Geog Flashcards
(20 cards)
Sovereign States in the Leeward Islands?
Antigua & Barbuda, St Kitts and Nevis.
Capital of St Lucia
Castries
Capital of Grenada
St George’s
Capital of St Vincent and the Grenadines
Kingstown
Portuguese speaking countries
It is the sole official language of Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau and São Tomé and Príncipe (7 official), while having co-official language status in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea (2 co-official). So official in 9 countries.
Also co-officially spoken in Macau (Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China) along with Chinese.
Capital of Myanmar?
Naypyidaw
Nay Pyi Taw, (Burmese: “Abode of Kings”)
Capital of Brunei?
Bandar Seri Begawan. About two-thirds of Brunei’s population is found in and around Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital and largest urban centr
Capital of Fiji?
Suva
Capital of Samoa
Apia
Capital of the Federated States of Micronesia?
Palikir. A town of slightly under 5,000 residents
Mount Tambora - which country?
Mount Tambora is an active stratovolcano in West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Located on Sumbawa in the Lesser Sunda Islands.
What is the world’s second-largest island?
New Guinea (Shared by Indonesia and Papua New Guinea)
What is the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea?
Port Moresby
Dead Sea is how many metres below sea level?
430.5 metres (1,412 ft), making its shores the lowest land-based elevation on Earth.
Can you technically walk between USA and Russia?
During winter, an ice bridge usually spans the distance between the Diomede Islands; therefore during such times it is theoretically possible (although not legal, since travel between the two islands is forbidden) to walk between the United States and Russia. The Russian island of Big Diomede,
The U.S. island of Little Diomede, in the Bering Strait.
How many times zones in Russia?
Russia spans 11 time zones.
At one end of Russia it could be 7 in the morning and at the other it’s 6 in the evening.
What is the smallest country in the world?
Vatican City
The smallest political entity recognized as a sovereign state is Vatican City, with fewer than 1,000 residents and an area of only 49 hectares (120 acres)
What is the only continent that covers four hemispheres?
Africa
Where and how much is Earth’s greatest vertical drop?
Mount Thor, on Baffin Island (Canada) has Earth’s greatest vertical drop of 1,250 m (4,100 ft), with the cliff overhanging at an average angle of 15 degrees from vertical
What is wider: Australia or the moon?
Australia is wider than the moon.
