NEED TO KNOW: What every geography student should know
What is the approximate circumference of the earth at the equator in miles?
24,902
What is the approximate width in miles of the continental United States from west to east?
3000
Where does the United States place in land area compared to other countries of the world?
3rd
How many hemispheres does the earth have?
4
How many states make up the continental United States?
48
What percentage of the earth is covered by the oceans?
71%
On what continent is the Great Rift Valley?
Africa
Which is the largest of the U.S. 50 states in land area?
Alaska
Which of the 50 U.S. states are the furthest north and the furthest south?
Alaska & Hawaii
What sea is on the northern border of South America?
Caribbean Sea
What is the longest river in the United States?
Missouri
What is the highest mountain in the world above sea level?
Mt. Everest
What is the longest river in the world?
Nile
What is the main geographic characteristic of these possessions?
Pacific & Caribbean Islands
The United States is between which two oceans?
Pacific and Atlantic
Which is the smallest of the U.S. 50 states in land area?
Rhode Island
The U.S. and Canada share what large mountain range in their western regions?
Rocky Mountains
What is the world's largest country in land area?
Russia
What desert in northern Africa is over 3 million square miles?
Sahara
On what continent are the Andes Mountains?
South America
What is the world's smallest country based on square miles?
Vatican City, Italy
What is the capital of the United States?
Washington D.C.
Other than states, what other type of region does the United States control?
territories
How many provinces does Canada have?
10
What continent is also a desert?
Antarctica
Which continent is the southernmost?
Antarctica
What mountain range runs roughly from north to south in the eastern part of the United States?
Appalachian Mountains
On what continent are the Himalayan Mountains?
Asia
Which is the largest continent in land area?
Asia
Which is the smalles continent in land area?
Australia
What is the largest country in South America?
Brazil
What line of latitude and what line of longitude are used to determine the hemispheres?
Equator & Prime Meridian
In what mountain range is the highest mountain?
Himalayas
What major sea borders southern Europe, northern Africa and SW Asia?
Mediterranean Sea
The Rio Grande River forms part of the border between which two countries?
United States and Mexico