This is a review game for a teacher to use in a geometry class. It goes over climate, ecosystems, landforms, & population.

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Team 1 : Team 2 :

3. Vocabulary: 2 Points
The Question Is :
What is the word with the following
Stop!
definition: “the ability to read and write?”
Time’s
The Answer Is :
Up!
literacy

4. Vocabulary: 3 Points
The Question Is :
What introduced the era of factory-made
goods? Stop!
Time’s
The Answer Is :
Industrial Revolution
Up!

5. Vocabulary: 4 Points
The Question Is :
What is a “tributary?”
Stop!
The Answer Is : Time’s
Rivers and streams that flow into a river
Up!

6. Vocabulary: 5 Points
The Question Is :
What is the “continental divide?”
Stop!
The Answer Is : Time’s
Boundary separatingUp! flowing west from
rivers
rivers flowing east

7. Vocabulary: 6 Points
The Question Is :
What is a “hinterland?”
Stop!
The Answer Is : Time’s
Up!
The area served by a city

8. Vocabulary: 7 Points
The Question Is :
What is “the total value of a nation’s output of
Stop!
goods and services, including the output of
domestic firms in foreign countries and
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excluding the domestic output of foreign
firms?”
Up!
The Answer Is :
Gross national product

9. Vocabulary: 8 Points
The Question Is :
What is a “standard of living?”
Stop!
The Answer Is : Time’s
Up!
Measurement of a person’s or a group’s
education, housing, health care, and nutrition

10. Vocabulary: 9 Points
The Question Is :
What is “free enterprise?”
Stop!
The Answer Is : Time’s
A system that allowsUp!
individuals to own,
operate, and profit from their own businesses

11. Climate, Ecosystems, Resources: 2 Points
The Question Is :
Why are Canada’s climates usually colder
Stop!
than the United States’ climates?
Time’s
The Answer Is :
Up!
Because Canada is farther north of the equator
than the U.S.

12. Climate, Ecosystems, Resources: 3 Points
The Question Is :
Which one of these has tundra regions – the
Stop!
U.S., Canada, or both?
Time’s
The Answer Is :
Both
Up!

13. Climate, Ecosystems, Resources: 4 Points
The Question Is :
True or False – While Canada has mixed
Stop!
forest regions, the United States does not.
The Answer Is :
Time’s
False Up!

14. Climate, Ecosystems, Resources: 5 Points
The Question Is :
True or False – Although there is a large
Stop!
number of people living on farms, only about
a quarter of the land in the U.S. is devoted to
agriculture. Time’s
Up!
The Answer Is :
False

15. Climate, Ecosystems, Resources: 6 Points
The Question Is :
Are forests vital to the energy supply and
Stop!
economy of the United States?
Time’s
The Answer Is :
Up!
No

16. Climate, Ecosystems, Resources: 7 Points
The Question Is :
Both the United States and Canada have
Stop!
temperate ________ regions.
Time’s
The Answer Is :
Grassland
Up!

17. Climate, Ecosystems, Resources: 8 Points
The Question Is :
What are the two most common climate
regions in Canada?
Stop!
Time’s
The Answer Is : Up!
Subarctic and tundra

18. Climate, Ecosystems, Resources: 9 Points
The Question Is :
The United States relies mostly on fossil
Stop!
fuels for energy creation. What type of
Time’s
energy does Canada mostly rely on?
The Answer Is : Up!
Hydroelectricity

19. Landforms: 2 Points
The Question Is :
What are two major landforms that stretch across
Stop!
both the United States and Canada?
The Answer Is :
Time’s
Up!
The Rocky Mountains and the Great Plains

20. Landforms: 3 Points
The Question Is :
Because the Rocky Mountains block moisture-
laden winds from the Pacific Ocean, the eastern
Stop!
slopes and plains lie in a(n) __________.
The Answer Is :
Time’s
Rain shadow Up!

21. Landforms: 4 Points
The Question Is :
Why are the peaks of the Rocky Mountains higher
Stop!
and more jagged than the peaks of the Appalachian
Mountains?
Time’s
The Answer Is :
Up!have been worn down
The Appalachian Mountains
by rain, ice, and wind over time.

22. Landforms: 5 Points
The Question Is :
What is the vast expanse of ancient rock (in
Stop!
Canada) that is located around the Hudson Bay?
The Answer Is :
Time’s
The Canadian Shield Up!

23. Landforms: 6 Points
The Question Is :
Are the Laurentian Highlands located in both the
U.S. and Canada? Stop!
The Answer Is :
Time’s
No, just Canada Up!

24. Landforms: 7 Points
The Question Is :
In what direction do the major landforms of North
Stop!
America generally extend?
Time’s
The Answer Is :
From north to south
Up!

25. Landforms: 8 Points
The Question Is :
What is a drainage basin?
Stop!
The Answer Is : Time’s
Entire area of land whose runoff is collected by a
Up!
major river and its tributaries

26. Landforms: 9 Points
The Question Is :
Why was the construction of the Erie Canal
important? Stop!
The Answer Is : Time’s
Up! greatly increasing
It linked the Hudson River in New York and the
Great Lakes in the Midwest,
the trade between the two regions

27. Population: 2 Points
The Question Is :
True or false – The populations of the United States
Stop!
and Canada live a predominantly rural lifestyle.
The Answer Is : Time’s
False Up!

28. Population: 3 Points
The Question Is :
Do the populations of the U.S. and Canada have little
Stop!
or a lot of cultural diversity?
The Answer Is :
Time’s
A lot Up!

29. Population: 4 Points
The Question Is :
True or False – The majority of the American
Stop!
population lives in or around a major city.
The Answer Is :
Time’s
True Up!

30. Population: 5 Points
The Question Is :
Which has a larger hinterland – a regional metropolis
Stop!
such as Atlanta or a regular city such as Tucson?
The Answer Is :
Time’s
Regional metropolis Up!

31. Population: 6 Points
The Question Is :
Why have the populations in the South and the West
Stop!
increased in recent years?
The Answer Is : Time’s
Up!
Because of a popular preference for warmer
climates

32. Population: 7 Points
The Question Is :
Did the availability of inexpensive land in major cities
Stop!
contribute to the growth of suburbs?
The Answer Is : Time’s
No Up!

33. Population: 8 Points
The Question Is :
What is telecommunications and why was the
Stop!
invention of the telegraph so important?
The Answer Is : Time’s
Up! across long
Communication by electronic means and because
it allowed people to communicate
distances

34. Population: 9 Points
The Question Is :
Stop!
Most Canadians live within 200 miles of what?
The Answer Is :
Time’s
The United States Up!

35. Cities: 2 Points
The Question Is :
Chicago and Toronto are both located on what
lakes? Stop!
Time’s
The Answer Is :
The Great Lakes
Up!

36. Cities: 3 Points
The Question Is :
All major American cities were located along
Stop!
what during the first 50 years of independence?
The Answer Is :
Time’s
The Atlantic Coast Up!

37. Cities: 4 Points
The Question Is :
What is a “metropolitan area?”
Stop!
The Answer Is : Time’s
Up!
A major city and its surrounding suburbs

38. Cities: 5 Points
The Question Is :
True or false – The U.S. and the rest of the world
Stop!
serve as a hinterland for the cities of New York,
Chicago, and Los Angeles.
Time’s
The Answer Is :
Up!
True

39. Cities: 6 Points
The Question Is :
Cities can be placed in a ________, or rank,
Stop!
according to their function.
The Answer Is :
Time’s
Hierarchy Up!

40. Cities: 7 Points
The Question Is :
Why did the government give parcels of land to
Stop!
settlers in the 1800’s?
Time’s
The Answer Is :
Up! Great Plains
To encourage farming on the

41. Cities: 8 Points
The Question Is :
How did the transcontinental railway system effect
suburbs? Stop!
Time’s
The Answer Is :
Up!
It contributed to their growth

42. Cities: 9 Points
The Question Is :
Stop!
Why did Chicago grow to become the largest city in
the Midwest, after the Civil War ended?
Time’s
The Answer Is :
Up! the railroad network,
It had the best location along
and it was located centrally between the coasts