Questions:
1. The Aral Sea is shrinking rapidly
and may someday disappear completely.
The sea crosses the borders of
two countries. One of them is:
A. Ghana
B. Venezuela
C. Kazakhstan
2. Match the following
countries with their capital cities:
Country Capital City
____ Norway
____ Eritrea
____ Bangladesh
____ Canada
____ Ghana
A.
Dhaka (Dacca)
B. Ottawa
C. Accra
D. Asmera
E. Oslo
3. The colors of the Honduras
flag are ___________________________.
4. The African city with the
largest population is
_______________________ .
5. Rank the following countries
in order of population numbers:
Brazil Indonesia
India China United States
Most populated
_________________________
2nd _________________________
3rd _________________________
4th _________________________
5th _________________________
6. What is the only Caribbean
island with large oil reserves?
___________________
7. An archipelago is
A. a narrow strip of land
joining two larger bodies of land.
B. a chain of islands.
C. a pipe or channel used to
carry water from a distant source to dry
areas.
8. Which country has the most
time zones?
_______________________
9. What country was Pakistan a
part of before it became independent?
_______________________
10. What is the latitude of Madrid,
Spain? ____________ the longitude?
____________.
Web sites that
can help:
The CIA’s World
Fact book at
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
has profiles of
all
the countries of the world plus
more.
Atlapedia
Online at http://www.atlapedia.com/ is an encyclopedia designed
to provide geographic
information.
Information
Please at http://www.infoplease.com has atlases, almanacs, and a lot
more to help you research.