Geography Week 22: with the letter "A"
Why Australia is called the land “down under” -
What is "it is located below the equator."
When “Australia Becomes a Commonwealth”, several territories are included in this Commonwealth including this island off Australia’s southern coast in the Indian Ocean. But be careful when visiting the island…these “little marsupial devils” abound!
What is Tazmania. (Those little devils would be the Tasmanian devils.)
This country is the largest square footage of the Central Asian countries for Week 23 geography.
What is Kazakhstan.
Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias rounded this modern day south African country, naming the water around it “The Cape of Good Hope” in his explorations to find a passageway to the Indian Ocean in January 1488.
What is South Africa.
(100 point slot)****Daily Double**** This peak is featured on this popular chocolate candy bar.
(See photo)
What is Matterhorn.
The American restaurant food chain “Outback” is a nickname for land on this continent.
What is Australia.
North & South Islands in Oceania are home to the setting of the popular Disney movie Moana.
What is New Zealand.
This country has the Caspian Sea to the west, Iran and Afghanistan to its south, and Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan to its north.
What is Turkmenistan.
This African country bordered in the west by The Atlantic Ocean has the largest population of free-roaming cheetahs in the world.
What is Namibia.
This body of water bordered by Europe, Asia, and Africa is nicknamed “The Flying Duck”.
What is the Mediterranean Sea.
This is the proper name of Australia & New Zealand.
What is Australasia.
This country possesses a rich variety of reptiles, marsupials, native freshwater fishes, and birds but is almost devoid of large mammals. This has assisted the evolution of some 40 species of birds-of-paradise. The largest animals are the cassowaries (large flightless birds) and crocodiles.
What is Papua New Guinea.
This Week 23 country has the majority of the shrinking Aral Sea within its borders.
What is Uzbekistan.
This landlocked African country has Africa's highest concentration of elephants, the oldest democracy on the continent, is the best place to see Meerkats in the wild, and home to one of the biggest diamond producers in the world.
What is Botswana.
If you go to Virginia Beach, VA, you can stand on this continent and have your feet in this ocean.
What are North America and The Atlantic Ocean.
This stretches over 1,400 miles along the forest coast of Australia.
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(Indonesia was ruled by this country until 1945.)
("Tell me" on black & white map & point to The Netherlands.)
This landlocked country of Central Asia has an area of less than half the size of Italy, or slightly smaller than the U.S. state of Wisconsin.
What is Tajikistan.
This African country's motto is "'Peace, rain and prosperity,'"is a mainly Christian nation, is roughly the size of Belgium or slightly smaller than Massachusetts in the USA.
What is Lesotho.
Not found on tv, this channel separates England from France.
What is the English Channel.
In Classical Conversations Cycle 2 Week 20 memory work, this becomes a Commonwealth in 1901.
What is Australia.
This country is made up of more than 17,000 islands.
What is Indonesia.
Formerly a constituent(union) republic of the U.S.S.R., this country declared its independence on August 31, 1991.
What is Kyrgystan.
This country is opposite the island of Madagascar, some of the richest coral reefs are off this country’s shore, and the country’s name would score more than any other one-word country spelt out in Scrabble tiles! It is also the only country with a single word name that includes all five vowels.
What is Mozambique.
What is The Black Sea.