2 nd

grade
Maps and Geography Unit

D.Showker
Peak View Elem.
Vocabulary & Virginia Oceans United States Continents
Map Parts

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Maps & Geography

Final Jeopardy
Jeopardy
 $100 Question
Vocabulary & Map Parts

Symbols:

a) look like people.

b) are not on a map.
c) stand for something else on a map.
d) stand for sounds.
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Vocabulary & Map Parts

Symbols stand for something else on a map (c).

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 $200 Question
Vocabulary & Map Parts

The equator is:

a) a place at the north pole.

b) an imaginary line running around the
middle of the Earth on a map or a globe.
c) not on a map.
d) not on a globe.
 $200 Answer
Vocabulary & Map Parts

The equator is an imaginary line running

around the middle of the Earth on a map
or a globe (b).

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 $300 Question
Vocabulary & Map Parts

What are the three (3) parts of a map?

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Vocabulary & Map Parts

Title, compass rose (or directional

indicator), and legend (or map key)

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 $400 Question
Vocabulary & Map Parts

Identify the directions on this compass

rose.
$400 Answer
Vocabulary & Map Parts

W E

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S
 $500 Question
Vocabulary & Map Parts

How is a map different from a globe?

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Vocabulary & Map Parts

A map is a flat picture of the

Earth, and a globe is a model of
the Earth.

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 $100 Question
Virginia

Virginias shape is most like a:

a) triangle.
b) square.
c) circle.
d) rectangle.
 $100 Answer
Virginia

Virginias shape is most like a triangle (a).

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 $200 Question
Virginia

What is the name of this river in Virginia?

$200 Answer
Virginia

James River

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 $300 Question
Virginia

Which dot on this map of Virginia is

Richmond (red or blue)?
 $300 Answer
Virginia

Richmond is the red dot on this map.

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 $400 Question
Virginia

What is the blue dot on this map of Virginia?

 $400 Answer
Virginia

The blue dot on this map is Harrisonburg.

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 $500 Question
Virginia

What mountain range is shown on this map?

 $500 Answer
Virginia

Appalachian Mountains
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 $100 Question
Oceans

Which ocean is shown in blue on this map?

$100 Answer
Oceans

Atlantic Ocean ??
 $200 Question
Oceans

Which ocean is shown in blue on this map?

$200 Answer
Oceans

Pacific Ocean ??
 $300 Question
Oceans

Which ocean is shown in blue on this map?

$300 Answer
Oceans

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Arctic Ocean
 $400 Question
Oceans

Which ocean is shown in blue on this map?

$400 Answer
Oceans

Indian Ocean ??
 $500 Question
Oceans

What 3 oceans touch North America?

 $500 Answer
Oceans

Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic Oceans

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 $100 Question
United States

What letter on this map is the Mississippi River?

 $100 Answer
United States

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C is the Mississippi River
 $200 Question
United States

What letter shows the mountains closest to Virginia?

 $200 Answer
United States

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E Appalachian Mountains
 $300 Question
United States

What river divides Texas from Mexico?

a) Rio Grande River

b) Mississippi River
c) James River
 $300 Answer
United States

The Rio Grande River divides Texas

from Mexico (a).

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 $400 Question
United States

What is the name of the region labeled D?

 $400 Answer
United States

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D - Great Lakes Region
 $500 Question
United States

What mountain range is on the western

side of the United States?

a) Massanutten
b) Appalachian Mountains
c) Rocky Mountains
 $500 Answer
United States

The Rocky Mountains are on the

western side of the United States (c).

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 $100 Question
Continents

What continent is shown in red on this map?

$100 Answer
Continents

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Antarctica
 $200 Question
Continents

What continent is shown in purple on this map?

$200 Answer
Continents

South America ??
 $300 Question
Continents

What continent is shown in orange on this map?

$300 Answer
Continents

Australia ??
 $400 Question
Continents

What continent is shown in blue on this map?

$400 Answer
Continents

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Africa
 $500 Question
Continents

Which 2 continents are mostly connected?

 $500 Answer
Continents

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Europe and Asia
Why is the Pacific Ocean shown in two different
places on a map of the world?
 The Pacific Ocean is shown in two
places on a map of the world because
the world is round, but a map is flat.
In order to make it flat, they had to
divide the ocean in half.