- Continents, oceans, hemispheres, and major latitude and longitude lines.
- Any of the following about countries / states / provinces / territories / regions / cities:
- capitals: name, population/rank, location.
- major cities
- borders (e.g. which state borders both Minnesota and Wyoming)
- ocean/sea/gulf/lake shores (e.g. Egypt has shores on the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea)
- rivers -- what states/countries they run through/alongside (e.g. Delaware River runs alongside Pennsylvania but through New York), tributaries, canals
- population/area relative to a larger unit (e.g. Massachusetts's most populous city is Boston, U.S.'s largest state by land area is Alaska, world's most populous country is mainland China)
- known for which food / industries / types of tourism / attractions / events / institutions / holidays / festivals (e.g. Harvard is in Massachusetts, DisneyWorld is in Florida, Maine is famous for lobster, Eiffel Tower is in Paris)
- time zones
- year/order of admission/independence/establishment/constitution (e.g. Hawaii is the 50th state)
- origin of name (e.g. "Connecticut" derives from American Indian language; "Vermont" derives from French for "green mountains")
- distinguishing aspects of the population, such as approximate or relative population / migration history / religions / languages / famous people
- known for which plants / animals / parks / mountains / weather (e.g. Colorado mountains are Rockies)
- continental divides, where water flows
- which cities are in which state, which states/provinces are in which country, which countries are on which continent, which seas are arms of which oceans or other seas, etc.
- which direction to get from one place to another (e.g. Kansas is west of Missouri)
- separations (e.g. Dakota Territory became North and South), merges (e.g. North and South Vietnam), former names (e.g. Thailand was Siam)
- extreme altitude (e.g. lowest valley in U.S. is in California)
- State quarters, nicknames, mottoes
- Catholic content: cities named San/St. or otherwise reflecting our faith, notable Catholics coming from the location, famous Catholic universities, cathedrals, holy sites, etc.
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