Geography 101
What is the acronym for the things that must ALWAYS go on maps?
BOLTSS
What is a landscape?
a) a natural geographical feature or shape that appears on the Earth’s surface that has been produced by a geomorphic process
b) a section of the Earth’s surface made up of a variety of geographical features that define and characterise it
c) the wearing away of the Earth’s surface by water, wind, and ice.
b) a section of the Earth’s surface made up of a variety of geographical features that define and characterise it
What is the term for more people moving to and living in cities?
Urbanisation
What river was important to the Ancient Eqyptians?
Kryal Castle
What is the name of the line that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
The Equator
In SPICESS, what concept is about how people, places or processes are related?
Interconnection
What geomorphic process is involved in the creation of arches, stacks and caves?
Erosion
What is it called when there are too many cars on the road at once?
Traffic Congestion
What is the name of the giant animals that lived in Ancient Australia?
Megafauna
Who wrote the album 1989?
Taylor Swift
What are the names of the invisible lines on earth used to locate places?
Latitude and longitude
What is it called when sediment is dropped or laid down in a new place?
Deposition
List one push factor and one pull factor
What is the name of the theory that explains how the first humans spread around the world?
Out of Africa Theory
What is the longest bone in the human body?
The femur
Which of the SPICESS relates to how things are arranged on the Earth's surface?
Space
What is one disaster management strategy (with example) that is related to the tsunami in Japan in 2011?
Answers will vary
What is the cramped, unofficial part of the city in Mumbai called?
Slum
What is the name for Japanese knights that serve and protect their lords?
Samurai
What is the name of the largest ocean in the world?
The Pacific Ocean
Now we all enjoy doing a PQE analysis, but what do these letters stand for?
Pattern, Quantify, Exception
What is the name of the layer of the earth that tectonic plates sit on?
The mantle
What is it called when a city has a significantly higher temperature than the surrounding area?
Urban Heat Island Effect
What was the name of the disease that started in 1347 in Medieval Europe?
The Black Death or The Plague
Which planet has the most moons?
Saturn