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Houston I.S.D. Maps, Graphs, & Charts Invitational Test
MRC Jr. UIL Study Materials
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Atlas Questions --South America
All Maps, Graphs and Charts
___ ____________________ 1. What is the national capital of Uruguay?
___ ____________________ 2. What is the land cover for MOST of Brazil?
___ ____________________ 3. What is the elevation of the majority of the Brazilian highlands?
(choose best answer given)
A. 0-500ft
B. 500-1000ft
C. 2000-5000ft
D. Over 20000ft
___ ____________________ 4. What is the climate for Uruguay?
___ ____________________ 5. What is the death rate for Peru?
___ ____________________ 6. What is the height of Angel Falls, the world’s highest waterfall, which is located in
Venezuela?
___ ____________________ 7. What is the population density for Rio de Janeiro? (people per sq. mile)
___ ____________________ 8. Which two South American countries are completely land locked?
___ ____________________ 9. What city is located on Blanca Bay?
A. Georgetown C. Rio Blanca
B. Bahia Blanca D. Medellin
___ ____________________ 10. List the (3) national capitals located between 30°S and 40° S.
___ ____________________ 11. What percentage of the Bolivian population are descendants of indigenous South
Americans?
___ ____________________ 12. What is the land use for MOST of Argentina?
___ ____________________ 13. What is the elevation level for the national capital of Bolivia? (feet)
___ ____________________ 14. How many South American capital cities are located on the equator?
___ ____________________ 15. What crops are grown in the Tierra Fria, attitude zone of the Andes?
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Use the graphs on this page to answer questions 16-30.
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___ ____________________ 16. How many renewables are represented by the German pie chart?
___ ____________________ 17. What percentage of Frances electricity generation is conventional thermal?
___ ____________________ 18. What transport mode had the lowest percentage of total travelers in 1960?
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A. bus
B. car
C. bike
D. foot
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___ ____________________ 19. What year/s did foot travel exceed 15% of total travelers?
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A. 1960 & 2000
B. 1960 & 1980
C. 1960
D. 1980
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___ ____________________ 20. Looking at French renewable electricity generation, what percentage of the
electricity was generated by biomass?
___ ____________________ 21. What year/s are represented by the pie graphs?
___ ____________________ 22. Which country has a larger percentage of renewable electricity generation?
___ ____________________ 23. Which country had more than 25% of the electricity produced by nuclear?
___ ____________________ 24. What mode of transport exceeded 30% in 1960?
___ ____________________ 25. What percentage of travelers traveled by bike in 1980?
___ ____________________ 26. In which year was car travel under 10% of total travelers?
True / False - Locate the Answers
___ ____________________ 27. The principal language of Myanmar is Burmese.
___ ____________________ 28. St. Petersburg, Russia is located on the Gulf of Riga.
___ ____________________ 29. Haiti and Dominican Republic are located on the same island.
___ ____________________ 30. The hottest temperature recorded on earth was 136.0°F in Libya.
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Use the atlas to answer questions 31-60.
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Atlas Questions --Asia
All Maps, Graphs and Charts
___ ____________________ 31. What country is the world’s leading oil exporter?
___ ____________________ 32. What is he land use for most of Russia north of the Arctic Circle?
___ ____________________ 33. What natural barrier separates the European and Asian potions of Russia?
___ ____________________ 34. What body of water separates Vietnam from Malaysia?
___ ____________________ 35. What is the land cover for the Plateau of Tibet?
___ ____________________ 36. What is the precipitation level for most of Indonesia? (inches)
___ ____________________ 37. Which of the following countries is found west of 80°E and south of 20°N?
A. Pakistan C. Thailand
B. Yemen D. Turkey
___ ____________________ 38. Which of the following countries have tundra as land cover?
A. Kazakhstan C. Iran
B. Oman D. Pakistan
___ ____________________ 39.During dry monsoon the prevailing winds blow in which general direction?
___ ____________________ 40. What is the capital of East Timor?
___ ____________________ 41. What is the GDP of Japan?
___ ____________________ 42. True or False- China is larger than the United States in total sq. miles.
___ ____________________ 43. Which of the following countries is NOT located on a large body of water?
A. Iran C. Tajikistan
B. Philippines D. India
___ ____________________ 44. What is the elevation for MOST of the Siberian Plain?
___ ____________________ 45. How many barrels of oil does Norway export daily?
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Use graph for questions 45 – 60 .
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Moose Island: Airport Traffic- Daily Commuters
___ ____________________ 46. Which city had the 2nd lowest average of passengers?
___ ____________________ 47. Which city had the greatest total number of passengers?
___ ____________________ 48. What was the average number of daily commuters in Cedar Falls?
___ ____________________ 49. Which city had the lowest busiest day?
___ ____________________ 50. How many commuters did Elk Bend have on its busiest day?
___ ____________________ 51. Which of the following cities had the highest average of commuters?
A. Cedar Falls
B. Moose Island City
C. Hillcrest
D. Turkey Springs
___ ____________________ 52. How many cities had an average of 100 commuters per day?
___ ____________________ 53. Which cities had the busiest day of 120 commuters?
___ ____________________ 54. Which city or cities had the fewest commuters on a single day?
___ ____________________ 55. What was the average of commuters for Moose Island City?
True / False - Canada
___ ____________________ 56. Alberta is located in the Canadian Shield.
___ ____________________ 57. The steppe climate is found in only one of Canada’s provinces.
___ ____________________ 58. Regina is the capital of Manitoba.
___ ____________________ 59. Wapusk National Park is located on Hudson Bay.
___ ____________________ 60. Saskatchewan has an average yearly rain fall of 10-20 inches.
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Atlas-United States
All Maps, Graphs and Charts
___ ____________________ 61. What is the climate for North Carolina?
___ ____________________ 62. Which of the following states below is NOT, at least partially, located in “Tornado
Alley”?
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A. Louisiana
B. Missouri
C. South Dakota
D. Texas
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___ ____________________ 63. List the agricultural products produced in Alaska.
___ ____________________ 64. What metals are found in Maine?
___ ____________________ 65. What is the yearly precipitation average for the Michigan?
___ ____________________ 66. What is type of land cover is found in most of Indiana?
___ ____________________ 67. What percentage of consumed energy is used for residential use?
___ ____________________ 68. What state is Pikes Peak located?
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A. Utah
B. Idaho
C. Colorado
D. West Virginia
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___ ____________________ 69. What of the following states is NOT found in the Great Plains?
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A. Nevada
B. Nebraska
C. Illinois
D. Alabama
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___ ____________________ 70. List the state capital(s) found south of 35°N and west of 110°W?
___ ____________________ 71. What percentage of the US population worked on farms in 1900?
___ ____________________ 72. What is the population density for the area located between Dallas & Fort
Worth? (per sq. mile)
___ ____________________ 73. Which of the following cities in Arkansas is located on Interstate 40?
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A. North Little Rock
B. Pine Bluff
C. Jonesboro
D. Hope
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___ ____________________ 74. True or False, Raton is located in New Mexico.
___ ____________________ 75. How many airline passengers per year travel through Atlanta?
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Houston I.S.D. Maps, Graphs, & Charts Invitational Test 1
Answer Key
MRC Jr. UIL Study Materials
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1. Montevideo
2. Tropical Rain Forest
3. C. 2000-5000ft
4. Mild- Humid subtropical
5. 6 per 1000 people
6. 3212 feet (979m)
7. Over 250 people per sq. mile
8. Bolivia, Paraguay
9. B. Bahia Blanca
10. Santiago, Buenos Aires, Montevideo
11. 85-100%
12. Ranching or herding
13. 10000-20000ft
14. One (1) Quito, Ecuador
15. Potatoes & barley
16. Four (4) (geothermal is 0.0%)
17. 10.3%
18. B. car
19. B. 1960 & 1980
20. 8.1%
21. 2009
22. Germany
23. France
24. foot
25. 20%
26. 1960
27. True
28. False
29. True
30. True
31. Saudi Arabia
32. Nomadic herding
33. Ural Mountains
34. South China Sea
35. Semi-desert & desert
36. Over 80 in per year
37. B. Yemen
38. D. Pakistan
39. south
40. Dili
41. $3,867,000
42. True
43. C. Tajikistan
44. 0-500 ft. (0-150 m)
45. 2.91 million barrels
46. Buck Snort
47. Deer Crossing
48. 100
49. Quail Crossing
50. 80
51. D. Turkey Springs
52. 2
53. Cedar Falls, Turkey Springs
54. Moose Island, City, Quail Crossing, Deer Crossing
55. 60
56. False
57. False
58. False
59. True
60. True
61. Mild- Humid subtropical
62. A. Louisiana
63. None
64. Zinc
65. 20-40 inches (1000-2000 ml)
66. Cropland
67. 21.3%
68. C. Colorado
69. B. Nebraska
70. Phoenix
71. 41.9%
72. Over 250 persons per sq. mile
73. A. North Little Rock
74. True
75. over 35 million
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