?
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