Maps+on+Mondays

Maps on Monday's: Geography Quizzes
//Every 2 weeks, you will take a different geography themed quiz. Each quiz is a maximum 20 points. You may retake a quiz the following "off-week" (Monday, promptly afterschool) and take the better of the two scores. While you will be given specific maps prior to each quiz, listed below is the content you will be tested on for the entire semester so you can begin preparing well in advance!// //Awesome MAP Video (yes, there is one!) here://

[|Online Map] [|Online Continents Quiz]
 * Map 1**: Continents & Oceans
 * Quiz Date**: February 8
 * Material**: North America, South America, Antarctica, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia, Indian Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Southern Ocean.

[|Online US Map] [|Online US States Quiz]
 * Map 2**: US States
 * Quiz Date**: February 22
 * Material**: Yep, all 50 of them!

[|Online Oceans & Seas Quiz]
 * Map 3:** Oceans & Seas
 * Quiz Date**: March 7
 * Material**: Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Strait of Gibraltar, Strait of Madagascar, North Sea, Sea of Japan, Baltic Sea, Persian Gulf, South China Sea, Southern Ocean, Baffin Bay, Arabian Sea, Red Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Hudson Bay, Panama Canal, Suez Canal

[|Online Mt Ranges Quiz] [|Online Mt Peak Quiz]
 * Map 4**: Mountain Ranges & Peaks
 * Quiz Date**: March 21
 * Material**: Denali, Mt Kilimanjaro, Mt Everest, Brooks Range, Rocky Mts, Appalachian Mts, Andes Mts, Guiana Highlands, Brazilian Highlands, Pyrenees Mts, Alps, Caucasus Mts, Ural Mts, Tian Shan, Hindu Kush, Himalayas, Atlas Mts, Ethiopian Mts, Great Dividing Range (Eastern Highlands), Transantarctic Mts

[|Online Rivers Quiz]
 * Map 5:** Rivers
 * Quiz Date**: April 4
 * Material**: St. Lawrence, Congo, Ob-Irtysh, Mekong, Brahmaputra, Mississippi, Missouri, Amazon, Rhine, Danube, Yellow (Huang He), Ganges, Yangtze (Chaing Jiang), Nile, Rio Grande, Lena, Volga, Niger, Yukon, Tigris, Euphrates, Amur

[|Online Islands Quiz]
 * Map 6**: Islands
 * Quiz Date**: April 18
 * Material**:Baffin Island, Great Britain, Victoria Island, Ellesmere Island, New Guinea, Honshu, Sumatra, Madagascar, Greenland, Borneo, Java, Mindanao, Luzon, Celebes, Iceland, Hokkaido, Cuba, Ireland, Newfoundland, South Island, North Island

[|Deserts Link] Yeah, this is an ugly one...
 * Map 7**: Deserts
 * Quiz Date**: May 2
 * Material**: Great Basin, Atacama, Patagonian, Sahara, Namib, Kalahari, Arabian, Thar, TaklaMakan, Gobi, Chihuahuan, Iranian, Great Western (The Outback)

[|Major World Capitals Link 1] [|All World Capitals Link]
 * Map 8**: World Capitals
 * Quiz Date**: May 16
 * Material**: Kabul, Afghanistan; Brasilia, Brazil; Ottawa, Canada; Beijing, China; Cairo, Egypt; Paris, France; Berlin, Germany; New Delhi, India; Tehran, Iran; Baghdad, Iraq; Rome, Italy; Tokyo, Japan; Pyongyang, North Korea; Oslo, Norway; Islamabad, Pakistan; Moscow, Russia; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Mogadishu, Somalia; Pretoria, South Africa; Washington, D.C. USA; Caracas, Venezuela.


 * Map 9:** Review Map
 * Quiz Date:** May 23
 * Material:** All prior maps (with the exception of the 50 states) are testable; however, quiz will focus on more significant features from course of study.

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