Table of Contents
Legend & Scale
Geographic Landmarks
Latitude & Longitude
U.S. Geography
100

What page can you find the South America political map?

What is Page 143?

100

What is a Legend?

What is a map key?

100

What is a large area covered with trees called?

What is a forrest?

100

What is the line called at 0° Latitude? (Hint: it separates the Northern & Southern hemispheres).

What is the equator?

100

What is the largest state in the United States?

What is Alaska?

200

What page can you find the African Thematic Map?

What is Page 160?

200

On page 128, how many miles does 1 inch represent?

What is 250 miles?

200

What is a plain?

What is a large, flat area of land?

200

What are the names of the two tropics (Hint: one is at 23° North, and the other is at 23° South)?

What is the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn?

200

What state is the Grand Canyon located in?

What is Arizona?

300

What page can you find the Index?

What is page 194?

300

What does a scale measure?

What is scale distance on a map (miles, kilometers, etc.)?

300

What is a deep, narrow valley with high, steep sides called?

What is a Canyon?
300

What is the line at 0° Longitude? (Hint: it separates the Western & Eastern Hemispheres).

What is the Prime Meridian?

300

What state is known as the, "Island state"?

What is Hawaii?

400

What page can I read about Hawaii?

What is Page 114?

400

On page 24-25, what is the distance in kilometers between Moscow (Russia) and Cairo (Egypt)? (HINT: measure in inches).

What is 3000 Kilometers?

400

What is a way that humans change their environment? (hint: there are multiple options)

What is.... Creating a harbor for trade, cutting timber, creating irrigated land (or farms), building a dock, bridge, etc.

400

On Page 52, go to the point 40° North, 105° West. What city is closest to this point?

What is Denver?

400
What is the longest river in the United States?

What is the Missouri River? (2,341 miles long).

500

What page can you find the World Time Zones?

What is Page 40?

500

On page 52,(using the scale) how many miles can be measured from Phoenix (Arizona) to Denver (CO)? (HINT: try measuring in centimeters).

What is 600 miles?

500

What is a small piece of land that is NEARLY surrounded by water called?

What is a peninsula?

500

On page 26-27, What is the location of Manila (in the Philippines)?

What is 15° North, 120° East?

500

How many oceans border the United States?

What is 3? (The Pacific on the west, the Atlantic on the East, and the Arctic to the North).

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