Geography Vocab
What are the four directions?
North, south, east, and west
What phrasal verb do you use if you tell someone to go faster?
Hurry up!
Bonus 50 points: Use hurry up in a sentence.
What is the word for a person who goes on vacation somewhere?
A tourist!
Were you a tourist on your trip?
How do you get around (travel) your city?
How many provinces are in China?
22!
Can you name all of them?
How many states are in the US?
What phrasal verb do you use when you travel to collect someone from a place, like school, the bus stop, or the airport?
To pick up!
Can you use pick up in a sentence?
What are 3 adjectives that describe your trip?
Positive: Exciting, interesting, amazing, cool, awesome
Negative: Boring, terrible, awful
How many hours difference is there between China and the Eastern US (where Bronwyn lives)?
12 hours, in the summer!
In the winter, it is 13 hours.
What are the seven continents?
North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica
What continent do you live on? What continent does Bronwyn live on?
What phrasal verb do you use when you bring someone to a place and leave them there?
To drop off!
Can you use drop off in a sentence?
What are the verbs for when an airplane comes and goes?
To arrive and to depart!
Did you take an airplane? When did you depart? When did you arrive?
Which continent has the biggest desert in the world?
This might sound strange, but it is actually Antarctica! It has a polar desert, which is a cold and snowy desert.
The largest hot desert is in Africa.
What word do you use to describe the countryside?
What word do you use to describe the city?
Rural = countryside
Urban = city
Do you live somewhere rural, or urban? Does Bronwyn live somewhere rural, or urban?
What phrasal verb do you use if you are excited about something in the future?
You look forward to something!
What are you looking forward to?
What is the word for when an airplane stops for a few hours before your destination?
A layover!
Did you have any layovers on your trip? Where? What did you do?
What part of the world has the most interesting geography?
It could be anywhere - Asia, Africa, Europe...why do you think it is the most interesting?
Name three countries that border China.
Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Vietnam
What phrasal verb do you use when someone or something is causing you to be late?
To hold up!
Can you use hold up in a sentence?
What is the verb for putting your clothes and things into your bag?
To pack! You pack a bag for your trip.
Did you pack your own bag? Or did someone help you?
Where is a place you have never visited, but would like to go someday?
Where? Why? What would you do there? What would you see?