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Daily Geography
Grade 4 – Week 1
Use your desk map and/or atlas to answer the questions in complete sentences.
1. Where would a person look on a map to find out what the symbols mean?
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2. How many states are there in the United States?
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3. Which is the largest ocean in the world? The smallest?
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4. Look at a map and find a lake. Now define lake in your own words.
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5. Des Moines is to Iowa as ______is to Oregon.
6. Which state is farther north, Louisiana or New Mexico?
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7. On a map, a black dot is usually a symbol for a ______.
8. How many states border Lake Erie? What are their names?
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Daily Geography
Grade 4 – Week 2
Use your desk map and/or atlas to answer the questions in complete sentences.
1. What are the seven continents of the world?
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2. What is the map symbol for a national capital?
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3. In what state does the Mississippi River flow into the Gulf of Mexico?
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4. What ocean is west of North America and South America?
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5. Which state has a longer border with Canada, New York or Montana?
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6. What color on a map would seem to be better for farmland, blue or green?
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7. What river forms the boundary between Texas and Mexico?
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8. Place the four cardinal directions on the compass rose.
Daily Geography
Grade 4 – Week 3
Use your desk map and/or atlas to answer the questions in complete sentences.
1. What imaginary line is halfway between the North and South Poles?
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2. What state is just east of Colorado and just north of Oklahoma?
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3. Define the word map in your own words?
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4. What is the only Great Lake that is completely within the United States?
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5. What major river flows into the Mississippi River just north of St. Louis, Missouri?
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6. What is the capital of Texas?
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7. Which state has more land area, Iowa or New Hampshire?
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8. What is the capital of Maryland?
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Daily Geography
Grade 4 – Week 4
Use your desk map and/or atlas to answer the questions in complete sentences.
1. Which continent, South America or Africa, is closer to the Arctic Ocean?
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2. Is the United States in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere?
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3. The following are the four largest countries in the world: (1) Russia (2) Canada
(3) China (4) United States. On which continent can they each be found?
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4. What is the name of the large island just south of Florida?
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5. What two oceans do not touch Australia?
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6. Which of the Great Lakes is farthest east?
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7. What does a star on a map usually mean?
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8. Which continent is larger in land area, Europe or Asia?
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Daily Geography
Grade 4 – Week 5
Use your desk map and/or atlas to answer the questions in complete sentences.
1. Which three states come together where the Ohio River joins the Mississippi River?
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2. What is the capital of Kentucky, the state known for its bluegrass?
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3. In which ocean could you go swimming if you were in California?
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4. On a map, what do the black lines between the states usually represent?
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5. Which three bodies of water border South America?
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6. What is the capital of South Carolina?
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7. Which of the four Great Lakes touches the state of Michigan?
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8. Which of the four oceans does not touch the continent of North America?
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Daily Geography
Grade 4 – Week 6
Use your desk map and/or atlas to answer the questions in complete sentences.
1. Which is larger in land area, China or Russia?
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2. What natural feature forms Arkansas’ eastern border?
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3. What is the city, located on the Hudson River, that is the capital of the state of New York?
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4. What is the name of the imaginary line that divides Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
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5. Which state would have a warmer climate, Montana or Florida? Why?
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6. Which two oceans touch the continent of Europe?
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7. Look at a map and find an island. Now define island in your own words.
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8. Name the two countries located in South America that rank among the ten largest in the world.
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Daily Geography
Grade 4 – Week 7
Use your desk map and/or atlas to answer the questions in complete sentences.
1. Which is larger in land area, California or Missouri?
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2. In what state are you probably located if you can see both the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean?
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3. What is the capital of Georgia, the state known as the Peach State?
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4. Which state is directly north of Hawaii?
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5. On a map, the blue line is usually a symbol for a ______.
6. What are the only two continents totally north of the equator?
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7. Name the four oceans of the world.
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8. Which ocean borders Florida on three sides?
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Daily Geography
Grade 4 – Week 8
Use your desk map and/or atlas to answer the questions in complete sentences.
1. Which continent extends farther south, Australia or South America?
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2. Carson City is the capital of what state?
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3. Which continent is just south of Italy and Greece?
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4. On a map, what do the black dots usually represent?
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5. Which continent is smaller in land area, Europe or Australia?
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6. In general, which state would have the coldest weather: Montana, Georgia, or Oklahoma?
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7. Which states would you pass through if you wanted to travel by car from Dallas, Texas, to Los Angeles, California, using the shortest route?
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8. Is the Arctic Ocean larger than the Indian Ocean?
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Daily Geography
Grade 4 – Week 9
Use your desk map and/or atlas to answer the questions in complete sentences.
1. What country lies to the east of Alaska?
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2. What is the capital of Nebraska, the state known as the Corn Husker State?
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3. If you traveled south from South America, what is the next continent you would reach?
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4. Which ocean is off the east coast of the United States?
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5. Is South America north of the equator, south of the equator, or both north and south of the equator?
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6. Are the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern U.S. or the western U.S.?
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7. What is the only state bordered by two oceans?
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8. Which of the following is not a state: Missouri, Idaho, or Chicago?
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Daily Geography
Grade 4 – Week 10
Use your desk map and/or atlas to answer the questions in complete sentences.
1. Which two continents form one large landmass?
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2. What do colors other than blue often show on a map?
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3. What is the capital of New Jersey, the state with the motto “Liberty and Prosperity”?
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4. The Indian Ocean touches which four continents?
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5. What country forms most of the northern border of the United States?
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6. Is China north or south of the equator?
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7. Which would take longer, to travel by car from South Dakota to Canada or from South Dakota to Indiana?
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8. Which is larger, the Indian Ocean or the Atlantic Ocean?
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Daily Geography
Grade 4 – Week 11
Use your desk map and/or atlas to answer the questions in complete sentences.
1. Name the five Great Lakes?
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2. What is the name of the city that is the capital of Washington?
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3. What state has the longest border on the Atlantic Ocean?
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4. Which is farther, Nevada to Wyoming or Colorado to Illinois?
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5. Through what oceans does the equator pass?
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6. Use the cardinal directions to describe the location of the state of Ohio in relation to its surrounding states and Lake Erie?
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7. Which would take longer, to travel from St. Louis, Missouri, to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, or St. Louis, Missouri, to Miami, Florida?
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8. What are the world’s four oceans?
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Daily Geography
Grade 4 – Week 12
Use your desk map and/or atlas to answer the questions in complete sentences.
1. Why is Washington, D.C., a special city?
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2. Which two oceans touch the continent of Africa?
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3. How many states in the United States are north of the equator?
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4. Through which continents does the equator pass?
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5. Which four states meet at a common corner?
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6. What direction is West Virginia from South Carolina?
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7. What mountain range runs from the St. Lawrence Gulf in Canada to the state of Alabama?
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8. What kinds of animals usually live in the areas often represented by blue on the map?
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Daily Geography
Grade 4 – Week 13
Use your desk map and/or atlas to answer the questions in complete sentences.
1. What is the capital of the state that borders Kansas to the south?
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2. Name five of the ten states that share a land border with Canada.
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3. Name the three states that touch California?
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4. What is the only direction in which you can travel from the North Pole?
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5. What direction is the equator from the South Pole?
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6. Are there more mountain ranges or continents in the world?
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7. Which one of the states shares its name with one of the Great Lakes?
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8. Which is larger, Lake Superior or Lake Erie?
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Daily Geography
Grade 4 – Week 14
Use your desk map and/or atlas to answer the questions in complete sentences.
1. What is the capital of West Virginia, the state known as the Mountain State?
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2. Which continents does the Pacific Ocean touch?
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3. Which state borders Wisconsin to the north?
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4. What river forms the border between the states of Arizona and California?
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5. Crater Lake, the deepest lake in the United States, is located in Oregon. What is the capital of Oregon?
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6. Name three states on the east coast of the United States?
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7. In what state are the Everglades located?
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8. What is the northernmost place on Earth called?
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Daily Geography
Grade 4 – Week 15
Use your desk map and/or atlas to answer the questions in complete sentences.
1. Which two oceans touch Australia?
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2. What is the capital of the state whose neighbors are Mississippi, Tennessee, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, and Louisiana?
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3. Is most of South America north or south of the equator?
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4. Which of the following is not a state: Idaho, India, Iowa, Illinois?
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5. If you traveled from North America to Europe, would you have to cross the equator?
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6. On which continent is the South Pole located?
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7. What is the city, located on the Mississippi River, that is the capital of Louisiana?
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8. Name the four states that border Mexico?
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Daily Geography
Grade 4 – Week 16
Use your desk map and/or atlas to answer the questions in complete sentences.
1. What continent is farthest south of the equator?
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2. What is the longest river in the longest river in the United States?
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3. What is the only state in the United States that is made up of islands?
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4. Which two Great Lakes border Wisconsin?
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5. Which is farther, Illinois to Ohio or California to Texas?
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6. What is the name of the large body of water separating North and South America from Europe and Africa?
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7. In which of the following states is the Continental Divide located: New Mexico, Louisiana, or New York?
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8. Which capital is farther north – Salt Lake City, Utah, or Carson City, Utah?
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Daily Geography
Grade 4 – Week 17
Use your desk map and/or atlas to answer the questions in complete sentences.
1. Name the three oceans that border the continent on which you live.
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2. What state has Cheyenne as its capital?
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3. What direction is Lake Ontario from Lake Michigan?
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4. What state is west of the Mississippi River and just south of Missouri?
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5. Would you find more mountains in the eastern or western part of Montana?
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6. Which state has a larger area, Delaware or Hawaii?
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7. What is the capital of the only state that is cut in two by one of the Great Lakes?
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8. The Atlantic Ocean touches which five continents?
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Daily Geography
Grade 4 – Week 18
Use your desk map and/or atlas to answer the questions in complete sentences.
1. Which ocean is east of where you live?