Continents
Oceans
Land Forms
Maps
Vocabulary
100
Which continent contains Canada?
North America
100
What are the names of the two oceans that are on either side of North and South America?
Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean
100
What is the term for a mass of land that rises above the surrounding land and forms a peak?
Mountain
100
What is the name of a symbol on a map that shows North, South, East and West?
Compass rose
100
What is land with little rain and few plants is called?
Desert
200
Which continent contains the countries of Brazil and Columbia?
South America
200
What ocean lies between the coasts of North American and Asia?
Pacific Ocean
200
What is the term for land that is surrounded by water on three sides?
Peninsula
200
What is the name of the part of a map that show what symbols on the map represent?
Key or legend
200
A model of the earth that is spherical is called what?
globe
300
Which continent do kangaroos live on?
Australia
300
Which ocean is closest to the North Pole?
Arctic Ocean
300
What is the name of a stretch of lowlands between mountains?
Valley
300
What is the name of the imaginary line that divides the earth into a northern and southern hemisphere?
Equator
300
An imaginary line that separates two countries or states from each other is called a?
Border
400
What is the largest continent on earth?
Asia
400
What ocean is between Africa, Asia and Australia?
Indian Ocean
400
What is a large body of water surrounded by land on all sides called?
Lake
400
What type of map shows the features of elevation, landforms and bodies of water?
Physical map
400
The study of the earth's surface, including people's responses to topography, climate, and vegetation is?
Geography
500
Which continent has a population of zero permanent inhabitants?
Antarctica
500
What percent of the earth's surface is covered by water? (You will be given credit for answers within 5% of the correct answer.)
71% (66%-76% accepted)
500
What is the term for a plain with no trees located in a cold climate?
Tundra
500
What type of map shows the boundaries between states and countries, and gives the names of the states and countries?
Political map
500
What is the name of a person who makes maps?
Cartographer
M
e
n
u