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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


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