12 Geography Concepts
A specific location on Earth's surface.
Place
What are the four cardinal directions?
North, South, East, West
Which country has Canberra as its capital?
What is the smallest continent by land area?
Australia
What is Mr Hogarth's first name?
Joel
The links between people, places, and environments, highlighting how they affect each other.
Interconnection
What do contour lines on a map represent?
Elevation
Which country is shaped like a boot in Europe?
Italy
Which continent is home to the Amazon Rainforest?
Who is Mr Hogarth's favourite musician?
Taylor Swift
Using resources in a way that meets current needs without compromising future generations’ ability to meet theirs.
Sustainability
What is the term for the symbols used to represent features on a map?
Legend
What is the world's largest country by area?
Russia
Which continent contains the Sahara Desert?
Africa
What is Mr Hogarth's daughter's name?
Maeve
The sequence of events or actions that shape natural or human phenomena over time.
Process
What does GIS stand for?
Geographic Information Systems
Name two countries that share a border with India.
Pakistan (to the northwest)
China (to the north)
Nepal (to the north)
Bhutan (to the northeast)
Bangladesh (to the east)
Myanmar (to the southeast)
Afghanistan (via a small border in the northwest at the Wakhan Corridor).
Which continent is divided into the most countries?
Africa
What year did Mr Hogarth graduate WGS?
2011
The arrangement of objects and features on Earth’s surface, and the relationships between them.
Space
What do chloropleth maps use to represent data intensity or value?
Shading
What is the Northernmost country in the world?
Greenland (Denmark)
Which other teacher graduated WGS in the same year as Mr Hogarth
Mr Stoj