Map Basics
What is the name of the imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
the equator
What are the seven continents of Earth?
North America, South America, Asia, Europe, Australia, Antarctica, Africa
Which of the following is a state, not a city?
Seattle, Miami, Idaho or Chicago
Idaho
The Prime Meridian passes through which 3 continents?
Europe, Africa, Antarctica
What four continents touch the Pacific Ocean?
North America, South America, Asia, Australia
Helsinki, the capital of Finland, is located on what sea?
the Baltic Sea
The Nile River is 4,132 miles long. On what continent is it located?
Africa
Which of the following is note a state: Rhode Island, Louisiana, Sacramento, or Montana?
Sacramento
Is the Arctic Circle north or south of the equator?
north
Which two states are outside the contiguous United States?
Alaska and Hawaii
On what continent is the South Pole located?
Antarctica
What ocean lies to the north of both Asia and North America?
Pacific Ocean
What sea touches the shores of England, Scotland, Netherlands, Denmark, and Norway?
The North Sea
Which is farther south- the tip of Florida, or the tip of Baja, California?
Tip of Baja, California
Is the Tropic of Cancer north or south of the equator?
north
On which continent is the Gulf of Mexico?
North America
What is the state capital bordered by Colorado, Nebraska, Missouri, and Oklahoma?
Topeka, Kansas
What two countries have land borders with the US?
Canada and Mexico
What ocean is at the mouth of the Amazon River?
Atlantic Ocean
What sea has coastlines on Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Finland, and Sweden?
Which South American country has the longest coastline along the Atlantic Ocean?
Brazil
What does a start or dot in a circle usually mean on a map?
the capital city of a country or state
What are the two continents in the world with the largest land areas?
Asia and Africa
What state has Providence as its capital city?
Rhode Island
What large river in Brazil has its mouth at the Atlantic Ocean?
Amazon River
What ocean borders Australia's western coastline?
Indian Ocean
Which Central American country does not touch the Caribbean Sea?
El Salvador
Is the equator a parallel or a meridian?
parallel
What is the name given to the point of land extending into a body of water, usually smaller than a peninsula?
a cape
What continent is also an island and also a country?
Australia
Which of the 50 states is farthest west?
Alaska
Which distance is shorter, Africa to South America or Africa to Australia?
Africa to South America
What ocean encircles Antarctica?
the Southern Ocean
The West Indies are located in what sea?
the Caribbean Sea
Madrid is to Spain as ______________ is to France
Paris