Geography
What is the term for the study of the Earth and its features?
What is Geography
What type of map shows physical features like mountains and rivers?
What is a Physical or Topographic Map
What is a large area of flat land called?
What is a plain
What are the two main hemispheres called?
What are the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere
What is the largest continent?
What is Asia
What imaginary line divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
What is the Equator
What do you call a map that shows cities and other human-made features?
What is a Political Map
What do you call a high, steep area of land?
What is a cliff, a mountain, a plateau, a mesa, or an escarpment,
Which hemisphere is Australia located in?
What is the Southern Hemisphere
Which ocean is located on the west coast of the United States?
What is the Pacific Ocean
What is the capital city of the United States?
What is Washington DC
On a map, what does a compass rose show? NAME THEM!
what is the cardinal and/or ordinal directions (North, South, East, West, Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, Northwest)
What is the name for a deep valley between mountains?
What is a Canyon, gorge, or ravine
What hemisphere is the majority of Africa located in?
(TWO CORRECT CHOICES)
What continent is known as the "Dark Continent"?
What is Africa.
It is known as the "Dark Continent," an outdated term coined by European explorers in the late 19th century to describe the continent's largely unknown interior and its perceived lack of development by European standards.
What is the largest country in the world by land area?
What is Russia
What is the purpose of a scale on a map?
What is to show the relationship between distances on the map and actual distances on the ground
What is a body of water surrounded by land called?
What is a lake
What is the name of the line that divides the Eastern and Western Hemispheres?
What is the Prime Meridian
Name the ocean that is the smallest in size.
What is the Arctic Ocean
What is the name of the longest river in the world?
What type of map shows temperature and precipitation for a specific area?
What is the term for a large, naturally occurring stream of water?
What is a river
Which country is located in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
What are Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Indonesia, Kenya, Uganda, Gabon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, Maldives, Sao Tome and Principe, and Kiribati,
COUNTRIES IN CENTRAL AMERICA
What continent is home to the Amazon Rainforest?
What is South America