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DO YOU KNOW?

Using the mini atlas in the front of the book, find the following information.

  1. Which country is also a continent?
  1. Which country is closer to Antarctica? Chile or New Zealand?
  1. What large island is directly west from Australia?
  1. What two countries in North America have coastlines on three different oceans?
  1. What body of water would you cross to get from Turkey to Egypt? What direction would you be going?
  1. Which kind of world map is more likely to change – a physical or political? Why?
  1. A peninsula is a piece of land nearly surrounded by water. What state of the US is located on a peninsula?
  1. Your friend Rosa gave the following answer to the last question in your classroom geography bee: “The states that border Kansa are Nebraska on the north, Oklahoma on the south, Colorado on the east, and Missouri on the west.” Did Rosa win the contest?
  1. How can you identify a national capital on a map?
  1. Which line on maps and globes is the starting place for measuring latitude? Which line is the starting place for measuring longitude?
  1. Why is earth sometimes called the blue planet?
  1. People who live in southern Argentina might go north to find warmer temperatures. Why is this so?
  1. Which countries would you cross if you traveled around the world along the Equator?
  1. Which countries would you pass through if you followed down along the Prime Meridian?
  1. Looking at World Population Density map on pg. A23, what are the areas with the highest and lowest densities in the world?
  1. Looking at the World Religions map on pg. A22, which religion do you think has the highest membership?
  1. Looking on the same page at the World Economy map, what can you infer about the way of life of the people living in the middle and southern regions of Africa?
  1. Turn to page GH5 and answer questions 3-5
  1. World famous traveler Ben There is visiting a country that is bordered by Sudan and Ethiopia on the north, Somalia and the Indian Ocean on the east, and Tanzania on the south. What country is Ben visiting? What country borders that country on the west?