Map Features
What map feature tells you what a map is about?
Title
Name the river in Northern Africa that flows into the Mediterranean Sea
The Nile
On what continent is the Great Dividing Range?
Oceania/Australia
True or false: people want to live in warm areas with NO natural resources
False (people live in places that have natural resources)
What type of climate is cold all year round?
Polar
What feature helps you determine the actual size of something/distance between things on a map?
Scale
What is the name of the river that flows through multiple US States & empties into the Gulf of Mexico?
The Mississippi River
What desert is located in Australia?
Great Victoria
What type of climate is ideal for human settlement? (+100 points if you can describe it)
Temperate climate
It has 4 seasons and does not get extremely hot or cold
What type of climate is hot all year round? What latitude line runs in the middle of this climate zone?
Tropical
Equator
What map feature tells you what symbols mean on a map?
Key/Legend
What is the river that runs in the Northern part of South America?
The Amazon
Where is the Gobi desert located?
Asia
True or false: People usually choose to live in areas with plenty of access to water
True
What is a rainshadow?
The side of a mountain that blocks rainfall leaving one side wet and the other dry (the dry side is the rainshadow)
What is the purpose of a compass?
To show which direction North, East, South, and West are
What continent are the Alps on?
Europe
What is the water feature located near Australia?
The Great Barrier Reef
Describe the population of areas that have a polar climate
Very few people will live there
Explain how elevation impacts climate
High elevation = colder temps
Low elevation= warmer temps
What map feature uses latitude and longitude? (+100 points if you can tell me what that is also called)
Grid
Coordinates
What is the name of the mountain range that runs through the Atacama desert?
The Andes
Name the two deserts in Africa (+100 points if you describe their relative locations correctly)
Saraha (Northern Africa)
Kalahari (Southern Africa)
Why don't people like to live in deserts?
How is climate different from weather?
Climate looks at the average weather patterns over a period of time (long term)
Weather looks at the day to day changes in the atmosphere (short term)