Climate & Geography of Guam

How could you find Guam on a map?

• Look for a small dot on the map.
• Look somewhere in the Pacific Ocean.
• Find 13 degrees north latitude and 144 degrees east longitude.
• Look for 144 degrees north latitude and 13 degrees east longitude.

Gef Pago is located in the southern village of _____.

• Yigo
• Tumon
• Sinajana
• Inarajan

Name the two bodies of water that Guam is located in.

• Atlantic Ocean & Pacific Ocean
• Philippine Sea & Pacific Ocean
• Pacific Ocean & Indian Ocean
• Atlantic & Pacific Ocean

What is the name of the deepest valley in the Pacific Ocean more than 6.8 miles below the ocean surface?

• Pacific Plate
• Mariana Islands
• Micronesia
• Marianas Trench

TRUE OR FALSE.
The Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, also known as Saipan, is part of Micronesia.

• TRUE
• FALSE

What does the term micronesia mean?

• tiny islands
• big islands
• tiny ocean
• big ocean

What percentage of the total population on Guam is made up of Filipinos?

• 42%
• 27%
• 11%
• 20%

Look at the picture.  What does it show?

• Hawaii
• Micronesia
• The Mariana Islands
• United States of America

The University of Guam is in _____.

• Dededo
• Hagatna
• Santa Rita
• Mangilao

Because the Pacific Plate is moving under the Philippines Plate, Guam and the Mariana Islands experience  a lot of these activities.

• typhoons
• earthquakes
• power outages
• holidays