States and Capitals
Geographic Features
General Geography Skills
Understanding the Globe
Glossary Terms
100
What state capital lies between two large lakes?
What is Lansing, Michigan
100
The name given to a large area of sea or ocean that is partially enclosed and is larger than a bay.
What is a gulf
100
Label the river that forms part of the border between the United States and Mexico.
What is the Rio Grande.
100
Name the largest continent.
What is Asia
100
aspects of weather, such as temperature, rainfall, and wind, that are measured over time in an area
What is climate
200
What state has the longest Atlantic Ocean coastline?
What is Florida
200
Write the name given to a piece of land that juts out into the water and is usually smaller or narrower than a peninsula.
What is a cape.
200
Label the large area of flat land found between the Rocky Mountains and the Mississippi River.
What are the great plains
200
the name of the meridian at 0˚ longitude.
What is the prime meridian
200
a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas
What is an isthmus
300
What State is a peninsula surrounded by fresh water?
What is Michigan
300
Write the name given to a river or stream that flows into a main river.
What is a tributary
300
What are the cardinal directions on a compass?
What is north, south, east, and west
300
The parallel at 0˚ latitude that separates the northern and southern hemispheres.
What is the equator
300
a physical feature of Earth’s surface such as a mountain or a plain
What is a landform
400
What state is home to the Yukon River?
What is Alaska
400
Write the name given to a large body of salt water that is smaller than an ocean.
What is a sea
400
What is the latitude of Columbus Ohio?
What is 40 degrees north latitude
400
Name the smallest continent
What is Australia
400
A sphere that is a model of Earth and most accurately represents it
What is a globe
500
What state contains the largest delta in the United States?
What is Mississippi
500
The name of the place where a river begins.
What is a source
500
Name the river that runs from the Rocky Mountains into the Mississippi River.
What is the Missouri River
500
Name a country that is larger in land than the United States?
What is Canada, Russia, or China
500
The study of our physical surroundings and how humans interact with them.
What is geography