1. 7th Grade Maps and Geography Unit
Jeopardy
7th Grade Maps and Geography Unit
S. Smith
Room 603

2. Maps & Geography Jeopardy
Vocabulary & Map Parts
Globe Features
Oceans
United States
Continents
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Maps & Geography Jeopardy
Final Jeopardy

3. $100 Question Vocabulary & Map Parts
Symbols:
look like people.
are not on a map.
stand for something else on a map.
stand for sounds.

4. $100 Answer Vocabulary & Map Parts
Symbols stand for something else on a map (c). ??

5. $200 Question Vocabulary & Map Parts
The equator is:
a place at the north pole.
an imaginary line running around the middle of the Earth on a map or a globe.
not on a map.
not on a globe.

6. $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). ??

7. $300 Question Vocabulary & Map Parts
What are the three (3) parts of a map?

8. $300 Answer Vocabulary & Map Parts
Title, compass rose (or directional
indicator), and legend (or map key) ??

9. $400 Question Vocabulary & Map Parts
Identify the directions on this compass rose.

10. $400 Answer Vocabulary & Map Parts??

11. $500 Question Vocabulary & Map Parts
How is a map different from a globe?

12. $500 Answer Vocabulary & Map Parts
A map is a flat picture of the Earth, and a globe is a model of the Earth. ??

13. $100 Question Globe Features
The Globe is divided into halves called:
Quadrants.
Hemispheres.
Sections.
Pieces.

14. $100 Answer Globe Features
The earth is divided into Hemispheres ??

15. $200 Question Global Features
The name for the parallel lines drawn on a globe that run east to west

16. $200 Answer Global Features
What are called lines of latitude ??

17. $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

18. $300 Answer Global Features
What are “Time Zones” ??

19. The globe is divided into north-south lines called
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The globe is divided into north-south lines called

20. $400 Answer Global Features
Longitudinal lines ??

21. $500 Question Global Features
The Prime Meridian is located where?

22. $500 Answer Global Features
Greenwich, England ??

23. $100 Question Oceans
Which ocean is shown in blue on this map?

24. $100 Answer Oceans
Atlantic Ocean ??

25. $200 Question Oceans
Which ocean is shown in blue on this map?

26. $200 Answer Oceans
Pacific Ocean ??

27. $300 Question Oceans
Which ocean is shown in blue on this map?

28. $300 Answer Oceans
Arctic Ocean ??

29. $400 Question Oceans
Which ocean is shown in blue on this map?

30. $400 Answer Oceans
Indian Ocean ??

31. What 3 oceans touch North America?
$500 Question Oceans
What 3 oceans touch North America?

32. $500 Answer Oceans
Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic Oceans ??

33. $100 Question United States
What letter on this map is the Mississippi River?

34. $100 Answer United States ??
C is the Mississippi River

35. $200 Question United States
What letter shows the mountains closest to Virginia?

36. $200 Answer United States
E – Appalachian Mountains ??

37. $300 Question United States
What river divides Texas from Mexico?
Rio Grande River
Mississippi River
James River

38. The Rio Grande River divides Texas
$300 Answer United States
The Rio Grande River divides Texas
from Mexico (a). ??

39. $400 Question United States
What is the name of the region labeled ‘D’?

40. $400 Answer United States ??
D - Great Lakes Region

41. $500 Question United States
What mountain range is on the western side of the United States?
Massanutten
Appalachian Mountains
Rocky Mountains

42. The Rocky Mountains are on the western side of the United States (c).
$500 Answer United States
The Rocky Mountains are on the
western side of the United States (c). ??

43. $100 Question Continents
What continent is shown in red on this map?

44. $100 Answer Continents
Antarctica ??

45. What continent is shown in purple on this map?
$200 Question Continents
What continent is shown in purple on this map?

46. $200 Answer Continents
South America ??

47. What continent is shown in orange on this map?
$300 Question Continents
What continent is shown in orange on this map?

48. $300 Answer Continents
Australia ??

49. What continent is shown in blue on this map?
$400 Question Continents
What continent is shown in blue on this map?

50. $400 Answer Continents ??
Africa

51. Which 2 continents are mostly connected?
$500 Question Continents
Which 2 continents are mostly connected?

52. $500 Answer Continents ??
Europe and Asia

53. Final Jeopardy Why is the Pacific Ocean shown in two different
places on a map of the world?

54. The Pacific Ocean is shown in two places on a map of the world because
Final Jeopardy
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.