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5 Themes of Geography, Map Skills, Latitude and Longitude, Climates
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1
Name the Continent that is Yellow in Color
Africa
Australia
Europe
North America
2
What Climate Zone surrounds the Equator?
Tropical
Ocean
Polar
Temperate
3
Which one of the Following is not a Continent of the world?
Africa
Asia
Central America
Europe
4
What is the purpose of a scale on a map?
relate distance
define the symbols
describe direction
5
What Geographical Feature (Land-form) is show in this picture?
Sunshine
Mountains
Hills
Swamp
6
Greensburg is located right off I-74. This describes its
relative location
absolute location
movement
GPS coordinates
7
What are the 3 major types of Climate Zones??
Temperate, Tropical, Astronauts
Low Latitude(Tropical), Mid-Latitude(Temperate), High Latitude(Polar)
Temperate, Wet, Dry
Golf, Mountain, Desert
8
Why is there snow at the top but its green and warm at the bottom of the mountain?
God decided not to allow mountains to not be cold.
There just is!!!
It is to hot at the top of the mountain because it is so close to the sun.
The air up a mountain is thin allowing heat to escape the higher you go.
9
What city is located at 25N, 121E?
Hong Kong
Tokyo
Keelung
Shanghai
10
Physical characteristics of a place include
buildings
people
culture
climate
11
Which city on this map is known for ranching?
Longwood
Clarion
Springfield
Mobile
12
GPS uses Satellites and Lat/Long lines to find what type of location?
Latitude Location
Longitude Location
Relative Location
Absolute Location
13
What city is located at approximately 9s, 30E?
Torit
Bentlu
Awell
Bor
14
Which two Geographical Features (Land-forms) are high land that is level on top?
Mountain and Mesa
Mesa and Plateau
Dune and Mountain
Plain and Plateau
15
What aspect of the world has the largest impact on an areas Climate?
Continent
Sunshine
Line of Latitude
Region
16
Human characteristics of a place include
mountains
wildlife
bodies of water
language
17
Name the Continent in this Picture that is Orange?
Asia
Africa
North America
South America
18
What is the difference in Climate between Florida and Indiana?
Florida is Hot or Wamer, because it is closer to the Equator.
They are not different because they are both in the USA
Florida is raining and hot, while Indiana is hot and a desert.
Indiana colder than Florida cause its in temperate and Florida is Tropical
19
What color of Climate Zone is considerate the High Latitude Zone? (Hint: it has the bigger numbers!)
Pink
Blue
Yellow
Green
20
What do you use a Map for in your day to day lives?
Nobody ever uses a Map
Locating Places
Weather radar
Directions
21
What is the practice of creating maps know as?
cartology
cartography
mapography
mapology
22
The line of latitude that divides the Earth into northern and southern hemispheres is called
the equator
the international date line
the prime meridian
the tropic of capricorn
23
This image is an example of a
compass rose
map legend/key
map grid
map scale
24
What theme of Geography is demonstrated by wearing sunscreen and a hat in the summer here?
Location
Human Environment interaction
Movment
Region
25
Climate is the average weather of a place in a year. Weather is short term day to day air temperature of that place.
True
False
26
Name the Ocean that is Highlighted the Darker Blue?
Arctic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Southern Ocean
Pacific Ocean
27
Which letter is labeling the title on this map?
A
C
B
28
Which Ocean is Highlighted the Darker Blue?
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Indian Ocean
Southern Ocean
