Daily Geography-due Friday, May 1, 2015
Remember to restate the question for full credit!
1. The largest lake in South America has rich oil reserves and is located in northern Venezuela. What is its name?
2. What is the name of the peninsula in southern Mexico, and what are the two large bodies of water that touch it?
3. Which extend farther south, the Philippine Islands or the West Indies?
4. In which African country is the Nile Delta located?
5. Find a large bay in Canada that is north of the Great Lakes. What is the name?
6. In which direction is Point Barrow, Alaska, from Chicago, Illinois?
7. Can Australia be both east and west of South America? Explain your answer
8. What do Luzon, Manila, Panay, and Mindanao have in common? What is each?
9. Which one of the Great Lakes is entirely in the United States?
10. The islands of the West Indies are a popular tourist spots. List some reasons people vacation there.
Daily Geography-due Friday, May 1, 2015
Remember to restate the question for full credit!
1. The largest lake in South America has rich oil reserves and is located in northern Venezuela. What is its name?
2. What is the name of the peninsula in southern Mexico, and what are the two large bodies of water that touch it?
3. Which extend farther south, the Philippine Islands or the West Indies?
4. In which African country is the Nile Delta located?
5. Find a large bay in Canada that is north of the Great Lakes. What is the name?
6. In which direction is Point Barrow, Alaska, from Chicago, Illinois?
7. Can Australia be both east and west of South America? Explain your answer
8. What do Luzon, Manila, Panay, and Mindanao have in common? What is each?
9. Which one of the Great Lakes is entirely in the United States?
10. The islands of the West Indies are a popular tourist spots. List some reasons people vacation there.
Daily Geography-Honors-due Friday, May 1, 2015
Remember to restate the question for full credit!
1. The largest lake in South America has rich oil reserves and is located in northern Venezuela. What is its name?
2. What is the name of the peninsula in southern Mexico, and what are the two large bodies of water that touch it?
3. Which extend farther south, the Philippine Islands or the West Indies?
4. In which African country is the Nile Delta located?
5. Find a large bay in Canada that is north of the Great Lakes. What is the name?
6. In which direction is Point Barrow, Alaska, from Chicago, Illinois?
7. Can Australia be both east and west of South America? Explain your answer
8. What do Luzon, Manila, Panay, and Mindanao have in common? What is each?
9. Which one of the Great Lakes is entirely in the United States?
10. Many times a map scale will show distances in both miles and ______________________.
11. Use all three of these words in one factual sentence: Australia, South Africa, west.
12. If a map scale uses 1 inch to represent 2 miles, how many inches on the map represent 12 miles?
13. Which state has a capital named Richmond?
14. What natural features of the landscape serve as borders of states, nations, or continents? Give some specific examples.
15. The islands of the West Indies are a popular tourist spots. List some reasons people vacation there.