Five Themes
Globe Lines
Map Skills
Map skills 2
Geo trivia
100
40 degrees north, 50 degrees west is an example of what?
What is absolute location?
100
What is the imaginary line that runs north and south at 0 degrees longitude?
What is the prime meridian?
100
What is a list that explains all the symbols on a map called?
What is a map key?
100
This is a representation of Earth, showing places, locations, and features.
What is a Map?
100
What country is below the United States
What is Mexico?
200
Ethan moved from Minnesota to Florida because he decided to go to college there is an example of what theme of geography?
What is movement?
200
Also called meridians, these lines run between the north and south poles
What is lines of longitude?
200
A pattern of lines that form squares on a map.
What is a grid?
200
This type of map focuses on showing natural features like mountains, rivers, and deserts.
What is a Physical Map?
200
What are the two offcial languages in Canada?
What is French and English?
300
When you have an area that share two or more characteristics it is what theme of geography?
Example: Babbitt has many trees and iron ore deposits.
What is Region?
300
Also called parallels, these imaginary lines run parallel to the equator.
What is lines of latitude?
300
The cardinal directions
What are North, South, East and West?
300
The continent that we live on is called what?
What is North America?
300
What province is one to the right of Manitoba?
What is Ontario?
400
People in Spain speak the Spanish language is an example of what theme of geography?
What is place?
400
An imaginary line that runs around the center of the earth, halfway between the north and south poles at 0 degrees latitude.
What is the equator?
400
Mrs. Roger's classroom is down the hall from Mrs. Engman's and Mrs. Kleinschmidt's is an example of what kind of location?
What is relative location?
400
The countries of Kenya and Egypt are located in this continent.
What is Africa?
400
What province is two to the left of Manitoba?
What is Alberta?
500
Changing the shape of the land by mining is an example of which of the five themes of geography?
What is human-environment interaction?
500
North, South, East and West are known as the cardinal directions and are found on what map symbol?
What is a compass rose?
500
What is located in I3
What is Australia?
500
What gets distorted when you project a 3d globe onto a flat map?
What is shape, area, distance, or direction?
500
Which country in Europe is also known as "The Boot"
What is Italy?