1. Make sure that you copy down all the answers to these facts! Geography Facts

2. What is the approximate population of the world? - 7,000,000,000 (that’s a billion!)

3. What are the approximate number of immigrants living in the U.S.? - 11 million people!

4. What is the approximate population of the United States? - 312,000,000 people!

5. Where do people prefer to live? - People prefer to live in cities (rather than rural areas.)

6. What is the highest point and lowest point in the United States? - The highest point is Mount McKinley (Alaska) and the lowest point is Death Valley (California)

7. What are two major landforms that stretch across the United States and Canada? - The Rocky Mountains and the Great Plains.

8. Why are the Rockies higher and jagged than the Appalachians? - The Rocky Mnts. are much younger than the Appalachians.

9. What is the longest river in North America? - The Mississippi-Missouri River

10. What is the largest lake in North America? - Lake Superior

11. What is Canada’s rank in terms of size of countries in the world? - Canada is the 2 nd largest country in the world!

12. What is the approximate population of Canada? - 35 million people!

13. Who is the leader of Canada (what is his/her title?) - Prime Minister

14. What is the capital of Canada? - Ottawa

15. What is the mountain range on Mexico’s east coast? - Sierra Madre Oriental

16. What is the religion of most people in Latin America? - Roman Catholicism

17. Where is “El Popo” located? - It is a large volcano just southwest of Mexico City.

18. What are Mexico’s climate zones? - Tierra Templada, Tierra Fria, Tierra Caliente

19. What did Spanish conquistadors bring to the New World? - They brought their religion and their nationalism.

20. Who led the conquistador conquest of the Aztecs? - Hernan Cortez

21. Which Native group worshipped a god of war and practiced human sacrifice? - The Aztecs

22. Which Native civilization developed mathematics and a very accurate calendar? - The Maya

23. Which Caribbean country is Communist? - Cuba

24. Which Caribbean nation is a territory of the United States? - Puerto Rico

25. What is the approximate length of the Andes Mountains? - 4500 miles long

26. What is the longest river in the Western Hemisphere? - The Amazon River

27. What is the only non-Spanish speaking country in South America? - Brazil

28. Where does the Amazon River begin? Where does it empty? - It begins in the mountains of Peru; it empties into the Atlantic Ocean.

29. Is Angel Falls the highest waterfall in the world? - Yes, it is the highest waterfall in the world; located in southeastern Venezuela, it stands with a height of over 3200 feet!

30. Where was the Aztec Empire centered? - Central Mexico (around the area today of what is Mexico City!)