First Benchmark – Part A
“Geography”
Name: ___________________________
School: __________________________
List the Oceans and Continents:
Continents
Oceans
1. ______________________
A.______________________
2. ______________________
B. ______________________
3. _____________________
C. ______________________
4. _____________________
D. ______________________
5. _____________________
E. ______________________
6. _____________________
7. _____________________
Use your numbers for the continents and your letters for the oceans to
label the map below.
On the map below label the following items using the following
symbols:
1. NP- North Pole
SP – South Pole
4. Lightly shade the western
hemisphere yellow.
2. Draw in the equator with
a red crayon/marker.
5. Lightly shade the eastern
hemisphere orange.
3. Draw in the Prime
Meridian with a green
crayon/marker.
On the map below:
1. Draw in the equator with
a red crayon/marker.
2. Lightly shade the northern
hemisphere pink.
3. Lightly shade the southern
hemisphere blue.
Choose the correct answer:
The Equator is a line of Latitude, marked with which degree number?
A)
B)
C)
D)
180 S°
360 °
0°
180 N°
The Prime Meridian is marked with 0° of Longitude. What do you call
the line of Longitude directly on the opposite side of the Earth (180° E
or W)?
A) Tropic of Cancer
B) International Date Line
C) Tropic of Capricorn
D) Equator
The Equator (0° Latitude) runs through which of the seven continents?
A)
B)
C)
D)
North and South America
Europe and Africa
Africa, South America, and Asia
Africa, Australia and Antarctica
On the map below, label the six states and the country that is north of the
states.
1. Do lines of latitude run east-west or north-south?
2. Name three states that extend below latitude 30
degrees N (in the contiguous US), and label them on the
map.
_____________________
_____________________
_____________________
_____________________
3. Name one US state that is mostly east of longitude 70
degrees W, and label it on the map.
_____________________
4. Name three US states (shown on this map) that extend
west of longitude 120 degrees W, and label them on the
map.
_____________________
_____________________
_____________________
5. Is the location 45 degrees N latitude, 82 degrees W
longitude on land or under water? On the map, mark it
with a red X.
6. Name the state that is located entirely between 40-45
degrees N latitude and between 90-100 degrees W
longitude, and label it on the map.
_____________________
_____________________
Landforms
Label the following Landforms using the word bank
Archipelago
Isthmus
Peninsula
Bay
Island
River
Gulf
Lake
Strait
First Benchmark – Part B
“Lewis and Clark”
Name: ___________________________
School: __________________________
1pt.
1pt.
1pt.
1. What was the primary goal of the Corps of Discovery?
2. Who was President at the time of the journey?
1pt.
3. What was the name of the great expanse of land west of the
Mississippi River that the President bought from France?
1pt.
4. How long did the entire journey take?
1pt.
5. On what river did most of the journey take place?
1pt.
6. Who was the wife of Toussaint Charbonneau that traveled with the
Corps and helped communicate with the Native Americans?
1pt.
7. One baby was born along the journey. What was his name?
8. Who was William Clark’s slave that traveled with the Expedition?
1 pt.
9. What kind of boats did the Corps use for travel?
1pt
.
1pt.
1pt.
1pt.
10. Insects were extremely troublesome during the journey.
What was one of the pesky pests that particularly plagued
the Corps?
11. What qualities did Lewis look for in the people that he
chose to be part of the Corps of Discovery? (List at least
three.)
12pt.
Write a journal entry as if you were a member of the Corp of
Discovery. Choose an important event that made it possible for the
success of the Corps. (Ideas: People you met, discoveries that were
made, or incidents that could have been a disaster but were averted.)
Your entry needs to include specific details such as where it took place,
who was involved, what could have happened, and what did happen, and
then why this event or circumstance was crucial for the Corps’ success.