Mapping Skills
What does BOLTSS stand for?
Border, Orientation, Legend, Title, Scale and Source
What are landscapes?
Areas of the land that include landforms
Give an example of a megacity
Mumbai, New York, Tokyo, Shanghai, Beijing, London and more
What causes a tsunami?
Undersea earthquakes
Which is the tallest mountain in the world?
Mount Everest
Where is the equator?
Around the middle of the Earth or 0 degrees latitude
What type of landscape is hot and has no rainfall?
A city needs at least this many people to be considered a megacity
10 million
The boundary between tectonic plates have many e_________ and __lc_____
Earthquakes and volcanoes
The name of the sea that divides Europe and Africa
The Mediterranian sea
What type of reference is this? 'AR4357'
Area Reference
How are landforms such as mountains formed by the earth?
Through tectonic plates
Which country has the most megacities?
China
2 ways a city or town may prepare for a tsunami
Early Warning Systems
Evacuation Plans
Public Education
Infrastructure Reinforcement
Coastal Defenses
What heats water in a hot spring?
Magma
What type of map reference is this? 'GR435678'
6 figure grid reference
Why doesn't Australia get any big earthquakes?
We are not on a tectonic fault line
What is the most liveable city in Australia?
Melbourne
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What do we call the lie of 0 degrees longitude, running through Greenwich?
The prime meridian
What is the term for the breaking down of rocks by the weather and the rainfall?
Weathering
The name of the slum in Mumbai
Dharavi
Which public holiday did the 2004 Indonesian Tsunami hit on?
Boxing day
Which country has the longest coastline?
Canada