Geography Jeopardy

DefinitionsLatitude

and Longitude

Where in the USA?

Continents Oceans

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Bonus Question

What is Geography?

the study of our physical and cultural surroundings

Name our four cardinal directions

•north, east, south, and west

What is the equator and where is it

located?•this imaginary line separates Earth into the northern and southern hemispheres

• it is located at 0 degrees latitude

What is a globe?

•the most accurate map of the earth

What is the prime meridian and

where is it located??•this imaginary line divides our earth

into the eastern and western hemispheres

•this imaginary line is located at 0 degrees longitude

What are lines of longitude and what do they measure?

•they run north and south, but measure east and west of the prime meridian

What are parallels?

•another name for lines of latitude

What is another name for lines of

longitude?

•they are also called meridians

What is Roanoke?

•37 degrees N and 80 degrees W

Where in the US is Montpelier, Vermont?

•44 degrees N and 72 degrees W

50 degrees N 100 degrees W

•What is Brandon?

Where in the US is Philadelphia?

•40 degrees N and 76 degrees W

33 degrees N80 degrees W

•What is Charleston, South Carolina?

30 degrees N90 degrees W

•What is New Orleans?

What is Jefferson City?

•38 degrees N and 93 degrees W

What is Europe?

•this continent is located north of Africa

What is North America?

•We are located on this continent

What is Australia?

•this continent is located completely in the southern and eastern hemispheres

What is Africa?

•this is the only continent located in all 4 hemispheres

Name the 7 continents

•Australia

•Africa

•Antarctica

•South America

•North America

•Asia

•Europe

What is the Atlantic Ocean?

•this ocean can be found off the east coast of the United States

What is the Indian Ocean?

•this ocean is located between Africa and Australia

What is the Pacific Ocean?

•this ocean can be found off the west coast of Asia

What is the Arctic Ocean?

•this ocean can be found north of Greenland

What are the Pacific,

Atlantic,Indian, and Arctic Oceans?

•please name all four oceans

Where is the Mississippi River’s source and mouth

located?•Source: Minnesota

•Mouth: Louisiana