What is Geography?
What is the study of the Earth's physical features and how humans interact with them?
Geography
What is the equator's latitude degree?
What river is known as the longest river in the United States?
Missouri
What major event drove one million Irish immigrants to the United States in the 1800s?
The Irish Potatoe Famine
What is the term for the natural process of wearing down rocks and soil?
Weathering and erosion
Name one reason why people migrate from one place to another.
Economic opportunity, climate, safety, etc.
What is the name of the line that runs through Greenwich, England?
Which river does the Hoover Dam stretch across?
Colorado
Name a reason why people might migrate to find exciting new opportunities.
Economic opportunity, education, etc
What is the largest ocean on Earth?
Pacific
What do we call the imaginary lines that divide the Earth into different zones?
Zones or regions
How many time zones are there on Earth?
24
Name one river that Lewis and Clark explored.
Missouri and Columbia
What is the term for a land bridge that once connected Asia with North America?
Bering Land Bridge
What continent is known as the "Dark Continent"?
Africa
What is the longest national border in the world?
Canada and the lower 48 U.S. states share the longest national border in the world.
What is the latitude of the North Pole?
90 degrees North
What is the shortest river in the United States?
Roe River
Why do some people migrate due to harsh conditions?
Fleeing for safety, lack of resources, etc.
What is the capital city of Canada?
Ottowa
Why do early civilizations often settle near rivers?
Near rivers for fertile land and water supply.
What do we call lines of longitude?
Meridians
What river carries the most water in the United States?
Mississippi
What is one way that people adapt to living in different regions of the Earth?
Adaptation through farming, building, and using local resources.
Name one of the five Great Lakes.
Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario