UK 1
Which countries inhabit the British Isles?
The United Kingdom (comprising England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland) and the
Republic of Ireland.
What is the capital of the United Kingdom?
London (England).
How many states are there in the US?
50
What is the capital city of the US?
Washington, D.C. (District of Columbia).
What is the capital city of Australia?
Canberra.
What is the capital of Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland?
Scotland: Edinburgh
Wales: Cardiff
Northern Ireland: Belfast
Where in the UK can you find Loch Ness?
Scotland, specifically in the Scottish Highlands.
What are the main geographic regions of the United States?
Common divisions include the Northeast, Midwest, Southeast, Southwest and West
Where were the historical slave plantations in the US?
Predominantly in the Southern United States (the Deep South and the Tidewater areas).
What is the capital city of Canada?
Ottawa.
What is the highest mountain peak on the British Isles?
Ben Nevis (Scotland).
What is the backbone of England?
The Pennines, a range of hills and mountains.
Which lakes belong to the Great Lakes?
Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior (H.O.M.E.S.).
Which region is the most densely populated in the US?
The Northeast (especially the Mid-Atlantic and New England areas).
Where is the longest unprotected border in the world?
The border between Canada and the United States.
Name the waters that surround the British Isles.
The Atlantic Ocean, North Sea, English Channel, Irish Sea, and Celtic Sea.
Where can you find Elenydd?
The uplands of central Wales.
Where is Washington state?
It's located in the Pacific Northwest region of the contiguous United States, bordering Canada
to the north.
What are the three major mountain ranges of the US?
The Appalachian Mountains (East), the Rocky Mountains (West), and the Pacific Coast
Ranges (Sierra Nevada) (Far West).
What is the highest mountain peak of Australia?
Mount Kosciuszko (in the Great Dividing Range).
What is the Tees-Exe line?
A notional line that divides Great Britain into two regions (usually referring to the more
industrialized/urban southeast and the more rural/upland northwest). It runs roughly from the River
Tees (northeast coast) to the River Exe (southwest coast).
What is the Great Glen?
A rift valley in Scotland that runs from Fort William to Inverness and contains Loch Ness.
Where is the Grand Canyon?
In the state of Arizona (US).
Where is the Niagara Fall?
On the Niagara River, straddling the border between the state of New York (US) and the
province of Ontario (Canada).
What is an "intermittent" lake?
A lake that contains water only periodically or seasonally, often filling up after heavy rainfall
and becoming dry salt flats at other times (e.g., Lake Eyre in Australia).