2. Jeopardy Geography Test Preparation

3. Water Terms 1 Land Terms 2 Geography terms 3 Geography terms 2 4 Water 2 5 History 100 20020200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500

4. One of the four large bodies of water (100)

5. Ocean

6. A body of salt water surrounded by land (200)

7. Sea

8. Fresh water (normally) surrounded by land (300)

9. Lake

10. A narrow inlet of the sea carved out by a glacier (400)

11. Fjord Fiord

12. Sea water that is separating one or more islands from the mainland (500)

13. Sound

14. One of the seven large bodies of land (100)

15. Continent

16. Land completely surrounded by water (200)

17. Island

18. Land that is surrounded by water on 3 sides (300)

19. Peninsula

20. A narrow point of land sticking out into a body of water, usually it is made out of sand (400)

21. Spit

22. A narrow strip of land that connects two larger bodies of land (500)

23. Isthmus

24. An Imaginary line that separates the northern and southern hemispheres (100)

25. Equator

26. An imaginary line that separates the Eastern and Western hemispheres (200)

27. Prime Meridian/International Dateline

28. An imaginary line that is 23 ½ degrees north latitude (300)

29. The Tropic of Cancer

30. The angular distance north or south of the equator, measured in degrees, is called (400)

31. Latitude

32. The angular distance east or west of the prime meridian is called (500)

33. Longitude

34. The half of the earth above the equator (100)

35. Northern Hemisphere

36. The half of the earth below the equator (200)

37. Southern Hemisphere

38. Half of the earth going from the Prime Meridian to the International dateline traveling west (300)

39. Western Hemisphere

40. Half of the earth going from the Prime Meridian to the International dateline traveling east (400)

41. Eastern Hemisphere

42. 90 degrees south latitude; one of the seven continents (500)

43. Antarctica/South Pole

44. Water evaporates from the oceans, condenses, travels over land, cools and releases moisture in the form of rain, sleet, or snow. (100)

45. Water Cycle

46. 90 degrees north latitude; water frozen into a giant ice cap (200)

47. North Pole

48. A narrow stretch of water that connects two larger bodies of water. (300)

49. Strait

50. Ocean or seawater surrounded by land on 3 sides, with a wide opening to the sea (400)

51. Gulf/Bay

52. Land deposited at the mouth of a river (500)

53. Delta

54. Why did indigenous people first come to the Americas? How did they get here? (100)

55. They were following the herds because they were hunters. They crossed the land bridge at the Bering strait.

56. Name three reasons the Europeans decided to come to America. (200)

57. 1.They had the technology to do it. 2.They wanted to make money trading. 3.They wanted to spread Christianity. 4.They wanted to be free from oppressive governments. (religious persecution) 5.They wanted to own land.

58. According to the United States Constitution you have the right to own a home, the right to have a job, and the right to be provided food. True or False (300)

59. False The America Constitution doesn’t guarantee any of these things. Communism does.

60. The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution are called the: (400)

61. Bill of Rights

62. The Portuguese, Spanish, English, French and Dutch were some of the most powerful nations in the world, Why? (500)

63. They had a navy. They had “modern weapons” They had “modern technology” (guns, navigational devices)