Geography Basics
What is Geography
What is the study of places, people, and their environment?
What part of a map tells what symbols and colors mean?
What is a map legend (or key)?
These grid lines run North to South on a globe or map.
What are longitude lines?
Name the continent located directly south of Europe.
What is Africa?
Name the ocean located at the very north of the world map.
What is the Arctic Ocean?
Which type of geography is caused by human activities?
What is human geography?
What are the Cardinal Directions?
What are North, South, East,West
In class, latitude lines were compared to this sweet, round food.
What are doughnuts?
Name the continent located south of North America.
What is South America?
Name the ocean located between North/South America and Europe/Africa.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
Which type of geography deals with natural features?
What is physical geography?
What type of directions are Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, and Northwest?
What are intermediate directions?
If you are facing East and turn directly to your left, which direction are you facing?
What is North?
Name the largest continent connected to Europe on the eastern side.
What is Asia?
Name the ocean located south of India and east of Africa.
What is the Indian Ocean?
Which continent do we live on?
What is North America?
A compass has a magnetized needle that always points in this direction
What is North?
Name the intermediate direction located halfway between South and West.
What is Southwest?
Name the island continent in the Southern Hemisphere surrounded by the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
What is Australia?
What is the ocean West of North America?
What is the Pacific Ocean?
Bonus: Name the 7 Continents
What is North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, Antarctica
Bonus: What is the correct name for compass on a map?
What is a Compass Rose?
Bonus : What is the Acronym for Cardinal Directions?
What is Never Eat Soggy Waffles?
Bonus: What is the continent where penguins live called?
What is Antartica?
Bonus : Name all the 5 Major Oceans ?
What is the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Southern Ocean?