Geography

Jeopardy
Test your knowledge and review
for the test!
 Geography Jeopardy
Latitude Map skills Hemis- Contin- Bodies of Wild
& pheres ents Water Card!
Longitude

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This line runs along 0˚ latitude.
What is the Equator?
• This is known as 0˚ longitude.
What is the Prime Meridian?
This line is located at approximately 23
What is the Tropic of Cancer?
This line is not straight and runs near 1
What is the International Dateline?
This continent is found at the following
10˚ S, 50˚ W
What is South America?
This feature indicates distance on a ma
What is the scale?
This shows the four cardinal directions
What is the compass rose?
Examples of this might include populat
What is the theme of the map?
This country has the highest life expec
What is Japan?
According to page 166 in your atlas, Au
What is 2,400 miles?
These are all four hemispheres by nam
What are the Northern, Southern, East
This imaginary line divides the Norther
What is the Equator?
This imaginary line divides the Eastern
What is the Prime Meridian?
North America can be found in these tw
What are the Northern and Western he
The continent of Africa is located in the
What are all four hemispheres (Northe
This is the smallest of the seven contin
What is Australia?
This continent is the largest of the seve
What is Asia?
This is the only continent completely co
What is Antarctica?
This continent has more countries than
What is Africa?
These are the seven continents of the
What are North America, South Americ
These two oceans surround South Am
What are the Atlantic and Pacific Ocea
This ocean can be found to the north o
What is the Arctic Ocean?
 DAILY DOUBLE!
This gulf connects to the Arabian Sea.

What would you like to wager?

What is the Persian Gulf?
This ocean borders Africa, Asia, and A
What is the Indian Ocean?
This sea is bordered by Europe to the
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
This body of water is found between A
What is the Red Sea?
The ______ of a map helps you “read”
What is the key?
This gulf is located at 58˚N, 140˚W.
What is the Gulf of Alaska?
According to page 50 in your atlas, this
What is Roman Catholic?
This line divides today from tomorrow a
What is the International Dateline?
 Double Jeopardy
Oceans, Coordinates Where in the Atlas Attack Water Water
Gulfs, Seas, World? Everywhere
Oh My!
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This sea is bordered by Korea to the West and J
What is the Sea of Japan?
Madagascar is found in this ocean.
What is the Indian Ocean?
This sea lies between Russia and Alas
What is the Bering Sea?
Cuba is located at the entrance to this
What is the Gulf of Mexico?
This sea is located at approximately 40
What is the Caspian Sea?
Continent at 20 ˚S, 140 ˚E
What is Australia?
Coordinates of Seattle, Washington.
What is 47˚ N, 122˚ W?
This is always expressed in degrees N
What is latitude?
The coordinates of where the Equator
What is 0 ˚, 0 ˚?
These lines are found at approximately
What are the Tropic of Cancer and the
This continent has the greatest popula
What is Asia?
This continent is found at the South Pole.
What is Antarctica?
This capital city lies along the Tropic of
What is Havana, Cuba?
 DAILY DOUBLE!
This Tropic intersects South America, A

What would you like to wager?

What is the Tropic of Capricorn?
This imaginary line divides the Eastern
What is the Prime Meridian?
London, England is approximately this
What is 200 miles?
• Refer to page 74 in your atlas:
New Orleans is located in this type of c
What is the subtropical rain climate?
• Refer to page 51 in your atlas:
This continent has the most countries a
What is Africa?
• Refer to page 38 in your atlas:
When it is 4:00am in San Francisco, it
What is 3:00pm?
• Refer to page 152 in your atlas:
This capital city can be found in square
What is Beirut, Lebanon?
This ocean borders the east coast of th
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
The Mississippi River empties into this
What is the Gulf of Mexico?
Greece, Spain, and Italy all have coast
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
This ocean can be found at the North P
What is the Arctic Ocean?
These are the four oceans on Earth.
What are the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, a
 FINAL JEOPARDY!
Category: General Geography

Teams: make your wagers.

You may wager from anything
between 0 and your total current
points.
 Final Jeopardy
• As a group, write a list naming and spelling
correctly all of the following:

• All seven continents

• All four oceans
• All seven seas
• The names of 0 ˚ latitude and 0 ˚ longitude
• All four hemispheres
• The three gulfs you had to include on your map
• Continents: Africa, Asia, North America, South America,
Europe, Australia, Antarctica
• Oceans: Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Indian
• Seas: Mediterranean, North, Bering, Arabian, Red,
Caribbean, Sea of Japan
• Gulfs: Persian Gulf, Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of Alaska
• 0˚ latitude = Equator
• 0˚ longitude = Prime Meridian
• Four hemispheres: Northern, Southern, Eastern,
Western
STUDY FOR YOUR TEST
ON FRIDAY!!!