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JEOPARDY!

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Maps & Skills

6 Themes & App

ShanghaiZones – Time & China

Rivers & Capitals

Mountains


1/100 – What are the names of the x-axis

and y-axis on the world grid?


1/200 - The map scale tells you 5cm = 3000km.

Shanghai is 20 cm away from Washington

DC. How Far is Shanghai from

Washington DC?


1/300 – Name and define the three

main types of maps, explaining why each

is useful to us


1/400 - Draw a compass rose and label the 4 cardinal

directions as well as the 4 intermediate

directions


1/500 – Name and define all 5 map

components, explaining why each is

important to understanding maps.


2/100 – What is Mr. L’s favorite theme? Why?


2/200 – Identify this theme: People choose where to live based on

where they can find the natural resources

they need. Justify your answer.


2/300 – Identify this theme: Even though the costs were high,

the Chinese decided to build the largest dam in the world. Justify

your answer.


2/400 – How will understanding the 6

themes of Social Studies help you to

be successful?


2/500 – Name all of the 6 themes of

Social Studies and give each of their

definitions.


3/100: Shanghai is known for having the busiest _____ in the

world.


3/200 – How did Pudong and Puxi get

their names?

Daily Double!!!


3/300 – How many districts make up

Shanghai? Is Puxi one of them? Explain.


3/400 – Compare and Contrast Pudong &

Puxi: Give 2 similarities and 2

differences


3/500 – Name the three natural features that

make Shanghai a great place to build a city.

How did these features help make Shanghai

so successful?


4/100 – What type of zone is Beijing?


4/200 – How does the Int’l Date Line

work? At about how many degrees of

longitude is it located?


4/300 – Why do we have time zones?

(2 part answer)

Daily Double!!!


4/400 – You want to call your friend at the Olympics in London, but there is an 8-hr

time difference. If it is 7am on Tuesday here,

what time/day is it there?


4/500 – Name and describe all of the different zones of

China


5/100 – A permanent wall built to keep the river in its place is called a ________.


5/200 – Describe four of the effects of major flooding of the

Yangtze or Yellow Rivers (ex: 1998)


5/300 – What are the capitals of China’s 5

autonomous regions: Guangxi, Ningxia, Xinjiang,

Tibet & Inner Mongolia?


5/400 – Locate the provinces & name

the capitals of Henan, Hunan, Hebei & Hubei


5/500 – What are 3 reasons that the Three

Gorges Dam was built? Describe 3 of the

costs of building the largest dam in the

world.


6/100 – Name the high, flat area that is the source of both

the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers.


6/200 – Define terracing. What is the biggest danger to terracing in the

mountains?


6/300 – How do mountains act as

barriers? What are 3 ways that people have overcome those barriers?


6/400 – Name and describe 4 ways that

mountains are resources for

people.


6/500 – Who were the first people to successfully climb Mt. Everest? What

are four of the dangers of mountain

climbing?

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