World Geography Questions

Balkan

The headquarters of Asian Development Bank is there in Manila, Philippines.

The Mayans were an ancient civilization located in what is known as Mesoamerica, a geographical region comprised of Mexico and parts of Central America. They were extremely adept in matters of mathematics, astronomy, and art, and architecture.

The Mayan pyramids and temples were built with bricks and covered with limestone.

The Chief Financial Officer for a city is called the City Controller.

The 180th meridian or antimeridian is the meridian 180° east or west of the Prime Meridian, with which it forms a great circle dividing the earth into the Western and Eastern Hemispheres.

It is common to both east longitude and west longitude.

It is used as the basis for the International Date Line because it mostly passes through the open waters of the Pacific Ocean. However, the meridian passes through Russia and Fiji as well as Antarctica.

Longitude is the measurement east or west of the prime meridian.

Longitude is measured by imaginary lines that run around the Earth vertically (up and down) and meet at the North and South Poles. These lines are known as meridians.

Norway is called as the land of midnight sun.