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Physical
Geo
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Geo
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Map Skills
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
Precipitation
and
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
river
give country and name of
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
religion
major language and
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