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Jeopardy

• Geography
• Test Preparation

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Water Terms 1 Land Terms 2 Geography terms 3 Geography terms 2 4 Water 2 5 History
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One of the four large bodies of water(100)
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Ocean
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A body of salt water surrounded by land (200)
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Sea
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Fresh water (normally) surrounded by land (300)
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Lake
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A narrow inlet of the sea carved out by a
glacier(400)
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FjordFiord
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Sea water that is separating one or more islands
from the mainland (500)
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Sound
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One of the seven large bodies of land(100)
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Continent
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Land completely surrounded by water (200)
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Island
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Land that is surrounded by water on 3 sides(300)
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Peninsula
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A narrow point of land sticking out into a body
of water, usually it is made out of sand(400)
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Spit
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A narrow strip of land that connects two larger
bodies of land(500)
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Isthmus
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An Imaginary line that separates the northern and
southern hemispheres (100)
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Equator
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An imaginary line that separates the Eastern and
Western hemispheres(200)
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Prime Meridian/International Dateline
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An imaginary line that is 23 ½ degrees north
latitude(300)
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The Tropic of Cancer
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The angular distance north or south of the
equator, measured in degrees, is called (400)
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Latitude
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The angular distance east or west of the prime
meridian is called(500)
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Longitude
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The half of the earth above the equator (100)
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Northern Hemisphere
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The half of the earth below the equator(200)
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Southern Hemisphere
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Half of the earth going from the Prime Meridian
to the International dateline traveling west (300)
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Western Hemisphere
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Half of the earth going from the Prime Meridian
to the International dateline traveling east (400)
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Eastern Hemisphere
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90 degrees south latitude one of the seven
continents(500)
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Antarctica/South Pole
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Water evaporates from the oceans, condenses,
travels over land, cools and releases moisture in
the form of rain, sleet, or snow. (100)

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Water Cycle
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90 degrees north latitude water frozen into a
giant ice cap(200)
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North Pole
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A narrow stretch of water that connects two
larger bodies of water.(300)
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Strait
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Ocean or seawater surrounded by land on 3 sides,
with a wide opening to the sea (400)
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Gulf/Bay
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Land deposited at the mouth of a river (500)
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Delta
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Why did indigenous people first come to the
Americas? How did they get here?(100)
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They were following the herds because they were
hunters.They crossed the land bridge at the
Bering strait.
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Name three reasons the Europeans decided to come
to America.(200)
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1. They had the technology to do it.
2. They wanted to make money trading.
3. They wanted to spread Christianity.
4. They wanted to be free from oppressive
   governments. (religious persecution)
5. They wanted to own land.

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According to the United States Constitution you
have the right to own a home, the right to have a
job, and the right to be provided food.True or
False(300)
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FalseThe America Constitution doesnt guarantee
any of these things. Communism does.
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The first ten amendments to the United States
Constitution are called the(400)
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Bill of Rights
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The Portuguese, Spanish, English, French and
Dutch were some of the most powerful nations in
the world, Why? (500)
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They had a navy. They had modern weapons They
had modern technology (guns, navigational
devices)