1. DOG week 16-17
8th grade

2. 1. The Coral Sea, located in the southern Hemisphere, is part of what ocean? The Coral Sea is south of what country ____ and east of what country___.
2. What sea borders Central America to the East? Identify 4 large islands found in this sea.
3. Which continents are part of the Western Hemisphere? What are the boundaries (2 lines) that divide the Western Hemisphere from the Eastern Hemisphere.

3. 1. Name the desert in the northern part of western Australia
1. Name the desert in the northern part of western Australia. Identify 2 other Australian Deserts.
2. What mountain range crosses more lines of latitude than any other? Explain what Latitudes the Andes extends from ___degrees South to ___ degrees North.
3. To which continent does Syria belong?
4. Is the International Date Line a parallel or a meridian?

4. In North America, rivers east of the Continental Divide flow toward the ____ Ocean. Rivers West of this divide flow into what ocean? The Mississippi flows into which ocean? (Contin. Divide runs along the crest of the Rocky Mts. To New Mexico)
The Indian Ocean touches what continents? Identify 3 countries in Africa and the 3 countries in Asia with a coastline on the Indian Ocean.
What is the northernmost United States capital? Name this state also.
If you were stranded at 0 degrees latitude and 140 degrees E Longitude, where would you be located? This location places you directly on what line of Latitude? Which country would be directly west of this location?

5. 1. What is the capital of the Solomon islands in the western Pacific
1. What is the capital of the Solomon islands in the western Pacific? These islands are East of the Island nation of ___ ___ _____.
2. What state’s capital is Montpelier?
3. There is approximately one regular time zone for every degrees of longitude. How many regular time zones then are there in the world? (Hint 360 degrees divided by 15)
4. When it is noon in San Francisco, California, it is 5 p.m. in Rio de Janeiro. How many time zones away from San Francisco is Rio de Janeiro?