GEOGRAPHY CHALLENGE

What planet do you live on?

Earth

What is the name of your

school?

Camino Real Elementary School

What do we call the model of the

earth?

Globe

What two things must people have to live?

Air and water

What do you call the rise and fall of

the ocean?

Tide

What do you call a cloud so low it touches the

ground?

Fog

What is the imaginary line that divides the

world into northern and southern hemispheres?

Equator

What California national park is

the largest?

Yosemite (National Park)

What three states border

California?

Oregon, Nevada, Arizona

What do we call a time of major water shortage?

Drought

Which state is the largest state

in the U.S. ?

Alaska

Which continent is the largest?

Asia

What country is also a continent?

Australia

What is the name of the longest river in

the world and where is it?

Nile River in Africa

What is the highest

mountain in the world?

Mt. Everest

In which harbor is the Statue of

Liberty located?

New York Harbor

Name the five Great Lakes.

Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, Ontario

Baja California is part of what

country?

Mexico

Name the tallest mountains in the

United States.

Rocky Mountains

What does a seismograph

measure?

Earthquakes

How long does it take the earth to

travel once around the sun?

365 ¼ days

Which state is the smallest

state in the U.S.?

Rhode Island

Name the two states that are not

part of the continental U.S.

Alaska, Hawaii

Name the four oceans.

Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic

When all the animals of one kind have

died, the species is called what?

Extinct

What state has carvings of 4

presidents on Mount Rushmore?

South Dakota

What is the largest inland body of salt water in the

U.S.?

Great Salt Lake

What city do you live in?

Jurupa Valley

What state do you live in?

California

What covers two thirds of the

earth?

Water

What is the capital of the

United States?

Washington, D.C.

What part of the map explains the symbols

on the map?

Key or Legend

Put the correct cardinal

directions on the compass.

What is your phone number?

What is your address (and apartment

number)?

A shaking or trembling of part of the earth is called

what?

Earthquake

In what states does the

Mississippi River begin and end?

Minnesota and Louisiana

Name the large canyon formed by

the Colorado River.

Grand Canyon

What are the inter-cardinal directions?

northwest, northeast, southwest, southeast

What discovery in 1848 brought thousands of people to California

before it became a state?

Gold

What two countries border

the United States?

Mexico and Canada

What continent do you live on?

North America

Which of these is the driest -

jungle, desert, prairie?

Desert

Name the seven continents.

Asia, Africa, North America, South America,

Antarctica, Europe, Australia

Where does the earth get most of its light and

heat?

Sun

Name three kinds of man-

made pollution.

Noise, air, water, litter

What country do you live in?

United States of America

What nearby ocean do you go

to when you go to the beach?

Pacific Ocean

What kind of storm has a very strong

wind that moves in a funnel shape?

Tornado

What do you call the largest bodies of

water on the earth?

Oceans