Created by Madelyn Hickey

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Geography

• Created by Madelyn Hickey
• Revised by Ms. McFadden
• June 16th, 2003

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LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE
JOURNEY TO THE CORE
WATER WATER EVERYWHERE
ODDS AND ENDS
VOLCANOES
MAPPING
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THIS INSTRUMENT TELLS YOU HOW MUCH MOISTURE THE
AIR CAN HOLD
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ANSWER WHAT IS A PSYCHROMETER?
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The temperature range for the following climate
statistics would be
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T -10 -13 -5 2 7 14 20 21 17 11 3 -2
Prec. 111 90 30 23 19 19 34 43 89 82 75 99
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ANSWER What is 34 degrees Celsius?
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A FACTOR THAT AFFECTS EVAPORATION
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ANSWER WHAT IS TEMPERATURE, WIND, SURFACE AREA,
OR HUMIDITY?
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NAME THE 3 TYPES OF PRECIPITATION.
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ANSWER WHAT IS OROGRAPHIC, CYCLONIC/FRONTAL AND
CONVECTIONAL?
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WATER VAPOUR CAN BE EMITTED BY PLANT LEAVES IN
THIS PROCESS.
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ANSWER WHAT IS TRANSPIRATION?
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MAPPING
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IDENTIFY THE SIX-FIGURE GRID REFERENCE FOR THE
PEAK OF WHITE MOUNTAIN
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ANSWER WHAT IS 519563?
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SCALES IS THE DIRECT
STATEMENT FOR 1100 000?
A) 1cm represents 1km B) 11 C)
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ANSWER a) 1cm represents 1km
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Difference in Elevation between 2 points Distance
between the 2 points
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ANSWER What is Gradient?
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On a map, you look at these to determine the
degree of slope of the land.
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ANSWER What are Contour Lines?
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NAME WHAT KIND OF GRAPH THIS IS
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ANSWER WHAT IS A CONTOUR CROSS-SECTION?
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JOURNEY TO THE CORE
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THE CONTINENTAL CRUST IS COMPOSED MAINLY OF THIS.
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ANSWER WHAT IS SIAL?
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THE LITHOSPHERE RIDES ON THE SLOWLY MOVING ROCKS
OF THIS LAYER.
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ANSWER WHAT IS THE ASTHENOSPHERE?
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THE STATE WHERE THE EARTH PLATES MOVE TO ACHIEVE
A STATE OF BALANCE AND EQUILIBRIUM.
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ANSWER WHAT IS ISOSTASY?
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BECAUSE OF THE IMMENSE PRESSURE, THIS LAYER OF
THE EARTH IS PRESSED SOLID.
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ANSWER WHAT IS THE INNER CORE?
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THE OCEANIC CRUST IS NICKNAMED THIS.
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ANSWER WHAT IS SIMA?
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ODDS AND ENDS
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THE ARCTIC CIRCLE IS SITUATED THIS MANY DEGREES
NORTH OF THE EQUATOR.
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ANSWER WHAT IS 66.6N?
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AFTER THIS TYPE OF LAVA COOLS IT HAS A SMOOTH TO
ROPEY TEXTURE BECAUSE IT COOLS QUICKLY.
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ANSWER WHAT IS PAHOEHOE?
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A FEATURE OF THIS TYPE OF WEATHERING IS TILTED
GRAVESTONES AND FENCES.
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ANSWER WHAT IS CREEP?
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ANOTHER NAME FOR LONGITUDE LINES.
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ANSWER WHAT ARE MERIDIANS?
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THE PROCESSES THAT CAUSE FOLDING AND FAULTING.
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ANSWER WHAT ARE DIASTROPHIC PROCESSES?
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VOLCANOES
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MOLTEN ROCK ABOVE THE EARTH IS CALLED LAVA. IT
HAS A DIFFERENT NAME BENEATH THE EARTH.
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ANSWER WHAT IS MAGMA?
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NAME THIS PART OF THE VOLCANO
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ANSWER WHAT IS THE PIPE?
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MOUNT ST.HELENS AND MOUNT VESUVIUS ARE THESE TYPE
OF VOLCANOES.
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ANSWER WHAT ARE STRATO VOLCANOES?
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THIS CAN FORM AFTER AN ERUPTION WHEN THE MAGMA
CHAMBER IS EMPTIES FASTER THAN IT CAN BE
REFILLED. AS A RESULT, THE VOLCANO COLLAPSES IN
ON ITSELF.
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ANSWER WHAT IS A CALDERA?
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THE TYPE OF LAVA THAT IS ERUPTED FROM THIS TYPE
OF VOLCANO MOVES VERY QUICKLY AND FORMS GENTLY
SLOPING, WIDE-BASED DOMES.
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ANSWER WHAT IS A SHIELD VOLCANO?
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CALCULATING LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE
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THE NUMBER OF DEGREES THE EARTH ROTATES EVERY
HOUR.
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ANSWER WHAT IS 15?
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THE DEGREE OF TILT OF THE EARTH.
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ANSWER WHAT IS 23½?
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CALCULATE HOW LONG UNTIL GMT NOON 43330 am
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ANSWER WHAT IS 72630?
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TELL THE NAME OF THIS TABLE, AND ITS PURPOSE
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ANSWER WHAT IS AN ANALEMMA? IT IS USED TO TELL
WHICH LATITUDE THE SUN IS DIRECTLY OVERHEAD
DURING SOLAR NOON
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CALCULATE THE LONGITUDE AND THE LATITUDE.
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ANGLE OF INCIDENCE 25 ANALEMMA ANGLE 20 S
GREENWICH MEAN TIME 800AM
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LATITUDE 45 N LONGITUDE 60 E
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HODGE PODGE
EARTH AND SPACE
THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY
EARTHQUAKES AND FAULTING
WEATHERING
GEOLABS
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IDENTIFY THE THEME
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ANSWER What is CULTURE?
EVERYTHING IN THIS CATEGORY CAN POSSIBLY HAVE
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IDENTIFY THIS THEME
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ANSWER What is HUMAN ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTION?
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IDENTIFY THIS THEME
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ANSWER What is LOCATION?
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IDENTIFY THIS THEME
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ANSWER WHAT IS REGION?
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IDENTIFY THIS THEME
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ANSWER WHAT IS MOVEMENT?
EVERYTHING IN THIS CATEGORY CAN POSSIBLY HAVE
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geolabs
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WHY THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS FORMED?
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ANSWER WHAT IS BECAUSE OF A HOT SPOT?
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THIS TYPE OF PLATE BOUNDARY OCCURS UNDER ICELAND.
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ANSWER WHAT IS A RIDGE AXIS BOUNDARY, SPREADING
ZONE OR DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY?
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THE FEATURE FOUND ON THE OCEAN FLOOR WHERE AN
OCEANIC PLATE IS PUSHED UNDERNEATH A CONTINENTAL
PLATE.
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ANSWER WHAT IS A TRENCH?
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NAME ONE BENEFIT TO LIVING NEAR A VOLCANO.
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• POSSIBLE ANSWERS
• GEOTHERMAL POWER
• HOT WATER FOR HEATING
• HOT SPRINGS FOR RECREATION
• VOLCANIC ASH PRODUCES
• VERY FERTILE SOIL

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MANTLE MATERIAL IS SEEPING OUT AT THE REYKJANES
RIDGE AND IS FORCING THESE TWO PLATES APART.
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ANSWER WHAT ARE THE NORTH AMERICAN PLATE AND THE
EURASIAN PLATE?
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EARTH AND SPACE
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THE PLANET FARTHEST FROM THE SUN.
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ANSWER WHAT IS PLUTO?
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THE NAME OF OUR SPIRAL-SHAPED GALAXY.
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ANSWER WHAT IS THE MILKY WAY GALAXY?
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NAME FOR HOW FAR LIGHT TRAVELS IN A YEAR?
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ANSWER WHAT IS A LIGHTYEAR?
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WHEN THE SHADOW OF THE EARTH FALLS ON THE MOON.
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ANSWER WHAT IS A LUNAR ECLIPSE?
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THE TWO MAJOR MOTIONS OF THE EARTH
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ANSWER WHAT ARE ROTATION AND REVOLUTION?
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EARTHQUAKES AND FAULTING
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AN INSTRUMENT THAT MEASURES THE AMOUNT OF GROUND
MOTION THAT AN EARTHQUAKE PRODUCES.
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ANSWER WHAT IS A SEISMOGRAPH?
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THE LOCATION OF WHERE AN EARTHQUAKE ORIGINATES.
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ANSWER WHAT IS THE FOCUS?
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THIS TYPE OF FAULTING OCCURS WHEN ROCK MOVES
APART OR ONE PIECE OF LAND MOVES DOWN AND AWAY
FROM ANOTHER.
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ANSWER WHAT IS A NORMAL FAULT?
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ANOTHER NAME FOR A RIFT VALLEY.
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ANSWER WHAT IS A GRABEN?
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Daily Double!
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IDENTIFY THIS TYPE OF FOLD.
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ANSWER WHAT IS A TIGHT FOLD?
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HODGE PODGE
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ANOTHER NAME FOR LATITUDE LINES.
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ANSWER WHAT ARE PARALLELS?
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THE CLASS OF ROCK MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO WEATHERING.
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ANSWER WHAT IS SEDIMENTARY ROCK?
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THE EARTHS CIRCUMFERENCE.
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ANSWER WHAT IS 40 000 km?
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HACHURE LINES ARE USED TO SHOW THIS.
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ANSWER WHAT ARE DEPRESSIONS?
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THE DISTANCE LIGHT TRAVELS IN A YEAR.
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ANSWER WHAT IS 9½ TRILLION KM?
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WEATHERING
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THIS TYPE OF WEATHERING CAUSES ROCKS TO
DISINTEGRATE OR GET BROKEN DOWN INTO SMALLER
PIECES.
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ANSWER WHAT IS MECHANICAL WEATHERING?
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THE HYPOTHETICAL STATE TECTONIC AND GRADATIONAL
FORCES PROCESSES ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE.
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ANSWER WHAT IS BASE LEVEL?
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THE FACTORS INFLUENCING WEATHERING.
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ANSWER WHAT ARE CLIMATE, TYPE OF ROCK, TIME AND
SLOPE?
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THIS TYPE OF WEATHERING HAPPENS BECAUSE OF A
RAPID CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE.
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ANSWER WHAT IS THERMAL EXPANSION?
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WHEN CARBONIC ACID ACTS UPON SILICATES.
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ANSWER WHAT IS HYDROLYSIS?
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Final Jeopardy!
Its time for. . .
Choose your topic
THE HYDROLOGIC CYCLE
THE EARTH
THE CHANGING EARTH
and make your wager!
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THE HYDROLOGIC CYCLE
The US gets over half of its water supply from
this source.
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THE EARTH
This type of rock is formed from animals or
plants that were once living.
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THE CHANGING EARTH
Underground water reacts with shallow magma pools
to create these.
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THE HYDROLOGIC CYCLE
Answer What is groundwater?
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THE EARTH
Answer What are biogenic sedimentary rocks?
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THE CHANGING EARTH
Answer What are hot springs and geysers?
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So, how did you do?
Click the face that matches the outcome
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Congratulations!
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Oh well... at least you tried! Better luck next
time!
In the meantime, sit back and enjoy the music!
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GAME OVER
Just Kidding!
I hope you enjoyed participating in my Jeopardy
game. If at least you learned something by
playing my game as well as having an amazing and
tremendous amount of fun learning about
geography, then my mission was a success.