Capitals
The capital city of Michigan.
What is Lansing?
The study of mapmaking.
What is Cartography?
This U.S. state is known as the “Sunshine State”.
What is Florida?
What is the United Kingdom?
Snow/Rain produced downwind of Great Lakes due to air/water temp differences is known as this.
What is Lake Effect Precipitation?
One of the largest cities in Africa and the capital of Egypt.
What is Cairo?
Maps are now oriented with North at the top of maps, but were originally oriented with this direction at the top.
What is East?
This abbreviation is used for Vermont.
What is VT?
What is Pakistan?
The area of central North America stretching from The Dakotas to Texas is nicknamed this due to its propensity for a certain type of storm.
What is Tornado Alley?
The largest capital city in North America.
What is Mexico City?
This is the year the Americas were first included on a map.
What is 1507?
This U.S. state is closest to Africa.
What is Maine?
This “department” is in charge of forecasting the weather for the United States.
What is the National Weather Service?
The only country that has three capital cities: Pretoria, Cape Town, and Bloemfontein.
What is South Africa?
The largest collection of maps is stored here.
What is the Library of Congress in Washington D.C.?
This US state contains the headwaters to the Mississippi River, arguably the longest river in the US.
What is Minnesota?
What is Democratic Republic of the Congo?
This atmospheric teleconnection pattern centered off the coast of Peru is known to affect winters in the US (and globally).
What is El Nino/La Nina/ENSO?
Bratislava is the capital of this country.
What is Slovakia?
Early mapmakers included these on their maps to catch anyone who copied their work without permission.
What are fake towns/paper towns?
This mountain located in New Hampshire is known for its high wind speeds.
What is Mount Washington?
This inertial force causes storms (i.e. hurricanes) to spin counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere.
What is Coriolis Force?