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What Is It? - Grouping Things On Maps

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In geography you have found that there are lots of different places in the world. Some are hot and hilly, others are cold and flat. Some have lots of tall buildings, others are rural and spread out. In geography, just as in science, it is good to put things into categories. This also helps when you draw maps. On a map, all woods and forests are colored green, for example. In this quiz you need to decide which groups or categories different things belong to.

All of the things in this quiz might be found on maps, but which groups do they belong to? Can you get them all right?

1 .

Lakes, rivers, seas and oceans all have something in common. What is it?

Wood

Water

Fields

Buildings

Test yourself - can you name the 5 oceans of the world?

2 .

Harry’s teacher asks Harry to make a list of types of road. Harry writes down four things. But his teacher says only one of the four is a road. Which one is it?

Footpath

Pavement

Zebra crossing

Motorway

Here are three more that Harry could write down as types of road - street, lane, dual-carriageway

3 .

Sam is looking in an atlas. He is looking at a map of Europe.

All the big cities are marked with a black circle. All the capital cities are marked with a black square.

Madrid is marked with a black square. What sort of city is Madrid?

Small city

New city

Capital city

Concrete city

Madrid is the capital city of which country?

4 .

Jack is making a list. All the names on Jack’s list have something in common. They are in a group. Here is Jack’s list:

Library
Block of flats
Hospital
Church

Which group do they belong to?

Hills

Mountains

Countries

Buildings

What other buildings could Jack add to his list?

5 .

Katie is making a list in geography. Here is her list:

German
Polish
Spanish
Chinese
French

What group is this?

Countries

Cities

Languages

Buildings

Are you learning a language at school? What is it?

6 .

Adil has been doing a survey. With his teacher, Adil did the survey on the road outside his school. Here are his results:

Cars 10
Busses 2
Motorbikes 3
Trucks 2

What was Adil counting?

Vehicles

Houses

Buildings

Ships

Which vehicle was commonest on the road outside Adil’s school?

7 .

Sam is also making a list. Sam’s list includes:

Brazil
Bangladesh
Cameroon

Which group is Sam’s list made up of?

Continents

Cities

Countries

Islands

There are lots of different countries. Can you name three more countries around the world?

8 .

Ella is also writing down a list. Here is Ella’s list:

London
Birmingham
Paris
New York

Which group do these belong to?

Countries

Cities

Continents

Islands

What other big cities could Ella add to her list?

9 .

Amazon, Nile, Mississippi, Danube. What are these?

Mountains

Countries

Seas

Rivers

Can you find the River Danube on a map of Europe?

10 .

Tom is writing a list in geography. He gets to three things on his list, then he gets stuck.

Here is Tom’s list:

Beach
Cliff
Shingle

Can you help Tom? Which one of these could Tom add to his list?

Mountains

Lakes

Forests

Dunes

All the things on Tom’s list are found along the coast

Author: David Bland