Daily Geo 101
A)What do the following have in common: Aconcagua, McKinley, Kilimanjaro, and Elbrus?
B)Is Paris southeast or southwest of the intersection of 50 degrees N and 0 degrees?
Daily Geo 102
A)Does Mexico have more coast line on the Gulf of Mexico or on the Pacific Ocean?
B)Wellington is the capital of New Zealand. Is the city north or south of 40 degrees S?
Daily Geo 103
A)Which country possesses Easter Island (Rapa Nui), which is about 2,000 miles west of South America?
B)What is the westernmost state in the United States?
Daily Geo 104
A) What is the physical feature that forms Uruguay’s western boundary?
B)What is the name of the country in the Pyrenees Mountains between France and Spain?
Daily Geo 105
The Rio de la Plata was named, inaccurately, by Spanish explorers. It is not a rio (river) but an estuary. What is an estuary? What does Plata mean in Spanish? The answer will tell you what the explorers were hoping to find.
Daily Geo 106
A)What is the name of the gulf that is north of Somalia and south of Yemen?
B)What is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago?
Daily Geo 107
A)Which large river in eastern Europe passes through Vienna, Austria, and Budapest, Hungary?
B)The Americas are sometimes divided into two broad regions, Anglo-America and Latin America. Canada and the United States make up Anglo- America. Which areas form Latin America?
Daily Geo 108
A)Which large desert in Africa is almost as big as the forty-eight contiguous states in the United States?
B)The delta of which river is south of the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago?
Daily Geo 109
A)A tree line (or timberline) is found at high elevations and in frigid environments. What is it?
B)Which mountains form part of the southern boundary of Europe?
Daily Geo 110
When people use the terms Latin America and Anglo-America, they are generalizing. Not everyonein Latin America has a Spanish, Portuguese, or French heritage, and not everyone in Anglo-America has a British heritage. Name an exception for each region.
Daily Geo 111
A)Sofia is the capital of which European nation?
B)Name three large cities near the delta of the Nile River.
Daily Geo 112
A)Which large island is found off the coast of southern Labrador?
B)Which of the following is the capital of Lebanon: Basra, Baghdad, Boston, or Beirut?
Daily Geo 113
A)Moisture-laden winds blowing from the ocean to the land give India very wet summers. In winter the winds blow in the opposite direction, and it is dry. What are these winds called?
B) Which European city is near the intersection of 60 degrees N and 30 degrees E?
Daily Geo 114
A)Which famous river of northeast India is south of Nepal?
B)A mountain peak in the Himalayas has an elevation of 20,000 feet above sea level. If you climbed to the top, would you be 20,000 feet above the base? Why?
Daily Geo 115
At the time of King David, tall cedar forests covered thousands of acres in the mountains of Lebanon. The wood was prized for its beauty, strength, and decay resistance. As people cut the trees, however, the soil eroded. Today only a few cedars remain. How has human activity affected the land where you live?
Daily Geo 116
A)Which country is due south of Egypt?
B) Is Phnom Penh or Hanoi the capital of Vietnam?
Daily Geo 117
A)Which country that is not a former Soviet republic borders the world’s largest lake?
B)Which river runs west to east across northern Italy?
Daily Geo 118
A)What is the capital of the Scandinavian nation that shares a long border with Russia?
B) Which will have dawn first, eastern North America or eastern South America?
Daily Geo 119
A)What do Mt. Rainier, Mt. Shasta, and Mt. St. Helens have in common?
B)Name the country that has the longest border on the Arabian Sea.
Daily Geo 120
As a result of the eruption of three large volcanoes worldwide, the year 1816 was so chilly (one of the coldest in American history) it was called the “year without a summer.” Why do you suppose volcanic eruptions would affect temperature?