Continential Quiz #2

Here are the questions from the South America study websites posted yesterday:

• What is the only Central American country that borders South America?
• Paramaribo is the capital of which South American country?
• What South American country is home to the Magdalena River?  

South America

Below are the study sites for the South America quiz being posted on Sunday:

 http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/geography_games/south-america.html

http://www.yourchildlearns.com/mappuzzle/south-america-puzzle.html

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/South_America_Geography.htm

Answers to Geography Test #3

These are the answers to the question in class:

• 47
• Burma
• South America
• Australia
• USA
• Cape Town, Pretoria, Bloemfontein

Continential Quiz #1

This is the quiz for the North America webpages posted yesterday:

• What is the ocean west of North America?
• What is the capital of Arkansas?
• Name 5 Caribbean countries. 

North America

The below sites will prepare you for the North America quiz being posted tomorrow. P.S. Please view these other blogs: silvestrihomes.blogspot.com and anthonyspenguinblog.blogspot.com.

http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/geography_games/north-america.html

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm

http://www.kbears.com/namerica.html

Continental Quizes

For the next few weeks, I will be posting sites to every continent, and then a quiz. I will post the sites and quizzes in this order: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and Oceania, Antarctica. All answers will be posted 6 days after the quiz is posted.

Geography Board Games

Below are some names of geography board games that you can buy for Christmas, or buy friends, and family.

• Name That Country
• 10 Days In Africa
• The Scramble States Of America Game
• United States Bingo
• Ticket To Ride Europe
• Canadian Trivia

Answers to Geography Test #2

Here are the answers to the test posted on November 17th:

• 24
• 15 metres
• Aircraft, Space Shuttle, Submarines, and Trains

Geography Test #3

These are the questions to the website from yesterday:

• How many countries are in Europe?
• What is Myanmar also known as?
• What continent is Guyana located in?
• What is the biggest country in Oceania.
• Which North American country is Galveston located in?
• Name one of the three capitals of South Africa.

Countries and Continents

The website below lists all countries and continents (excluding Antarctica) with their shape and size. There are scales to help you see how far it is from one place to another.

http://www.worldatlas.com/cntycont.htm

Maps

Maps have been around for about 2500 years. (Invented around 2300 B.C.E.) They were first used by the Babylonians. (Now modern Iraq) Below are interactive map sites.

www.yourchildlearns.com/online-interactive-maps.htm

http://maps.nationalgeographic.com/map-machine#s=r&c=21.28937435586042, 0&z=1

http://mapmaker.education.nationalgeographic.com/?ar_a=1&b=1&ls=000000000000

Answers To Geography Test #1

These are the answers to the first geography test:

• Brasilia
• Africa
• 4
• 7

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Geography test #2

After seeing all 3 sites, feel free to post your answer to these questions:

• How many satellites are circling Earth?
• How accurate are Garmin GPS? (Within metres).
• Name three things that use a GPS to navigate?  

GPS (Global Positioning System).

The GPS (Global Positioning System), was invented in 1995, Even though the GPS project began in 1973 to overcome the limitations of previous navigation systems. Below are informative websites on GPS'. (A test will be posted tomorrow on the websites).


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Positioning_System


http://www8.garmin.com/aboutGPS/

http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/encyclopedia/gps/?ar_a=1
 

Geography Test #1

After checking out all 3 of the interactive sites, you can answer these questions:

• What is the capital of Brazil?
• What continent is Guinea located?
• How many oceans are in the world? (Excluding the Southern Ocean.)
• How many continents are in the world?

Post your response to these questions if you would like.
The answers will be posted on Wednesday November 18th 2014.

Interactive Geography Activities

http://www.shepardssoftware.com/Geography.htm
This site above allows you to learn about the world (or a small part) at your own pace.

http://mrnussbaum.com/geography/
This site allows you to learn about the world on interactive maps.

http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-games/
this website allows you to learn about countries and capitals on interactive maps.

World War II maps

This is a map of Europe before World War II, in 1939.

This is a map of Europe after World War II, in 1945.
Do you see any differences? Post them if you would like.