Maps, Graphs, & Charts- Test 1



Houston I.S.D. Maps, Graphs, & Charts Invitational Test

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Atlas Questions--South America

All Maps, Graphs and Charts

___ ____________________ 1. What is the national capital of Uruguay?

___ ____________________ 2. What is the land cover for MOST of Brazil?

___ ____________________ 3. What is the elevation of the majority of the Brazilian highlands?

(choose best answer given)

A. 0-500ft

B. 500-1000ft

C. 2000-5000ft

D. Over 20000ft

___ ____________________ 4. What is the climate for Uruguay?

___ ____________________ 5. What is the death rate for Peru?

___ ____________________ 6. What is the height of Angel Falls, the world’s highest waterfall, which is located in

Venezuela?

___ ____________________ 7. What is the population density for Rio de Janeiro? (people per sq. mile)

___ ____________________ 8. Which two South American countries are completely land locked?

___ ____________________ 9. What city is located on Blanca Bay?

A. Georgetown C. Rio Blanca

B. Bahia Blanca D. Medellin

___ ____________________ 10. List the (3) national capitals located between 30°S and 40° S.

___ ____________________ 11. What percentage of the Bolivian population are descendants of indigenous South

Americans?

___ ____________________ 12. What is the land use for MOST of Argentina?

___ ____________________ 13. What is the elevation level for the national capital of Bolivia? (feet)

___ ____________________ 14. How many South American capital cities are located on the equator?

___ ____________________ 15. What crops are grown in the Tierra Fria, attitude zone of the Andes?

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Use the graphs on this page to answer questions 16-30.

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___ ____________________ 16. How many renewables are represented by the German pie chart?

___ ____________________ 17. What percentage of Frances electricity generation is conventional thermal?

___ ____________________ 18. What transport mode had the lowest percentage of total travelers in 1960?

A. bus

B. car

C. bike

D. foot

___ ____________________ 19. What year/s did foot travel exceed 15% of total travelers?

A. 1960 & 2000

B. 1960 & 1980

C. 1960

D. 1980

___ ____________________ 20. Looking at French renewable electricity generation, what percentage of the

electricity was generated by biomass?

___ ____________________ 21. What year/s are represented by the pie graphs?

___ ____________________ 22. Which country has a larger percentage of renewable electricity generation?

___ ____________________ 23. Which country had more than 25% of the electricity produced by nuclear?

___ ____________________ 24. What mode of transport exceeded 30% in 1960?

___ ____________________ 25. What percentage of travelers traveled by bike in 1980?

___ ____________________ 26. In which year was car travel under 10% of total travelers?

True / False - Locate the Answers

___ ____________________ 27. The principal language of Myanmar is Burmese.

___ ____________________ 28. St. Petersburg, Russia is located on the Gulf of Riga.

___ ____________________ 29. Haiti and Dominican Republic are located on the same island.

___ ____________________ 30. The hottest temperature recorded on earth was 136.0°F in Libya.

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Use the atlas to answer questions 31-60.

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Atlas Questions--Asia

All Maps, Graphs and Charts

___ ____________________ 31. What country is the world’s leading oil exporter?

___ ____________________ 32. What is he land use for most of Russia north of the Arctic Circle?

___ ____________________ 33. What natural barrier separates the European and Asian potions of Russia?

___ ____________________ 34. What body of water separates Vietnam from Malaysia?

___ ____________________ 35. What is the land cover for the Plateau of Tibet?

___ ____________________ 36. What is the precipitation level for most of Indonesia? (inches)

___ ____________________ 37. Which of the following countries is found west of 80°E and south of 20°N?

A. Pakistan C. Thailand

B. Yemen D. Turkey

___ ____________________ 38. Which of the following countries have tundra as land cover?

A. Kazakhstan C. Iran

B. Oman D. Pakistan

___ ____________________ 39.During dry monsoon the prevailing winds blow in which general direction?

___ ____________________ 40. What is the capital of East Timor?

___ ____________________ 41. What is the GDP of Japan?

___ ____________________ 42. True or False- China is larger than the United States in total sq. miles.

___ ____________________ 43. Which of the following countries is NOT located on a large body of water?

A. Iran C. Tajikistan

B. Philippines D. India

___ ____________________ 44. What is the elevation for MOST of the Siberian Plain?

___ ____________________ 45. How many barrels of oil does Norway export daily?

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Use graph for questions 45 – 60.

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Moose Island: Airport Traffic- Daily Commuters

___ ____________________ 46. Which city had the 2nd lowest average of passengers?

___ ____________________ 47. Which city had the greatest total number of passengers?

___ ____________________ 48. What was the average number of daily commuters in Cedar Falls?

___ ____________________ 49. Which city had the lowest busiest day?

___ ____________________ 50. How many commuters did Elk Bend have on its busiest day?

___ ____________________ 51. Which of the following cities had the highest average of commuters?

A. Cedar Falls

B. Moose Island City

C. Hillcrest

D. Turkey Springs

___ ____________________ 52. How many cities had an average of 100 commuters per day?

___ ____________________ 53. Which cities had the busiest day of 120 commuters?

___ ____________________ 54. Which city or cities had the fewest commuters on a single day?

___ ____________________ 55. What was the average of commuters for Moose Island City?

True / False - Canada

___ ____________________ 56. Alberta is located in the Canadian Shield.

___ ____________________ 57. The steppe climate is found in only one of Canada’s provinces.

___ ____________________ 58. Regina is the capital of Manitoba.

___ ____________________ 59. Wapusk National Park is located on Hudson Bay.

___ ____________________ 60. Saskatchewan has an average yearly rain fall of 10-20 inches.

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Atlas-United States

All Maps, Graphs and Charts

___ ____________________ 61. What is the climate for North Carolina?

___ ____________________ 62. Which of the following states below is NOT, at least partially, located in “Tornado

Alley”?

A. Louisiana

B. Missouri

C. South Dakota

D. Texas

___ ____________________ 63. List the agricultural products produced in Alaska.

___ ____________________ 64. What metals are found in Maine?

___ ____________________ 65. What is the yearly precipitation average for the Michigan?

___ ____________________ 66. What is type of land cover is found in most of Indiana?

___ ____________________ 67. What percentage of consumed energy is used for residential use?

___ ____________________ 68. What state is Pikes Peak located?

A. Utah

B. Idaho

C. Colorado

D. West Virginia

___ ____________________ 69. What of the following states is NOT found in the Great Plains?

A. Nevada

B. Nebraska

C. Illinois

D. Alabama

___ ____________________ 70. List the state capital(s) found south of 35°N and west of 110°W?

___ ____________________ 71. What percentage of the US population worked on farms in 1900?

___ ____________________ 72. What is the population density for the area located between Dallas & Fort

Worth? (per sq. mile)

___ ____________________ 73. Which of the following cities in Arkansas is located on Interstate 40?

A. North Little Rock

B. Pine Bluff

C. Jonesboro

D. Hope

___ ____________________ 74. True or False, Raton is located in New Mexico.

___ ____________________ 75. How many airline passengers per year travel through Atlanta?

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Houston I.S.D. Maps, Graphs, & Charts Invitational Test 1

Answer Key

MRC Jr. UIL Study Materials

1. Montevideo

2. Tropical Rain Forest

3. C. 2000-5000ft

4. Mild- Humid subtropical

5. 6 per 1000 people

6. 3212 feet (979m)

7. Over 250 people per sq. mile

8. Bolivia, Paraguay

9. B. Bahia Blanca

10. Santiago, Buenos Aires, Montevideo

11. 85-100%

12. Ranching or herding

13. 10000-20000ft

14. One (1) Quito, Ecuador

15. Potatoes & barley

16. Four (4) (geothermal is 0.0%)

17. 10.3%

18. B. car

19. B. 1960 & 1980

20. 8.1%

21. 2009

22. Germany

23. France

24. foot

25. 20%

26. 1960

27. True

28. False

29. True

30. True

31. Saudi Arabia

32. Nomadic herding

33. Ural Mountains

34. South China Sea

35. Semi-desert & desert

36. Over 80 in per year

37. B. Yemen

38. D. Pakistan

39. south

40. Dili

41. $3,867,000

42. True

43. C. Tajikistan

44. 0-500 ft. (0-150 m)

45. 2.91 million barrels

46. Buck Snort

47. Deer Crossing

48. 100

49. Quail Crossing

50. 80

51. D. Turkey Springs

52. 2

53. Cedar Falls, Turkey Springs

54. Moose Island, City, Quail Crossing, Deer Crossing

55. 60

56. False

57. False

58. False

59. True

60. True

61. Mild- Humid subtropical

62. A. Louisiana

63. None

64. Zinc

65. 20-40 inches (1000-2000 ml)

66. Cropland

67. 21.3%

68. C. Colorado

69. B. Nebraska

70. Phoenix

71. 41.9%

72. Over 250 persons per sq. mile

73. A. North Little Rock

74. True

75. over 35 million

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