Geography Warm Ups

Question 1

1. What is the name given to a piece of land surrounded by water on three sides?
2. Is the Antarctic Circle north or south of the equator?

Answer 1

1. ) Peninsula

2. ) South

Question 2

Latitude is measured north and south of what imaginary line?

Which of the following is not a city: Bangladesh, Tokyo, Amsterdam,New Dehli?

Answer 2

1. ) The Equator

2. ) Bangladesh

Question 3

1. What are the names of the four hemispheres of the earth? In which two would you find the United States?
2. The summer solstice is the time of the year with the longest day and the shortest night. The winter solstice has the shortest day and the longest night. About when does each solstice occur in the Northern Hemisphere?

Answer 3

1. Northern, Eastern, Southern, Western. Northern and Western.
2. June 21 and December 21

Question 4

1. On a map, what does a star or a star in a circle next to the name of a city usually mean?
2. All lines of longitude are measured east and west of what imaginary line?

Answer 4

1. ) That it is the capital

2. ) The Prime Meridian

Question 5

1. What is the name of the imaginary line where the date becomes one day earlier to the east of the line?
2. What are the names of the earth’s four oceans?

Answer 5

1. ) The International Date Line

2. ) Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, and Arctic, and maybe Southern.

Question 6

1. How many states are part of the contiguous United States?

2. What are the features of a temperate climate?

Answer 6

1. ) 48

2. ) Moderate rainfall, sporadic drought, mild to warm summers, and cool to cold winters

Question 7

1. Is the Tropic of Cancer north or south of th equator? What is the latitudinal degree at which it’s found?
2. What are the names of the earth’s seven continents in order of largest area to smallest area?

Answer 7

1. 23.5 degrees north of the equator.

2. Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia.

Question 8

1. Find an example of an area of land that is smaller than a continent and is completely surrounded by water. What term is used to describe this type of land?
2. What is the southernmost point in the world called?

Answer 8

1. Taiwan (Island)

2. Geographic South Pole (Antarctica)

Question 9

1. Locate the Cape of Good Hope on a map in your atlas. Use the index for finding it.Now locate three other places that are called “Cape.” Write a definition based on what you observe about these four capes.

Answer 9

1. Cape of Good Hope is located in Cape Town, South Africa.
2. Cape Verde, Cape Cod, Cape Coast.
3. Capes are usually surrounded by water on three sides.

Question 10

1. Locate the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Africa. Now, write a definition of gulf.
2. What part of a map explains what the symbols on a map mean?

Answer 10

1. a.) The Gulf of Aden in located in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Africa.
   b. ) Gulf- Almost a lake like feature but it has a mouth that opens into an ocean.
2. The key

Question 11

1. What lines measure distances east and west of the prime meridian on a globe or map?
2. What city label would be next to the star symbol in the state of Washington?

Answer 11

1. Longitude

2. Olympia?

Question 12

1. Which pole is not located on a continent?

2. In what part of the United States is Washington D.C. located?

Answer 12

1. The North Pole

2. Washington D.C. is located near the Potomac River, South of Maryland and North of Virginia

Question 13

1. What two continents are located on a single land mass

2. What direction would you travel to get to North Carolina from South Dakota?

Answer 13

1. Europe and Asia

2. Southeast

Question 14

1. What three countries in the world have the largest land ares?
2. What is the capital of the state that has a northern border with South Dakota and a southern border with Kansas?

Answer 14

1. United States, Canada, and Russia

2. Lincoln, Nebraska