New Round! Now Is the Time to Check/Improve Your System
Daily Geography 41 – 60
New round! Now is the time to check/improve your system.
Daily Geography Day 41
A. Which country has the largest land area in South America?
B. Name as many kinds of precipitation as you can.
Daily Geography Day 42
A. Assuming that two cities are at the same latitude, which would probably have the milder climate, one along the ocean coast or one farther inland?
B. What is a continental divide? Where is the Continental Divide in the United States?
Daily Geography Day 43
A. Washington, D.C. is to the United States as ______is to China.
B. What is humidity? Which is more comfortable, a day with high humidity or one with low humidity?
Daily Geography 44
A. What are the two central African nations with the same name that are separated by a river that shares their name?
B. In West Africa and west central Africa, two other countries have almost the same name. They were named after a river that runs through both nations. What are the countries and the river?
Please skip Daily Geo # 45. Please make a note that we skipped it.
Daily Geo #46
A. An ocean current is the movement of the surface water of the ocean. Currents are called cold or warm in comparison to the atmosphere. Is the Gulf Stream a cold current or a warm one?
B. What is the largest gulf in the world?
Daily Geo #47
A. What name do geographers use when they refer to Europe and Asia as one continent?
B. The forty-eight states that touch one another are called contiguous. Name the states that are not part of the contiguous United States.
Daily Geography #48
A. The earth is divided into time zones that roughly correspond to fifteen degrees of longitude. How many regular time zones are there in all?
B. What is a prairie?
D.G. #49
A. The International Date Line roughly follows which meridian? Why does it vary from that meridian in places?
B. Which country is bordered by Libya, Sudan, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Nigeria, and Niger?
Daily Geography #50
If it is Tuesday in Pago Pago, what day is it in the city of Auckland? Where is each community?
Daily Geography # 51
A. The summer solstice is the time of the year with the longest day and shortest night. The winter solstice has the shortest day and the longest night. About when does each solstice occur in the Northern Hemisphere?
B. Which countries border Lake Victoria?
Daily Geography #52
A. What is the name of the largest lake in Central America?
B. What do the following countries have in common: Angola, Suriname, United States, Portugal?
Daily Geography #53
A. A country in Southeast Asia between Myanmar (Burma) and Laos used to be called Siam. What is it called today?
B. How many countries does the Antarctic Circle pass through?
Daily Geo #54
A. Which ocean is closest to Mongolia?
B. What is the capital of the island nation that has the Sea of Japan as its western border?
Daily Geo #55
Japan is part of what is called the Ring of Fire. What and where is the Ring of Fire?
Daily Geo #56
A. What is the name of the country completely surrounded by South Africa?
B. Which two oceans touch Russia?
Daily Geo #57
A. Which countries share a land border with Vietnam?
B. What kind of weather does high pressure usually bring? Low Pressure?
Daily Geo #58
A. Seoul is the capital of which east Asian nation?
B. Which is closer to the South Pole, the southern tip of Africa or the most southern edge of mainland Australia?
Daily Geo # 59
A. What is the name of the Spanish islands off the northwest coast of Africa?
B. Which term doesn’t belong: Poland, Hungary, France? Explain your thinking.
Daily Geo # 60
If you were stranded on an island, what geographical features would you want your island to have? (Remember, geography includes climate as well as physical features.)