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LATITUDE
Human & Physical Geography
LONGITUDE
FINAL JEOPARDY
RANDOM KNOWLEDGE/
BELLWORK
100
How many lines of Latitude are there in total?
What is 180
100
The field of Geography that deals with human presence, activities, and impacts on the natural environment.
What is HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
100
How many lines of LONGITUDE are there in total?
What is 360
100
How can you specify a certain location on the earth's surface by more than just LONGITUDE & LATITUDE, and give an example.
What is MINUTES AND SECONDS- N 50 degree, 10.1, 45
100
This town is commonly known as 'Canada's Bellybutton.'
What is RANKIN INLET
200
Another name for the ZERO DEGREE line of Latitude
What is the EQUATOR
200
What does 'Flora & Fauna' refer to?
What is PLANTS AND ANIMALS (Biogeography)
200
Lines of Longitude can also be referred to as this
What is MERIDIANS
200
This type of map could show you which states in the U.S. vote REPUBLICAN, and which states vote DEMOCRATS
What is THEMATIC MAP
200
The 7 countries that end with 'STAN.'
What is Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan
300
How far apart are the Lines of Latitude?
What is 69 miles
300
What type of geography has to do with rivers, lakes and oceans?
What is HYDROLOGY
300
Zero Degrees of Longitude is also known as
What is THE PRIME MERIDIAN
300
This type of map uses contour lines to illustrate the elevation of an area.
What is Topographical Maps
300
MacGregor Manitoba is a town because of this reason.
What is RAILWAY RAN OUT OF RAILWAY TIES IN MacGregor
400
What is located at 23.5 degrees South of the Equator
What is Tropic of Capricorn
400
Wind, temperature, precipitation, and amount of sunlight are all elements of what?
What is WEATHER AND CLIMATE
400
The PRIME MERIDIAN runs through which city
What is GREENWICH
400
Compares distance between points on the map with the actual distance between those two points on the Earth's surface
What is SCALE of a map
400
How many time zones are there in the world?
What is 24 timezones
500
The zone that is located between the Tropic of Cancer and The Arctic Circle
What is TEMPERATE ZONE
500
Who had more impact on the natural environment? Early human societies, or current human societies?
What is CURRENT HUMAN SOCIETIES
500
What begins at the 100th Meridian
What is 'THE GREAT PLAINS'
500
Why can a map never truly illustrate all of the Earth?
What is any spherical object (like the Earth) can not accurately be flattened out (like a map) and maintain fully intact (like the orange peel.)
500
Name 5 of the time zones in Canada
What is Yukon time, Pacific time, Mountain time, Central time, Eastern time, Atlantic time, Newfoundland time