What In The World Am I?

BY HELEN CHANEY OKAGE TEACHER CONSULTANT

I am a country.

I am located in Africa.

Part of my eastern border touches the Red Sea.

I am located south of the Tropic of Cancer.

I am found north of the equator.

I am bordered on the north by Egypt.

What in the world am I?

Sudan

I am a country.

I am located on the continent of Europe.

I am located mostly between 50 and 55 degrees North latitude.

I am divided in half by 20 degrees East longitude.

I am bordered to the north by the Baltic Sea. What in the world am I?

Poland

I am a body of water.

I am located in Asia.

My western shore touches several nations, including Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

My longest eastern shore touches Iran.

I flow eventually into the Arabian Sea.

What in the world am I?

Persian Gulf

I am an island.

I am located in the Indian Ocean.

I am located between 10 and 30 degrees South latitude.

I am located mostly between 40 and 50 degrees East longitude.

What in the world am I?

Madagascar

I am a country.

I am located on the continent of South America.

I am located mostly between 20 and 30 degrees South latitude.

I am a landlocked country.

I am bordered by Bolivia to the north and west.

What in the world am I?

Paraguay

I am a mountain range.

I am located on the continent of Asia.

I am located in much of southwestern China.

I am the source of some of the world’s largest rivers.

What in the world am I?

Himalaya Mountains

I am a river.

I am located on the continent of Africa.

I flow north through Sudan.

One of my sources is in Ethiopia.

I empty my waters into the Mediterranean Sea.

What in the world am I?

Nile River

I am a lake.

I am located on the continent of Asia.

I am found in eastern Kazakhstan.

I am the second largest in Central Asia after the Aral Sea.

I am located between 70 and 80 degrees East longitude.

What in the world am I?

Lake Balkhash

I am an archipelago.

I am located west of Canada.

In general, I separate the Bering Sea to the north from the Pacific Ocean to the south.

Some of my islands lie on both sides of 180 degrees longitude.

What in the world am I?

Aleutian Islands

I am a continent.

I am located between 10 and 50 degrees South latitude.

I am bordered by the Indian Ocean to the west.

I am located southeast of Indonesia.

I am the only continent that is also a country.

What in the world am I?

Australia

I am a country.

I am located on the continent of Asia.

I am landlocked.

I am bordered by China on the east, south and west.

I am bordered by Russia to the north.

What in the world am I?

Mongolia

I am a desert.

I am located on the continent of Africa.

I am west of Saudi Arabia.

I am located in eastern Egypt.

I am between the Red Sea and the Nile River.

What in the world am I?

Eastern or Arabian Desert

I am a lake.

I am located on the continent of Africa.

The border between Uganda to the north and Tanzania to the south cuts me in half.

One of the sources of the Nile River flows out of me.

What in the world am I?

Lake Victoria

I am a country.

I am located on the continent of Asia.

I share my northern border with China.

I am west of the Sea of Japan and east of the Yellow Sea.

I am north of a country whose capital is Seoul.

What in the world am I?

North Korea

I am an island.

I am also a country.

I am considered part of the continent of Asia.

You can find me east of China.

I “sit on top of” the Tropic of Cancer.

What in the world am I?

Taiwan

I am a country.

I am located in Africa.

The equator goes right through me.

I am east of Gabon.

My capital city is Brazzaville.

What in the world am I?

Congo

I am a country.

I am a peninsula, sometimes called a subcontinent.

I am northwest of Sri Lanka.

I am bordered to the west by the Arabian Sea and to the east by the Bay of Bengal.

I have the largest Hindu population in the world.

What in the world am I?

India

I am a body of water.

I am located near the continent of South America.

I am run through the southern tip of Argentina and Chile.

I connect the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.

What in the world am I?

Straits of Magellan

I am a body of water.

I am located off the continent of Asia.

I am east of India and south of Bangladesh.

I am west of Myanmar (Burma).

I am considered to be part of the Indian Ocean.

What in the world am I?

Bay of Bengal

I am a country.

I am located on the continent of Asia.

I am “sandwiched” between India and China.

I am located between 80 and 90 degrees East longitude.

Mountain climbers love to visit me.

What in the world am I?

Nepal