1. National Geographic GeoBee Study Guide 2012
Part III
Homeschool Pool

2. The following is a study guide that can be used to help learn Part 3 of the 2012 Homeschool Pool GeoBee Study Guide.
A printable list of the questions and answers follows the study guide.
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3. Q: Which country does not border the Black Sea: Turkmenistan, Turkey, Georgia?

4. A: Turkmenistan
Image credit: Location of the Black Sea, 7/25/2005, Norman Einstein

5. Q: An island that was once the chief point of entry for European immigrants to the United States is claimed by both New York and New Jersey. Name this island.

6. A: Ellis Island
Image credit: Map of Ellis Island, OpenStreetMap contributors

7. Q: Ellis Island is part of what National Monument?

8. A: Statue of Liberty National Monument
Image containing pictures of Liberty Island and Ellis Island.

9. Q: Along with?

10. A: Liberty Island
Image containing pictures of Liberty Island and Ellis Island.

11. Q: About three-quarters of the population of which state lives in the Honolulu metropolitan area?

12. A: Hawaii

13. Q: The Maritsa River flows through an important agriculture region in a country that borders Greece and Romania. Name this country.

14. A: Bulgaria
Image credit: Maritsa River, 9/8/2007, Stoyan89

15. Q: Where is the Maritsa River?

16. A: Bulgaria
Image credit: Maritsa River, 9/8/2007, Stoyan89

17. Q: Bulgaria is between what 2 countries?

18. A: Greece and Romania
Image credit: Location of the Black Sea, 7/25/2005, Norman Einstein

19. Q: Lake Powell, a reservoir on the Colorado River, is shared by Arizona and which state?

20. A: Utah
Image credit: Colorado River, 12/27/2011, Shannon1

21. Q: What river is Lake Powell located on?

22. A: Colorado
Image credit: Colorado River, 12/27/2011, Shannon1

23. Q: Lake Powell is shared by what 2 states?

24. A: Arizona and Utah
Image credit: Colorado River, 12/27/2011, Shannon1

25. Q: Jersey and Guernsey, dependencies of the British crown, are part of a group of islands located between England and France. Name this island group?

26. A: Channel Islands
Image credit: Map of Channel Islands, 4/15/2008, Aotearoa

27. Q: What land form are the Channel Islands?

28. A: Archipelago
Image credit: Map of Channel Islands, 4/15/2008, Aotearoa

29. Q: What body of water are they located in?

30. A: English Channel
Image credit: Map of Channel Islands, 4/15/2008, Aotearoa

31. Q: Which state was a former British colony established as a settlement for debtors as well as a buffer against the Spanish?

32. A: Georgia
Image credit: Location of Georgia, 7/30/2011, TUBS

33. Q: What is a debtor?

34. A: Someone who owes money for a debt
A mid-Victorian depiction of the debtors prison at St Briavel Castle
1858, Henry Nicholls

35. Q: What European country colonized Florida?

36. A: Spain

37. Q: Where else did the Spanish colonize?

38. A: Southern United States, Mexico, Central America and western South America

39. Q: Where did the Portuguese colonize?

40. A: Eastern and central South America

41. Q: Where did the English colonize?

42. A: Eastern United States and Canada

43. Q: Where did France colonize?

44. A: Central United States, south and east Canada

45. Q: Which country is not crossed by the Great Rift Valley: Tanzania, Ethiopia, Central African Republic?

46. A: Central African Republic

47. Q: Bengal is a region located in which two countries?

48. A: India and Bangladesh

49. Q: Oil production in the United Arab Emirates is centered on the country's capital city. Name this city.

50. A: Abu Dhabi

51. Q: What natural resource is found in abundance there?

52. A: Oil

53. Q: What large body of water does the United Arab Emirates border?

54. A: Persian Gulf

55. Q: Lucknow, located on the Gomati River, was the site of a mutiny against the British in 1857 in what present-day South Asian country?

56. A: India
Image credit: Ganges River and tributaries, 4/30/2011, Pfly

57. Q: Where is Lucknow?

58. A: India, on the Gomati River
Image credit: Ganges River and tributaries, 4/30/2011, Pfly

59. Q: Where is the Gomati River?

60. A: India
Image credit: Ganges River and tributaries, 4/30/2011, Pfly

61. Q: Which river is farther north: Potomac, Rio Grande, Chattahoochee River?

62. A: Potomac Image credit: Potomac River, 1/3/2011, Kmusser
Image credit: Chatahoochee River, 9/5/2007, Pfly
Image credit: Rio Grande River, 8/18/2010, Kmusser

63. Q: Which correctly describes the location of Aberdeen, Scotland: West of the Grampian Mountains, on the North Sea, north of Kinnairds Head?

64. A: On the North Sea
Kinnaird’s Head
Image credit: Graphic Maps

65. Q: Where is it in relation to the Grampian Mountains?

66. A: East
Kinnaird’s Head
Image credit: Graphic Maps

67. Q: Where is it in relation to Kinnairds Head?

68. A: South
Kinnaird’s Head
Image credit: Graphic Maps

69. Q: The Java Trench is the deepest point in which ocean?

70. A: Indian Ocean

71. Q: What is the deepest point in the Indian Ocean?

72. A: Java Trench
Map showing earthquake activity in the vicinity of the Java Trench around the time of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.
Prepared by the United States Geological Survey.
The Java Trench is more recently known as the Sunda Trench. Both names are common.

73. Q: Which country, one of Africa's most densely populated, is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo?

74. A: Rwanda
Provinces of Rwanda

75. Q: What countries border Rwanda?

76. A: Uganda, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Provinces of Rwanda

77. Q: Name the channel formed by the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers that flows into the Persian Gulf.

78. A: Shatt al Arab
Image credit: About.com Geography

79. Q: Where do the Tigris and Euphrates meet?

80. A: Shatt al Arab
Image credit: About.com Geography

81. Q: Where does it flow into?

82. A: Persian Gulf
Image credit: About.com Geography

83. Q: What kind of body of water is the Shatt al Arab?

84. A: Channel
Image credit: About.com Geography

85. Q: What present day country does the Tigris and Euphrates run through before meeting at the channel?

86. A: Iraq
Image credit: About.com Geography

87. Q: The southern end of the Shatt al Arab creates a border between what 2 countries?

88. A: Iraq and Iran
Image credit: About.com Geography

89. Q: Arabs from Africa named a large rock Gibraltar as they landed on what large European peninsula?

90. A: Iberian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula, home to the countries of Spain and Portugal, stretches toward North Africa in this true-color Aqua MODIS image from January 24, Portugal sits on the Atlantic side of the peninsula, while Spain takes up the rest and shares a border with France to the northeast. At the bottom of the peninsula is a narrow gap between Europe and North Africa. This gap is the Strait of Gibraltar, which also serves as the buffer between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. The northern point of Morocco occupies the other side of the Strait, and farther to the east is northern Algeria.

91. Q: What is the Iberian Peninsula sometimes called?

92. A: Iberia
The Iberian Peninsula, home to the countries of Spain and Portugal, stretches toward North Africa in this true-color Aqua MODIS image from January 24, Portugal sits on the Atlantic side of the peninsula, while Spain takes up the rest and shares a border with France to the northeast. At the bottom of the peninsula is a narrow gap between Europe and North Africa. This gap is the Strait of Gibraltar, which also serves as the buffer between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. The northern point of Morocco occupies the other side of the Strait, and farther to the east is northern Algeria.

93. Q: What famous landmark is located on the Iberian Peninsula?

94. A: Rock of Gibraltar

95. Q: Which state is not an important source of coal for the U. S
Q: Which state is not an important source of coal for the U.S.: West Virginia, Washington, Pennsylvania?

96. A: Washington Top 10 Coal Mining States: Wyoming (338,900)
West Virginia (158,257)
Kentucky (130,688)
Pennsylvania (74,619)
Texas (49,498)
Montana (38,352)
Illinois (33,444)
Virginia (32,834)
North Dakota (31,270)
Colorado (29,137)
As of 2000, per thousands of short tons

97. Q: Name the inland sea in Central Asia that once was the world's fourth largest lake, but which has been drastically reduced by agricultural use of water flowing into it.

98. A: Aral Sea
Left: 1989
Right: 2008

99. Q: Why was the Aral Sea getting smaller?

100. A: It is being used for agricultural purposes in the area
Image credit: Shrinking of the Aral Sea, 1/5/2008, NordNordWest

101. Q: What countries are the Aral Sea located in?

102. A: Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan
lake boundaries c with present-day political boundaries - countries with any land draining into the lake are in yellow
Image credit: Aral Sea map, 1/22/2007. Kmusser

103. Q: Mother Teresa's work among the poor was centered in one of India's most populous cities. Name this city in eastern India.

104. A: Kolkata
President Reagan presents Mother Teresa with the Medal of Freedom at a White House Ceremony, 1985

105. Q: What did Kolkata used to be called?

106. A: Calcutta
Image credit: Location of West Bengal, 12/29/2008, PlaneMad

107. Q: What is Kolkata the capital of?

108. A: West Bengal

109. Q: English is the official language in what South American country whose population is roughly 50 percent East Indian: Ecuador, Guyana, Venezuela?

110. A: Guyana Image credit: Languages of South America, Eddo Venezuela
Ecuador
Image credit: Languages of South America, Eddo

111. Q: Where is Guyana located?

112. A: South
America
Image credit: South America, Cantus

113. Q: What is the official language in Guyana?

114. A: English Image credit: Languages of South America, Eddo Venezuela
Guyana
Ecuador
Image credit: Languages of South America, Eddo

115. Q: What is the capital of Guyana?

116. A: Georgetown
Georgetown
Image credit: Georgetown, Guyana, 12/2/2008, NordNordWest

117. Q: Where is Ecuador located?

118. A: South
America
Image credit: South America, Cantus

119. Q: What language is spoken in Ecuador?

120. A: Spanish Image credit: Languages of South America, Eddo Venezuela
Guyana
Ecuador
Image credit: Languages of South America, Eddo

121. Q: What is the capital of Ecuador?

122. A: Quito
Quito
Image credit: Quito, Ecuador, 12/9/2008, NordNordWest

123. Q: Where is Venezuela located?

124. A: South
America
Image credit: South America, Cantus

125. Q: What is the language of Venezuela?

126. A: Spanish Image credit: Languages of South America, Eddo Venezuela
Guyana
Ecuador
Image credit: Languages of South America, Eddo

127. Q: What is the capital of Venezuela?

128. A: Caracas Image credit: Caracas, Venezuela, 9/21/2009, NordNordWest

129. Q: What condition is necessary for the formation of coral reefs: Warm ocean temperature, deep water, annual rainfall of 300 inches?

130. A: Warm ocean temperature
Coral reef locations

131. Q: The Thames Barrier was built to protect which European capital city from tidal flooding?

132. A: London
Image credit: Thames Barrier, 9/22/2005, Roger W. Haworth

133. Q: Which term is Russian for the region of coniferous forest located south of the tundra?

134. A: Taiga
Image credit: Distribution of the Taiga and Boreal forest biome, and its ecoregions, 4/19/2009, GeForce3

135. Q: What does coniferous mean?

136. A: Having cones

137. Q: Malaysia, China, and the Philippines are among the countries that claim sovereignty over a group of islands in the South China Sea. Name these islands.

138. A: Spratly Islands

139. Q: Where are they located?

140. A: South China Sea

141. Q: What countries claim sovereignty over them?

142. A: Malaysia, China, Philippines

143. Q: Which of the following architectural features is most characteristic of Russian Orthodox churches: onion shaped domes, minarets, Doric columns?

144. A: onion shaped domes
Image credit: Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, Russia, 8/23/2011, Voytek s

145. Q: Where would you find onion shaped domes?

146. A: Russian Orthodox churches
Image credit: Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, Russia, 8/23/2011, Voytek s

147. Q: Where would you find minarets?

148. A: Islamic mosques
Islamic-Specific Architecture in a Mosque with Two Minarets in Nishapur

149. Q: What are minarets?

150. A: Tall spires with cone shaped top, typically taller than the other structures or free standing
Islamic-Specific Architecture in a Mosque with Two Minarets in Nishapur

151. Q: Where would you find the 3 main classical column types?

152. A: Ancient Greece and Rome
Illustration of Doric (first three), Ionic (next three) and Corinthian (final two) columns.

153. Q: What are the 3 main classical column types?

154. A: Doric, Ionic, Corinthian
Illustration of Doric (first three), Ionic (next three) and Corinthian (final two) columns.

155. Q: What was the name of the short-lived island republic that united with Tanganyika to form the country of Tanzania in 1964?

156. A: Zanzibar

157. Q: The production of maple syrup is an important economic activity in which state?

158. A: Vermont
Image credit: Location of Vermont, 7/30/2011, TUBS

159. Q: Name the Caribbean country that traces its cultural heritage to West Africa and France.

160. A: Haiti

161. Q: Seismographs are used to detect and record which natural hazard?

162. A: Earthquakes

163. Q: What is used to detect and record earthquakes?

164. A: Seismographs

165. Q: What state has a lot of earthquakes?

166. A: California
Map of the San Andreas Fault, showing relative motion

167. Q: The Terai is a region of plains that extends from India's northern border to the foothills of the Himalaya in which Asian country?

168. A: Nepal
Image credit: Aerial view of field in Terai in Nepal, 7/12/2011, Barunkhanal

169. Q: What borders Nepal to the north?

170. A: China
Image credit: Graphic Maps

171. Q: What is the world’s highest mountain?

172. A: Mt. Everest
Image credit: Graphic Maps

173. Q: What mountain range goes through Nepal?

174. A: Himalayas
Image credit: Graphic Maps

175. Q: Which city has a more arid climate: Amarillo, TX; Chicago, IL; Charleston, SC?

176. A: Amarillo, TX
Amarillo: semi-arid climate
Chicago: humid continental climate
Charleston: humid subtropical climate

177. Q: Which one of the contiguous United States has the northernmost point: Wisconsin, New York, Minnesota?

178. A: Minnesota MN WI NY

179. Q: Which region is closer to the Atlantic Ocean: Piedmont, Great Plains, Allegheny Plateau?

180. A: Piedmont Image credit: Allegheny map, 1/12/2007, Kmusser
Allegheny Plateau
Great Plains
Piedmont
Image credit: Piedmont map, 5/25/2006, Kmusser

181. Q: Whitewashed houses are a common site for tourists visiting the Cyclades islands. The Cyclades are part of which European country?

182. A: Greece
Image credit: Traditional Greek houses, 7/14/2007, Hans Peter Schaefer

183. Q: The only Viking ship ever discovered in Sweden was found in the Göta River near Sweden's second most populous city. Name this city.

184. A: Göteborg
The Äskekärr ship, named after the place it was found, is Sweden's only and the Nordic region's best preserved Viking ship, and dates back to the 10th century.
Image credit: Map of the river Göta älv, Sweden, 11/9/2007, Nordelch

185. Q: In which state is more land used for agriculture: Illinois, Connecticut, New Jersey?

186. A: Illinois Top 10 Agriculture States by Receipts ($1,000)
California: 31,835,183
Texas: 16,498,398
Iowa: 14,652,946
Nebraska: 11,779,728
Minnesota: 9,794,912
Illinois: 9,708,304
Kansas: 9,502,727
North Carolina: 8,210,497
Wisconsin: 6,864,150
Florida: 6,843,731
New Jersey is ranked 40th with 866,719
Connecticut is ranked 44th with 526,580

187. Q: The prime meridian is also known by the name of a London borough that was the site of a royal observatory. Name this borough.

188. A: Greenwich
Image credit: The Prime Meridian, Greenwich, 8/10/2005, ChrisO

189. Q: What is a borough?

190. A: Self governing township
The term Borough is used frequently in Europe, particularly in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland
There are seven states in the U.S. that use boroughs:
Alaska
Connecticut
Minnesota
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Virginia

191. Q: What other names are the Prime Meridian known as?

192. A: International Meridian, Greenwich Meridian
Image credit: picture of the laser at Royal Greenwich Observatory. The Laser marks the zero meridian line and is projected northward over London. 9/8/2006, Markhamilton

193. Q: Magyars are the largest ethnic group in a Central European country that borders Slovakia. Name this country.

194. A: Hungary
Image credit: Magyars, Scooter20

195. Q: To the north of Hungary is what country?

196. A: Slovakia
Image credit: Magyars, Scooter20

197. Q: Peanuts are the principal export of the African country that is almost completely surrounded by Senegal. Name this country.

198. A: Gambia

199. Q: Gambia is almost completely surrounded by what country?

200. A: Senegal

201. Q: In 1741, explorers discovered large populations of sea otters and fur seals in the waters around the Aleutian Islands. The explorers claimed the area for what country?

202. A: Russia

203. Q: Where are the Aleutian Islands?

204. A: Between the Bering Sea and Pacific Ocean

205. Q: Which state produces more corn: Nebraska, Maine, Kentucky?

206. A: Nebraska

207. Q: The Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, had been the dominant political party in which North American country throughout most of the 20th century?

208. A: Mexico Dk. Red: Institutional Revolutionary Party
Blue: National Action Party
Yellow: Democratic Revolution Party
Green: Ecologist Green Party
Lt. Red: Labor Party
Orange: Convergence Party
Lt. Blue: New Alliance Party
Image credit: PRI States, 7/31/2010, Eddo

209. Q: In the 20th century what is the dominant political party in Mexico?

210. A: Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI
Dk. Red: Institutional Revolutionary Party
Blue: National Action Party
Yellow: Democratic Revolution Party
Green: Ecologist Green Party
Lt. Red: Labor Party
Orange: Convergence Party
Lt. Blue: New Alliance Party
Image credit: PRI States, 7/31/2010, Eddo

211. Q: If it’s the Institutional Revolutionary Party, why are the initials “PRI”?

212. A: In Spanish it is Partido Revolucionario Institucional
Dk. Red: Institutional Revolutionary Party
Blue: National Action Party
Yellow: Democratic Revolution Party
Green: Ecologist Green Party
Lt. Red: Labor Party
Orange: Convergence Party
Lt. Blue: New Alliance Party
Image credit: PRI States, 7/31/2010, Eddo

213. Q: New Zealand's two main islands are separated by what strait?

214. A: Cook Strait

215. Q: Which city has weather affected by its location on a lake: Louisville, Chicago, Atlanta?

216. A: Chicago

217. Q: Which lake?

218. A: Lake Michigan

219. Q: The Chaco, a semiarid plain that is home mostly to cattle ranchers, makes up most of the western half of what landlocked country in South America?

220. A: Paraguay

221. Q: Where is Paraguay?

222. A: South America
Image credit: South America, Cantus

223. Q: What is the capital of Paraguay?

224. A: Asuncion
Asuncion
Image credit: Location of Asuncion, 7/25/2008, NordNordWest

225. Q: What language is spoken in Paraguay?

226. A: Spanish
Paraguay
Image credit: Languages of South America, Eddo

227. Q: What is The Chaco?

228. A: A semi arid plain in the western half of Paraguay

229. Q: Which country does not border the South China Sea: Brunei, Philippines, Saudi Arabia?

230. A: Saudi Arabia
Image credit: South China Sea, 6/13/2006, Yeu Ninje

231. Q: Name another country that borders the South China Sea.

232. A: China, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam
Image credit: South China Sea, 6/13/2006, Yeu Ninje

233. Q: Before the rise of cotton, African slaves were used in the Americas to farm indigo, rice, sugarcane, and what other plantation crop?

234. A: Tobacco

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