Daily Oral Geography



Daily Oral Geography Name _______________________

Week 1 Test Date ____________________

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

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

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3. What are the names of the four hemispheres of Earth? _____________________________________________________________

4. What part of a map contains information on what the map’s symbols mean?____________________________

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

6. Name the four oceans of Earth according to size, largest to smallest. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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

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

Daily Oral Geography Name _______________________

Week 2 Test Date ____________________

1. What are the seven continents on Earth? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. What is the definition of a peninsula? Find an example of a peninsula and write it.

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3. Locate the Gulf of Mexico on a map in your book. Now write the definition of a gulf. _____________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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

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? ______________

6. What is the northernmost point in the world called? ______________________

7. Is the Artic Circle north or south of the equator? _______________

8. What are the two continents in the world with the largest land areas? _________________________

Daily Oral Geography Name _______________________

Week 3 Test Date ____________________

1. In what hemispheres is most of Russia located? __________________ ____________________

2. What does a star on a map usually mean? ___________________________

3. Name the five Great Lakes. _______________________________ _____________________________________________________________

4. What is the capital of North Dakota, a state admitted to the United States in 1889?____________________________

5. Draw the four cardinal directions on a compass rose.

6. Which sea is largest: Mediterranean, Caspian, South China?______________________________________________________

7. Is Mississippi east or west of Alabama? _______________

8. A strait is a narrow body of water containing two larger bodies of water. Find an example of a strait on a map. ____________

Daily Oral Geography Name _______________________

Week 4 Test Date ____________________

1. If you were traveling from Denver, Colorado to Bismarck, North Dakota, what directions would you be going? Be specific. __________________

2. Many maps have a grid system, scale, and a ______________.

3. Which state is farther north, North Dakota or Maine? _____________________________________________________________

4. What two countries border Mongolia? (Asia) ____________________________ ______________________________

5. What were the names of the original thirteen states? _______________ ________________ ____________________

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6. Helsinki, the capital of Finland, is located on what sea? ______________________

7. Which of these cities is in the Southern Hemisphere: Paris, France; Tokyo, Japan; Lima, Peru; Washington, D.C. _____________________________

8. To which continent does Central America belong? ___________

Daily Oral Geography Name _______________________

Week 5 Test Date ____________________

1. Through which three continents does the Arctic Circle pass? __________________ ________________ ________________

2. The island of Bermuda is a colny of what nation? Bermuda is in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of North Carolina?

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3. If a state is outside of the contiguous United States, what does that mean? _____________________________________________________________

4. What is the capital of Alaska? ____________________________

5. Write your address with the following information:

Your full name __________________________________

House number and street __________________________________

City _________________________________

County ____________________________

State _____________________________

Country __________________________

Continent _______________________

Hemispheres ______________ _______________

Planet _________________

6. Which four continents touch the Indian Ocean? _______________________ _________________ _______________________ _________________

7. What part of a map tells the relationship of distance shown on the map to the real distance on Earth? _______________

8. How many countries does Mexico border? ____________

Daily Oral Geography Name _______________________

Week 6 Test Date ____________________

1. What is the Caribbean island with the second largest land area? __________________

2. What river flows just south of Cincinnati, Ohio?

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3. What is the name of the capital of the state that is bordered by Colorado, Nebraska, Missouri, and Oklahoma? _____________________________________________________________

4. The Prime Meriden passes through which three continents? _______________________ ____________________ _______________

5. How many states are west of the Mississippi River? ______________

6. Bolivia is one of the two landlocked countries in South America. What is the name if the other country? ______________

7. If you are in downtown Chicago and facing north, what direction would you go to reach Lake Michigan?___________

8. Mexico City is the capital of Mexico. Is Mexico City north or south of the Tropic of Capricorn? ____________

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