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The Gang of Seven
A Homemade PowerPoint Game
By
Jon Scoresby
University of Georgia
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The Story of the “The Gang of Seven”
There is an international terrorist organization called "The Gang of Seven" that has hidden a bomb some place in the world. You have to piece together the location of the bomb from the information you gather from the terrorists as you catch them. Each terrorist is hidden around the world. You will be given clues about the location of the bomb when you find the terrorists. After you have collected all seven clues, you may submit your guess.
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Game DirectionsThe goal of the game is to find the bomb.
To play the game you have to move to the slide titled “Time to play ‘The Gang of Seven’!” or click on “Play the Game” on the title slide. You will have to answer questions by clicking on the correct response.
To win the game you have to successfully answer each question and find the bomb.
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CreditsAll teachers and students at non-profit schools can use, revise, or adapt this game
at will at no cost on the condition that all prior designers are cited.
• Originally designed by Jon Scoresby, University of Georgia, September 8, 2004 “The Gang of Seven”.
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Educational Objectives• Audience
– Students in Advanced Placement Geography
• Subject Area Objectives– Students will be able to:
• Become familiar with the locations of countries throughout the world.
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Copyright• Copyright 2004 Jon Scoresby
• Permission to copy this game at no cost is granted to all teachers and students of non-profit schools.
• Permission is also granted to all teachers and students of non-profit schools to make revisions to this game for their own purposes, on the condition that this copyright page and the credits page remain part of the game. Teachers and students who adapt the game should add their names and affiliations to the credits page without deleting any names already there.
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Time to play “The Gang of Seven”!
You start somewhere in the world.
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The branch of geography that focuses upon natural landforms, climate, soils, and vegetation of the Earth is:
physical geography
cultural geography
human geography
locational geography
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The importance of the spatial approach that geographers use in their studies is that it shows:
the history of an area
human activity only
the political impact of boundaries
the arrangement and organization of things on the surface of the Earth
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Alfred Wegener developed a hypothesis explaining the jigsaw-like fit of the continental land masses on opposite sides of the North and South Atlantic Oceans called
plate distribution
plate tectonics
crustal spreading
continental drift
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Which of the following is not one of the "four traditions of geography" as originally developed by W.D. Pattison in 1964?
culture-environment
earth-science
locational
paleontologic
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You have found Terry the terrorist
Your clue: This location is over 2,000 miles from the nearest highly populated area.
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Physical geography remains one of the cornerstones of geography. In times past it was called:
area-analysis tradition
locational tradition
environmental tradition
earth-science tradition
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The reason W.D. Pattison described the locational tradition as being the heart of all geography is that:
locational interest was a new concept
locational focus is essential for map-making
physical geography requires it
it is the spatial focus of the discipline
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Which of the traditions of geography listed below has given rise to regional science?
earth-science
locational tradition
culture-environment
area-analysis
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In 1986 the National Geographic Society published "Five Themes" of geography that differed from Pattison's "four traditions" in several ways, one of which was the omission of an important tradition that Pattison included. The omitted tradition was:
place
movement of people
earth-science
physical geography
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You have found Tim the terrorist
Your clue: The population reached a peak around 10,000.
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The "Five Themes" of geography, published by the National Geographic Society in 1986, added two themes to the four traditions identified by W. D. Pattison in 1964. One of these was place and the other was:
distribution
densities
numbers
movement
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The concern of geography with space puts ? at the center of its agenda.
distance
places
patterns
scale
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The country of Rwanda is located on the continent of:
Australia
Asia
South America
Africa
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The coordinates of absolute location are useful mainly in determining exact:
directions
elevations
distances
distances and directions
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You have found Tyler the terrorist
Your clue: It’s surrounded by water.
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The physical location of a place using the Earth latitude-longitude grid is properly called the:
central location
referenced location
relative location
absolute location
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The location of a place in relationship to other places or features around it is called:
site
actual location
absolute location
relative location
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If a place has a relative location that is centrally located to people, raw materials, markets, and the ability to transport goods then the place is said to have:
site
advantaged location
referenced location
centrality
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Chicago's absolute location has not changed but its relative location changed markedly in 1959 because:
O'Hare international airport opened
a new railroad was completed
Lake Michigan shrank
the St. Lawrence Seaway opened
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You have found Todd the terrorist
Your clue: It’s part of the South American continent.
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During the past century which one of the following Asian countries experienced a dramatic change in their relative location?
India
Indonesia
China
Japan
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Physical geography is important to the study of human geography because:
human activities are shaped by physical conditions
the Earth's surface constantly changes and humans need to be aware of this
by knowing the physical features of an area human geographers will know where to look for people
the Earth's surface forms the physical setting for creating the human imprint
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A vital rule that maps demonstrate in geography is:
geography is not always spatial
a map is worth many pages of written text
geographic studies do not necessarily need maps
places on the Earth have their own distinctive properties
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When Japan decided to embark on the road to industrialization, they chose which of the following countries as their model?
the United States
France
Germany
Britain
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You have found Todd the terrorist
Your clue: The place is home to many petroglyphs (rock carvings), as well as traditional wood carvings, crafts, tattooing, stick figures, dance and music.
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Except for South and Southeast Asia, what ocean influences the moistest areas of the world?
Pacific
Arctic
Indian
Atlantic
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The spread of ideas, cultural traits, knowledge, and skills from their places of origin to other areas where they are adopted is called:
expansion
spreading
adjustment
diffusion
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While it is not possible to measure the diffusion of cultural aspects quantitatively, it is possible to trace:
time of movement
reason for movement
speed of movement
direction of movement
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Arrows are one of the most useful symbols used on maps but there are limitations to what they can show. Which of the following could arrows not show?
destination of movement
volume of movement
direction of movement
reason for movement
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You have found Toby the terrorist
Your clue: This place has both South American and Polynesian influences.
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Which of the following is not used as criteria for defining a region:
location
boundaries
area
time
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A good example of a functional region would be a:
region where nearly everyone spoke French
region of similar climate
region where farming practices were the same
city and its surrounding region
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A good example of a formal region would be a:
city and its surrounding region
region showing migration to a central location
region surrounding a manufacturing complex
region of similar housing types
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Regions are:
limited in the information that can be handled
useful only to geographers
actual existing entities on the Earth's surface
a means of handling large amounts of information
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Your clue: It’s best known for it large head statues.
You have found Tom the terrorist
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The bomb is located in what hemisphere?
North
South
This bomb’s location is part of what continent?
Africa
Australia
South America
Antarctica
This bomb’s location is part of the main land?
Yes
No
The bomb is located in:
Falkland Islands
Fiji
Easter Island
French Polynesia
Congratulations, you captured The Gang of Seven and found the bomb!
That is incorrect!The terrorists have escaped and the bomb was never found. Your chief has called you back to the office and you have been demoted to a desk job. You will be a paper pusher for the
next 5 years.
I’m sorry, but you have to start again…
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