HAYES LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Due 9/11/17 Birth dates and places are not required. 

D.O.G. Week 9

1. On what continent is the South Pole located? Antartica

2. What state has Providence as its state captial? Rhode Island

3.Name four countries that possess islands in the Caribbean Sea? United States, France, United Kingdom, Netherlands

4. Name two capes located at Africa's southern tip. Cape of Good Hope, Cape Agulhas, Capetown, Cape Recife

5. What two countries have land borderswith the United States? Mexico, Canada

6. Through which African countries does the Tropic of Capricorn pass? Namibia, Botswana, South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar

7.What direction would you steer your boat to travel from Ecuador to the Galapagos Islands? West

8. Is Saudi Arabia in Asia or Africa? Asia

D.O.G. Week 2

1. What are the seven continents of the Earth? 

North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Antarctica, Australia 

2. What is the definition of a peninsula? Find an example of a peninsula on a map. An area of land extending into a body of water and almost surrounded by water

3.Locate the Gulf of Mexico on a map. Now write a definition of gulf. a large part of the ocean or sea that extends into land

4. Which of the following is not a city: Seattle, Miami, Kentucky, Chicago? Kentucky

5. Find an example of an area of land that is smaller than a continent and is completely surrounded by water. What term is used to describe this type of land? Island

6. What is the northernmost point in the world called? North Pole

7. Is the Arctic Circle north or south  of the equator? North

8. What are the two continents in the world with the largest land areas? Asia and Africa

D.O.G. Week 1

1. What is the name of the imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres? Equator

2. Which of the following is not a state: Rhode Island, Louisiana, Sacramento, Montana? Sacramento

3. What are the names of the four hemispheres of earth? Eastern, Western, Northern, Southern

4. What part of a map contains information on what a map's symbols mean? Key or Legend 

5. Is the Tropic of Cancer north or south of the equator? north

6. Name the five oceans of the Earth according to size, largest to smallest. Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and Artic

7. What does a star or dot in a circle usually mean on a map? national capital

8. What is the name given to a point of land extending into a body of water? cape

D.O.G. Week 27

1. One inch on a map represents 200 miles. It is 1/2 inch from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Chicago, Illinois. How far would this be? 

5. What sea touches the shores of England, Scotland, Denmark, and Norway?

6. What is the capital of Peru, a country where the Andes cover over 25% of the land?

7.Look at a map of the eastern coastline of the United States of America. In what state is Cape Hatteras located? North Carolina

8. The northern part of Russia borders what ocean? Arctic

Daily Geography 25

1. Find the name of the gulf located just north of Libya's coast. Sidra

2. Does Uruguay border the Atlantic or the Pacific Ocean? Atlantic

3. What continent is southeast of the United States and across the Atlantic Ocean? Africa

4. Which baseball team plays its home games in a foreign country: Pittsburgh Pirates, Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays, New York Yankees?  Toronto Blue Jays

5. On what continent is China located? Asia

6. What is the name of long mountain range located on the Italian peninsula? Apennies

 7. One inch on a map equals 300 miles.It is 3 2/3 inches from El Paso, Texas, to Bismark, North Dakota. How many miles would this be? 1,100

8. Which country has a longer coastline, Cuba or Jamaica? Cuba

D.O.G. Week 24

1.In what direction does a parallel, or line of latitude, run? East to West

2. One inch on a map represents 800 miles. It is 3 1/4 inches on the map from Cape Town, South Africa, to Nairobi, Kenya. How many miles is this? 2,600 miles

3. What is the fourth largest island in the world, located off the southeastern coast of Africa? Madagascar

4. Some map keys show elevation using two measurements. What are these two measurements? Feet or meters above sea level

5. What continent is southeast of Asia? Australia

6. In which direction would you travel by airplane to go from Sri Lanka to Myanmar? Northeast

7. Which countries does Brazil border? Suriname, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay 

8. A mountain range is a chain of mountains. Find three mountain ranges and state to what continents they belong. Himalayas-Asia,Andes-South America, Rocky-North America

D.O.G. Week 23

1.Three-fourths of an inch on a map equals 750 miles. What would one inch equal? 1,000 miles

2. Land area that includes soil carried downstream by a river and deposited at the river's mouth is called a ________.delta

3.Is the equator a parallel or a meridian? Parallel

4.The following are the five largest lakes in the world: (1) Caspian Sea (2) Superior (3) Victoria (4) Aral Sea (5) Huron. On what continents are they located? (1) Caspian Sea-Asia, Europe (2) Superior- North America (3) Victoria-Africa (4)Aral Sea- Asia (5) Huron-North America

5. Who controls the Falkland Islands, located in the Atlantic Ocean? United Kingdom

6. What five continents touch the Atlantic  Ocean? North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Antarctica 

7. Which is larger, the Gulf of California or the Gulf of Mexico? the Gulf of Mexico

8. Which continent contains the South Pole? Antarctica

D.O.G. Week 22

1. What is the state whose neighbors are Idaho, Wyoming, North and South Dakota and Canada? Montana

2. What ocean lies to the north of both Asia and North America? Arctic

3. Trough which African countries does the equator pass?Sao Tome and Principe, Gabon, Congo, Zaire, Uganda, Kenya, Somalia

4.Which state has a longer border with Mexico, Texas or New Mexico? Texas

5. Is most of Turkey located in Europe or Asia? Asia

6. Baghdad is the capital of what Middle Eastern country? Iraq

7. A point of land extending into a body of water is called a (an) __________. Cape

8. What are the three capitals of the nation that is located at the southern tip of Africa? Cape Town, Pretoria, Bloemfontein