SAMPLE MAP QUIZ
Sample map quizzes were handed out at the orientation and
can be found on the MAP QUIZZES link on Blackboard.
Map quiz 1 will be different from the rest. See
instructions below.
The remaining map quizzes will have ten locations marked
on a map and a list of the required map quiz locations.
Students are to select the correct label for each of the
numbered locations on the map from the list.
MAP QUIZZES
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
TUTORIAL:
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REQUIRED LOCATIONS:
Map Quiz 1 -
Introduction
Realms
Europe
Russia
North America
Middle America
South America
North Africa and Southwest Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
South Asia
East Asia
Southeast Asia
Austral Realm
The Pacific Realm
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Map quiz 1 will require you to know the
borders of the 12 world realms discussed
in our textbook. See the BLUE LINES on
the map in Figure
G-3 on page 5 of your
textbook.
You will be shown a world map with the
boundaries of the realms draw, BUT there
will be TEN ERRORS.
Twenty areas will be marked on the map
near the realm boundaries, ten of these
marked areas are drawn correctly and ten
of these marked areas are near ERRORS in
the realm boundaries. You are to find the
ten errors.
If you are able to precisely draw the
borders of the 12 world realms as shown in
figure G-3 of the textbook, then you will
be able to find the ten errors in map quiz
1.
A practice quiz is avbailable on the
MAP QUIZZES link on Blackboard.
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Map Quiz 9 - Chapter 1:
Europe
Physical Geography
Physiographic
Regions:
Western Uplands
North European Lowland
Central Uplands
Alpine System
Water Bodies
Mediterranean Sea
Baltic Sea
North Sea
English Channel
Adriatic Sea
Strait of Gibraltar
Atlantic Ocean
Aegean Sea
Black Sea
Rivers
Danube
Rhine
Seine
Dnieper
Land Bodies
Alps
Pyrenees
Cyprus
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Political/Cultural
Geography
Countries:
Albania
Austria
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Rep.
Cyprus
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Malta
Moldova
The Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Serbia-Montenegro
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine
United Kingdom
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Map Quiz 10 - Chapter 2:
Russia
Mountains and Land Bodies
Caucasus Mountains
Crimea Peninsula
Ural Mountains
Rivers/Water Bodies
Caspian Sea
Black Sea
Lake Baykal
Sea of Okhotsk
Don River
Volga River
Ob River
Baltic Sea
Yenisey River
Bering Sea
Aral Sea
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Political/Cultural
Geography
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Russia
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
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Map Quiz 11 - Chapter 3:
North America
Physical Geography
Rivers/Water Bodies
Mississippi River
Missouri River
Ohio River
Colorado River
Rio Grande
Columbia River
Lake Superior
Lake Huron
Lake Michigan
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
Mountain/Land bodies
Rocky Mountains
Appalachian Mountains
Cascade Mountains
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Political/Cultural
Geography
United States
Canada
All 50 states of the US
Washington D.C.
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Map Quiz 3 - Chapter 4:
Middle America
Physical Geography
Land Bodies
Baja California
Yucatan Peninsula
Hispaniola
Bahamas
Darien
Sierra Madre Oriental
Sierra Madre Occidental
Sierra Madre del Sur
Water Bodies
Caribbean Sea
Gulf of Mexico
Panama Canal
Gulf of California / Sea of
Cortéz
Pacific Ocean
Rio Grande
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Political Geography
Countries
Bahamas
Belize
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Puerto Rico
Economic/Urban/ Cultural
Geography.
Panama Canal
Mainland
Rimland
Mexico City
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Map Quiz 4 - Chapter 5:
South America
Physical Geography
Land Bodies
Cape Horn
Falkland Islands
Tierra del Fuego
Pampas
Andes Mountains
Brazilian Highlands
Amazon Basin
Guiana Highlands
Water Bodies
Caribbean Sea
Strait of Magellan
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Rio de la Plata
Amazon River
Paraguay River
Orinoco River
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Political Geography
Countries
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
French Guiana Guyana
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Uruguay
Venezuela
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Map Quiz 2 - Chapter 6:
Subsaharan Africa
Physical
Geography
Water Bodies
Lake Victoria
Indian Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Rivers
Niger River
Zaire (Congo) River
Zambezi River
Orange River
Nile River
Blue Nile
White Nile
Land Areas
Madagascar
Kalahari Desert
Cape of Good Hope
Ethiopian Highlands
Congo Basin
the Sahel
the Sahara
Namib Desert
rift valleys
great escarpment
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Political
Geography
Countries
Angola /Benin /Botswana
Burkina Faso /Burundi /Cameroon
Central Afr.Republic /Chad /Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Equatorial Guinea /Ethiopia /Gabon
Gambia /Ghana /Guinea
Guinea-Bissau /Ivory Coast /Kenya
Lesotho /Liberia /Madagascar
Malawi /Mali /Mauritania
Mozambique /Namibia /Niger
Rwanda/ Senegal /Sierra Leone
South Africa/ Swaziland /Tanzania
Togo /Uganda /Zambia /Zimbabwe
/Eritrea
Nigeria /Somalia
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Map Quiz 5 - Chapter 7:
North Africa/Southwest Asia
Land Bodies
Atlas Mountains
Hindu Kush Mountains
Ethiopian Highlands
Zagros Mountains
Sahara Desert
Rub al Khali (desert)
Sinai Peninsula
West Bank
Gaza
Golan Heights
Rivers
Nile
Tigris
Euphrates
White Nile
Blue Nile
Water Bodies
Red Sea
Strait of Gibraltar
Persian Gulf
Mediterranean Sea
Aral Sea
Lake Nasser
Caspian Sea
Black Sea
Bosporous Straits
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Political/Cultural
Geography
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Afghanistan
Algeria
Bahrain
Cyprus
Djibouti
Egypt
Eritrea
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lebanon
Libya
Morocco
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Somalia
Sudan
Syria
Tajikistan
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
Yemen
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Map Quiz 6 - Chapter 8: South
Asia
Physical Geography
Physiographic Regions
Northern Mountains
River Lowlands
Southern Plateau
Land Bodies
Hindu Kush Mountains
Himalayan Mountains
Eastern Ghats
Western Ghats
Karakoram Range
Deccan Plateau
Thar Desert
Rivers
Indus River
Ganges River
Brahmaputra River
Water Bodies
Arabian Sea
Bay of Bengal
Indian Ocean
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Political Geography
Countries
Pakistan
India
Bangladesh
Sri Lanka
Nepal
Bhutan
Maldives
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Map Quiz 7 - Chapter 9: East
Asia
Physical Geography
Land Bodies
Gobi desert
North China Plain
Taiwan
Korean Peninsula
Xizang Plateau
Hong Kong
Hainan Island
Kyushu
Hokkaido
Honshu
Shikoku
Kunlun Mountains
Tian Shan Mountains
Himalayan Mountains
Altay Mountains
Water Bodies
Sea of Japan
South China Sea
Taiwan (Formosa) strait
Yellow Sea
East China Sea
Rivers
Chang Jiang River
Huang He River
Xi Jiang River
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Political/Cultural
Geography
Countries
China
North Korea
South Korea
Mongolia
Taiwan
Japan
Other
Shenzhen
Guangdong Province
Hong Kong
Macao
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Map Quiz 8 -Chapter 10:
Southeast Asia
Physical Geography
Land Bodies
Annam Mountains
Yoma Range
Dawna Range
Arakan Mountains
Sumatera
Jawa (Java)
Borneo
Bali
East Timor
Sulawesi
Rivers
Mekong River
Chao Phraya river
Irrawaddy River
Salween River
Red River
Water Bodies
South China Sea
Indian Ocean
Gulf of Tonkin
Gulf of Thailand
Pacific Ocean
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Political Geography
Countries
Brunei
Cambodia
East Timor
Indonesia
Laos
Malaysia
Myanmar (Burma)
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Vietnam
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Map Quiz 12 - Chapter 11:
The Austral Realm
(NOTE: The Pacific Realm will
also be part of map quiz 12)
Physical Geography
Land Bodies
Great Dividing Range
Tasmania
North Island
South Island
Cape York Peninsula
Great Victoria desert
Great Sandy Desert
Water Bodies
Tasman Sea
Coral Sea
Southern Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
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Political/Cultural
Geography
Australia
New Zealand
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Map Quiz 12 - Chapter 12:
The Pacific Realm
NOTE: The Austral Realm will also be part of map
quiz 12.
Land Bodies
New Guinea
Easter Island
Hawaiian Islands
Tahiti
Water Bodies
Pacific Ocean
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Political/Cultural
Geography
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Papua/New Guinea
Polynesia
Melanesia
Micronesia
International Date Line
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Mark L. Healy
Professor of Economics and Geography
William Rainey Harper College
1200 W. Algonquin Rd.
Office: J-262
Palatine, IL 60067
Harper: 847-925-6352
Home: 815-728-1571
mhealy@harpercollege.edu
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