A journey across North America. (GeoSkills Quiz).This year, Junior Scholastic has taken you on a trip around the world. Now we visit a continent that's much closer to home. Study the map on this page and the North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. map in the World Affairs Noun 1. world affairs - affairs between nations; "you can't really keep up with world affairs by watching television" international affairs affairs - transactions of professional or public interest; "news of current affairs"; "great affairs of state" Atlas and Annual issue (October 18 & 25, 2002), and then answer the questions. QUESTIONS 1. What are the three largest countries in North America? Write the names of these countries on the map. 2. Write the names of the following bodies of water in their correct places on the map: Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean [Lat.,=of Atlas], second largest ocean (c.31,800,000 sq mi/82,362,000 sq km; c.36,000,000 sq mi/93,240,000 sq km with marginal seas). Physical Geography Extent and Seas , Pacific Ocean, Gulf of Mexico Noun 1. Gulf of Mexico - an arm of the Atlantic to the south of the United States and to the east of Mexico Golfo de Mexico Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean - the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east , Caribbean Sea Caribbean Sea (kâr'ĭbē`ən, kərĭb`ēən), tropical sea, c.970,000 sq mi (2,512,950 sq km), arm of the Atlantic Ocean, Central America. , Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, and Lake Superior. 3. Which country, connects North and South America? Write the name of this country on the map. 4. Which island nation is located 90 miles south of Florida? Write the name of this country on the map. 5. Which two North American countries have land located north of the Arctic Circle? 6. What is the capital of Mexico? 7. Which body of water separates Alaska from Asia? 8. Which North American country is located closest to 20[degrees]N, 70[degrees]W? 9. Which European country governs Greenland, the world's largest island? 10. The Tropic of Cancer Tropic of Cancer, parallel of latitude at 23°30' north of the equator; it is the northern boundary of the tropics. This parallel marks the farthest point north at which the sun can be seen directly overhead at noon; north of the parallel the sun appears less than touches which three North American countries? GeoSkills Quiz 1. Canada, the U.S., and Mexico 2. Students should correctly label the bodies of water on the map. 3. Panama 4. Cuba 5. Canada and the U.S. 6. Mexico City 7. The Bering Strait 8. The Dominican Republic 9. Denmark 10. The Bahamas, Cuba, and Mexico |
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