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Geography and Map Skills Trivia Challenge

Test your knowledge of geography, vocabulary, map skills, and timeline with this trivia challenge. Answer questions about continents, mountains, hemispheres, cities, pioneers, and more.

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Geography and Map Skills Trivia Challenge

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  1. Geography Vocabulary Mt. Dora Map Skills Time Line Trivia 1pt 1 pt 1 pt 1pt 1 pt 2 pt 2 pt 2pt 2pt 2 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 4 pt 4 pt 4pt 4 pt 4pt 5pt 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt

  2. The name of the continent shown below

  3. What is North America.

  4. The Himalaya Mountains are found on this continent.

  5. What is Asia.

  6. An invisible line through the middle of the Earth that separates the globe into the northern and southern hemispheres.

  7. What is the equator.

  8. Of the following choices, which is best for seeing the shapes of the Earth’s continents and oceans? • A road map • A text book • A flat map of the world • A globe

  9. What is “d. A globe”.

  10. DAILY DOUBLE!!!! The earth can be divided into four areas, called hemispheres. Every place on earth is located in two hemispheres: Northern Hemisphere or Southern Hemisphere AND Western Hemisphere or Eastern Hemisphere. Name the 2 hemispheres in which Pennsylvania is located.

  11. What are the Northern and the Western Hemispheres.

  12. People in a person’s family who lived a long time ago.

  13. Who are ancestors.

  14. A community that is larger than a suburb.

  15. What is a city..

  16. The name of the areas away from cities and large towns.

  17. What are a rural areas.

  18. A person who helps settle a new land.

  19. Who is a pioneer.

  20. A person who starts a settlement.

  21. Who is a founder.

  22. The story of what has happened in a place.

  23. What is history.

  24. Ross Tremain and his son built the first one of these.

  25. What is orange-packing factory.

  26. DAILY DOUBLE!! Out of the following list, which two items are MAINLY responsible for Mount Dora having a larger population today than it did in the 1800’s: Lake Dora Improved transportation (roads, railroads, cars) Schools More businesses and jobs (citrus farming, hotels, stores)

  27. What are Improved transportation (roads, railroads, cars) AND More businesses and jobs (citrus farming, hotels, stores).

  28. Mount Dora is located in this southern state.

  29. What is Florida.

  30. Mount Dora was once a settlement called this.

  31. What is Royellou.

  32. Washington, D.C. is a special city in the United States because it is this, and on a map it would be shown by a star.

  33. What is the capital.

  34. The part of a map that tells you what symbols represent

  35. What is the key.

  36. North, south, east, and west are known as this.

  37. What are the cardinal directions.

  38. This part of a map helps you calculate the distance between two places on the map.

  39. What is the scale.

  40. The lines on a map that show where states or countries end.

  41. What are borders.

  42. Use the timeline to answer. How many SPECIFIC years does the timeline show?

  43. What are 10 years.

  44. Use the timeline to answer. With which year does the timeline begin?

  45. What is 1868.

  46. Use the timeline to answer. With which year does the timeline end?

  47. What is 1900.

  48. Use the timeline to answer. How many years does the timeline cover?

  49. What are 32 years (or from 1868 to 1900).

  50. Use the timeline to answer. During which year was the talking doll invented?

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