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Physical Geo Cultural Geo Human Impact 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 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