World Civilizations and Geography
Map Quizzes 2014 -2015
You will be required to take map quizzes on different parts of the world; this will happen on a weekly basis on either Thursday or Friday, the last class meeting of the week. This
schedule is distributed at the start of the year and posted on the Internet. It is your responsibility to ensure you have retaken any map quizzes that you determine there is a need.
# of items
Items
Q1 - 1
1
W 9/11, M 9/12
Date
Northeast United States
and Canadian Provinces
Title
23
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey,
Delaware, Pennsylvania; Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New
Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Nunavut, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia,
Northwest Territories, and Yukon Territory
Q1 – 2
2
M 9/18, W 9/19
Southern & Midwest
United States
18
Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and
Michigan
Q1 – 3
3
W 9/25, M 9/26
Central & Western United
States
21
Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota,
Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, California,
Alaska, and Hawaii
Q1 – 4
4
M 10/2, W 10/3
North America Physical
Geography I
24
Appalachian Mountains, White Mountains, Adirondack Mountains, Rocky Mountains, Cascade
Range, Sierra Nevada, Alaska Range, Gulf of Maine, Chesapeake Bay, Gulf of Mexico, Bering Sea,
Lake Champlain, Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Great Salt
Lake, Lake Okeechobee, Penobscot River, Connecticut River, Hudson River, Ohio River, Mississippi
River
Q1 – 5
5
W 10/9, M 10/10
North America Physical
Geography II
18
Missouri River, Colorado River, Columbia River, Yukon River, Gulf of St. Lawrence, St. Lawrence
River, Hudson Bay, Baffin Bay, Beaufort Sea, Fraser River, Lake Winnipeg, Coast Mountains, Great
Plains, Gulf of California, Sierra Madre del Sur, Gulf of Panama, Lake Nicaragua, Caribbean Sea
Q1 – 6
6
M 10/16, W 10/17 Eastern Oceania
14
Pitcairn Island, Easter Island, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Cook Islands, Hawaii, Tokalau, American
Soma, Soma, Tonga, Niue, Tuvalu, Wallis and Futuna, Fiji
Q1 – 7
7
W 10/23, M 10/24 Western Oceania
15
Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Nauru, Marshall Islands,
Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, Coral Sea
Islands Territory, Guam, Wake Island, Johnson Atoll
End of First Quarter Map Quizzes – retakes until quarter ends.
World Civilizations and Geography
Map Quizzes 2014 -2015
You will be required to take map quizzes on different parts of the world; this will happen on a weekly basis on either Thursday or Friday, the last class meeting of the week. This
schedule is distributed at the start of the year and posted on the Internet. It is your responsibility to ensure you have retaken any map quizzes that you determine there is a need.
Date
Q2 -1
8
Q2 – 2
9
Q2 – 3
10
Q2 – 4
11
Q2 – 5
W 11/6, M 11/7
Title
# of items
Items
8
Japan, China, Russia, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan, Philippines
W 11/13, M 11/14 Central Asia and South &
Southeast Asia
27
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran,
Azerbaijani, Georgia, Armenia, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand,
Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, East Timor, Sri Lanka, Maldives
W 11//20, M 11/21 Asia Physical Geography
37
Yenisey, Yangtze, Xi Jang (Pearl), Salween, Ob, Mekong, Lena, Irtysh, Irrawaddy, Indus, Huang He
(Yellow), Ganges, Brahmaputra, Amur, Amu Darya, Urals, Tian Shan, Pamirs, Kunlun, Hindu Kush,
Himalayas, Elburz, Altai, South China Sea, Sea of Japan, East China Sea, Caspian Sea, Black Sea,
Bering Straight, Bay of Bengal, Arctic Ocean, Aral Sea, Arabian Sea, Siberia, Plateau of Tibet, Gobi
Desert, Taklimakan Desert
Eastern Europe
23
Albania, Belarus, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Greece, Italy, Latvia,
Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, San Marino, Serbia, Montenegro,
Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine, Vatican City, Malta
12
M 12/11, W 12/12 Western Europe
25
Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Faeroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany,
Gibraltar, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland,
Portugal, Shetland Islands, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Q2 – 6
13
W 12/18, M 12/19 Europe Physical
Geography
29
Norwegian Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, Baltic Sea, North Sea, English Channel, Bay of Biscay, Straight of
Gibraltar, Tyrrhenian Sea, Adriatic Sea, Ionian Sea, Aegean Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Pyrenees,
Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Carpathian Mountains, Balkan Mountains, Alps, Apennines, Black Forest,
Thames River, Ebro River, Rhone River, Seine River, Loire River, Danube River, Elbe River, Po
River
Q2 – 7
14
14
Iraq, Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, United Arab
Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait
W 12/4, M 12/5
M 1/8, W 1/9
Eastern Asia
Middle East
End of Second Quarter Map Quizzes – retakes until quarter ends.
World Civilizations and Geography
Map Quizzes 2014 -2015
You will be required to take map quizzes on different parts of the world; this will happen on a weekly basis on either Thursday or Friday, the last class meeting of the week. This
schedule is distributed at the start of the year and posted on the Internet. It is your responsibility to ensure you have retaken any map quizzes that you determine there is a need.
Date
Title
# of items
Items
Q3 – 1
15
M 1/29, W 1/30
Middle East Physical
Geography
10
Tigris, Euphrates, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Gulf of Aden, Dead Sea, Jordan River, Sea
of Galilee, Isthmus of Suez
Q3 – 2
16
W 2/5, M 2/6
North Africa & East
Africa
12
Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Western Sahara, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan,
South Sudan
Q3 – 3
17
M 2/12, W 2/13
West Africa
20
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Equatorial Guinea,
Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissaau, Liberia, Mail, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sao Tome & Principe,
Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
Q3 – 4
18
W 2/26, W 2/27
Southern Africa
24
Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Central African Republic, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Gabon, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Republic of the
Congo, Reunion, Rwanda, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia,
Zimbabwe
Q3 – 5
19
W 3 /4, M 3/5
Africa Physical
Geography
21
Nile River, Atlas Mountains, Lake Nasser, Blue Nile, White Nile, Lake Victoria, Lake Albert, Lake
Edward, Mt. Kilimanjaro, Mozambique Channel, Lake Nyssa, Victoria Falls, Niger River, Congo
River, Sahara Desert, Ethiopian Plateau, Congo Basin, Kalahari Desert, Libyan Desert, Rift Valley,
Namib Desert
Q3 – 6
20
M 3/12, W 3/13
South America
14
Columbia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina,
Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Falkland Islands
Q3 – 7
21
W 3/19, M 3/20
Central America
8
Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama
Q3 – 8
22
M 3/26, W 3/27
Caribbean
23
Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands,
Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Lesser Antilles,
Martinique, Puerto Rico, St Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Trinidad &
Tobago, Turks & Caicos Islands, US Virgin Islands
End of Third Quarter Map Quizzes – retakes until quarter ends.
World Civilizations and Geography
Map Quizzes 2014 -2015
You will be required to take map quizzes on different parts of the world; this will happen on a weekly basis on either Thursday or Friday, the last class meeting of the week. This
schedule is distributed at the start of the year and posted on the Internet. It is your responsibility to ensure you have retaken any map quizzes that you determine there is a need.
Date
Title
# of items
Items
Q4 – 1
23
M 4/9, W 4/10
Maine: Counties & Major
Cities I
34
Counties: Androscoggin, Aroostook, Cumberland, Franklin, Hancock, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln,
Oxford, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Sagadahoc, Somerset, Waldo, Washington, and York. Cities: Alfred,
Auburn, Augusta, Bangor, Bath, Belfast, Biddeford, Brunswick, Bucksport, Calais, Camden, Dexter,
Dover-Foxcroft, Eastport, Ellsworth, Farmington, Houlton, Lewiston
Q4 – 2
24
W 4/16, M 4/17
Maine: Counties & Major
Cities II
32
Counties: Androscoggin, Aroostook, Cumberland, Franklin, Hancock, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln,
Oxford, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Sagadahoc, Somerset, Waldo, Washington, and York. Cities:
Madawaska, Madison, Millinocket, Norway, South Paris, Portland, Presque Isle, Rockland, Rumford,
Saco, Sanford, Skowhegan, Waterville, Westbrook, Machias, and Wiscasset
Q4 – 3
25
M 4/30, W 5/1
Maine: Physical
Geography I
29
Rivers: Penobscot River, Kennebec River, Saco River, St. John River, St. Croix River, Allagash
River, Androscoggin River & Piscataqua River. Mountains: Mt. Katahdin, Cadillac Mountain,
Bigelow Range, Mt. Kineo, Pleasant Mountain, Sugarloaf Mountain, Mount Agamenticus,
Saddleback Mountain, Big Moose Mountain, and Traveler Mountain. Lakes: Belgrade Lakes,
Chiputneticook Lakes, Eagle Lake, Flagstaff Lake, Kezar Lake, Moosehead Lake,
Mooselookmeguntic Lake, Rangeley Lake, Richardson Lake, Sebago Lake, and West Grand Lake
Q4 – 5
26
W 5/7, M 5/8
Maine: Physical
Geography II
17
Bays: Casco Bay, Cobscock Bay, Frenchman Bay, Merrymeeting Bay, Penobscot Bay,
Passamaquoddy Bay, and Blue Hill Bay. Other Important "Things" of Interest: Acadia National Park,
Allagash Wilderness Waterway, Appalachian Trail, Baxter State Park, Fort Popham, Gulf Hagas,
Katahdin Iron Works, Monhegan Island, Portland Headlight, Somes Sound
Q4 – 6
27
M 5/14, W 5/15
Major US Cities
26
New York (NY), Los Angeles (CA), Chicago (IL), Huston (TX), Philadelphia (PA), Phoenix (AZ),
San Antonio (TX), San Diego (CA), Dallas (TX), San Jose (CA), Jacksonville (FL), Indianapolis
(ID), San Francisco (CA), Austin (TX), Columbus (OH), Forth Worth (TX), Charlotte (NC), Detroit
(MI), El Paso (TX), Memphis (TN), Baltimore (MD), Boston (MA), Seattle (WA), Washington (DC),
Nashville (TN), Denver (CO)
Q4 – 7
28
W 5/21, M 5/22
Major World Cities
25
Shanghai (China), Istanbul (Turkey), Karachi (Pakistan), Mumbai (India), Beijing (China), Moscow
(Russia), São Paulo (Brazil), Tianjin (China), Guangzhou (China), Delhi (India), Seoul (South Korea),
Shenzhen (China), Jakarta (Indonesia), Tokyo (Japan), Mexico City (Mexico), Kinshasa (DR Congo),
Tehran (Iran), Bangalore (India), Dongguan (China), New York City (USA), Lagos (Nigeria), London
(UK), Lima (Peru), Bogotá (Columbia)
Q4 – 8
29
W 5/28, M 5/29
Major World Bodies of
Water
33
Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean, Arctic Ocean, South China Sea,
Caribbean Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Bering Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Sea of Okhotsk, Sea of Japan/East
Sea, Hudson Bay, East China Sea, Andaman Sea, Black Sea, Red Sea, Caspian Sea, Baltic Sea, Lake
Tanganyika (Tanzania), Lake Baikal (Russia), Great Bear Lake (Canada), Nile River (Africa),
Amazon River (South America), Chang Jiang/Yangtze (China), Mississippi River (North America),
Yenisei (Asia), Huang He/Yellow River (Asia), Indus (Asia), St. Lawrence (North America), Rio
Grande (North America), Danube (Europe), Ganges (India)
End of Fourth Quarter Map Quizzes -- retakes until the end of exams...