Capitals
This European capital on the Dâmbovița River was once nicknamed “Little Paris” for its boulevards and French-style architecture.
What is Bucharest?
This term describes a chain or cluster of islands, such as Indonesia or the Philippines.
What is an archipelago?
This European nation’s flag, known as the Dannebrog, is considered the world’s oldest continuously used national flag.
What is Denmark?
This U.S. state is both the farthest north and the farthest west, thanks to its Aleutian Islands crossing the 180th meridian.
What is Alaska?
Many people name the Sahara, but this icy region is actually the world’s largest desert by area.
What is Antarctica?
This Scandinavian capital sits on the eastern shore of the Øresund Strait, looking across to Malmö, Sweden.
What is Copenhagen?
This term describes a narrow strip of land that connects two larger land areas and is bordered by water on both sides.
What is an isthmus?
This Asian landlocked country’s flag is the only national flag that is not rectangular, made of two stacked pennants of red and blue with white emblems.
What is Nepal?
Often called “The Ocean State,” this New England state is the smallest by land area but has one of the longest official state names.
What is Rhode Island?
Abidjan is this West African country’s largest city, but its political capital is the inland city of Yamoussoukro.
What is Côte d’Ivoire or Ivory Coast?
This capital of a landlocked European country was once split by the Iron Curtain and today stands on the Danube River.
What is Bratislava?
These winds, blowing consistently toward the equator between about 30 degrees latitude and the doldrums
What are the trade winds?
The flag of this South American country has a yellow, blue, and red horizontal tricolor and features a set of stars in the central blue band.
What is Venezuela?
This state has the highest average elevation of any U.S. state, even though Denali is not within its borders.
What is Colorado?
Often mistaken for a city in Chile or Argentina, this capital of Uruguay is the world’s southernmost national capital.
What is Montevideo?
This African capital, whose name means “new flower” in Amharic, is headquarters of the African Union.
What is Addis Ababa?
This rift lake in southern Russia is the world’s deepest freshwater lake, reaching more than 1,100 meters in depth.
What is Lake Baikal?
This nation’s flag depicts a coat of arms with a palm tree, liberty cap, and cannons on a white panel centered in a blue-and-red bicolor.
What is Haiti?
This state borders only one other U.S. state, sharing the rest of its boundaries with Canada and the Atlantic Ocean.
What is Maine?
Africa spans all four hemispheres, and this Pacific island nation does too, because its islands cross both the equator and the 180th meridian.
What is Kiribati?
At over 3,500 meters above sea level, this seat of government is often cited as the world’s highest capital city.
What is La Paz?
This term refers to a bowl-shaped volcanic depression formed when a magma chamber empties and the surface collapses, as seen at Yellowstone in the United States.
What is a caldera?
This African country’s flag, adopted after the end of apartheid, uniquely combines six colors, including a green “Y”-shape extending from the hoist side.
What is South Africa?
The geographic center of all 50 U.S. states lies in this Great Plains state, just north of its capital, Pierre.
What is South Dakota?
Mount Everest is highest above sea level, but this Ecuadorian volcano’s summit is the point on Earth’s surface farthest from the planet’s center.
What is Mount Chimborazo?