Maps
Weather & Climate
Topography
Important Concepts
Coordinates
100

The two major meridians.

What are the Prime Meridian and International Dateline?

100

Regional changes in the atmosphere over a long period of time.

What is climate?

100

The number of sides of a peninsula which are covered by water.

What is three?

100

The type of government which is ruled by one person.

What is a autocracy?

100

The country located at 34S 56W.

What is Uruguay?

200

The equator divides the earth into these.

What are the Northern & Southern hemispheres?

200

The two names for the climate zone between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn.

What are the Torrid or Tropical Zones?

200

A thin strip of land which connects two land masses.

What is an isthmus?

200

This wind pattern brought ships from Africa to the Americas.

What are trade winds?

200

The capital located at 25N 121E.

What is Taipei?

300

The five major parallels.

What are the Equator, Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, Arctic Circle, and Antarctic Circle?

300

The key feature of the temperate climate zone.

What are the four seasons?

300

These feed into rivers to make them larger.

What are tributaries?

300

Religion is the most influential part of culture because it deals with this.

What are ultimate matters?

300

The coordinates of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (within 5 degrees).

What are 24.7136° N, 46.6753° E?

400

The smallest continent.

What is Australia?

400

The climate classification that can be found in the frigid climate zone.

What are polar climates?

400

A triangular landform where a river fans out into smaller streams.

What is a delta?

400

The economic system where people can own property and businesses, but are subject to much government intervention.

What is socialism?

400

The coordinates of Kailua-Kona (within 5 degrees).

What are 19.6419° N, 155.9962° W?

500

The ocean nearest to Antarctica.

What is the Southern Ocean?

500

How water goes from the ocean to land and back again.

What is the hydrologic cycle?

500

A landform that is like a butte, but larger.

What is a plateau?

500

A Constitutional Republic is an example of this. 

What is a Democracy?

500

The coordinates of Cape Town, South Africa. (Within 5 degrees)

What are 33.9249° S, 18.4241° E?