DECLARE YOUR INTERDEPENDENCE!
GEOGRAPHY CHALLENGE!
B. Nigeria
C. Egypt
2. This country is the world’s number one producer of cocoa.
D. Brazil
3. This country produces the most coffee and also is home to the largest
beef company in the world.
E. China
7. This country imports more rice than any other country in the world.
8. This country produces and consumes the most pork in the world,
and is also the leading producer of coal and rare earth metals.
Step 2. Match the country names with the maps of the national borders.
NOTE: maps are not to scale!
s
t
u
z:
u:
v:
v
t:
6. This country is the leading exporter of rice.
H. Côte d’Ivoire
y:
5. 65% of imported vegetables in the U.S. and 38% of imported fruits are grown
in this country.
G. Mexico
Optional Step 4: s- Liberia, Guinea, Mali,
Burkina Faso, Ghana, Atlantic Ocean. tBolivia, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana,
Suriname, French Guiana, Atlantic Ocean,
Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay. u- Sweden,
Norway, Russia, Baltic Sea.
v- Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan,
Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Mongolia,
North Korea, East China Sea, South China
Sea, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, India, Bhutan,
Nepal. w- Libya, Mediterranean Sea, Israel,
Red Sea, Sudan. x- Pacific Ocean, United
States, Gulf of Mexico, Belize, Guatemala.
y - Benin, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Gulf of
Guinea. z- Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Gulf
of Thailand, Malaysia, Andaman Sea.
4. Although this country consumes the most coffee per capita of any country in
the world, no coffee beans are grown within its borders.
F. Finland
s:
1. This country imports more wheat than any other country in the world.
A. Thailand
x:
Step 1. Match the descriptions, numbered 1-8, with the country names, A-H.
w:
Step 3 (North arrows):
y
z
Step 1: 1.C, 2.H, 3.D, 4.F, 5.G, 6.A,
7.B, 8.E
x
Step 2: s-H [Côte d’Ivoire], t-D [Brazil],
u-F [Finland], v-E [China], w-C [Egypt],
x-G [Mexico], y-B [Nigeria], z-A [Thailand]
w
Answer Key
Step 3. Draw an arrow pointing North to show the orientation of each map.
Optional Step 4. Give these floating borders a place on the globe! On another sheet of
paper, list the other countries and bodies of water that border each map.