5-Minute Daily Practice

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1 5-Minute Daily Practice BY MINNIE ASHCROFT New York Toronto London Auckland Sydney Mexico City New Delhi Hong Kong Buenos Aires

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3 Contents Introduction Place Human-Environment Interaction Movement Regions Answers

4 1. Look at a political map of the world. Which two countries have the most neighboring countries? Fold a sheet of paper in half then unfold it. At the top of one column write the name of one country, and at the top of the other column write the name of the other country. Then make a list of the neighboring countries that border each of them. 2. Look at a political map of the world. There is only one city in the entire world that lies on two continents. Use the following clues to find out the name of this city and the names of the two continents. A narrow channel of water called the Bosporus separates this city onto these two continents. It is the largest city of the country in which it is located, but it is not the capital city. The capital of the country where this city is located is Ankara. The country where this city is located is bordered by Bulgaria, Greece, Syria, Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Black Sea. 3. Look at a political map of the United States. Choose a state and create a fact sheet. Include the following information (in sentences) about that state. Use latitude and longitude to describe the location of the state. Name the state capital. Name three other cities in the state. List the states that border the state. Now exchange your fact sheet with a partner and try to guess the name of the state he or she chose. 5

5 4. Locate Brazil on a political map of the world. Copy the sentences below. If the sentence states something true about Brazil, write T next to it. If the sentence is false, rewrite it to make it true. a) Most of Brazil is south of the Tropic of Capricorn. b) The only South American countries that do not border Brazil are Venezuela and Chile. c) Most of Brazil is located between 70 o W longitude and 40 o W longitude. 5. Look at a political map of the world to locate the places listed below. Use the lines of latitude and lines of longitude to help you find each location. a) 40 o N latitude, 140 o E longitude b) 0 o latitude, 10 o E longitude c) 40 o N latitude, 0 o longitude d) 60 o N latitude, 100 o W longitude 6. Yearly, the average Danish person eats about 37 pounds of sweets. That is nothing compared to this country, where each person consumes about 448 pounds of sugar per year. Use the clues below and a political map of the world to name this country. This country is located south of the Tropic of Capricorn between 30 o E and 40 o E longitude. The official languages are English and Swazi. The capital cities of its neighboring countries are Maputo and Pretoria. The national capital is Mbabane. 6

6 7. Use the information below and a political map of the world to locate the continents where major earthquakes have occurred. Then complete the chart. Which continent had the most earthquakes with a measurement of 8 or greater in the 20th century? The Richter scale is used to measure the strength of an earthquake. The scale goes from 0 to more than 8. Each whole number on the scale is 10 times greater than the one before it. Year City Country Richter Scale Continent 1906 San Francisco United States Valparaiso Chile Gansu China Yokohama Japan Nan-Shan China Bihar-Nepal India Chillán Chile (southern) Chile Tangshan China Michoacán Mexico Between December 16, 1811, and February 7, 1812, earthquakes near New Madrid in Missouri were so powerful that they caused a river to change its course! Use these clues to find the name of that river. The river empties into the Gulf of Mexico. One of the United States has the same name as the river. Algonquian-speaking Native Americans named this river big water or father of waters. 7

7 9. Look at a political map of the world to help you determine if the sentences below are correct. If the sentence states something true, write T next to it. If the sentence is false, rewrite it to make it true. a) Bangkok is the national capital of Turkey. b) Quito is located at the equator. c) Tripoli is about 2,000 miles west of Stockholm, Sweden. d) The capital of Mongolia is located near Russia. 10. Look at a physical map of the world to find Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world. Write the name of this mountain and its height. Find the remaining four tallest mountains in the world and add these to your list in descending order. When you have finished, figure out the following puzzle. The Empire State Building in New York is 1,250 feet tall. How many Empire State Buildings would it take to reach the top of each mountain peak? 11. Look at a political map of South Asia to answer these questions. a) What is the capital of Nepal? b) Approximately how far is the capital from the capital of Bhutan? c) Which national capital is about 1,300 miles southwest of Nepal? 12. Use a physical map of the world and the following clue to find out the name of this country. The Ural Mountains divide this country so that part of it is on one continent and the other part is on another continent. 8