Describing Geography

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​Harold is telling Agnes about a book that he wrote.
Haroldが自分の書いた本についてAgnesに話しています。

Harold: This is my new novel.
​これが僕の新しい小説だよ。

Agnes: I can’t wait to read it! Can you tell me about it?
待ち切れないわ、読むの！どんな話か教えてくれる？

Harold: It’s a thriller. The hero is a cop who lives in the mountains.
推理小説だよ。主人公は山で暮らしている警官なんだ。

Agnes: Yeah?
それで？

Harold: He lives on a small island, but there are forests and big cities, too.
その警官は小さな島に住んでいるんだけど、そこには森や大都市もあるんだ。

Agnes: Sounds great!
すごいわね！

Harold: Yeah. And to the east, there are wide oceans.
うん、それに東には大海が広がってるんだ。

Agnes: Are there snow plains to the north?
北には雪原があるの？

Harold: Yes! It’s really good, isn’t it?
そう！すごくよくない、これ？

Agnes: Actually, it sounds a bit like Japan.
そこって、ちょっと日本みたいね。
  • In which American city is the Golden Gate Bridge located?

  • Answer: San Francisco

  • What is the capital of Thailand?

  • Answer: Bangkok

  • Cairo is the capital of which country?

  • Answer: Egypt

  • What is the capital of England?

  • Answer: London

  • What is the capital city of Canada?

  • Answer: Ottawa

  • What is the capital of Mexico?

  • Answer: Mexico City

  • Madagascar is surrounded by which ocean?

  • Answer: Indian Ocean

  • Which country is the second biggest in the world?

  • Answer: Canada

  • What is the capital city of Spain?

  • Answer: Madrid

  • Mount Everest lies in which mountain range?

  • Answer: The Himalayas

  • Which is the largest country in the world?

  • Answer: Russia

  • The US consists of how many states?

  • Answer: 50

  • What is the name of the great park in New York City?

  • Answer: Central Park

  • Which country has the largest population in the world?

  • Answer: China

  • What do the letters ‘D’ and ‘C’ stand for in the capital city Washington D.C.?

  • Answer: District of Columbia

  • Which is the longest river in Africa?

  • Answer: Nile

  • Kabul is the capital city of which country?

  • Answer: Afghanistan

  • Which ocean lies between Africa and Australia and south of Asia?

  • Answer: Indian Ocean

  • Mumbai, Chennai, and Kolkata are metropolitan cities in which country?

  • Answer: India

  • Europe and Africa are separated by which sea?

  • Answer: The Mediterranean

  • Which desert covers much of northern Africa?

  • Answer: The Sahara

  • Which Italian city is famous for its canals?

  • Answer: Venice

  • In which country does the River Nile meet the sea?

  • Answer: Egypt

  • What is the largest country in Scandinavia?

  • Answer: Sweden

  • What are the names of the five oceans?

  • Answer: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic and Southern

  • What is the hottest continent on Earth?

  • Answer: Africa

  • Which two continents does Russia belong to?

  • Answer: Europe and Asia

  • Where is the biggest railway station in the world?

  • Answer: New York City (Grand Central Terminal)

  • Dublin is the largest city in which country?

  • Answer: Ireland

  • Istanbul is a large city in which country?

  • Answer: Turkey

  • What is a nickname for New York City?

  • Answer: The Big Apple

  • Where place receives the world’s highest annual average rainfall?

  • Answer: Hawaii

  • What’s the world’s biggest port?

  • Answer: Port of Shanghai

  • Luxembourg City is the capital of which country?

  • Answer: Luxembourg

  • How many time zones does India span?

  • Answer: Two

  • Which Scottish loch with a length of about 24 miles, is reputed to contain a monster?

  • Answer: Loch Ness

  • Which island country lies off China, Korea, and Russia?

  • Answer: Japan

  • What is the largest steel arch bridge in the world?

  • Answer: Sydney Harbor Bridge

  • What is Turkey’s highest mountain?

  • Answer: Mount Ararat

  • Which countries share the longest border in the world?

  • Answer: USA and Canada

  • Which country is the most populated in Europe?

  • Answer: Germany

  • In which country are the holy cities of Mecca and Medina located?

  • Answer: Saudi Arabia

  • What is the line of latitude that runs around the center of the world called?

  • Answer: The Equator

  • What is the world’s second highest mountain after Everest in Asia?

  • Answer: K2

  • Which country has four letters, the last one q?

  • Answer: Iraq

  • In which ocean is the Maldives located?

  • Answer: Indian Ocean

  • In which ocean is Fiji?

  • Answer: Pacific

  • Which river rises in Peru, has no bridge crossing it and enters the sea in Brazil?

  • Answer: The Amazon

  • In which US city would you find Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx?

  • Answer: New York

  • What boat is highly associated with the canals?

  • Answer: Barges

  • Which state/territory of Australia is an island?

  • Answer: Tasmania

  • What are the only two countries to have a land border with the US?

  • Answer: Canada and Mexico

  • Mount Kilimanjaro is located in which continent?

  • Answer: Africa

  • What river flows through the Grand Canyon?

  • Answer: Colorado

  • In which country would you find the Taj Mahal?

  • Answer: India

  • What are horizontal and vertical imaginary lines around the earth called?

  • Answer: Latitudes and Longitudes

  • Which country shares the same peninsula as Spain?

  • Answer: Portugal

  • The United Kingdom consists of England, Scotland, Wales, and which other region?

  • Answer: Northern Ireland

  • Which country is called the Land of Rising Sun?

  • Answer: Japan

  • What was the name of the supercontinent of 200 million years ago?

  • Answer: Pangaea

  • Which state did the US purchase from Russia?

  • Answer: Alaska

  • In which country is the Yellow River, also known as Huang He, located?

  • Answer: China

  • Is Australia in the northern or the southern hemisphere?

  • Answer: Southern