2014 Geography Quiz: Answers Remarkably, this is true … sort of. Large swaths of Canada, particularly around Hudson Bay, have measurably less gravity than other parts of the globe. The gravitational difference is 0.005 percent, or about 0.1 ounces for an average adult. The closest U.S. state to Africa is Maine. Look at a globe. Tornadoes. “Sahara” means “desert” in Arabic. [...] yes: “Sahara Desert” is redundant. The enormous tides of the Bay of Fundy, into which the St.