Physical Features of the World Map Questions

  1. What do the colors on the map represent?
  2. Where are the highest elevations in the world? How do you know?
  3. What physical features have some of the highest elevations in the world?
  4. What physical features have some of the lowest elevations in the world?
  5. What are three other physical features that this map shows?
  6. What patterns do you see between types of physical features and elevation?
  7. What other patterns do you see in locations of various physical features? What might cause these patterns?
  8. What is one question you have after looking at this world map?
  9. If you were sailing eastward in the South Atlantic Ocean along the Tropic of Capricorn as you approach the coast of Africa what is the first type of landform you would see?
  10. How does the elevation of where we live compare to the rest of the United States elevation?

Landform and Bodies of Water Choices

Set A / Set B / Set C / Set D / Set E / Set F / Set G
Mountain Range / River / Peninsula / Plateau / Ocean / Strait / Valley
Volcano / Delta / Harbor / Cliff / Lake / Source / Canyon
Dune / Mouth / Bay / Mesa / Sea / Fjord / Island
Basin / Tributary / Cape / Plain / Gulf / Coast / Archipelago
Hill / Glacier / Reef / Desert / Isthmus / Oasis

Climate Zones of the World Map Questions

1.Where are the tropical climates of the world?

2.Near which parallels of latitude are most of tropical climates located?

3.Why do you think this occurs here?

4.Near which parallels of latitude are most of the ice cap and tundra climates located?

5.Why do you think this occurs here?

6.Where are the highland climates located?

7.What do you think influences these climates?

8.Aside from latitude and elevation, what might be another factor that influences the type of climate a location has?

9.What climate zone do we live in?

Vegetation Zones of the World Map Questions

1.Where is the desert scrub vegetation found?

2.What type of climate would you find where there is desert scrub vegetation?

3.Why do you think this vegetation occurs here?

4.What types of vegetation do you tend to find around the equator?

5.What type of climate do you tend to find around the equator?

6.What type of vegetation is typically found north and south of desert scrub vegetation zones?

7.Why do you think this occurs just beyond the desert scrub regions?

8.What type of vegetation do you find along the Nile River?

9.Why do you think this type of vegetation is found near the Nile?

10.What type of vegetation zone do we live in?

11.Besides climate, what else might influence the vegetation of a location?

Population Density of the World Map Questions

1.What do the different colors on the map represent?

2.Which continent has the lowest average population density?

3.Which continent has the highest average population density?

4.What part of the world has the most cities with populations over 8,000,000?

5.What physical features do most people live on or around?

6.In what hemispheres do most of the world’s population live?

7.In what types of climate zones do most of the world’s populations live?

8.Why might most of the population of the world live in these climate zones?

Economic Activities and Land Uses of the World Map Questions

  1. What do the different colors on this map represent?
  2. What do the different symbols on this map represent?
  3. What type of land use is found in our area?
  4. Why do you think this type of land use is here?
  5. Where in the world do you fin diamond mining?
  6. Why do you think trade and manufacturing areas are often located next to coal resources?
  7. In what type of vegetation zones do you tend to find a lot of subsistence farming?
  8. How do the resources and land uses of the United states compare with those of other parts of the world?

Regions of the World Map Questions

1.How many regions does this map divide the Earth into?

2.What regions exist entirely within a single continent?

3.What continent has the most regions in it?

4.What regions exist in two or more different continents?

5.Why do you think the regions were divided up this way instead of by continent?