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| Thermometer is to air temperature as a ____________ is to air pressure. |
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| The largest sea in the world is the.... |
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| The sun rises east or west of Los Angeles, California? |
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| Which state is west of New Hampshire and east of New York? |
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| The Eastern or Western hemisphere has the most land area? |
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| The capital of the country with the largest land area in the Western Hemisphere is __________. |
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| ___________ measures the speed of wind. |
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| The Tropic of Cancer runs through which large North American country? |
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| Latitude or longitude measure the distance north and south of the Equator? |
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| Which country has the largest land area in South America? |
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| Assuming that two cities are at the same latitude, which would probably have the milder climate, one along the ocean coast or one farther inland? |
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| What is a continental divide? |
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| High place from which rivers flow in different directions. |
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| Where is the continental divide in the United States? |
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| The Great Divide near the Rocky Mountains |
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| What is the national capital of China? |
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| The "tropics" are located between what lines of latitude? |
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| 23.5 N- Tropic of Cancer and 23.5 S- Tropic of Capricorn |
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| The largest gulf in the world is the _______. |
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| Geographers use the term_______ when referring to Europe and Asia as one continent. |
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| How many time zones is the Earth divided into? |
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| The International Date Line roughly follows which meridian? |
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