Chapter 1 Jeopardy

Land Features

100

These are flat rolling plains with few changes in elevation

Plains

200

These are low shadowy places between mountains or hills.

Valley

300

This is a narrow strip of land that connects landmasses together. 

Isthmus

400

These are points of elevation that have broad flat tops with at least one side being very steep or almost clifflike

Plateau

500

This is at the wide mouth of a river where the ocean tide meets the river current

Estuary

Where in the World?

100

If I wanted to visit Canada, I would be in these two hemispheres.

North and West

200

If I wanted to visit Australia, I would be in these two hemispheres

Southern and Eastern

300

The Prime Meridian and Equator cross closest to this continent

Africa

400

The equator crosses through the mainland of these two continents

Africa and South America

500

Antarctica is in these three hemispheres

Southern, Western, and Eastern

Them Invisible Lines

100

This is the invisible line that runs at 0 degrees latitude around the earth

Equator

200

These are the invisible lines that run north and south that meet at the poles and are used to measure East and West

Lines of Longitude or Meridians

300

This line of latitude is found at 23 degrees North

Tropic of Cancer

400

This line of corresponds to roughly 180 degrees longitude

International Date Line

500

The equator and prime meridian separate the earth into these.

Hemispheres

Which to Use

100

I want to find a location and I want the earth shown as accurately as possible showing actual size, shape, and locations of landmasses and bodies of water. I may occasionally ask you to carry it

Globe

200

I want to find a location based on distorted size and areas but for some reason the shape of the land is accurate. 

Mercator

300

There's no v in the pronunciation of the map that shows correct size but distorts shape

Molleweide

400

This map seems like a good mixture of two other maps but I do see that the lines don't intersect at right angles near the edges like they do everywhere else. 

Robinson

500

Why is this map circular? This map shows true compass directions and you can see the North and South Poles

Azimuthal

Potpourri

100

This item on a map is used to determine distance

Scale

200

This doesn't open doors, but it does show you what the symbols on a map mean 

Key... or legend

300

This type of economy is one where the main source of income is agriculture

Agrarian

400

This climate zone has a wide range of temperatures and experiences all of the seasons.  

Temperate

500

This is the world's largest freshwater lake

Lake Superior