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Geography Bee

by WumbleMcFurmish, May 2016

Subjects: State Capitals, Oceans, Countries

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What is the capital of Vietnam?	Hanoi.
The following four countries are among those with the largest land areas in the world: Russia, Canada, China, and the United States. On which continents are they located?	Russia--Europe and Asia; Canada and United States--North America; China-- Asia. Have students find the fifth largest country in the world by land area.
Kentucky is to Tennessee as Colorado is to ___________.	New Mexico; Kentucky is north of Tennessee. Colorado is north of Mexico.
What do the following places all have in common? Chicago, Illinois; Gary, Indiana; and Hammond, Indiana.	They are all cities on the southern shore of Lake Michigan.
What Island, located in Southeast Asia, is the second largest island in the world?	New Guinea.
What large Island in the West Indies is a commonwealth in free association with the United States?	Puerto Rico.
Which three states have a land border with Canada and the Atlantic Ocean?	Maine, New Hampshire, and New York.
What is the capital of Washington, the only state named after a president in the United States?	Olympia.
What strait separates Asia from North America?	Bering Strait.
How many state capitals are home to Major League Baseball teams?	4!
Brazil is to South America as _____ is to North America	Canada, or United states.
Name AT LEAST three states with a Panhandle.	Oklahoma, Florida, West Virginia, Alaska, Idaho, and Texas.
What body of water separates Mainland Greece from Turkey?	The Aegean Sea.
What does Panama, Colombia, and Venezuela all have in common?	They all are on the Caribbean Sea.
Which of the following is a coastal city: St Louis, Missouri; Columbus, Ohio; Charleston, South Carolina; or Sacramento, California?	Charleston, South Carolina.
Is a plateau higher, or lower than a coastal plain?	Higher
How many bodies of water do you pass through if you trace the water route from Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to Athens, Greece?	7!
In what hemisphere can you find the Rock of Gibraltar?	The Northern Hemisphere.
What does Canada, United States, and Mexico have in common?	They're all in North America.
What major river flows from Utah, into Arizona?	The Colorado River.
What states border Alabama?	Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, and Mississippi.
What continent Syria located?	Asia.
Name the sea that is part of the Atlantic Ocean, and lies between the British Isles, and the continent of Europe.	The North sea.
What do Buffalo, New York; Cleveland, Ohio; & Erie, Pennsylvania all have in common?	They are all cities located on Lake Erie.
What is the major river that flows through the state of Kansas?	The Kansas River.
Georgia is to Atlanta, as Rhode Island is to_______.	Providence.
Name AT LEAST two states that could be considered peninsulas.	Florida, Alaska, or Michigan.
Which is larger? The Gulf of California, or the Gulf of Mexico?	The Gulf of Mexico.
What major body of water borders Turkey, Greece, and Italy.	The Mediterranean Sea.
What is the difference between an island and a peninsula?	An island is completely surrounded by water, and a peninsula is almost completely covered by water.
Does Panama fit the definition of an isthmus?	Yes, they are both a narrow stretch of land that connects two larger areas of land.
Can you travel the whole length of the United States on the Mississippi River? Why or why not?	No. The Mississippi River begins in a lake south of the United States.
In general, which has higher elevations? Alaska or Florida?	Alaska.
If you are an avid lake fisher, would you go to Minnesota, Kansas, or Kentucky? Why?	I would go to Minnesota because of its abundance of lakes.
The Rings in the symbol for the Olympics stand for what large bodies of land?	Continents.
The bear-shaped peninsula north of Europe is called Scandinavia. What three countries occupy the peninsula?	Sweden, Norway, and Finland.
What tributary flows into the Mississippi River where Illinois, Kentucky, and Missouri meet?	The Ohio River.
What four states have North or South in their names?	North Dakota, South Dakota, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
At what point does North America end and South America begin?	At the Panama border.
In what state is Yosemite Falls in?	The state of California.
Lake Michigan is what direction from Chicago, Illinois?	East.
What is the only city in the United States that is not in a state?	Washington, D.C.
The many islands that stretch from Florida to Venezuela are called the__.	West Indies.
What is the difference between a strait and an isthmus?	A strait connects bodies of water and an isthmus connects land masses.
What is the longest north-south river in the United States?	The Mississippi River.
Name the capital of South Dakota.	Pierre.
Is St. Paul located west or east of the Mississippi River?	It is east.
What ocean lies east of Japan and west of the United States?	The Pacific Ocean.
What state has a capital named Richmond?	Virginia.
Which one of the Great Lakes is entirely in the United States?	Lake Michigan.
Jackson is to Mississippi as____is to Kentucky.	Frankfort.
Which three continents touch the Indian Ocean?	Asia, Africa, and Australia.
What mountain range separates Europe from Asia?	Mt . Ural.
Which of the following locations does not belong in this group? Columbus, Ohio; Sacramento, California; Billings, Montana; Albany, New York. Why?	Billings, Montana. All are capitals except Billings.
Which major city in Northern California is located on a peninsula?	San Francisco.
Which country has a higher overall elevation, Spain or France?	Spain.
The Denmark Strait separates what two large islands?	Greenland and Iceland.
Which of the following states have a capital city located near the geographic center of the state. Missouri, Nevada, Idaho, Ohio, or Maine?	Missouri and Ohio.
What is the capital of Iowa?	Des Moines.
Is the capital of Russia in the Eastern or the Western Hemisphere?	Eastern.
Name AT LEAST four Central American countries.	Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, and Nicaragua.
A map scale will show distances between miles and __________.	Kilometers.
The needle on a compass always points to what Pole?	The North Pole.
What is the capital of the state whose neighbors are Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico.	Salt Lake City, Utah.
Name a large bay found between Maryland and Virginia.	Chesapeake Bay.
What direction would you be happy if you were going from the South Pole to Australia?	North.
If you travel from the capital of Florida to the capital of Georgia, what direction would you go?	North.
What is the capital of only state that is outside of the North American continent and is also the southernmost state?	Honolulu, Hawaii.
What country controls the Falkland Islands off the coast of South America?	The United Kingdom.
What is the capital of Alabama?	Montgomery.
What large Bay is located north of Lake Superior in Canada?	The Hudson Bay.
What is an isthmus?	A narrow strip of land that connects two larger areas of land.
What four continents does the Atlantic Ocean touch?	Africa, Europe, North, and South America.
Which state does the Arctic Circle pass?	Alaska.
In what direction do you go to travel from Madison Wisconsin to Bismarck North Dakota?	Northwest.
Name AT LEAST three large Gulfs that are close to the United States.	Gulf of Alaska, Mexico, and California.
Which two states have cities named Kansas City?	Kansas and Missouri.
On which continent is Lebanon on?	Asia.
Ottawa is the capital of what country?	Canada.
Name the capital of Massachusetts. Is it located on a coast?	Boston. Yes, it is on the Atlantic Ocean.
What state has a capital named Montpelier?	Vermont.
Locate a large lake in Utah. What is it called?	Great salt lake.
What is the capital of Montana, the state where Glacier National Park is.	Helena.
Name the lake that forms part of Kenya's border.	Lake Victoria.
What is the capital of the state that has a border with California and Nevada, and a coastline on the Pacific?	Salem, Oregon.
What large country border France to the south?	Spain.	Itz Spaan yoo dummee
What is the capital of the state whose neighbors include Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, and Michigan?	Madison, Wisconsin.
What is the state through which most of the length of the Snake River travels?	Idaho.
What ocean would you have to cross if you wanted to travel from Eastern Africa to India?	The Indian Ocean.
On what island do you have to find the capital of Hawaii?	Honolulu is on Oahu.
About half of Canada's coastlines are on what ocean?	The Arctic Ocean.
What is the capital of Nevada?	Carson City.
Which state would probably have the warmest temperatures in every season, Missouri or Mississippi? Why?	Mississippi, because it is closer to the Equator, and the Gulf of Mexico.
What river flows along the border of Washington and Oregon?	The Columbia River.
If you were in Savannah, Georgia, on what coast of the United States would you be located?	The eastern coast.
Name a large Bay between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in Canada.	Bay of Fundy.
Bolivia, a country in South America, has two capital cities, and what are their names?	Sucre and La Paz.
What is the northernmost point in the world called? The southernmost?	The North Pole. The South Pole.
Is the capital of Alaska east or west of Hawaii?	East.
Is the capital of Alaska east or west of Hawaii?	East.
Name the gulf just south of Alaska.	Gulf of Alaska.
Is the capital of Alaska east or west of Hawaii?	East.
Name the gulf just south of Alaska.	Gulf of Alaska.
What country controls Greenland?	Denmark.
What two bodies of water does Panama connect?	Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.
What group of small islands form the tail of Alaska?	Aleutian.
What group of small islands form the tail of Alaska?	Aleutian.
Which capital city in South America is not a coast? Caracas, Georgetown, or Santiago?	Santiago, Chile.
The Arctic Ocean touches which continents?	North America, Europe, and Asia.
What body of water seperates the narrow peninsula of western Mexico to mainland Mexico?	Gulf of California.
What part of a map tells you the direction?	The compass ( rose ).
What part of a map tells you the direction?	The compass ( rose ).
What is the capital of Honduras?	Tegucigalpa.
What part of a map tells you the direction?	The compass ( rose ).
What is the capital of Honduras?	Tegucigalpa.
San Diego is in what part in California?	The Southwest.
How many symbols for capital cities are found on a map on the United States?	50 (51 if you count Washington D.C.)
How many symbols for capital cities are found on a map on the United States?	50 (51 if you count Washington D.C.)
Which state is split in two by a lake?	Michigan.
How many symbols for capital cities are found on a map on the United States?	50 (51 if you count Washington D.C.)
Which state is split in two by a lake?	Michigan.
What countries border Mexico to the north? South?	North-United states South-Guatemala, and Belize.
How many symbols for capital cities are found on a map on the United States?	50 (51 if you count Washington D.C.)
Which state is split in two by a lake?	Michigan.
What countries border Mexico to the north? South?	North-United states South-Guatemala, and Belize.
What is a bay?	A body of water extending into land.
What is the capital of Minnesota?	St. Paul.
What is the capital of Minnesota?	St. Paul.
Which states would you fly over on a strait line from eastern Montana to western Texas?	Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico.
What is the capital of Minnesota?	St. Paul.
Which states would you fly over on a strait line from eastern Montana to western Texas?	Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico.
In what part of Missouri is its capital city located?	Central
What is the capital of Minnesota?	St. Paul.
If you travel from the capital of Arizona to the capital of California, in what direction do you go?	From Phoenix to Sacramento; northwest
If you traveled northeast from Arkansas, would you be likely to pass through Colorado, Iowa, or Kentucky?	Kentucky
Hispaniola is an island in the West Indies (Caribbean Sea) that contains two separate countries. Name these two countries.	Haiti, Dominican Republic
Which continent is almost entirely in the Northern and Western Hemispheres?	North America
What is the capital of Kentucky, the Bluegrass State?	Frankfort
If you travel from Amarillo, Texas, to El Paso, Texas, in what direction will you go?	Southwest
Which states would you fly over on a strait line from eastern Montana to western Texas?	Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico.
In what part of Missouri is its capital city located?	Central
Name the strait that separates North America from Asia.	Bering
The Grand Canyon is in the northwest part of Arizona. Which large river passes through it?	Colorado River
Name the island group southeast of Florida that is a popular tourist attraction.	Bahamas
What South American country has the largest land area?	Brazil
Which mountains form the western coast of South America?	Andes
What state is bordered by only one state?	Maine
What sea surrounds Jamaica?	Caribbean
What country has the largest population?	China.
What is the name of the largest city in the southwest Tennessee	Memphis.
What is the capital of West Virginia?	Charleston.
If you were visiting Arizona, would you likely see a rainforest, desert, or an ice cap?	Desert.
What is the only state that touches four of the five Great Lakes?	Michigan.
Name two large peninsulas found in Mexico.	Baja California and Yucatán.
What two oceans meet at the southern tip of South America?	Pacific and Atlantic Ocean.
What is the capital of the United Kingdom? It lies on the Thames River.	London
Which country, located to the southeast of Australia, is made up mainly of two islands?	New Zealand!
Name three countries in Europe that are landlocked.	Luxembourg, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, and Czech Republic.
Name three African countries that the equator passes through.	Gabon, Congo, DR Congo, Uganda, Kenya, and Somalia.
Which continent is south of all other continents?	Antarctica.
Is Australia a continent or an island?	It is both.
Sacramento is the capital of which state?	California.
What large mountain range is found north of India?	The Himalayas.
Through which hemispheres does the Tropic of Cancer pass?	The northern, eastern, and western hemisphere.
Where is the mouth of the Nile River located?	North of Cairo, Egypt, at the Mediterranean Sea.
Which states border Illinois?	Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky, and Indiana.
What is the capital of Louisiana?	Baton Rouge.
The largest island in the world ,located near Canada, is called_____.	Greenland.
What is the name of the large sea off the western coast of Alaska?	Bering Sea.
What is the capital of Rhode Island, the state with the smallest land area in the United States?	Providence.
Which gulf is off the southern coast of the United States?	The Gulf of Mexico.
On which continent is Israel located?	Asia.
Name the tributary that flows into the Mississippi River due north of st. Louis.	The Missouri River.
Which country has the warmest climate year-round Switzerland or Sudan? Why?	Sudan, because it's closer to the Equator
Carson City is to Nevada as _____ is to Wyoming.	Cheyenne.
What country in Central America is not on the Caribbean Sea?	El Salvador.
Which state in the United States is made up of islands?	Hawaii.
Which two countries in South America are landlocked?	Paraguay and Bolivia.
What is the capital of New Hampshire, the state that cast the deciding vote to ratify the Constitution?	Concord.
Through which continent do the Equator, the Prime Meridian, the Tropics of Capricorn, and Cancer all pass?	Africa.
What is the map symbol usually found next to Washington DC? What does it mean?	A star or dot with a circle around it, and it represents a national capital.
The Pacific Ocean touches all continents except which two?	Europe and Africa.
Which state has the longest coastline on the Atlantic Ocean?	Florida.
What is the capital of Ohio, the state that is the birthplace of seven presidents of the United States?	Columbus.
Through which country in the Western Hemisphere does the Tropic of Cancer pass?	Mexico.
What pole is located on a continent?	South Pole, located on Antarctica.
Which contiguous states in the United States border the Pacific Ocean?	Washington, Oregon, and California.
Which continents are at least partially in both the eastern and southern hemisphere?	Africa, Australia, Asia, and Antarctica.
If you want from the capital of China to the capital of Russia what direction would you travel?	Northwest.
Name a strait in the southern part of South America.	Strait of Magellan.
What is the capital of the state whose neighbors are Canada, Maine, Vermont, and Massachusetts?	Concord, New Hampshire.
Which continents are in the northern hemisphere?	North America, Europe, most of Asia, and parts of South America and Africa.
How many Great Lakes border Canada?	Four: Lake Ontario, Huron, Erie, and Superior.
The Mediterranean Sea touches what three continents?	Africa, Asia, and Europe.
What city located on the Missouri River is the capital of North Dakota?	Bismarck.
What two continents are entirely located in the southern hemisphere.	Australia and Antarctica.
Name two peninsulas in Alaska.	The Alaskan Peninsula and the Seward Peninsula.
What does a map scale show?	Distance.
As I get________to the equator, temperatures get_______.	Closer,Warmer. Further,Colder.
What ocean borders Russia to the north?	The Arctic Ocean.
What is the capital of Washington, the state where Puget Sound is located?	Olympia.
Name the island nation south of India.	Sri Lanka.
Which hemisphere has more land, the Eastern, or the Western?	The eastern.
What does a physical map show that a political map doesn't?	Elevation.
Harrisburg is the capital of what state?	Pennsylvania.
What region has no land mass under the ice, the North Pole, or the South Pole?	The North Pole.
How many states border the Gulf of Mexico?	5! Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas.
Are all places along the Equator very warm? Why or why not?	No, because location and elevation influences the climate.
What are the two oceans through which the Equator does not pass?	The Arctic and Southern Ocean.
Which of the following is not a state New Jersey, Montana, Los Angeles, or Rhode Island?	Los Angeles.
What state borders Lake Superior, Michigan, and Huron?	Michigan!
Name the longest mountain range in the United States.	The Rocky Mountains.
How many states in the United States border another country?	17!
Mount McKinley has an elevation of 20320 feet. In what state is it located?	Alaska!
Name two great Mountain chains, one in the Western United States, and one in the Eastern.	Western - Rocky Mountains. Eastern - Appalachian Mountains.
What is the capital of Iowa, the state known as the Hawkeye State?	Des Moines.
What's the largest state in the United States?	Alaska!
Where do rivers begin or have their sources: In oceans, mountains, or lakes?	In mountains and/or lakes.
What is the difference between a bay and a peninsula?	A peninsula is land that extends into a body of water. While a bay is a body of water that extends into land.
What's the capital of Indiana, a state that joined the union in 1816?	Indianapolis.
How many of the fifty states are on the North American continent?	49!!!!!
Is there more water or land on Earth?	Water (70 percent).
If you traveled from Colorado to Mississippi would the elevation increase or decrease?	Decrease.
List the continents in order of size, largest to small.	Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia
How many countries are in Central America?	7! Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama.
What is the capital of the state whose southern western border is Colorado, and eastern border is Iowa?	Lincoln, Nebraska.
Is Mexico part of the North or South American continent?	North American continent.
Which of these is the name of a country: Chicago, Los Angeles, Canada, or Miami?	Canada.
What city on the Mississippi River is the capital of Minnesota?	St. Paul.
What are the five Great Lakes?	Lake Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior.
In what building is the Office of the President of the United States? In what city is it located?	The White House, and it's in Washington D.C.
What South American country lies along the Pacific coast to the west of Argentina?	Chile.
Name 3 African countries through which the Tropic of Cancer passes.	Morocco, Mali, Niger, Libya, and Egypt.
What is the capital of Missouri, a state admitted to the Union in 1821.	Jefferson City.
What do these countries all have in common: Egypt, Israel, Syria, Greece, Italy, Spain, Algeria, and Libya?	They're all on the Mediterranean Sea.
Through which three countries in South America does the equator pass?	Columbia, Brazil, and Ecuador.
Of the four oceans of the world which is the largest in terms, and what is the smallest?	Largest - Pacific Ocean Smallest - Arctic Ocean
Which continent has the fewest Nations?	Antarctica.
What is the capital of the New England state that has a hook of land jutting out into the Atlantic Ocean?	Boston, Massachusetts.
Which continents does the equator cross?	Asia, Africa, and South America.
What is the definition of a gulf?	Part of an ocean or sea that extends into land.
What term is used to describe a type of land that is completely surrounded by water?	An island.
How many states are there in the contiguous United States? In the entire United States?	48, then 50.
What bodies of water connect Lake Ontario to the Atlantic Ocean?	St. Lawrence Seaway and St. Lawrence River.
What is a coast?	Land along the edge of an ocean or sea.
There are 24 states west of the Mississippi River, how many states are east of the Mississippi River?	26 states.
The three largest lakes in the world are the Caspian Sea, Lake Superior, and Lake Victoria. On which continent is each located on?	Caspian Sea - Asia Lake Superior - North America Lake Victoria - Africa
What city on the Kansas River is the capital of Kansas?	Topeka.
What is a peninsula?	An area of land extending into a body of water, and almost surrounded by water.
What does a star on a map usually mean?	The State Capital.
Which of the following is not a state: Kansas, Iowa, Washington D.C, or Oregon?	Washington D.C..
Is the Antarctic Circle north or south of the Equator?	South.
What part of a map contains information on what the map symbol means.	The key or legend.
What is a continent? What are the names of the continents?	One of the seven large landmasses on Earth. The names of the continents are: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia.
Which ocean is the second largest in the world?	The Atlantic Ocean.
Which states of the United States border the largest ocean?	California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and Hawaii.
What are the names of the four hemispheres? In which to do you live in?	Northern, southern, eastern, and western. I live in the Northwest.
What does a star in a circle usually mean on a map?	The National capital.
Which of the following is not a city: Columbus, Pennsylvania, Atlanta, or Charleston?	Pennsylvania.
What is the name given to a point of land extending into a body of water?	A cape.
What is the name of the imaginary line that divides the globe into the northern and southern hemispheres?	The Equator.
Is the Tropic of Capricorn north or south of the Equator?	South.
Name the 5 oceans.	The Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, and Southern Ocean.

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