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What are the 4 cardinal directions?
What are the 2 biggest cities in Pennsylvania?
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What are the 2 biggest cities in Pennsylvania?
Pittsburgh and Harrisburg
Loysburg and Altoona
Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh and Altoona
2
What are the 4 cardinal directions?
north, south, east, west
north, southwest, east, south
southeast, northeast, west, north
north, south, east, southwest
3
What is an area that is very dry with lots of sand called?
forest
desert
tundra
taiga
4
Name another country other than the USA that speaks primarily English.
Brazil
Canada
Sweden
Spain
5
What are the 2 major mountain ranges in the USA?
Rockies and Cascades
Mount Rainier and Denali
Appalachian and Rockies
Mount Saint Helens and Rockies
6
How many oceans are there?
4
8
2
5
7
What are examples of oceans?
Atlantic, Salt, Pacific, Indian, Southern
Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Purple
Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, Southern
Erie, Atlantic, Indian, West, Southern
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How many continents are there?
8
6
5
7
9
What are 5 great lakes?
Raystown, Shawnee, Erie, Superior
Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior
Mississippi, Placid, Raystown, Superior
Huron, Raystown, Ontario, Shawnee, Winnebago,
10
What war was fought in the United States involving the north and the south?
World War 2
Civil War
Alamo
Revolutionary War
11
What are 3 states that border Pennsylvania?
New York, North Carolina, and Virginia
New York, Maryland, Ohio
Virgina, New York, Maryland
Ohio, New York, Florida
12
What county do you live in?
Lycoming County
Cambria County
Beford County
Blair County
13
What county (not country) is the school located in?
Bedford
Potter
Loysburg
Lycoming
14
What is the temperature like in Alaska compared to where we live?
a little cooler
hot
very cold
much warmer
15
What continent do we live on?
Europe
South America
Africa
North America
16
What is the capital of Pennsylvania?
We have no capital.
Washington D.C.
Altoona
Harrisburg
17
If you went to the beach in North Carolina, what ocean would you be at?
Pacific Ocean
Raystown
Arctic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
18
What are examples of continents?
Europe, Asia, Canada, North America
California, Asia, Pennsylvania, Brazil, Canada
Alaska, Hawaii, Canada, USA, Missouri, California, Florida
Europe, Asia, North America, South America
19
What are examples of precipitation?
climate, rain, wind
rain, snow, hail, sleet
runoff, condensation, evaporation
rain, wind, temperature, soil
20
What is the capital of the United States of America?
Pennsylvania
Florida
Washington D.C.
Harrisburg
21
What line runs through the center of the earth at 0 degrees latitude?
Tropic of Capricorn
Prime Meridian
Tropic of Cancer
Equator
22
If you wanted to go to California, which direction would you travel?
east
west
south
north
23
How many states are there in the United States?
50
48
51
49
24
What are examples of countries?
Hamburg, Beijing, Canada, USA
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Canada, Brazil,
Canada, USA, Germany, Japan
Canada, California, USA, China
