Purple Green Blue Red Orange 600 Final Jeopardy

What are the five themes of geography? Location Place Human-environmental interaction Movement Regions $100

Cardinal directions; North, South, East, and West $200 What do we call the 4 main directions and what are they?

What do we call directions such as southwest? Intermediate $300

The compass rose can be made of 2 kinds of directions, what are they? Cardinal and intermediate $400

What does a map use to show directions? Compass Rose $500

Map key $100 What shows you what the symbols on a map stand for?

What explains to you distances on a map? scale $200

What does a star stand for on a map? State capital $300

Imaginary lines around the globe that run east and west are called _____________. lines of latitude $400

What is another name for lines of latitude? parallels $500

Imaginary lines around the globe that run between the North and South Poles are called ____________. lines of longitude $100

What is another name for lines of longitude? meridians $200

What is the line on the map that divides the world into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres? Prime Meridian $500

____________ is the grid formed by crisscrossing lines of latitude and longitude on a map. Global grid $400

Maps that show natural features such as landforms, mountains, plains, rivers, lakes and oceans are called________________. physical maps $300

What is a map that shows roads and highways called? Road map $100

A map that shows were events in the past took place is called _________. Historical map $200

A map that shows just one kind of information is called___________. Specialty map $300

Name 3 specialty maps. Rainfall Population Elevation $400

What 2 regions do the Appalachian mountains run through? Northeast and Southeast $500

What landform is a low, flat land that runs along a coast? Coastal plain $100

Give 2 characteristics of the Midwest region. Inland region, Great Lakes form the north border, flat plains, farming region $200

________ is an area of land that does not border an ocean. Inland $300

________ is a high, flat landfrom that rises steeply from the land around it. plateau $400

The Rocky Mountains begin in which state? Alaska $500

When you are facing north, you are looking toward the ________. North Pole $600

Lines of Latitude run in what directions? East and West $600

________ maps show cities, capitals, states, and countries. Political $600

Name one way the NE and SE regions are alike and one they are different. Alike: Atlantic ocean, coastal plains, Appalachian Mountains. Different: climate- temperature, rainfall, wind contdions $600

What is the longest river in the U.S.? Mississippi $600

Final Jeopardy Using your Interactive Desk Map write 4 clues that will help someone find your state on the MAP.