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| 17.1. What isthmus connects North and South America? | Panama |
| 17.2. What are the continents of the world arranged according to land size, largest to smallest? | Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia |
| 17.3. What do Kingston, Jamaica, and Kinshasa, Zaire, have in common? | both are national capitals |
| 17.4. What natural boundary separates Texas from Mexico? | Rio Grande River |
| 17.5. What capital city is near 40° N latitude and 83° W longitude? | Columbus, Ohio |
| 17.6. What large desert is found in northern China and Mongolia? | Gobi Desert |
| 17.7. Which area has the higher elevation, eastern or western Brazil? | eastern (Brazilian Highlands) |
| 17.8. What is the capital of the landlocked country that borders Russia to the north and China to the south? | Ulan Bator, Mongolia |
| 18.1. What body of water connects Lake Ontario to the Atlantic Ocean? | St. Lawrence Seaway and St. Lawrence River |
| 18.3. What island group found northeast of Australia has a capital of Honiara? | Solomon Islands |
| 18.4. Which state is due south of Kentucky? | Tennessee |
| 18.5. A location exactly halfway between the Equator and North Pole has a latitude of how many degrees? | 45 degrees |
| 18.6. Which state capital is east of 90° W longitude: Jackson, Indianapolis, St. Paul? | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| 18.7. Describe the Pacific Ocean’s location in relation to the continents it touches. | E of Asia/Australia, W of North and South America, N of Antarctica |
| 18.8. Is most of Africa north or south of the Equator? | north |
| 19.1. If you were at 0° latitude and 0° longitude, would you be walking or swimming? | swimming |
| 19.2. Which continent has the larger land area, North or South America? | North America |
| 19.3. On which continent and in what hemispheres do you reside? | North America, Northern & Western Hemispheres |
| 19.4. What is the capital of the country north of Spain that has coastlines on both the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean? | Paris, France |
| 19.5. Does the Tagus River have its source or mouth in Spain? | source |
| 19.6. The island of Hispaniola is shared by what two countries? | Haiti and Dominican Republic |
| 19.7. What continents does the Arabian Sea border? | Africa, Asia |
| 19.8. What is the capital of the country that has Lebanon on its western border? | Damascus, Syria |
| 20.1. The mouth of the Paraná River is located in Argentina. In what country can its source be found? | Brazil |
| 20.2. In what ocean do 20° S latitude and 80° E longitude intersect? | Indian Ocean |
| 20.3. Land formed by soil deposited at the mouth of a river is called a (an) _____. | delta |
| 20.4. Name an overseas department of France that is on the South American continent. | French Guiana |
| 20.5. Is it farther to go from Venezuela to Bolivia or Venezuela to Cuba? | Venezuela to Bolivia |
| 20.6. What is the name of the salt lake located on the border between Israel and Jordan? | Dead Sea |
| 20.7. Katmandu is the capital of which Asian nation? | Nepal |
| 20.8. What is the name of a well-known cape in the state of Massachusetts? | Cape Cod |
| 21.1. In what direction does the Nile River flow? | north |
| 21.2. Is Paris, France, southeast of the intersection of 0° longitude and 50° N latitude, or is it southwest of that intersection? | southeast |
| 21.3. Does Mexico have more coastline on the Gulf of Mexico or on the Pacific Ocean? | Pacific Ocean |
| 21.4. Is Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, north or south of the 40° S line of latitude? | north |
| 21.5. What country possesses Easter Island (Rapa Nui), which is about 2,000 miles west of South America? | Chile |
| 21.6. What is the westernmost state in the United States? | Alaska |
| 21.7. What forms the natural boundary between Argentina & Uruguay? | Rio de la Plata |
| 21.8. What is the name of the country located in the Pyrenees Mountains between France and Spain? | Andorra |
| 22.1. What gulf is north of Somalia and south of Yemen? | Gulf of Aden |
| 22.2. What is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago? | Port-of-Spain |
| 22.3. What large river in Eastern Europe passes through Vienna, Austria, and Budapest, Hungary? | Danube |
| 22.4. Along what line of longitude does the northeast border of California lie? | 120 degrees W longitude |
| 22.5. What large desert in Africa is almost as big as the 48 contiguous states in the United States? | Sahara |
| 22.6. The delta of what river is south of the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago? | Orinoco |
| 22.7. What is the capital of Montana, the state with the fourth largest land area in the United States? | Helena |
| 22.8. What is the natural boundary between France and Spain? | Pyrenees Mountains |
| 23.1. Sofia is the capital of what European nation? | Bulgaria |
| 23.2. Find the Nile River in Africa. What two cities are located near its delta? | Cairo, Alexandria |
| 23.3. What large island is found off the coast of southern Labrador? | Newfoundland |
| 23.4. What is the capital of the only state through which 100° W longitude passes and that also has a coastline on the Gulf of Mexico? | Austin, Texas |
| 23.5. Which city does not lie near the Mexican border: El Paso, San Francisco, Laredo? | San Francisco |
| 23.6. What European city is near the intersection of 60° N latitude and 30° E longitude? | St. Petersburg, Russia |
| 23.7. What famous river is found in northeast India south of Nepal? | Ganges |
| 23.8. Three-fourths of an inch on a map equals 500 miles. From Chicago to Cleveland is ½ inch. How far would this be? | approximately 333 miles |
| 24.1. What country is due south of Egypt? | Sudan |
| 24.2. Is Phnom Penh or Hanoi the capital of Vietnam? | Vietnam |
| 24.3. What country that is not a former Soviet republic borders the world’s largest lake? | Iran |
| 24.4. What river runs west to east across the northern part of Italy? | Po |
| 24.5. What is the capital of the Scandinavian nation whose eastern border is Russia? | Helsinki, Finland |
| 24.6. Which will have dawn first, eastern North America or eastern South America? | eastern South America |
| 24.7. What is the capital of Idaho? Is it east or west of 100° W longitude? | Boise, west |
| 24.8. What country has the longest border on the Arabian Sea? | India |
