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Date:
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Geography Skills Test
Hurricane Katrina - 2005
Instructions: Use any, and all necessary tools such as your notebook, a globe, an atlas, a
newspaper, and an almanac to answer questions about New Orleans.
1. Identify the absolute and relative locations of New Orleans.
Absolute Location:
Relative Location:
2. Use an Almanac to determine:
The history of at least three other notable hurricanes in this region (date, location,
deaths)
Date
Location
Deaths
1)
2)
3)
Demographics: of the city of New Orleans
Population
Area in square miles
Per Capita Income
History
Transportation
Communications
Medical Facilities
Educational Facilities
Website:
3. Earth / Sun Relationships: Look at an atlas and answer the following questions
What type of climate does New Orleans have?
Climate Type:
September Temperature:
September Precipitation:
What weather is expected there today? (Newspaper)
What time is it in New Orleans right now?
Current Denver Time:
Current New Orleans Time:
What season is it right now?
What months constitute “Hurricane Season”?
On what date will New Orleans experience the Fall Equinox?
On what date will the Winter Solstice occur there?
4. Describe in complete sentences what the city of New Orleans is like (Place)
Physically:
Culturally:
5. What common geographical features does the region share? (Region)
6. Human / environment Interaction
Tell one way in which people in the area have adapted to or modified their
environment. (Think levees)
7. Movement
Why is the city in a particularly important place concerning the transportation of
goods? (Think Mississippi river and the Gulf)
8. Make up one really good question of your own and then answer it.