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Week 13 Day 1
1. Brazil is to South America as ______ is to North
America.
Canada (country with the largest land area)
2. What is the elevation of Mt. McKinley?
20,320 feet
3. What is the longest river in the world and where is
it located? The second longest?
Nile: Africa, Amazon: South America
4. What is the capital of the island nation that is due
south of the Arctic Circle and through which the 20
degrees W line of longitude passes?
Reykjavik (Iceland)
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Week 13 Day 2
1. What is the difference between 60 degrees N and
60 degrees S? How far apart are these lines in
One is north of the equator while the other is south: they are 120
longitude?
degrees apart.
2. What two bodies of water does the Isthmus of
Panama separate?
Pacific Ocean, Caribbean Sea
3. What might you be doing at 120 degrees W and 20
degrees N: watching a baseball game, building an
igloo, or diving for a sunken treasure?
Diving for a sunken treasure
4. Berlin is the capital of what country?
Germany
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Week 13 Day 3
1. On a map whose scale is 1cm equals 5 km, two
locations 10cm apart on the map are really how
many kilometers away from each other?
50
2. What word is next to the star or dot with a circle
around it in Uganda?
Kampala
3. In general, which would be warmer year around,
Argentina or Brazil? Why?
Brazil: closer to the equator
4. If you were at 20 degrees N and 60 degrees E,
would you be on land or water?
Water (Indian Ocean or Arabian Sea)
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Week 13 Day 4
1. What natural boundary in Eastern Europe forms
most of the border between Bulgaria and Romania?
Danube River
2. Who usually celebrates the new year first,
Columbus, Ohio, or Denver, Colorado?
Columbus, Ohio
3. What is the capital of the country that controls the
island of Crete?
Athens (Greece)
4. Is New Delhi, India, north or south of 30 degrees N
latitude?
South