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3rd Grade Geography Bee 2024

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is land that is surrounded by water on three sides called?

a)

Island

b)

Peninsula

c)

Isthmus

d)

Delta

2.

The box on a map that shows the meanings of the map symbols is called?

a)

Compass

b)

Legend

c)

Map Key

d)

Scale

3.

Half of the earth is called a?

a)

Quarter-sphere

b)

Hemisphere

c)

Globe

d)

Equator

4.

What is the model of the earth that is round called?

a)

Sphere

b)

Atlas

c)

Globe

d)

Map

5.

What is a large body of salt water called?

a)

Lake

b)

River

c)

Ocean

d)

Pond

6.

What is a city community called?

a)

Rural

b)

Suburban

c)

Urban

d)

Metropolitan

7.

What bodies of water cover more than half the Earth?

a)

Lakes

b)

Rivers

c)

Oceans

d)

Ponds

8.

What is a long narrow body of water?

a)

Ocean

b)

Lake

c)

River

d)

Stream

9.

What is a low mountain called?

a)

Plateau

b)

Hill

c)

Peak

d)

Ridge

10.

What is it called the height of something above or below sea level?

a)

Depth

b)

Elevation

c)

Altitude

d)

Gradient

11.

What is an ancestor?

a)

A relative from a long time ago

b)

A historical figure

c)

A family friend

d)

A mythical character

12.

How many continents are there?

a)

5

b)

6

c)

7

d)

8

13.

On a map, what gives the cardinal directions?

a)

Legend

b)

Compass Rose

c)

Scale

d)

Grid

14.

What is a bay?

a)

Areas of water that are mostly surrounded by land

b)

A large body of saltwater

c)

A small body of freshwater

d)

A narrow channel connecting two larger bodies of water

15.

What is a very high hill called?

a)

Dune

b)

Cliff

c)

Mountain

d)

Plateau

16.

Lakes, ponds, rivers, and streams are forms of salty water. True or False?

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Name an intermediate direction.

a)

SW

b)

UP

c)

DOWN

d)

LEFT

18.

What is arable land good for?

a)

Mining

b)

Construction

c)

Farming

d)

Conservation

19.

How many cardinal directions does a compass rose have?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

6

d)

8

20.

What continent do we live on?

a)

Asia

b)

Europe

c)

Africa

d)

North America

21.

A picture, pattern, or shape that represents something on a map is called?

a)

Icon

b)

Symbol

c)

Marker

d)

Emblem

22.

What is a large area of flat grasslands called?

a)

Valley

b)

Plain

c)

Mesa

d)

Tundra

23.

What is the capital of California?

a)

Los Angeles

b)

San Francisco

c)

Sacramento

d)

San Diego

24.

What state is Death Valley located in?

a)

Nevada

b)

Arizona

c)

California

d)

New Mexico

25.

What is the name of the city where the Pope lives?

a)

Rome

b)

Milan

c)

Florence

d)

Vatican City

26.

What is the name for the calm center of a hurricane?

a)

The vortex

b)

The eye

c)

The wall

d)

The core

27.

Most of the energy on Earth comes from what source?

a)

Wind

b)

Sun

c)

Geothermal

d)

Water

28.

The period when glaciers covered all of Canada and part of the United States is known as what?

a)

Ice Age

b)

Glacial Maximum

c)

Pliocene Epoch

d)

Holocene Epoch

29.

What is it called when there is no or very little rain for a long time?

a)

Flood

b)

Drought

c)

Blizzard

d)

Monsoon

30.

What is it called when the land shakes?

a)

Tornado

b)

Tsunami

c)

Earthquake

d)

Volcano

31.

What is molten rock under the surface of the Earth called?

a)

Lava

b)

Magma

c)

Sediment

d)

Basalt

32.

The country of Ecuador is named after which imaginary line?

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Tropic of Cancer

c)

Equator

d)

Tropic of Capricorn