Map Skills Physical Geo Cultural Geo Human Impact Grab Bag
Category one: 100 points What device on a map is used to determine orientation?
Compass Rose
Category one: 200 points What type of map projection is used by ship navigators?
Mercator
Category one: 300 points What is used to determine absolute location on a map?
Latitude and Longitude Lines
Category one: 400 points What is another name for lines of latitude?
Parallels
Category one: 500 points What type of map projection is circular and oriented on the poles?
Polar
Category two: 100 points What two characteristics are used to define climate regions?
Temperature and Precipitation
Category two: 200 points What vegetation region has very little plant life because of a lack of rain?
Desert
Category two: 300 points What weather phenomena is most common in South Asia?
Monsoons
Category two: 400 points Where and why was the Aswan High Dam built? Must give country and name of river
Nile River, Egypt It was built to stop the annual flooding of the river
Category two: 500 points What happened at Chernobyl in the 1980s?
A nuclear power plant exploded causing nuclear pollution
Category three: 100 points What Canadian province is known for its French heritage?
Quebec
Category three: 200 points What religion are most people in India?
Hindu
Category three: 300 points What two cultural characteristics unify most of Hispanic America? Give the language and religion
Spanish and the Roman Catholic religion
Category three: 400 points What three religions claim Jerusalem as their religious heritage site?
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Category three: 500 points The region of Kashmir has created conflict between which two religious groups?
Hindus and Muslims
Category four: 100 points When humans cut down too many trees it is called
Deforestation
Category four: 200 points What are polders?
Areas of reclaimed land from the sea
Category four: 300 points How has the automobile impacted the physical environment?
Led to construction of roads and increased deforestation
Category four: 400 points Why is the Aral Sea less than half its original size?
Water diversion, over irrigation
Category four: 500 points Why do people living in desert regions have roofs made of light colored materials?
They reflect the sunlight and make the house cooler
Category five: 100 points What are mental maps?
Maps in your head that are used for daily activities and to give directions
Category five: 200 points What weather phenomena is most common in the central United States?
Tornadoes
Category five: 300 points What is the process by which arable land is converted into desert by natural or human activities?
Desertification
Category five: 400 points What cultural elements unite the people in the League of Arab states? Provide major language and religion
People speak Arabic and they are Muslims
Category five: 500 points Describe the ethnicity patterns of the United States, Switzerland, and Japan.
The U.S. and Switzerland have many different ethnic groups while Japan has one major ethnic group.
Final Jeopardy In what religion do people make a yearly pilgrimage to a city called Mecca?
Islam