# Geography Books

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 2, 2010, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-books/534683 "2010-04-02T01:41:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-books/534683/1 "2010-04-02T01:41:09Z")

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I’m going up to Sacramento for the State Geography Bee next week so could please recommand me some Geography books and/or websites. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-books/534683/2 "2010-04-02T03:19:52Z")

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_[The Geography Bee Complete Preparation Handbook: 1,001 Questions & Answers to Help You Win Again and Again!](http://www.amazon.com/Geography-Bee-Complete-Preparation-Handbook/dp/0761535713/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1270178298&sr=1-4)_  
_[National Geographic Bee Official Study Guide](http://www.amazon.com/National-Geographic-Official-Study-Guide/dp/1426301987/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b)_  
_[Afghanistan to Zimbabwe: Country Facts That Helped Me Win the National Geographic Bee](http://www.amazon.com/Afghanistan-Zimbabwe-Country-National-Geographic/dp/0792279816/ref=pd_sim_b_2)_

But really, Curtis, you shouldn’t put these things off to the last minute.

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**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geography-books/534683/3 "2010-04-02T17:42:43Z")

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> [@Curtis LeMay](#):
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> State Geography Bee…

Here are some practice questions:

[ul][li]Which ocean is at the west end of Panama Canal?[/li]  
[li]Name all the countries neighboring on Afghanistan.[/li]  
[li]What is the longest river in North America?[/li]  
[li]Which language has more native speakers, the principle language of Copenhagen or that of Barcelona?[/li][/ul]