Grade 7 Basic Geography Skills
Baseball Challenge!
Today’s Game Covers Basic
Geography Skills
Nick Oakes
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Home Single #1 – What is a
model of earth’s lands,
distances, shape, and
distances as they relate to
each other?
*globe*
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*map*
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Home Single #2 – Which of the
following lines circles the
middle of the earth?
*prime meridian*
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*equator*
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Home Single #3 – The earth is
divided into four_____.
*hemispheres*
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*layers*
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Home Single #4 – Which
location does the prime
meridian start in?
*Greenwich*
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*North Pole*
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Home Single #5 – Which
hemisphere is south of the
equator?
*northern*
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Home Single #6 – Which lines
measure north to south?
*latitude*
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*longitude*
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Home Single #7 – Which lines
run north to south?
*longitude*
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*latitude*
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Home Single #8 – Which
parallel divides earth into
northern and southern
hemispheres?
*prime meridian*
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*equator*
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Home Single #9 – Which
hemisphere would be one of
the divisions of the prime
meridian??
*northern*
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*western*
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Home Single #10 – Which of
the following could be found
in the eastern hemisphere?
*northern *
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Home Single #11 – The
system of crossing of
latitude and longitude lines is
called_______.
*grid system*
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*quadrant system*
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Home Single #12 – What is
the location called when
plotting a point where
latitude and longitude lines
cross?
*absolute location*
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*relative location*
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Home Single #13 – The line
of travel, which is drawn
along the equator, that is the
shortest point between two
locations is called the ____.
*Great Circle Route*
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*Great Projection*
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Home Single #14 – Which of
the following is a way of
showing earth on a flat piece
of paper?
*globe*
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*projection map*
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Home Single #15 – Which of
the following is in the
southern hemisphere?
*north pole*
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*south pole*
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Visitor Single #1 – Which of
the following shows land
shapes well; but not size or
distance?
*mercator projection*
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*Robinson Projection*
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Visitor Single #2 – Which of
the following has good land
comparison and displaying of
the continents; but not
distances…especially not in
the oceans?
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*Robinson Projection*
*Goode’s Interrupted Projection *
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Visitor Single #3 – Which of
the following has good
measurement of distance and
shapes and sizes; it also has
less distortion at the poles?
*Winkel Triple Projection*
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*Mercator Projection*
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Visitor Single #4 – Which of
the following represents size
and shape much as they are
on a globe; but are distorted at
the poles?
*Winkel Triple Projection*
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*Robinson Projection*
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Visitor Single #5 – Which of
the following is a software
item for making maps on a
computer?
*GIS*
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*GPS*
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Visitor Single #6 – Which of
the following tells ones exact
location in the world?
*compass*
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*GPS*
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Visitor Single #7 – The
symbols on a map can be
defined by a _____.
*compass rose*
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*legend/key*
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Visitor Single #8 – Which of
the following can be used to
relate directions on a map?
*compass rose*
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*legend*
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Visitor Single #9 – Which of
the following relates distances
on a map?
*compass rose*
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*scale bar*
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Visitor Single #10 – Which
would be an example of
intermediate directions?
*northeast*
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Visitor Single #11 – Which
type of directions include
North, East, South, and
West?
*intermediate*
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*cardinal*
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Visitor Single #12 – Which
type of map has rivers,
mountains, and ocean?
*political*
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*physical*
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Visitor Single #13 – What
does a political map display?
*physical features*
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*cities, states, countries, capitols*
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Visitor Single #14 – Which of
the following relates the
height of an area above sea
level?
*relief*
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*elevation*
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Visitor Single #15 – Which of
the following are lines that
relate elevation?
*contour lines*
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*latitude lines*
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Fly Ball! It’s Caught! You’re
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Next Batter!
Double #1 – What is the
coordinates for the equator?
*0 degrees latitude*
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*0 degrees longitude*
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Double #2 – What is located at
0 degrees longitude?
*equator*
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*prime meridian*
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Double #3 – What is located at
90 degrees south?
*south pole*
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*Antarctic circle*
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Double #4 –What is located at
23 ½ degrees north?
*tropic of cancer*
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*tropic of Capricorn*
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Double #5 – Which of the
following is located at 66 ½
south?
*Arctic Circle*
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*Antarctic Circle*
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Double #6 – What is located at
the 180 degree meridian line?
*north pole*
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*international date line*
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Double #7 – What are the lines
that run from pole to pole
called?
*meridians*
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*contour lines*
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Double #8 – What do the
horizontal and vertical number
lines on a graph form?
*key*
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*axis*
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Double #9 – Which of the
following is a way of
presenting statistical
information visually?
*graph*
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*map*
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Double #10 – What are graphs
that relate materials by
comparing bars?
*line graphs*
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*bar graphs*
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Double #11 – What type of
graph shows change over
time?
*line graph*
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*circle graph*
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Double #12 – Which of the
following shows how the
whole of something is divided
into parts?
*circle graph*
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*climograph*
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Double #13 – Which of the
following presents related
numbers in an organized way?
*graph*
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*chart*
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Double #14 – Which of the
following uses rows of icons
to relate information?
*diagrams*
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*pictographs*
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Double #15 – Which of the
following combines a bar and
line graph?
*climograph*
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*pictograph*
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Pop Up Center Field!
It’s Caught! Two Outs!
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Next Batter!
It’s a Hit! Base Run Double!
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Next Batter!
Triple #1 – Which of the
following is a small river or
stream that flows into a larger
river?
*tributary*
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*strait*
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Triple #2 – Which is a narrow
body of water connecting two
larger bodies of water?
*strait*
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*channel*
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Triple #3 – What is a broad
inland body of water, often
between a coastline and 1 or
more islands off the coast?
*bay*
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*sound*
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Triple #4 – What is an area of
flat or rolling land at a high
elevation?
*mesa*
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*plateau*
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Triple #5 – What is an area of
level land, usually at low
elevation and often covered
with grass?
*plain*
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*mesa*
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Triple #6 – What are
characteristics of a place that
occur naturally over time?
*physical features*
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*physical elevations*
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Triple #7 – What is the name of
a pointed top of a mountain?
*range*
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*peak*
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Triple #8 – What is a broad,
flat-topped landform with
steep sides?
*mesa*
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*lowland*
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Triple #9 – What is a narrow
stretch of land that connects
two larger land masses?
*isthmus*
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*delta*
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Triple #10 – What is a
sheltered place along a
shoreline where ships can
anchor safely?
*bay*
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*harbor*
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Triple #11 – What is part of a
large body of water that
extends into a shoreline?
*bay*
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*gulf*
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Triple #12 – What is a stretch
of high land that separates
river systems?
*divide*
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*range*
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Triple #13 – What is a flat, lowlying area made from soil
carried downstream by a river,
and deposited at it’s mouth?
*mesa*
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*delta*
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Triple #14 –What is a wide
waterway between two land
masses?
*channel*
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*strait*
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Triple #15 – What is a land
mass surrounded by water on
three sides?
*basin*
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*peninsula*
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Ground Ball! Thrown to Base!
Two Outs!
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Next Batter!
It’s a Triple Base Hit!
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Next Batter!
Homer #1 – How many time
zones are in the USA?
*4*
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*3*
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Homer #2 – Which of the
following is not one of the time
zones in the USA?
*Mountain*
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*Northeastern*
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Homer #3 – Which time zone
are we in?
*eastern*
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*Pacific*
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Homer #4 – If it is 2:00 PM in
Knoxville, what time would it
be in Nashville?
*1:00 PM*
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*12:00PM*
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Homer #5 – If it were 1:00 AM
in New York, What time would
it be in Moscow?
*1:00 PM*
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*3:00 PM*
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Homer #6 – If it is 3:00 PM in
Moscow, what time would it be
in Tokyo?
*7:00 PM*
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*9:00 PM*
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Homer #7 – If it were 12:00 PM
in London, what time would it
be in Honolulu?
*2:00 AM*
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*3:00 PM*
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Homer #8 – If it were 5:00 Pm
in Bombai, what time would it
be in Rome?
*12:00 AM*
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*1:00 PM*
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Homer #9 – If it were 10:00 PM
in Sydney, what time would it
be in Beijing?
*8:00 PM*
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*7:00 PM*
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Homer #10 – If it were 9:00 AM
in Rio de Jineiro, what time
would it be in Cape Town?
*2:00 PM*
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*1:00 PM*
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Homer #11 – If it were 6:00 AM
in Mexico city, what time
would it be in Los Angeles?
*4:00 AM*
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*4:00 PM*
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Homer #12 – If it were 6:00 AM
in Nashville, what time would
it be in Tokyo?
*10:00 PM*
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*9:00 PM*
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Homer #13 – If it were 5:00 AM
in Denver, what time would it
be in Anchorage?
*2:00 AM*
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*1:00 AM*
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Homer #14 – If it were 2:00 AM
in Anchorage, what time would
it be in Beijing?
*7:00 PM*
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*8:00 PM*
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Homer #15 – If it were 1:00 AM
in New York, what time would
it be in Nashville?
*5:00 AM*
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*6:00 AM*
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Fly Ball! It’s Caught!
Three Outs!
Second
Third
Inning
1
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Total
Home
Outs
Visitor
Home
2
First
1
Next Batter!
Out of the Ball Park!
Home Run!
Second
Third
Inning
1
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Total
Home
Outs
Visitor
Home
2
First
1
Next Batter!