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2-21-2000

1.    The Indian Ocean touches what continents?

-- Africa, Asia, Australia, and Antarctica

2.    What is the northernmost U.S. capital?

-- Juneau

3.    Does dark green usually indicate land that is higher or lower than a dark brown color?

-- Lower

4.    If you were stranded at 0 degrees latitude and 140 degrees longitude where would you be located?

--  Pacific Ocean, Right off Indonesia, and above New Guinea

5.    What is the capital of Solomon Islands in the western Pacific?

--  Honiara

6.    What states capital is Montpelier?

-- Vermont

7.    There is approximately one regular time zone for very 15 degrees of longitude; How many regular time zones are there in the world?

-- 24

8.    What 2 countries does the Bay of Biscay touch?

-- France and Spain


3-6-2000.

1.    The Arctic Ocean touches what continents?

-- North America, Asia, and Europe

2.    Through which continents does the 20 degrees South line of latitude line pass?

--  South America, Africa, and Australia

3.    What is the name of the highest mountain range, located in Central Asia?

-- Himalayas

4.    What sea lies east of Stockholm?

-- Baltic Sea

5.    What is the capitol of the country made up of 86 islands due north of Madagascar?

-- Victoria, Seychelles

6.    What continent borders the Indian, Atlantic, and Pacific Oceans?

-- Antarctica

7.    The Bering Strait separates what 2 continents?

-- Europe and Asia

8.    What is the capital of the only landlocked African nation, that borders Lake Victoria?

-- Kampala, Uganda


3-13-2000

1.    What countries border the Caspian Sea?

 -- Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan

2.     What is the capital of the country that is nearly surrounded by India and has a coastline on the bay of Bengal?

--- Dhaka, Bangladesh

3.     Which has a higher elevation? Greenland or Australia?

--- Greenland

4.     To which continent does Central America belong?

--- North America

5.     What archipelago has Jakarta as its capital?

--- Indonesia

6.     Which continent has the smallest border on the Atlantic Ocean?

--- Europe

7.    What is the capital of the country whose northern border is Brazil and western border is Argentina?

--- Montevideo, Uruguay

8.    What major water bodies form coastlines with Africa?

--- Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, and the Indian Sea, and the Arabian Sea 


3-27-2000

1.   What is the difference between a gulf and a peninsula?

-- The difference between a gulf and a peninsula is that a gulf is a large 
area of ocean or sea partially enclosed by an extended sweep of land. A 
peninsula is a piece of land surrounded by water on three sides.

2.   Which isn't a coastal city: Taipei; Taiwan; Tunis; Tanzania; Miami; Lyons, France?

-- Lyons, France

3. What sea is found between New Zealand and Australia?

-- Tasman Sea

4. What body of water is east of Italy?

-- Adriatic Sea

5. What is the capital of the country the has the longest border with Honduras?

-- Managua, Nicaragua

6. What countries on the South American continent are land locked?

-- Paraguay and Bolivia

7. Do more rivers flow into the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean?

-- Atlantic Ocean

8. What is the quickest way to get by ship from the Mediterranean Sea to the India Ocean?

-- Suez Canal


4-3-2000

1.   What sea is found directly south of China?

-- South China Sea

2.   What continent is next to the smallest in land area?

-- Europe

3.    What are the names of the 13 original states?

--Georgia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, South Carolina, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Delaware, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Maryland, New York, Massachusetts, Virginia 

4.    Baffin is the 5th largest island in the world by land area. Where is it located?

--Between Greenland and the Northwest territories next to the Davis Strait

5.    Albany is the capital of what state?

--New York

6.    Where would you be located if you were at 0 degrees and 50 degrees North?

--English Channel

7.    What is the capital of the country whose western border is Haiti?

--Santo Domingo

8.    Which country has the largest land area, Australia or Brazil?

--Brazil


4-10-2000

1.   What is the capital of the country on the southwest coast of the Red Sea?

--help!??!?!?!?!

2.   Does Buenos Aries, Argentina lie along the mouth or source of the Panama River?

--Mouth

3.   What is the capital of the country that occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea?

--Port Moresby

4.   Which states in the U.S. is  the widest?

--Alaska

5.    Cuba is located in what hemisphere?

-- Northern and Western Hemispheres

6.    Which is larger, the North or The Mediterranean Sea?

-- Mediterranean

7.    What is the capital of the North American nation excluding Panama is closest to the Panama Canal?

--  San Jose

8.    What neighboring state is due south of Montgomery?

-- Florida


4-17-2000

1.  What is the capital of the country whose southern neighbors are Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and Austria?

-- Berlin, Germany

2.  What is the name of the southernmost of the major Hawaiian Islands?

-- Hawaii

3.  If you were in Lisbon, Portugal, you would be on the coast of what ocean?

-- Atlantic Ocean

4.  On what great lake is Toledo, Ohio located?

-- Lake Erie

5.  What is the capital of Liberia, the African nation that is the size of Pennsylvania?

-- Monrovia

6.  What state has the longest border with Alabama?

-- Mississippi

7.  What is the capital of the country that has a southwestern border with Burma???

--Dhaka

8.  What is the name of the bay between Maryland and Virginia?

-- Chesapeake Bay


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