Sources
Continents
Oceans
Map Skills
Riddles
100
A ________ Source is information that was created at the same time as an event or by a person directly involved in the event.
(Examples include: Diaries, speeches, letters, official records, autobiographies)
A) Primary
B)Secondary
A) Primary
100
In 1959 a treaty was signed, and 12 countries agreed to govern this continent together as a reserve for peace and science. Since then 41 other countries have signed the agreement.
This continent has no permanent human population
A) Europe
B)Australia
C)Antarctica
D)North America
C)Antarctica
100
Covering more than 30% of the Earth's surface, this ocean is the largest water mass on the planet.
It is located west of the Americas, and east of Asia and Australia.
A)Indian Ocean
B)Pacific Ocean
C)Atlantic Ocean
B)Pacific Ocean
100
What is the name for the image above?
A)Key/Legend
B)Compass Rose
C)Direction Chart
B)Compass Rose
100
What animal keeps the best time?
A Watchdog
200
A ______ Source is information from somewhere else or by a person not directly involved in the event.
(Examples include: Encyclopedias, textbooks, book reports)
A) Primary
B) Secondary
B) Secondary
200
This continent is home to the Amazon rainforest.
A)North America
B)South America
C)Asia
B)South America
200
This ocean surrounds Antarctica and is south of every other continent.
A)Atlantic Ocean
B)Arctic Ocean
C)Antarctic/Southern Ocean
C) Antarctic/Southern Ocean
200
This line of latitude divides the planet into the northern and southern hemispheres.
A)Equator
B)Prime Meridian
C)Arctic Circle
A)Equator
200
I am a five-letter word, and people eat me. If you remove the first letter, I become an energy form. If you remove the first two letters, I am needed to survive. Scramble the last three letters, and I am a drink. What word am I?
Wheat.
300
Is the following a Primary or Secondary Source?
An interview with Alexander Graham Bell about how he invented the telephone.
Primary
300
On what continent is Greece located?
Europe.
300
This ocean is surrounded by Africa, Asia, Australia.
A)Indian Ocean
B)Atlantic Ocean
C)Pacific Ocean
A)Indian Ocean
300
This line of longitude divides the planet into the western and eastern hemispheres.
A)Equator
B)Prime Meridian
C)Tropic of Capricorn
B)Prime Meridian
300
What are moving left to right right now?
Your eyes
400
Is the following a Primary or Secondary Source?
A YouTube video describing how the pyramids were built.
Secondary
400
What is the third largest continent in the world?
A)North America
400
This ocean separates the Americas from Europe and Africa.
(The Titanic sank in this ocean)
A)Arctic Ocean
B)Antarctic/Southern Ocean
C)Atlantic Ocean
C)Atlantic Ocean
400
On the side of this map is a box. It contains information about the symbols that are used on the map.
Which term below is the name for that box of information?
A)Key/Legend
B)United States
C)Compass Rose
D)Scale
A)Key/Legend
400
What type of house weighs the least?
A lighthouse
500
Is the following a Primary or Secondary Source?
A biography about Abraham Lincoln.
Secondary
500
To the north: The Arctic Ocean
To the east: Asia
To the south: The Mediterranean Sea
To the west: The Atlantic Ocean
Based on the clues above, what continent is being described?
Europe
500
This frigid ocean surrounds the north pole, and is the smallest of the 5 oceans.
A)Arctic Ocean
B)Indian Ocean
C)Atlantic Ocean
A)Arctic Ocean
500
Lines of ________, also called parallels, run from east to west in circles parallel to the equator. They run perpendicular to the lines of _________, which run from the north to the south.
A)Longitude/Latitude
B)Latitude/Longitude
C)Lononodude/attitude
B)Latitude/Longitude
500
There are 2 cops parked along a one-way street looking for traffic violations. They spot a taxi driver going in the wrong direction, yet they do nothing. Why?
The taxi driver wasn't driving at the time, he was walking.