Mr. Klein World HistoryBellringer

1. Draw a political outline of the United States.

2. Describe an interesting physical feature you

once visited.3. Which type of map would I want if I’m going

hiking in Colorado?4. Which type of map would I want if I to drive

to Utah?

Why geography is important

Reference books

Syllabus

Text book

Encyclopedia

Dictionary

Thesaurus

Almanac

Atlas

Geography Game • If I wanted to visit China’s capital city,

where would I have to go?

Atlas Questions

• Which two countries share a border with Spain?

Atlas Questions

• The 2014 World Cup played its final game in Rio De Janeiro. Which continent hosted that game?

Atlas Questions

• If I wanted to go surfing in Vera Cruz, Mexico, which ocean would I be in?

Atlas Questions

• Name all the Earth’s continents.

Atlas Questions

• How many states does Mexico have?

Atlas Questions

• How many countries in South America?

Atlas Questions

• Which African country’s capital is Freetown?

Atlas Questions

• Which is the largest continent?

Atlas Questions

• Which continent has the most countries?

Atlas Questions

• Name all the Earth’s oceans.

Geography Game

• Which country is home to the second most people in the world?

Atlas Questions

• Which is the largest ocean?

Atlas Questions

• Which country is the world’s largest in terms of land area?

Atlas Questions

• How many people live in this country?

Assignment: Geography of …..(Your country)1. Describe the continental location of that country. (For

example: Japan: East Asia, or Egypt: North Africa)2. Identify at least three physical features located in that

country.3. Draw a political map of this country, labeling the

capital city and three or more political borders. (a few won’t have these)

4. Contrast the country’s population to the United States. 5. Contrast the country’s size to the United States. 6. To visit this country it would be important to learn

what language?7. What economic resources does this country have?8. What business do you think you could open in that

country to be successful and why?9. Describe this country’s flag in 2 + sentencesExtra +1 10. Identify a famous person born in this country and tell why they are famous

Uruguay8. I would need to learn Spanish to live in

Uruguay

9. The flag of Uruguay has four horizontal blue stripes and five white stripes. In the upper right hand corner of the flag there is a large yellow sun with a human face.