7th GradeMaps and Geography Unit
S. Smith
Room 603
Maps & Geography Jeopardy
Vocabulary & Map Parts
Oceans
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Final Jeopardy
United StatesGlobe Features
Continents
$100 Question Vocabulary & Map Parts
Symbols:
a) look like people.b)are not on a map.c) stand for something else on a
map.d)stand for sounds.
$100 Answer Vocabulary & Map Parts
Symbols stand for something else on a map (c).
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$200 Question Vocabulary & Map Parts
The equator is:
a) a place at the north pole.b) an imaginary line running around
the middle of the Earth on a map or a globe.
c) not on a map.d) not on a globe.
$200 Answer Vocabulary & Map Parts
The equator is an imaginary line running around the middle of the Earth on a map or a globe (b).
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$300 Question Vocabulary & Map Parts
What are the three (3) parts of a map?
$300 Answer Vocabulary & Map Parts
Title, compass rose (or directional indicator), and legend (or map key)
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$400 Question Vocabulary & Map Parts
Identify the directions on this compass rose.
$400 Answer Vocabulary & Map Parts
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EW
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$500 Question Vocabulary & Map Parts
How is a map different from a globe?
$500 Answer Vocabulary & Map Parts
A map is a flat picture of the Earth, and a globe is a model of the Earth.
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$100 Question Globe Features
The Globe is divided into halves called:
a) Quadrants.b) Hemispheres.c) Sections.d) Pieces.
$100 Answer Globe Features
The earth is divided into Hemispheres
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$200 Question Global Features
The name for the parallel lines drawn on a globe that run east to west
$200 Answer Global Features
What are called lines of latitude
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$300 Question Global Features
Because the Planet Earth sees the sun rise at different hours as the sun rotates; mankind has divided
the earth into these zones
$300 Answer Global Features
What are “Time Zones”
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$400 Question
The globe is divided into north-south lines called
$400 Answer Global Features
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Longitudinal lines
$500 Question Global Features
The Prime Meridian is located where?
$500 Answer Global Features
Greenwich, England
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$100 Question Oceans
Which ocean is shown in blue on this map?
$100 Answer Oceans
Atlantic Ocean ??
$200 Question Oceans
Which ocean is shown in blue on this map?
$200 Answer Oceans
Pacific Ocean ??
$300 Question Oceans
Which ocean is shown in blue on this map?
$300 Answer Oceans
Arctic Ocean ??
$400 Question Oceans
Which ocean is shown in blue on this map?
$400 Answer Oceans
Indian Ocean
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$500 Question Oceans
What 3 oceans touch North America?
$500 Answer Oceans
Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic Oceans??
$100 Question United States
What letter on this map is the Mississippi River?
$100 Answer United States
C is the Mississippi River??
$200 Question United States
What letter shows the mountains closest to Virginia?
$200 Answer United States
E – Appalachian Mountains??
$300 Question United States
What river divides Texas from Mexico?
a) Rio Grande Riverb) Mississippi Riverc) James River
$300 Answer United States
The Rio Grande River divides Texas from Mexico (a).
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$400 Question United States
What is the name of the region labeled ‘D’?
$400 Answer United States
D - Great Lakes Region??
$500 Question United States
What mountain range is on the western side of the United
States?
a) Massanuttenb) Appalachian Mountainsc) Rocky Mountains
$500 Answer United States
The Rocky Mountains are on the western side of the United States (c).
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$100 Question Continents
What continent is shown in red on this map?
$100 Answer Continents
Antarctica ??
$200 Question Continents
What continent is shown in purple on this map?
$200 Answer Continents
South America ??
$300 Question Continents
What continent is shown in orange on this map?
$300 Answer Continents
Australia ??
$400 Question Continents
What continent is shown in blue on this map?
$400 Answer Continents
Africa??
$500 Question Continents
Which 2 continents are mostly connected?
$500 Answer Continents
Europe and Asia??
Why is the Pacific Ocean shown in two different
places on a map of the world?
The Pacific Ocean is shown in two places on a map of the world because the world is round, but a map is flat. In order to make it flat, they had to
divide the ocean in half.
