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World Rally
At each checkpoint you must list the city, country, and continent. The teacher must check all answers
before you can go on to the next checkpoint.
Checkpoint 1: Start at: 29°N 98°W and go to: 19°N 99°W
City, country, continient:__________________ to city, country, continent:______________________
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B.
C.
D.
What international boundary did you cross?_______________________________
What state are you in?________________________________________________
What political significance does this city have?_____________________________
What mountain range lies to the west?___________________________________
Checkpoint 2: 12°N 86°W
City, country, continent:_____________________________________________________
A. Name 3 climate zones in this country: ___________,______________,__________
B. What is the major economic activity?_____________________________________
C. What body of water is located to the west of this country?____________________
Checkpoint 3: 18°N 72°W
City, country, continent: ______________________________________________________
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B.
C.
D.
What body of water did you cross?_______________________________________
What type of landform is this?___________________________________________
What is the closest country?_____________________________________________
What is the name of the island chain this country is a part of? __________________
Checkpoint 4: 22°S 42°W
City, country, continent:_______________________________________________________
A. What is the largest river you crossed?______________________________________
B. What well-known parallel is 1.5 degrees south of checkpoint 4?_________________
C. What season will it be if you were here in July?______________________________
Checkpoint 5: 33°S 18°E
City, country, continent:_______________________________________________________
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B.
C.
D.
What ocean did you cross?______________________________________________
Near what navigational point is this city located?_____________________________
Name the port city located at about the same latitude, but on the east coast.______
What is the desert 10 degrees north of this city?_____________________________
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Checkpoint 6: 34°N35.5°E
City, country, continent:_______________________________________________________
A. What sea is located 2 degrees to the south?________________________________
B. What vegetation zone is this city in?______________________________________
C. What is the major use of land for this country?______________________________
Checkpoint 7: 41°N 12°E
City, country, continent:_______________________________________________________
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B.
C.
D.
Name 4 countries bordering this country.___________________________________
What 4 bodies of water border this country?________________________________
What island nation is located southwest of this country?_______________________
Name the mountains that border this country?_______________________________
Checkpoint 8: 51°N 0°E/W
City, country, continent:_______________________________________________________
A. What direction did you fly to get here?____________________________________
B. How many degrees of latitude did you cross to get here?______________________
C. What strait did you cross?_______________________________________________
Checkpoint 9: 55°N 37°E
City, country, continent:_______________________________________________________
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B.
C.
D.
What political similarity does this city share with the previous checkpoint?_______
What aquatic similarity does this city share with the previous checkpoint?________
Name the mountain chain to the east that separates Asia and Europe.___________
What is the main river in the western part of this country?____________________
Checkpoint 10: 37°N 127°E
City, country, continent:_______________________________________________________
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B.
C.
D.
This city is located on what type of landform?______________________________
What country, located east of here, is economically competitive with the U.S.?___
The most populous country in the world is to the west. What is it?_____________
What two seas in this region are named after the country described in C?________
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Checkpoint 11: 21°N 105°E
City, country, continent:_______________________________________________________
A. What 3 countries border this country?_____________________________________
B. What is the name of the mountain range that runs through this country?_________
C. What gulf is located to the east?__________________________________________
Checkpoint 12: 34°S 151°E
City, country, continent:_______________________________________________________
A. What is the mountain range to the west?_______________________________
B. What island is to the south?__________________________________________
C. What ocean is to the west?___________________________________________
Checkpoint 13: 37°N 122°W
City, country, continent:_______________________________________________________
A. What ocean did you cross?______________________________________________
B. What is the population density of this city?_________________________________
C. What are the major economic activities in this area?_________________________
Checkpoint 14: 29°N 98°W
City, country, continent:_______________________________________________________
A. What major mountain range did you cross?_________________________________
B. What major river in the west did you cross?_________________________________
C. What climate zone is this city in?__________________________________________
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Answers
1. San Antonio, USA, North America
a. US/Mexico Border or Rio Grande
b. Federal District
c. Capital
d. Sierra Madre
2. Managua, Nicaragua, North America
a. Tropical wet, Mediterranean, Tropical wet/dry
b. Precious metals
c. Pacific Ocean
3. Port au-Prince, Haiti, Caribbean
a. Caribbean Sea
b. Island Nation
c. Dominican Republic
d. West Indies
4. Rio De Janerio, Brazil, South America
a. Amazon
b. Tropic of Capricorn
c. Winter
5. Cape Town, South Africa, Africa
a. Atlantic Ocean
b. Cape of Good Hope
c. Port Elizabeth
d. Kalahari
6. Beirut, Lebanon, Asia
a. Dead Sea
b. Highlands
c. Commercial farming
7. Rome, Italy, Europe
a. France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia
b. Adriatic Sea, Ionian Sea, Tyrrenian Sea, Ligurian Sea
c. Sardinia
d. Alps
8. London, England, Europe
a. Northwest
b. 10 degrees
c. English Channel
9. Moscow, Russia, Europe
a. Both are capitals
b. Both have rivers in the city
c. Ural mountains
d. Volga River
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10. Seoul, South Korea, Asia
a. Peninsula
b. Japan
c. China
d. East China Sea, South China Sea
11. Hanoi, Vietnam, Asia
a. China, Laos, Cambodia
b. Annam Cordillera
c. Tonkin
12. Sydney, Australia, Australia
a. Great Dividing Range
b. Tasmania
c. Indian Ocean
13. San Francisco, USA, North America
a. Pacific Ocean
b. Over 250 people per sq mi
c. Commercial fishing, natural gas, commercial farming, trade, hydroelectric power
14. San Antonio, USA, North America
a. Rocky Mountains
b. Colorado River
c. Humid subtropical