Map Skills
Branches of Geography
Oceans
City, What Country?
Other
100
An imaginary line that runs around the center of Earth, halfway between the North and South Poles at 0 degrees latitude.
What is the equator?
100
These are the two main branches of geography.
What are human and physical geography?
100
Which Ocean is North America and Africa?
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
100

What country is Parkdale in?

What is The United States?

100

How many continents are there?

What is 7?

200
Imaginary lines on Earth that run between the North and South Poles.
What are lines of longitude?
200
A weatherman would fall under this branch of geography.
What is meteorology?
200

Which ocean is closest to HRV?

What is the Pacific Ocean?
200

What country in London in?

What is England, or Great Britain?

200
A spherical, or ball-shaped, model of the entire planet.
What is a globe?
300
The measure of degrees for both the Prime Meridian and the Equator.
What is 0 degrees?
300
A geographer who studies economics, politics, and city life would be categorized under this main branch of geography.
What is human geography?
300

Which ocean is above Europe?

What is the Arctic Ocean?
300

What country is Hokkaido in?

What is Japan?

300
How many oceans are there?

What is 5?

400

What type of map shows physical features such as mountains, rivers, and elevation?

What is a physical map?

400
A geographer who studies landforms, bodies of water, climates, soils, and plants would be studying this type of geography.
What is physical geography?
400
Which ocean is below Asia?

What is the Indian Ocean?

400

What country is Marseille in?

What is France?

400

What direction is Mexico from here?

What is south?

500

The list of symbols and colors used on a map to show what they represent is called a...?

What is a legend?

500
A map-maker would fall under this branch of geography.
What is cartography?
500

What is the world's largest ocean?

What is the Pacific Ocean?

500

What country is Moscow in?

What country is Russia?

500
A part of the world that has one or more common features that distinguish it from surrounding areas.
What is a region?