The 22nd Annual
Dr. Feinberg Geography Challenge
Study Book
Grade 1
Spring 2017
Mary Lee Burbank School
266 School Street
Belmont, Massachusetts 02478
U.S.A.
Dr. Tricia Clifford, Principal
Parents:
Please review this with your child.
March 2017
Dear Burbank Grade 1 Students:
The Dr. Feinberg Geography Challenge for the Junior Division (Students in Grades K, 1, and 2)
will take place on the morning of Thursday, March 23rd, in the Burbank cafeteria. The Grade
K-1 Challenge will be from 9-9:50am. Your parents or guardians, grandparents and special
friends or neighbors are welcome to attend the Challenge.
All of the questions and answers for the Challenge are found in this book. At the Challenge your
team will be asked a few of the questions from the guide. Your final question will be a flag.
We encourage you to study the questions both alone and with your teammates. All questions
will be directed to your team, not to you as an individual. Don’t forget to coordinate with your
team on a theme or color to wear the day of the Challenge.
The purpose of the Challenge is to learn and have fun. You may find that some of the questions
are easiest to learn by using a map or atlas to find locations and features. If you are able to
understand how locations relate to one another, you may be able to avoid simply memorizing
some of the answers, and you may be better able to remember what you have learned even after
the Challenge is over.
Congratulations to all of you who have decided to participate in the Challenge this year! If you
have any questions, please contact one of the committee chairs.
Good luck!
Sincerely,
Clare Crawford, [email protected]
Kathy Collins DerKazarian, [email protected]
Elizabeth Dustin, [email protected]
Aida Parnagian, [email protected]
PTA Geography Challenge Co-Chairs
The 2017 Dr. Feinberg Geography Challenge
First Grade Questions
The World
1. Q: How many continents are there in the world?
A: Seven
2. Q: What is the largest continent in the world?
A: Asia
3. Q: Name the two longest rivers in the world.
A: The Nile River and the Amazon River
4. Q: Name the continent that has the world’s largest hot desert, the Sahara.
A: Africa
5. Q: What is the longest continental mountain range in the world?
A: The Andes, South America
The United States
6. Q: What is the largest state in the United States?
A: Alaska
7. Q: What is the name of the river that forms the border between Texas and Mexico?
A: Rio Grande River
8. Q: Which two countries border the United States?
A: Canada and Mexico
9. Q: Name two of the Great Lakes.
A: Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario
New England and Massachusetts
10. Q: There are six New England states. Name any two.
A: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont
11. Q: There are two inhabited islands located off the southern coast of Cape Cod. Name one of
them.
A: Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket
12. Q: What is the biggest city in Massachusetts?
A: Boston
13. Q: Name the river that divides Boston and Cambridge.
A: Charles River
14. Q: Is New Hampshire to the North or South of Massachusetts?
A: North
Geographical Terms
15. Q: What are the four cardinal directions?
A: North, South, East and West
16. Q: What do we call a land that is completely surrounded by water?
A: Island
17. Q: What do we call the imaginary line that is drawn around the middle of the earth at an
equal distance from the North to the South Pole?
A: The Equator
18. Q: What do we call a geological landform in the earth’s crust though which molten lava and
gases erupt?
A: Volcano
19. Q: The North Pole sits in the middle of which body of water?
A: The Arctic Ocean
Bonus Question
Q: Who is Dr. Feinberg and why is the Geography Challenge named after her?
A. She was a previous Principal of the Burbank school and she started the Geography
Challenge 22 years ago.
FLAGS
Identify these flags:
Brazil:
Norway:
Germany:
Switzerland:
South Korea: