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24 Cards in this Set
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How many degrees is it from the Arctic Circle to the Antartic Circle?
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133 degrees
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Which continents do not cross the equator?
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Europe, Australia, Antartica
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What is the capital of the only state that shares part of its borders with Iowa, Nebraska, and Minnesota?
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Pierre
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Port-au-Prince is the capital of what Caribbean Sea country?
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Haiti
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Which color is usually used to show high elevations on a physical map: blue, brown, green?
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brown
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Which African countries does the Equator pass through?
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Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Somolia, Uganda
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What is the capital of the first (alphabetically) of eight states that start with the letter?
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Augusta
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What is the capital of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen?
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Sanaa
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In what hemisphere is Africa located?
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In all of them
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What is the name of the 3rd largest ocean?
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Indian Ocean
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The following are the three countries with the largest land area in the world: 1- Russia, 2- Canada, 3- China. To what hemispheres do they belong?
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1- Northeastern, 2- Northwestern, 3- Northeastern
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What is the equator?
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An imaginary line that divides the Earth into Northern and Southern hemispheres
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What province in Canada is farthest west?
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British Columbia
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How does the continent you live on rank in land area when compared to all other continents?
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3rd largest
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Which state would be considered a southern state: Ohio, Colorado, Alabama, Pennsylvania?
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Alabama
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Who has sunrise first, Eastern or Western Africa?
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Eastern
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Are you closer to the Equator in the northern or southern part of Argentina?
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Northern
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What line of longitude passes through the state of Louisiana?
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90 degree west line
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What 2 parallels form the boundaries of the "tropics" or low latitudes?
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Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn
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What is the easternmost state in the 48 contiguous states?
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Maine
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On what continent are the "Great Lakes"?
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North America
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What 2 continents have no deserts?
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Antartica and Europe
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Is the North Pole on land or water?
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Water
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What is the capital of the southernmost country in Africa?
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Pretoria
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