The2013GeographyBeeStudyGuide

State
Alabama
Arkansas
California
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Illinois
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Massachusetts
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
NewHampshire
NewMexico
NorthCarolina
NorthDakota
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
RhodeIsland
SouthDakota
Texas
Vermont
Washington
Wisconsin
Wyoming

Capital
Montgomery
LittleRock
Sacramento
Dover
Tallahassee
Atlanta
Honolulu
Springfield
Frankfort
BatonRouge
Augusta
Boston
JeffersonCity
Helena
Lincoln
Manchester
SantaFe
Raleigh
Bismarck
OklahomaCity
Harrisburg
Providence
Pierre
Austin
Montpelier
Olympia
Madison
Cheyenne

Landmark/Notablefact
TheSpaceandRocketCenter
LeadingproducerofriceintheU.S.
YosemiteFalls,thehighestwaterfallintheU.S.
ItistheoldeststateoftheUnion
Majorproducerofcitrusfruit
HometotheNationalPrisonerofWarmuseum.
Hasthemostnativeplants&animalsontheendangeredspecieslist

Chicagoisthebirthplaceoftheskyscraper
Homeoftheworldfamoushorserace,TheKentuckyDerby
NewOrleans,itslargestcity,islocatedonariverdelta
Themosteasterlyofallthestatesinthecountry
ThefirstU.S.college,HarvardUniversity,wasfoundedherein1636

TheOzarkPlateaucontainsthousandsofcaves
SharesitsnorthernborderwiththreeCanadianprovinces
ChimneyRockNationalHistoricsite
WhiteMountainsinclude,thehighestpeakintheNortheast

Hastheleastamountofsurfacewaterofanystate
KittyHawk,homeofthefirstsustainedairflightbyOrvilleWright
StrangerockformationscanbefoundintheBadlands
HasthelargestNativeAmericanpopulationofanystate
Siteofthe1stContinentalCongress
FirstcolonytodeclareindependencefromEngland
TheheadsoffourpresidentsarecarvedinMt.Rushmore
LargestproducerofpetroleumintheU.S.
GreenMountainsarethekeytouristattraction
ContainsMt.St.Helensvolcanowhicheruptedin1980
Therearemorethan8,000lakesinthestate
Thestateisanearperfectrectangleinshape

GeographicalDefinitions
(AttheGeographyBee,youwillnotberequiredtogivethedefinitionasananswer,justtheword.)

Archipelago:

agroupofislandsclusteredinthesea

Atlas:

acollectionofmaps

Atoll:

aringofcoralthatformsanislandinanoceanorsea

Canal:

manmadewaterwayusedfortransportationorirrigation

Canyon:

deepvalleywithverysteepsidesoftencarvedfromtheEarthbyariver

Cartography:

thestudyofmaps

Cliff:

asteepfaceofrockandsoil

Fault:

wherehugeplatesofrockdeepintheearthscrustmeet

Geyser:

anaturalhotspringthatoccasionallysprayswatersteamabovetheground

Glacier:

aslowlymovingmassoficethatflowsoverlandforms

Hoodoo:

acolumnofweatheredandunusuallyshapedrock

Legend:

asmalltableaccompanyingamapthatexplainsthesymbolsusedonthemap

Mesa:

alandformationwithaflatareaontopandsteepwalls

Oasis:

anisolatedareaofvegetationinthedesert

Peninsula:

abodyoflandsurroundedbywateronthreesides

Plateau:

alargeflatareaoflandthatishigherthanthesurroundingland

Plains:

flatlandswithonlysmallchangesinelevation

Savanna:

aflatgrasslandintropicalorsubtropicalregion

Strait:

anarrowbodyofwaterthatconnectstwolargerbodiesofwater

Valley:

alowplacebetweenmountains

Volcano:

mountainousventintheEarthscrustthroughwhichmoltenlavaandgaseserupt

InternationalGeography
Country
Argentina
Australia
Bahamas
Belgium
Canada
Cuba
China
Egypt
Finland
France
Germany
DominicanRepublic
India
Italy
Jamaica
Kenya
Maldives
Mexico
Monaco
Morocco
Philippines
Russia
Senegal
Spain
UnitedArabEmirates

PlaceofInterest/Interestingfact
AndesMountains
TheGreatBarrierReef
ChristopherColumbusfirstlandfallintheNewWorld
LanguagesspokenareFlemish,French&German
CanadasborderwiththeU.S.istheworldslongest
LargestislandintheCaribbean
TheGreatWallofChina
ThepyramidsofGiza
InLaplandtheAuroraBorealiscanbeseenmostoftheyear
TourdeFrance,oneoftheworldsbestknowncyclingevents
TheBerlinWall
LocatedontheislandofHispaniolaalongwithHaiti
TheTajMajal
Locatedonabootshapedpeninsula
Birthplaceofreggae
Liesontheequator
Theearthslowestcountry,averagegroundleveloflessthan5feetabovesealevel
Hasover700knownspeciesofreptiles
Smallestcountryintheworldwithacoastline(inarea)
ThesoutheastpartofthecountryisintheSaharaDesert
LocatedonthePacificRingofFiremakingitpronetoearthquakesandtyphoons
St.BasilsCathedrallocatedinMoscow
Wellknownforitsmusicalheritage&theWestAfricantraditionofstorytelling
TheCanaryIslandsareapopulartouristdestination
TheBurjKhalifa,theworldstallestbuilding

MostsandLeasts
Hottestplaceonearth

Dalol,Ethiopia

Coldestplaceonearth

PlateauStation,Antarctica

Wettestplaceonearth

Mawsynram,India

Driestplaceonearth

AtacamaDesert,Chile

LargestOcean

PacificOcean

LargestIsland

Greenland

LargestDesert

SaharaDesert

LargestCanyon

GrandCanyon

LongestRiver

NileRiver,Africa

LargestVolcano

MaunaLoa,Hawaii

Continentwithleastflowingrivers

Antarctica(ithasnoflowingrivers)

GreatestTides

BayofFundy,NovaScotia,Canada

HighestpointonAsia

Mt.Everest

HighestpointinAfrica

Mt.Kilimanjaro

LowestpointonAsia

DeadSea

LowestpointonAfrica

LakeAssal

Largestcontinentinarea

Asia

Smallestcontinentinarea

Australia

Largestcountryintheworld(inarea)

Russia

Smallestcountryintheworld(inarea)

VaticanCity