The 24 th Annual Dr. Feinberg Geography Challenge Study Book. Grade 1. Spring 2019

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1 The 24 th Annual Dr. Feinberg Geography Challenge Study Book Grade 1 Spring 2019 Mary Lee Burbank School 266 School Street Belmont, Massachusetts U.S.A. Dr. Tricia Clifford, Principal

2 Parents: Please review this with your child. March 2019 Dear Burbank Grade 1 Students: The Dr. Feinberg Geography Challenge for the Junior Division (Students in Grades K, 1, and 2) will take place on the morning of Thursday, March 21 st, in the Burbank cafeteria. The Grade K-1 Challenge will be from 9-9:50am. Your parents or guardians, grandparents and special friends or neighbors are welcome to attend the Challenge. All of the questions and answers for the Challenge are found in this book. At the Challenge your team will be asked a few of the questions from the guide. Your final question will be a flag. We encourage you to study the questions both alone and with your teammates. All questions will be directed to your team, not to you as an individual. Don t forget to coordinate with your team on a theme or color to wear the day of the Challenge. The purpose of the Challenge is to learn and have fun. You may find that some of the questions are easiest to learn by using a map or atlas to find locations and features. If you are able to understand how locations relate to one another, you may be able to avoid simply memorizing some of the answers, and you may be better able to remember what you have learned even after the Challenge is over. Congratulations to all of you who have decided to participate in the Challenge this year! If you have any questions, please contact one of the committee chairs. Good luck! Sincerely, Heather Rubeski, hrubeski@gmail.com Kathy Collins DerKazarian, kaceycoll@yahoo.com Aida Parnagian, aida0519@yahoo.com Irina Zhygalko, irina.zhygalko@gmail.com PTA Geography Challenge Co-Chairs

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4 The 2019 Dr. Feinberg Geography Challenge First Grade Questions The World 1. Q: How many continents are there in the world? A: Seven 2. Q: What is the largest continent in the world? A: Asia 3. Q: Name the two longest rivers in the world. A: Nile River and Amazon River 4. Q: The biggest desert in the world is A: Sahara Desert 5. Q: What is the longest continental mountain range in the world? A: Andes, South America 6. Q: Which continent has the same name as a country? A: Australia 7. Q: This continent is very cold. No one lives there all the time. What is it called? A: Antarctica 8. Q: There are four oceans in the world. Which is the smallest ocean? A: Arctic Ocean The United States 9. Q: What is the largest state in the United States? It also has more coastline than all the other states combined. A: Alaska 10. Q: What is the name of the river that forms the border between Texas and Mexico? A: Rio Grande River 11. Q: Which two countries border the United States? A: Canada and Mexico 12. Q: Name two of the Great Lakes. A: Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario 13. Q: What is the capital of the United States? A: Washington, DC 14. Q: Which US state is the Grand Canyon located in?

5 A: Arizona New England and Massachusetts 15. Q: There are five states that border Massachusetts. Name one. A: New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island 16. Q: There are two inhabited islands located off the southern coast of Cape Cod. Name one of them. A: Martha s Vineyard and Nantucket 17. Q: What is the biggest city in Massachusetts? A: Boston 18. Q: Name the river that divides Boston and Cambridge. A: Charles River 19. Q: What is the smallest state in the United States by area? A: Rhode Island 20. Q: What is the state dog of Massachusetts? A: Boston Terrier Belmont 21. Q: What is the original meaning of the name Belmont? A: Beautiful Mountain 22. Q: Five towns border Belmont. Name one. A: Arlington, Cambridge, Lexington, Waltham and Watertown 23. Q: The Burbank School is located on School Street. What is the other public elementary school in Belmont that is also located on School Street? A: Wellington Geographical Terms 24. Q: What are the four cardinal directions? A: North, South, East and West 25. Q: What do we call a land that is completely surrounded by water? A: Island 26. Q: What do we call the imaginary line drawn around the middle of the earth at an equal distance from the North and the South Pole? A: Equator

6 27. Q: What do we call a geological landform in the earth s crust though which molten lava and gases erupt? A: Volcano 28. Q: Earth has 10 main types of habitats such as rainforests and savanna. What is the name of a habitat that is frozen most of the year? A: Tundra 29. Q: The model of the Earth that shows all the oceans, continents and countries is called A: Globe 30. Q: Where is the majority of Earth s freshwater stored? A: In ice Bonus Question Q: Who is Dr. Feinberg and why is the Geography Challenge named after her? A. She was a Principal of the Burbank school and she started the Geography Challenge 24 years ago.

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