Tools of Geography
Name the term:
An instrument containing a magnetized pointer which shows the direction of magnetic north and bearings from it.
A compass
What country is south of the US?
Mexico
What do you call a piece of land that is almost entirely surrounded by water but is still connected to the mainland?
A peninsula
What is the capital city of The United States?
Washington D.C.
In which country would you find the Kalahari Desert?
Botswana
What is absolute location?
Describes a position on the earth using exact coordinates with latitude and longitude.
What continent is Malta located in?
Europe
What is the proper geographical term for a cluster or chain of islands?
Archipelagos
The Great Lakes are made up of how many bodies of water?
5
Which country has the largest population?
The prime meridian is the line at 0º longitude or 0º latitude?
Longitude
Which country that starts with K is not only the largest landlocked country in the world but also a transcontinental because part of it is in Eastern Europe and part is in Central Asia?
Kazakhstan
Which is the world's smallest ocean?
The Artic
Which mountain range begins in Canada and stretches all the way down to New Mexico?
The Rocky Mountains
What Asian country is the only one in the world whose national flag is not a quadrilateral?
Nepal
What hemisphere is the United States located on a globe?
Northern Hemisphere
What eight-letter "M" island country is located entirely in the Indian Ocean, has Malé as the capital city, contains 26 atolls, and has Dhivehi as the official and most common language?
Maldives
Which continent has both the highest and lowest points on the surface of Earth?
Asia
Established on November 11, 1926 and stretching 2,448 miles across the United States, what famous highway is also known as the Will Rogers Memorial Highway?
Route 66
What country of five million, which lies on the Caspian Sea and is mostly occupied by the Karakum Desert, is the least populous of the countries that end in "-stan?"
Turkmentistan
Is the Tropic of Cancer located north or south of the equator? Bonus points for who can tell me the exact latitude.
It is north of the equator. The latitude is 23.5ºN
There are only three countries that are landlocked by just one country. Two are in Italy—Vatican City and San Marino. The third is Lesotho, which is in which country?
South Africa
Australia is surrounded by all of the following bodies of water EXCEPT: the Timor Sea, Indian Ocean, or Philippine Sea?
Philippian Sea
Name the 8 states that border Missouri (not looking at a map)
Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Illinois
In 2022, what country announced that the name of its new capital, planned for the region of East Kalimantan on the island of Borneo, would be named "Nusantara?" The new city will be much more centrally located than its current capital, the largest city in Southeast Asia.
Indonesia