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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?
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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?
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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?
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6. Name the four oceans of Earth according to size, largest to
smallest.
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7. What does a star or dot in a circle usually mean on a map?
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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?
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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.
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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?
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7. Is the Artic Circle north or south of the equator?
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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 are most of Russia located?
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2. What does a star on a map usually mean?
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3. Name the five Great Lakes. _______________________________
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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 connecting two larger
bodies of water. Find an example of a strait on a map.
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Daily Oral Geography
Week 4
Name _______________________
Test Date ____________________
1. If you were traveling from Denver, Colorado to Bismarck,
North Dakota, what direction would you be going? Be specific.
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2. Many maps have a grid system, scale, and a ______________.
3. Which state is farther north, North Dakota or Maine?
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4. What two countries border Mongolia? (Asia)
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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?
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7. Which of these cities is in the Southern Hemisphere: Paris,
France; Tokyo, Japan; Lima, Peru; Washington, D.C.?
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8. To which continent does Central America belong?
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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 colony 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?
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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?
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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?
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4. The Prime Meriden passes through which three continents?
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5. How many states are west of the Mississippi River?
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6. Bolivia is one of the two landlocked countries in South
America. What is the name of the other country?
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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? ____________