DAILY GEOGRAPHYWeek 5

Week 5 Day 1

1. What is the capital of the country whose neighbors are Colombia, Brazil, and Guyana?

2. If you are a resident of Canberra, Australia, are you a resident of a island or a continent?

Answers Day 1 1. Caracas, Venezuela 2.

Continent

Week 5 Day 21. Why are lines of latitude and longitude important?

2. Name the 7 countries that are part of Central America.

Answers Day 2 # 11. Latitude and Longitude Lines form

the Earth’s Grid System and provide a systematic way of locating absolute location.

Answer Day 2 # 22. The

Central American countries are Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama

Week 5 Day 3 1. Which continent is

smaller in area than Europe?

2. What is the capital of the country through which the 40 degrees North line of latitude and the 20 degrees East line of longitude pass?

Answers Day 31. Australia

2.Tirana , Albania

Week 5 Day 4 1. How many degrees of

longitude is the Earth divided into?

2. If it is dawn in the eastern United States, what is it in the western United States and why?

Answer Day 4 # 11. 360

degrees

Answer Day 4 # 22. In darkness because of the Earth’s rotation

the western United States is 3 hours behind the Eastern United States.