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What Do You Know About Geography and the Western Hemisphere?

What Do You Know About Geography and the Western Hemisphere?. How would you label the circle in this compass rose?. EN. NW. NE. NS. If you drove from your town to Canada, what direction would you be traveling?. North. East. South. West. Which city is farther east?. New York City.

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What Do You Know About Geography and the Western Hemisphere?

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  1. What Do You Know About Geography and the Western Hemisphere?

  2. How would you label the circle in this compass rose? EN NW NE NS

  3. If you drove from your town to Canada, what direction would you be traveling? North East South West

  4. Which city is farther east? New York City Miami

  5. Which is furthest west? Vancouver, Canada Santiago, Chile Los Angeles Mexico City, Mexico

  6. If you went from Venezuela, South America to California, what direction would you be traveling? SW Maps courtesy of worldatlas.com NW NE SE

  7. In which hemisphere is Mexico? Northern hemisphere Southern hemisphere

  8. On which continent is Costa Rica? Central America South America North America

  9. Which country is mostly north of the equator? Bolivia Argentina Peru Colombia

  10. Which is farther east? Venezuela New York City

  11. Which country straddles the equator? Venezuela Brazil Bolivia Paraguay

  12. Which is larger in square miles? Canada United States

  13. Which of these are Canadian provinces? Quebec British Columbia Ottawa Montreal Saskatchewan Alaska

  14. You got it! Next Question

  15. Yes! Maps courtesy of worldatlas.com Next Question

  16. Sorry, try again. Back to question

  17. Right! Mexico is north of the equator. Maps courtesy of worldatlas.com Next Question

  18. Yes! Venezuela is farther east than New York Maps courtesy of worldatlas.com Next Question

  19. Yes, you’re right! Maps courtesy of worldatlas.com Next Question

  20. Yes! The U.S. is 3,717,796 sq. mi. and Canada is 3,851,792 sq. mi. U.S. Canada Next Question

  21. Right, Venezuela is southeast of California. Maps courtesy of worldatlas.com Next Question

  22. Right! Maps courtesy of worldatlas.com Next Question

  23. Yes, Costa Rica is on the North American continent. It is part of Central America*. Maps courtesy of worldatlas.com *Central America is NOT a continent. Next Question

  24. Manitoba British Columbia Newfoundland New Brunswick Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island Ontario Alberta Saskatchewan Quebec Yukon Territory Northwest Territories Nunavut Yes, there are 10 provinces and 3 territories:

  25. Vancouver, Canada is furthest west. Vancouver Los Angeles Mexico City Santiago, Chile Next Question

  26. Yes! Next Question

  27. You’re done!

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