National Geography Challenge Sample Questions

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1 Grade 2 1. The continent on which the United States is located is. A. Asia B. North America C. Europe D. South America 2. The globe is a model of Earth in the shape of a. A. sphere B. circle C. ring D. cone 3. The building is this picture is a lighthouse. It is a guide for. A. hikers B. cars and trucks C. ships D. trains 4. What is the only feature listed below that has been made by people? A. a hilltop B. a coastline C. a swamp D. a bridge 5.. In a desert, the wind moves the sand. The wind blows and pushes the sand into hills. These hills are called. A. islands B. dunes C. beaches D. oases Answers: 1-B, 2-A, 3-C, 4-D, 5-B

2 Grades A volcano is. A. a stream of liquid rock and ash exploding from inside Earth B. a wide, deep crack in Earth s surface C. a mountain at the bottom of the ocean D. a flat coastal area 2. Which type of map would a traveler use to find the shortest route by car from Philadelphia to New York City? A. relief map B. political map C. MapQuest 3. For an Earth Day project, the third graders at Oak Street School made bookmarks. They used a symbol on each one. It is like the one below. On the reverse side, they printed: Earth is our home! They gave bookmarks to all the teachers and the principal. What is the symbol the third graders used? A. globe B. atlas C. compass D. map 4. What is a harbor? A. a station where trains stop B. a rest area for long distance truck drivers C. a safe place where ships dock D. a toll booth on a highway 5. Georgia, Delaware, and Kentucky are names of. A. cities B. towns C. counties D. states Answers: 1-A, 2-C, 3-A, 4-C, 5-

3 Grades The fifth grade students at Oak Hill School are setting up a weather station. They will need all the following instruments except. A. a thermometer B. a rain gauge C. a compass D. a wind sleeve 2. Which of the following is an example showing how people have made changes in the physical environment? A. inventing an alphabet B. tapping an aquifer for irrigation C. using freight trains to haul goods D. insulating homes and schools 3. The students in the sixth grade at the Sunrise School are learning about the tundra. Their teacher tells them that it is a flat, treeless area between the ice cap and the tree line in Arctic region. It has a permanently frozen subsoil called permafrost and low-growing vegetation. He then asks the students to use that information to describe what grows on the tundra. Which of the following does the teacher accept as the correct answer? A. short grasses and moss B. hardwood trees such as maple and oak C. small pine trees and scattered grasses D. long and short grasses 4. People around the world live in many different kinds of buildings. All of the following are examples of dwellings except. A. a teepee B. an igloo C. a pyramid D. a log cabin 5. Which of the following terms identifies a group of people sharing a common language, religion, history, and food preferences? A. country B. city C. nationality D. culture Answers: 1-C, 2-B, 3-A, 4-C, 5-D

4 Grades Which of these world regions includes the Land Down Under? A. Oceania B. Sub-Saharan Africa C. Patagonia D. Middle East 2. In which section of a state are most state capitals located? A. near the state s largest city B. in the central part of the state C. on a large body of water D. in an area serviced by a major international airport 3. The picture below shows an inactive volcano. What term identifies the volcano s crater in the illustration? A. cordillera B. meteorite C. gorge D. caldera 4. How are features such as roads, airports, electric grids, and sewage systems identified when describing how they support a region s economy? A. as a natural resource base B. as a tax free zone C. as infrastructure D. as a social enterprise When a group of people is identified as indigenous, they are. A. guest workers B. recent immigrants C. native to a place D. undocumented aliens Answers: 1-A, 2-B, 3-D, 4-C, 5-D

5 Grades A unique form of rural settlement developed in French Canada s St. Lawrence River valley is known as. A. riverside communes B. village centered agriculture C. long lots D. township and range segments 2. What physical phenomenon was responsible for the Great Lakes? A. volcanic eruptions B. changes in ocean currents C. shifting wind patterns D. the last ice age 3. Between what two groups are acid rain issues likely to cause conflict? A. The Wilderness Society and the Audubon Society B. environmentalists and unions representing miners in the coal industry C. the oil industry and opponents of costly clean-air technology D. stock holders in a steel production company and mill workers 4. A county seat in rural Iowa will likely be the center of all of the following except. A. political and governmental activity B. the location of a significant number of law offices C. a regional shopping mall D. a hospital specializing in childhood diseases 5. The introduction to a guidebook for visitors to Chicago begins: Located at the prairie s edge on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan, Chicago s convenient, mid-continent location makes it easily accessible by road, rail, and air from all the cities in North America. What aspect of Chicago s location does the above sentence describe? A. its site B. its absolute location C. its situation D. its projection Answers: 1-C, 2-D, 3-B, 4-D, 5-C