Maps and Communities Jeopardy
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$10 Question What is a model of the Earth?
Category 1 $10 Answer Globe
Category 1 $20 Question What is an imaginary line dividing the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
Category 1 $20 Answer Equator
Category 1 $30 Question What is a flat drawing that shows what the Earth looks like from above?
Category 1 $30 Answer map
Category 1 $40 Question Why are symbols used on a map?
Category 1 $40 Answer To stand for real things
Category 1 $50 Question What is the most northern place on Earth?
Category 1 $50 Answer North Pole
Category 2 $10 Question What is the purpose of a map key?
Category 2 $10 Answer It explains the symbols used on a map.
Category 2 $20 Question What continent is made up of the countries Canada, the United States, and Mexico?
Category 2 $20 Answer North America
Category 2 $30 Question Where do the leaders of a state meet to make decisions?
Category 2 $30 Answer capital
Category 2 $40 Question What is the capital of South Carolina?
Category 2 $40 Answer Columbia
Category 2 $50 Question What is the imaginary line that divides two countries, states, or continents?
Category 2 $50 Answer border
Category 3 $10 Question What features are found along South Carolina’s coastline?
Category 3 $10 Answer Salt marshes and sand dunes
Category 3 $20 Question What two states border South Carolina?
Category 3 $20 Answer North Carolina and Georgia
Category 3 $30 Question What body of water provides a border for South Carolina?
Category 3 $30 Answer Atlantic Ocean
Category 3 $40 Question How has Charleston’s location helped it to become an important trading center?
Category 3 $40 Answer It is located on the Atlantic Ocean, where the Ashley and Cooper Rivers meet.
Category 3 $50 Question How did the people of Columbia use water to meet the needs of the community?
Category 3 $50 Answer The rivers provided power to run machines in the mills.
Category 4 $10 Question Which of the following describes the Gullah language?
Category 4 $10 Answer It is a language that mixes English and West African languages together.
Category 4 $20 Question How would you describe the climate of South Carolina?
Category 4 $20 Answer Hot, humid summers and cooler winters
Category 4 $30 Question In what ways does the climate in the mountains differ from the climate along the coast?
Category 4 $30 Answer The mountains are cooler and receive more rain.
Category 4 $40 Question Where is the climate warmer? A. where we live B. near the beach
Category 4 $40 Answer B. Near the beach
Category 4 $50 Question Where is the Gullah community located?
Category 4 $50 Answer On the Sea Islands near the South Carolina coast
Category 5 $10 Question What is a rural community?
Category 5 $10 Answer A place in the countryside where towns are small and farther apart
Category 5 $20 Question What is a suburban community?
Category 5 $20 Answer A community that is located near a big city with lots of houses
Category 5 $30 Question What is an urban community?
Category 5 $30 Answer A city where large numbers of people live
Category 5 $40 Question In what type of community would you find farms?
Category 5 $40 Answer In a rural community
Category 5 $50 Question What are the continents and oceans?
Category 5 $50 Answer North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Antarctica Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, and Arctic Ocean