2. Is Ireland part of Great Britain?
Ireland and Great Britain are the two largest islands among a group of islands off the north-west coast of mainland Europe.
3. What is the capital of Paraguay?
Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, usually called Asunción, is the capital of Paraguay
4. What was the German immigration route to America?
Ellis Island, Chicago or Milwaukee
5. What are names of the dams on river Nile?
The major Nile dams are the Aswan High Dam, the Owen Falls Dam, the Sennar Dam and the Rosires Dam.
6. How many hours of daylight exist on the equator?
The equator is unique in that it has 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of night every day of the year.
7. What are the fastest growing states in population?
There is an interesting article by demographer Michael Barone that appeared recently in the online version of the Wall Street Journal. He describes in some detail how some cities and states are gaining and losing people.
8. What are conventional symbols?
Conventional Symbols are symbols that are used on maps to represent different features.
9. Why is it warmer in winter near the equator than it is in summer at the North Pole?
Because of the way the earth is tilting when its summer
The "TOP" of the earth is always leaning away from the sun, winter or summer
In addition, the sun's rays hit the equator at a more direct angle that at the Poles.
10. Which New England State does not border the Atlantic Ocean?
Vermont. New Hampshire comes close with only 18 miles of coastline.
11. Where is the inhabited place with the least amount of rainfall and which country is it in?
Aswan, Egypt is the driest inhabited place in the world, with only 0.02 inches in average annual rainfall.
12. Why do two circles of latitude never touch?
The earth is always moving and lines move with it. If they are moving all at the same pace, they will never touch.
13. Which country do you pass through when driving from Seattle Washington to anchorage Alaska?
Canada
14. What is the second largest desert in Africa that is partly in Botswana?
The second largest desert is Africa is the Kalahari Desert.
15. What treasures did ancient Egyptians keep in the tombs?
They put bowls, food, jewels, clothing statues, sandals, games in their tombs.
16. What is the difference between magnetic and geographical North?
The basic difference is that geographical north is static and the magnetic north is in constant motion, the magnetic field extends into the atmosphere and for lack of a better word is kind of like the wind.
17. Where are the ending points of the prime meridian?
It is the North and South Pole
18. Were there humans during the Cenozoic Era?
We are living in the Cenozoic era right now. Anything after the Cretaceous period is considered Cenozoic. However, modern humans have only been around for a few million years, and human civilizations have only been around for about 10,000 years.
20. Which country in Europe has the lowest population?
Vatican City: population 900
21. What island runs between Alaska and extend toward Asia?
Aleutian Islands
22. What are cold and warm currents?
Air flows through an area that is either cold or warm. Where are the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn and Arctic Circle and Antarctic Circle located on a globe?
The Tropic Of cancer is 23.5 degrees north from the equator and the Tropic of Capricorn is 23.5 degrees south of the equator. The artic circle is the top of the globe and the Antarctic Circle is located south of the globe (way at the bottom)
23. What are solutions to deforestation?
Solutions to deforestation are as follows:
1) Farming
2) Forest management
3) Reforestation
4) Forest plantations
Bauxite is a rock with minerals in it.
25. What is an executive capital city?
South Africa has three capital cities.
1) The legislative capital, Cape Town, is where the parliament is, and is where laws are drawn up.
2) The judicial capital, Bloemfontein, is where the Supreme Court of Appeal sits, and it is where the laws are interpreted.
3) The executive capital, Pretoria, is where the state officials have their headquarters, and it is from Pretoria that the country is run.
This rather unusual arrangement of three capitals is due to the arrangements made when South Africa was put together from four separate and independent countries. The three that were awarded a capital were Transvaal Republic, Orange Free State, Cape Colony and Colony of Natal. Three of the four countries each got a capital. Natal missed out for some reason.
26. What is the name of the highest mountain region in Florida?
The highest elevation in Florida is called Britton Hill. It is in Walton County and stands 345 feet above sea level.
27. What is the distance of the equator?
It is roughly over 24000 miles. It is the circumference of the earth.
28. What is the relevance of zoo geographical region in relation to taxonomy?
The location of a zoo that an animal is kept in will have nothing at all to do with its taxonomy. Taxonomy is the technical word for its classification, and that stays the same no matter where the animal is moved. Sometimes classification will have to do with its location, but the animal's species does not change because it has been moved.
29. What crops do they grow in Madagascar?
The main crop is rice. Other important food crops are cassava, sweet potatoes, potatoes, maize, beans, bananas, and peanuts. Leading crops for export are vanilla, coffee, cloves, sugarcane, cotton, sisal, and tropical fruits.
30. Why the two ways Polar Regions and deserts are alike?
Two ways Polar Regions and deserts are alike is that they both have drought and very little or no life.
31. What is the average time zone?
The average time zone is 1 hour.
32. What is the river that flows on the border between Devon and Cornwall?
It is the River Tamar.
33. Where is the lowest place in the United States above ground?
In terms of altitude, the lowest elevation in the Western Hemisphere is in Death Valley. The elevation in the lowest point is 86 meters below sea level.
If we include places under water, the lowest place is the bottom of Lake Champlain, between Vermont and New York. Because it is elevation above, see level is just 95 feet, and the deepest part of this lake is 399 feet, this makes that point lower than even Death Valley, which is 282 feet below sea level.
34. Who is the father of modern geography?
ERASTOSTHENES is often called the 'Father of Modern Geography'
35. How does building hotels affect the planet?
Building hotels abroad encourages tourism meaning more aircraft is needed to transport people on holidays, therefore increasing carbon emissions