time zones
Different kinds of maps
Immigration through history
Landscape, rivers and our ever-changing earth
BONUS
100

How many different time zones are there?

there are 4!!

100

On a ____________ map, lines of latitude are parallel to each other. 

Robinson projection

100

Immigrants are people who __________________

Move from one country to another

100

BONUS ROUND !!!!!!!!!!!

PLAY IT SAFE OR TAKE THE CHALLENGE?

You just earned your team 300 points !!!!!!!!!!

100
What are benefits of land near rivers? 

100 points per answer 

Growing crops, fresh drinking water, allows for easier travel, transporting goods, and hydroelectric power


200

What time zone do we live in?

Eastern

200

Plane projection maps measure distance from what point of the map?

Center point

200

What push factor caused almost 1 million people to leave the United States?

A food shortage. (A fungus caused 2 million acres of potatoes to rot) *

200

How do rivers change the land? 

Weathering and Erosion (carrying sediment downstream that builds up overtime) *

200

Why is earth divided into 24 time zones?

Earth rotates so the sun is directed in certain directions at certain times. It is not always daylight in one place, and it is not always daylight at the same time all over the world. ***

300

If it is 5 PM in Central time, it will be ______ in Mountain time. 

4 PM *

300

This map was first developed in the 1500s

Mercator Projection map *

300

BONUS ROUND!!!!!!!!

PLAY IT SAFE OR TAKE THE CHALLENGE?

The next team gets 100 of your teams' points!!

300

How have farmers adapted to mountainous areas?

They have built terraces to grow crops! *

300

BONUS ROUND !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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you just made your team lose 200 points!!!!! WOMP WOMP

400

What are the names of all 4 time zones?

Pacific, Mountain, Central, Eastern

400

BONUS ROUND!!!!!! 

PLAY IT SAFE OR TAKE THE CHALLENGE?

Your team loses 200 points :(

400

What happened to the African Americans who were forced to migrate to the Americas?

they became enslaved. 

400

One example of usable land that didn't exist before is ______________. 

Harbor Island

400

What is geography?

Geography is the study of earths land, water, and air including its living things.

500

BONUS ROUND!!

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Your team won 100 points!!!

500

Almost every map includes a __________

scale 

500

Why did many people all over the world migrate to California?

Gold fever!!! Gold came from California, so people were drawn by the idea of easy riches. 

500

The term _______________ refers to the direction that water is flowing. 

downriver 

500

What do people need water for? 

50 POINTS per answer

DRINKING, COOKING, CLEANING, BATHING, TRAVELING,