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C-G
G-M
O-R
Religions
100
What is the scientific name of a mapmaker?
What is a cartographer
100
Zero degrees latitude, at the center of the earth
What is the equator
100
A slow mass of moving ice, such as the one that formed the Great Lakes, what were their names? (HOMES)
What is a glacier. (Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior)
100
Land surrounded on three sides by water
What is a peninsula
100
The oldest religion in the world and they worship in a synagoge
What is Judaism
200
What word means height above sea level?
What is altitude
200
This is an area of very dry land, an example is the Sahara in Africa
What is a desert, not a dessert!
200
Land surrounded by water on all sides. Which state of the U.S. is a series of Islands? Obama was born there.
What is an island
200
Another name for a line of latitude, this is a geometry class term
What is a parallel
200
The largest religion in the world who study the teachings of Jesus Christ
What is Christianity
300
This shows direction north, south, east and west on a map
What is a compass rose?
300
What is the study of the earth's surface
What is geography
300
What does the map scale help you do?
Helps you find distance on a map from one place to another
300
Coral and Rocks near the water's surface like the Great One around Australia
What is a reef
300
The religion of much of the Middle East where they have 5 rules, one is praying 5 times a day towards Mecca
What is Islam
400
This is the highest invisible mark at 66 degrees North , near the North Pole
What is the Arctic Circle
400
A large mass of land, there are 7 of them, can you name them all?
What is a continent (N,S,A,A,A,A,E)
400
Another name for lines of longitude on a map, not parallels though
What are meridians
400
What is a plateau?
Flat land above the land around it
400
The religion of the East, China, who believe in reincarnation and freedom from suffering and desires
What is Buddhism
500
This ring of coral forms an island in the Caribbean and other places around the world
What is an atoll
500
Hot Spring that sprays water and steam above the ground, such as at Yellowstone National Park in WY (What state is this?)
What is a geyser
500
A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land masses (sounds like a holiday), there is a famous one connecting North America and South America with a canal
What is an isthmus, at Panama and the Panama Canal
500
A place in the desert where there is water
What is an oasis
500
The native religion of Australia, where believers give nature, trees, sky, rocks a spirit, or a form of animism
What is Dreamtime