Week at a Glance Sept 14-18

What is the sixth word in the Pledge of Allegiance?

• allegiance

• the

• flag

• liberty

Lines of latitude can also be called

• longitude

• parallels

• Prime meridian

• poles

Hurricane Sally landed this week near Gulf Shores, ______________ on Wednesday morning.

• Florida

• Idaho

• Alabama

• New York

____________ maps show the geographic boundaries between governmental units such as countries, states, and counties

• Historical

• Political

• Topographical

• Population Density

What would you use to measure distance east and west of the Prime Meridian?

• lines of longitude

• meridians

• latitude

• lines of longitude OR meridians (they're the same thing)

The ______________ is an imaginary line that circles the globe halfway between the North and South poles.

• Prime meridian

• global grid

• Tropic of Cancer

• equator

Which of these is NOT one of the three countries that has highest totals of coronavirus?

• Russia

• France

• India

• Brazil

Tensions are high between the United States and _________ because of an ongoing trade dispute, controversial islands, and disagreements over incidents in Hong Kong.

• Canada

• Vietnam

• United Arab Emirates

• China

In 1979 the World Meteorological Organization started naming storms _________

• using the World War II military alphabet

• after their favorite pets

• alphabetically, alternating between male and female names

• after their wives

Wildfires are currently raging _____________

• on the western coast of the US

• in the gulf coast

• Northwest Montana

• along the Mississippi River