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Continents and Oceans

What Ocean touches Massachusetts?

Answer: Atlantic OceanImage result for world
Continents and Oceans

What is the biggest continent?

Answer: Asia
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Continents and Oceans

True or false:
The Arctic ocean touches Antarctica

Answer: FalseImage result for world
Penalty: 1 Space
Continents and Oceans

What are the continents?

Answer: Asia, Antarctica, Australia, South America, North America, Europe, AfricaImage result for world
Penalty: 2 Spaces
Continents and Oceans

What are the Oceans?

Answer: Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, SouthernImage result for world
Penalty: 1 Space
Continents and Oceans

What Continent is Purple?
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Answer: Australia
Penalty: 2 Spaces
Compass Rose

Which of the following would you most likely see on a map?
A.Image result for rose B.Image result for compass
C.Image result for compass

Answer: C
Penalty: 2 Spaces
Compass Rose

What is at the top of a compass rose?

Answer: North
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Penalty: 2 spaces
Compass Rose

Which of the following is not a direction?
  1. North East
  2. South West
  3. North South
  4. North West

Answer: C
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Penalty: 3 Spaces
Compass Rose

True or False:
Antarctica is South of Franklin, MA.

Answer: True
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Penalty: 3 spaces
Compass Rose
There is no wrong answer for this question.

Which is your favorite Compass Rose?

A.Image result for Compass Rose B.Image result for Compass Rose C.Image result for Compass Rose D.Image result for compass
Compass Rose

What direction is North Dakota to Texas?

Answer: South
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Penalty: 3 Spaces
Latitude & Longitude

What lines go East to West?

Answer: Longitude
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Penalty: 1 space
Latitude & Longitude

What lines go North to South?
Answer: Latitude
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Penalty: 1 Space
Latitude & Longitude

True or False: The Prime meridian goes North to South
Answer: True
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Penalty: 1 Space
Latitude & Longitude

True or False: The Equator goes East to West
Answer: True
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Penalty: 1 Space
Latitude & Longitude

What are Latitude and Longitude lines?
Answer: Latitude and Longitude Lines are imaginary lines that divide up the world.
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Penalty: 1 Space
Latitude & Longitude

True or False: Latitude and Longitude were once called Meridians and Equators.
Answer: False
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Penalty: 4 Spaces
Map Key

Which of the following would you most likely see on a map?
Answer: D
A.Image result for KeyB.Image result for key shaped map
C. Image result for florida keysD.Image result for Map key
Penalty: 3 Spaces
Map Key

True or false: There is a map key on every map.
Answer: False
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Penalty: 2 Spaces
Map Key
There is no wrong answer for this question.

Which map key would you prefer to use?
A.Image result for Map keyB.Image result for Map key
C.Image result for Map key
D.Image result for Map key
Map Key

Using the key, how many stores are there in the town?
Answer: 7 stores
Penalty: 2 Spaces
Map Key

What do you use a map key for?
Answer: Map keys help explain what is on the map. This includes things such as elevation, climate, etc.
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2 Spaces
Map Key

List two examples of what a map key could be for.
Answer: There are many answers, but I chose elevation and climate.
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Penalty: 2 Spaces

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