Geography JEOPARDY Key TermsLatitude and Longitude Map Scale Maps vs Globes Challenge

These are the four cardinal directions.

These are the four cardinal directions. Answer: North, South, East, and West

These are the four intermediate directions.

These are the four cardinal directions Answer: Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, Southwest

This is the part of a map that acts like a dictionary to the map; it tells you what symbols mean.

This is the part of a map that acts like a dictionary to the map; it tells you what symbols mean. Answer: map key

On a physical map, this shows how quickly the land rises and falls on a map or globe.

This shows how quickly the land rises and falls on a map or globe Answer: elevation

These are imaginary lines on a map or globe that are also called parallels. They measure how far North or South a place is from the Equator. They run East and West and never intersect.

Answer: Lines of Latitude

These are imaginary lines on a map or globe that run North and South. The intersect at the North Pole and South Pole. They measure how East or West a place is from the Prime Meridian.

Answer: lines of longitude

Use the map placemats to tell what continent lies at 20 degrees N, 20 degrees E.

. Answer: Africa Use the map placemats to tell what continent lies at 20 degrees N, 20 degrees E.

Use the map placemat to give the coordinates for the country of Mongolia (Asia).

Use the map placemat to give the coordinates for the country of Mongolia (Asia). Answer: 50 degrees N, 100 degrees E

What is the purpose of a map scale?

What is the purpose of a map scale? Answer: It shows how distances on the map relate to actual distances.

Use the scale on the map placemat to figure out approximately far Australia is from the East Coast to the West Coast.

Use the scale on the map placemat to figure out approximately far Australia is from the East Coast to the West Coast. Answer: about 3,000 miles

Use the scale on the map placemat to measure the actual distance from the Northern tip of Africa to the Southern tip of Africa.

Use the scale on the map placemat to measure the actual distance from the Northern tip of Africa to the Southern tip of Africa Answer: about 5,000-6,000 miles depending on where you start

How can you use a map scale to help you find actual distances?

How can you use a map scale to help you find actual distances ? Answer: 1. Find the map scale. 2. Mark the length of the line segment (usually an inch) shown on a piece of paper. 3. Put the marked paper at one starting point on the map and keep moving it to see how many of those segments fit until you reach the 2 nd place. 4. Multiply that amount times the amount of the real distance. For example, if it takes 3 segments to get from California to CT, and each segment is 1,000 miles, then the real distance is 3 X 1, , 000 miles.

What three things are distorted on a map of the world?

What three things are distorted on a map of the world. Answer: size, shapes, and distances of things

What is one big difference between a map and a globe?

What is one big difference between a map and a globe. Answer: 1. A globe is a sphere/A map is flat 2. A map can distorts the world, a globe doesn’t. 3. A map can travel easily. A globe is difficult to carry around. 4. A globe is general. Maps can show very specific places.

What is one big similarity between maps and globes?

What is one big similarity between maps and globes. Answer: They both: 1. Show places 2. have keys 3. have scales

If you wanted to show someone how to find the center of your town from this school, what tool would you use, a map or globe?

If you wanted to show someone how to find the center of your town from this school, what tool would you use, a map or globe? Answer: A map, because a globe only shows the entire earth. You can be specific when making a map.

Which theme of geography best fits this description? Answer:

Which theme of geography best fits this description? Countries, states, and cities names

Answer: location Or Regions

Draw a compass rose with cardinal and intermediate directions.

These are the seven continents. Spell them correctly.

Name the seven continents. Answer: Africa, Asia, Antarctica, Australia, Europe, North America, South America

Which of the five themes of geography does the following phrase best fit? We often see trucks and trains carrying fruits and vegetables to markets.

Which of the five themes of geography does the following phrase best fit? We often see trucks and trains carrying fruits and vegetables to markets. Answer: movement

What causes the seasons on our planet?

What causes the seasons on our planet ? Answer: The tilt of the earth causes different hemispheres to receive direct sunlight at different times. If the hemisphere is facing the sun, then it will be summer. If it is not directly facing the sun, it will be winter.