2. Map Skills 100 200 300 400 500 Physical Geo 100 200 300 400 500 Cultural Geo 100 200 300 400 500 Human Impact 100 200 300 400 500 Grab Bag 100 200 300 400 500

3. Category one: 100 points  What device on a map is used to determine orientation?

4.  Compass Rose

5. Category one: 200 points  What type of map projection is used by ship navigators?

6.  Mercator

7. Category one: 300 points  What is used to determine absolute location on a map?

8.  Latitude and Longitude Lines

9. Category one: 400 points  What is another name for lines of latitude?

10.  Parallels

11. Category one: 500 points  What type of map projection is circular and oriented on the poles?

12.  Polar

13. Category two: 100 points  What two characteristics are used to define climate regions?

14.  Temperature and Precipitation

15. Category two: 200 points  What vegetation region has very little plant life because of a lack of rain?

16.  Desert

17. Category two: 300 points  What weather phenomena is most common in South Asia?

18.  Monsoons

19. Category two: 400 points  Where and why was the Aswan High Dam built?  Must give country and name of river

20.  Nile River, Egypt  It was built to stop the annual flooding of the river

21. Category two: 500 points  What happened at Chernobyl in the 1980s?

22.  A nuclear power plant exploded causing nuclear pollution

23. Category three: 100 points  What Canadian province is known for its French heritage?

24.  Quebec

25. Category three: 200 points  What religion are most people in India?

26.  Hindu

27. Category three: 300 points  What two cultural characteristics unify most of Hispanic America?  Give the language and religion

28.  Spanish and the Roman Catholic religion

29. Category three: 400 points  What three religions claim Jerusalem as their religious heritage site?

30.  Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

31. Category three: 500 points  The region of Kashmir has created conflict between which two religious groups?

32.  Hindus and Muslims

33. Category four: 100 points  When humans cut down too many trees it is called

34.  Deforestation

35. Category four: 200 points  What are polders?

36.  Areas of reclaimed land from the sea

37. Category four: 300 points  How has the automobile impacted the physical environment?

38.  Led to construction of roads and increased deforestation

39. Category four: 400 points  Why is the Aral Sea less than half its original size?

40.  Water diversion, over irrigation

41. Category four: 500 points  Why do people living in desert regions have roofs made of light colored materials?

42.  They reflect the sunlight and make the house cooler

43. Category five: 100 points  What are mental maps?

44.  Maps in your head that are used for daily activities and to give directions

45. Category five: 200 points  What weather phenomena is most common in the central United States?

46.  Tornadoes

47. Category five: 300 points  What is the process by which arable land is converted into desert by natural or human activities?

48.  Desertification

49. Category five: 400 points  What cultural elements unite the people in the League of Arab states?  Provide major language and religion

50.  People speak Arabic and they are Muslims

51. Category five: 500 points  Describe the ethnicity patterns of the United States, Switzerland, and Japan.

52.  The U.S. and Switzerland have many different ethnic groups while Japan has one major ethnic group.

53. Final Jeopardy  In what religion do people make a yearly pilgrimage to a city called Mecca?

54.  Islam