Landforms
Maps
Vocab
Continents & Oceans
Capital cities
Nothing
100
Which of the following is NOT a landform?
Valley, River, Canal, Isthmus
Canal
100
What is a compass rose?
a small drawing on a map that shows direction
100
What is physical geography?
Features on the earth that are made naturally
100
What continent do we live on?
Asia
100
What is the capital city of Peru?
Lima
100
What do we call a mapmaker?
A cartographer
200
What is a hemisphere?
Half of a sphere. Geographers use the equator and the prime meridian to divide the Earth into four sections.
200
Which map element provides the reader with symbols and information about the map?
The KEY!
200
This is an example of a ________ map
Physical map
200
This continent has no cities and is found at the very south of the earth
Antarctica
200
What is the capital city of Thailand?
Bangkok
200
The average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time.
Climate
300
This landform is made up of a group of islands
archipelago
300
Which map element provides a ratio between actual distance and the distance on a map.
Ex: 1 inch = 10 miles
scale
300
Invisible Line that splits the globe into eastern and western hemispheres
Prime Meridian
300
This large continent is also a country in the Pacific
Australia
300
What is the capital city of Canada?
Ottawa
300
Give an example of ‘extreme weather’
heat wave, cold spell, blizzards
400
Describe a valley
low area between hills or mountains
400
The key contains __________ to represent information.
Symbols
400
These lines run east and west but measure NORTH AND SOUTH
Latitude lines
400
These three oceans touch the United States
Pacific, Atlantic, and Arctic
400
What is the capital city of South Africa?
Johannesburg
400
Which capital is at 49 degrees North and 106 degrees East
Ulaanbaatar
500
Where are the Andes mountains located?
South America (Peru)
500
What are the four main map elements?
Scale, Key, Compass Rose, Title
500
What separates Alaska from Russia?
Bering Strait
500
The country of Turkey exists on which two continents?
Europe and Asia
500
What is the capital city of Mongolia?
Ulaanbaatar
500
How are physical and political maps different?
Political maps show cities and boundaries, physical maps show geographic features
600
This major landform separates the west coast from the central Great Plains and stretches between the U.S. and Canada
Rocky Mountains
600
How do we call a climate that is hot and wet all year?
Tropical climate
600
Name a country that would be considered an archipelago
Seychelles, French Polynesia, Japan, Indonesia, Philippines, etc.
600
Which is the biggest desert in the world?
Sahara
600
What is the capital city of Australia?
Canberra
600
Give an example of how PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY affects HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
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