The most frequently asked questions in geography. Extracurricular work in geography: "Entertaining geographical questions
This section contains answers to questions on geography: a lot of interesting and useful information about different countries, seas and oceans. Here you will find out which cities are on the Dnieper, where the border between Europe and Asia passes, why Brazil needed a new capital and who was the first to reach the North Pole.
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There are ten cities in the Kuban, the largest of which is Krasnodar.
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The city of Raqqa (Ar-Raqqah) is located in northern Syria, about 150 kilometers east of Aleppo.
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The autonomous region of Catalonia is located in the northeast of Spain, and its capital is the magnificent Barcelona.
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In total, there are 13 cities on the Ob. by the most major cities standing on the Ob are Novosibirsk and Barnaul.
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In total, 44 states in the world do not have access to the oceans, the largest of which are Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.
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The list of hero cities includes 12 cities of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, as well as the Brest Hero Fortress.
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The official reason was the more convenient geographical location of Astana, but among the unofficial versions, the main one is the desire to defend against Russia.
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In addition to such megacities as Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan, Samara and Volgograd, there are more than 60 cities on the Volga.
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The United States, Russia, China, France, Great Britain, India, Pakistan and North Korea officially own nuclear weapons. Israel, although it has nuclear weapon, does not officially confirm this fact.
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Bering Strait, the Amur and Argun rivers, the Caspian Sea, the Main Caucasian Range and Lake Peipus- these are the most famous objects on which Russia borders with other countries.
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The seas of the Pacific, Arctic and Atlantic oceans wash Russia, in total our country has access to the shores of 12 seas.
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In Russia, in addition to Russian, almost 50 languages are spoken, the most common of which are Tatar, Chechen, Bashkir and Chuvash.
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The basis of Russia's minerals is oil, natural gas, coal and non-ferrous metal ores.
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In addition to Russians (80.9%), Tatars (3.7%), Ukrainians (1.4%), Bashkirs (1.2%) and about 180 more different peoples.
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The northern part of the border runs along the Urals, the southern part - along the coast of the Caspian Sea, the Kum River, and then goes along the Don to the Sea of Azov.
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The Brazilians wanted to move the capital away from the sea for military security and also to give impetus to the economic development of the country's interior.
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Our native Baikal has a depth of 1642 meters and is far ahead of other lakes in depth.
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The most popular ski resort in Russia is located in Gornaya Shoria, in the south of Kuzbass.
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More than three-quarters of the volume of the soil is sedimentary rocks: limestone, clay, chalk, and others. The remaining quarter is occupied by metamorphic and volcanic rocks.
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The largest cities on the Dnieper are Smolensk, Mogilev, Kiev, Dnepropetrovsk, Zaporozhye and Kherson.
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In addition to the Moscow Arbat, there are about a dozen other cities in Russia that have pedestrian zones.
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The largest rivers flowing into the Baltic Sea, from west to east: Pene, Oder, Leba, Vistula, Pregolya, Neman, Venta, Lielupe, Daugava, Pärnu, Narva, Neva, Oulujoki, Kemijoki, Turne-Elv, Ume-Elv, Yungan, Yusnan and Dalelven.
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In Russia, in addition to Moscow and St. Petersburg, there are 13 more cities with a population of over a million people.
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At the beginning of the 20th century (1908-1909), two Americans at once (Frederick Cook and Robert Peary) declared that they had reached the North Pole for the first time in history. This dispute remains unresolved to this day.
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In total, Russia borders on land with 14 countries, and also has maritime borders with Japan and the United States.
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The NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization includes 29 states in Europe and North America.
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Metro in Russia have Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan, Samara, Yekaterinburg and Novosibirsk. There is an underground high-speed tram in Volgograd. In Omsk, Krasnoyarsk and Chelyabinsk, the subway is being built.
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The City State of Singapore is located in South Asia on the island of Singapore, located in the southern part of the Malay Peninsula, between Malaysia and Indonesia.
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A speleologist is a person who studies caves and other underground spaces.
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The largest island in Russia is Sakhalin, located on Far East and having an area of more than 76 thousand square kilometers.
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The basis of the golden ring of Russia is: Vladimir, Ivanovo, Kostroma, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Rostov, Sergiev Posad, Suzdal and Yaroslavl.
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The CIS includes Russia, Belarus, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. Some states have special statuses in the CIS, although they are not formally included in it.
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This quiz can be included in the script extracurricular activities dedicated international day land or scenarios of ecological holidays .
Geography quiz for grade 5 students with answers
Quiz topic: geography
1. In the tundra, only the top layer of soil has time to thaw during the short, cool summer. And the layer, hard as a stone, with streaks of ice, lying under it, is called ... (permafrost).
2. Can a polar bear and a penguin meet in nature? (No. The polar bear lives at the North Pole, and the penguin lives at the South.)
4. This climatic zone resembles a huge beach. (Desert.)
5. Name a city and a river that have the same name. (Moscow, Orel.)
6. St. Petersburg, Orenburg. What does the word "burg" mean in German? (Fortress, city.)
7. Name geographic features named after famous travelers? (Strait of Magellan, Khabarovsk city, Tasmania island.)
8. In the polar regions of our planet, this unusually beautiful natural phenomenon can be observed. (Northern Lights.)
9. Which river can fly? (Rivers Crow, Magpie.)
10. In which country is one of the seven wonders of the world - the world famous pyramids? (In Egypt.)
11. What city has a name that matches the name of a bird of prey? (Eagle.)
12. Which city is named after the shape of the bay on the shore of which this city is located? The bay, by its shape, resembles the horn of a large herbivore. (Taganrog.)
13. There is a city in our country, the name of which is the most beloved and affectionate word for any person. (Mom City.)
14. Which city is crawling? (Uzhgorod.)
15. Name the smallest and coldest ocean. (Arctic.)
16. Which peninsula complains about its small size? (Yamal.)
17. What island can be worn on the head? (Sombrero.)
18. The name of which state coincides with the name of the headdress? (Panama.)
19. What kind of cape can dig a garden? (Shovel.)
20. What season is it in South America and in Australia in July? (Winter.)
21. This is the only continent in the world on which there is absolutely no vegetation. (Antarctica.)
22. The contours of which country on the map resemble a boot? (Italy.)
23. Only on this continent marsupials live. In addition, there is only one state here. (Australia.)
24. Home of football and basketball. (England.)
26. The station in Siberia, which has the "coldest" name? (Station Zima.)
27. What city in Russia is called the Venice of the North, since, like the Italian city of Venice, it is located on several dozen islands? (Saint Petersburg.)
28. Once an unusual rain poured down on one of the US cities: pebbles, algae and even frogs fell from the sky! What natural phenomenon preceded such a "rain"? (Tornado.)
29. The natural border between Europe and Asia is located on the territory of our country. Do you know where this border is? (Across the Ural Mountains.)
30. Where should a house be built so that all its windows face north? (At the South Pole.)
31. Which continent is washed by all four oceans? (Eurasia.)
32. People give very interesting names to rivers, cities and lakes. Often these names are associated with the names of people. Name the people on the map. (The cities of Anna, Lida, the Lena and Yana rivers, the city of Vladimir, Lake Victoria.)
33. The deepest lake in the world, into which many rivers flow, and only one flows out - the Angara. (Baikal.)
34. With this word we call both a sports complex for swimming, and part earth's surface, from which water is collected along streams and rivers into a larger body of water (lake or river). What is this word? (Swimming pool.)
35. Name the "colored" seas. (Black, White, Red, Yellow.)
1. The name of the science "geography" means
Description of the Earth
2. Geography as a science originated in the Ancient (s)
Greece
3. Greek scientist who called his work on the description of the Earth the word "Geography"
Eratosthenes
4. The path of rotation of the planet around the Sun is called
Orbit.
5. The closest planet to the Sun
Mercury
6. The earth is between the planets
Venus and Mars
7. The smallest length of the orbit has
Mercury
8. A day is a consequence
Rotation of the Earth around its axis.
9. A complete revolution of the Earth around the Sun is carried out for:
365 days and 6 hours.
10. A complete revolution of the Earth around its axis is carried out in
24 hours.
11. In a leap year, the number of days in
February.
12. The earth's axis is located at an angle to the plane of the orbit:
66.5°
13. The largest angle of incidence of sunlight twice a year is observed in the area
Equator
14. Determining your location relative to the sides of the horizon is called:
Orientation.
15. The angle between the direction to the north, and to some object of the terrain is called:
Azimuth.
16. Azimuth 360° points to
North
17. Azimuth 90° is directed to
East.
18. Azimuth 180° is directed to
South.
19. Azimuth 270° is directed to
West.
20. If your route was directed in azimuth 90 °, then you need to return in azimuth
270°
21. Azimuth 315° is directed to
Northwest.
22. Azimuth 135° is directed to
South-east.
23. Azimuth 225° is directed to
South-west.
24. The scale, written in the form of fractional numbers, is called
numerical
25. The scale recorded with an explanation (for example, 1 cm - 100 m) is called
Named
26. Scale value 1: 1000 on the plan, length 10 cm. Determine the length of the object on the ground:
100m
27. On the plan, the length of the object is 6cm, on the ground 60m. Determine the scale
1: 1000
28. Topographic maps have a scale:
From 1:10,000 to 1:1,000,000.
29. Device for measuring relative height
Level
30. The excess of one point on the earth's surface over another is called
relative height.
31. Contours are lines connecting points with the same readings
Heights
32. Surveying the area, carried out from one point, is called
Polar
33. Natural object having an absolute height below sea level
Karagie
34. More faithfully conveys the shape of the Earth
the globe
35. A line conventionally drawn from one pole of the Earth to another is called
Meridian
36. Lines conditionally drawn parallel to the equator are called
Parallels
37. Equator Length
40000km.
38. The length of 1 ° arc of the equator and the meridian is approximately equal to
111km.
39. Between points A and B located on the equator - 7 °, what distance in kilometers separates them
»777km.
40. Between points A and B located on one of the meridians "333 km. How many degrees separate them
3°
41. Geographic latitude poles is
90°
42. The capital of Kazakhstan has
North latitude and east longitude.
43. The group of general geographic includes a map
Topographic
44. Traveling along the parallel will be the most protected.
0°
45. The smallest circumference has a parallel
80°
46. On a scale of 1: 5000 and larger,
Plans
47. Layered coloring on physical maps portray
Relief
48. A forecast map of the distribution of mineral deposits in Kazakhstan was created
Satpaeva
49. Least distortion on a map displaying...
Mangystau region
50. Less distortion contains a map covering
Luxembourg
51. The earth's crust and part of the upper mantle form
Lithosphere.
52. outer layer the structure of the earth is called
Earth's crust
53. The earth's crust under the plains has a thickness
30-40 km.
54. The earth's crust under the mountains has a thickness
70-80 km.
55. The lithospheric plate is
Large blocks of the earth's crust are slowly moving
56. Lithospheric plates move relative to each other during the year on average by
2-5cm.
57. Long and narrow oceanic depressions are called
Gutter.
58. Rocks formed as a result of precipitation of mineral particles are called
Sedimentary.
59. Rocks that have undergone changes under the influence of high temperatures and pressure are called
Metamorphic
60. The highest mountains on Earth
Himalayas.
61. The process of changing rocks under the influence of external forces is called
weathering.
62. A plain with a height of up to 200m belongs to
Lowlands
63. A plain with a height of 200m to 500m is called
Elevation.
64. A plain with a height above 500m is called
Plateau.
65. The deepest chute
marian
66. Metamorphic rock
Quartzite
67. Chemical sedimentary rock
Rock salt
68. The region of Kazakhstan, located in the seismic zone
Almaty
69. The movement of the earth's crust is recorded by the device
Seismograph
70. Cup-shaped recess on the top of the volcano
Crater
71. Volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula
Klyuchevskaya Sopka
72. Mountains dividing Europe and Asia
Ural
73. Mountains are low
Saryarka
74. Mountains have been weathered to a greater extent
Ural
75. The largest lowland on the globe
Amazonian
76. Device for determining depths
echo sounder
77. The sound from the ship returned in the form of an echo after 6 seconds, which means that the depth at this point in the ocean is
4500 m
78. Most of the ocean floor is occupied
Hollows
79. Plain formed by river sediments
Indo-Gangetic lowlands
80. From the listed plains, choose a lowland
Caspian
81. The air shell of the Earth is called
atmosphere
82. Near the earth's surface there is a layer of the atmosphere, which is called
Troposphere.
83. Normal atmospheric pressure is considered to be at a latitude of 45 °, an altitude of 0 m above sea level
760mmHg
84. The highest temperature during the day is observed
At 14 - 15 hours
85. When indicated: time 1 hour, temperature +5°C, 7 hours - (minus) 2°C, 13 hours + 10°C, 19 hours +9°C, the average daily temperature is
+5.5°С
86. Above sea level + 24 ° С, what will be the temperature at an altitude of 3 km
+6°С
87. Fog forms
Before sunrise
88. Clouds consisting of small ice crystals and formed high above the earth's surface are called
cirrus
89. Precipitation typical in summer for the territory of Kazakhstan
Dew
90. Of the above, the largest amount of precipitation falls in the area
Hawaiian Islands
91. The highest evaporation rates are typical for areas
Northern and southern tropics
92. With an uneven distribution of atmospheric pressure,
Wind
93. Light wind blowing on the coast and changing direction 2 times a day
Breeze
94. On the Pacific coast of Eurasia, changing direction 2 times a year, blowing
Monsoon
95. Large volumes of air in the troposphere, which differ from each other in properties, are called
By air masses
96. The longest day in the northern hemisphere
June, 22
97. June 22 sets the polar day on the line
Arctic Circle
98. The day of the autumn equinox in the northern hemisphere is considered
23 September
99. March 21 the sun is at its zenith on the line
Equator
100. The space of the earth's surface between 23.5? s.sh and 23.5? S belong to
hot belt
101. The climate is called
Long-term weather regime characteristic of a certain area
102. Instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure
Barometer
103. At point A, located at a height of 200m, the atmospheric pressure is - 740mm, which is equal to the pressure at point B, if it is at a height of 400m:
720mm.
104. The highest daily temperature is plus + 7 ° C, the lowest is minus 2 ° C, which means that the amplitude is
9°C
105. A device that determines the direction of the winds
Vane
106. A device that determines relative humidity
Hygrometer
107. On the southern tropic the sun is at its zenith
Dec 22.
108. Parallel 23.5° S called
Southern Tropic.
109. The equatorial climatic zone is located between the zones
Subequatorial.
110. UK climate
Nautical
111. Climate of the Japanese Islands
monsoonal
112. Water on planet Earth forms
hydrosphere
10 QUESTIONS ON THE GEOGRAPHY OF RUSSIA
1. Russia is the largest country in the world in terms of area. Where is located most of territory of Russia?
IN EAST EUROPE AND NORTH ASIA
The European part of the country occupies about 23% of the area. Its borders are the Ural Mountains, the border with Kazakhstan and the Kuma and Manych rivers.
The Asian part of Russia, which occupies about 77% of the territory, lies to the east of the Urals and is also called Siberia (however, the exact definition of the boundaries of Siberia is a controversial issue) and the Far East.
Russia map, European and Asian map
2. How many subjects are there in the Russian Federation?
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION CONSISTS OF 85 SUBJECTS
Subject Russian Federation or abbreviated subject of the federation - the name of the territorial unit in the Russian Federation. According to the 1993 Russian Constitution, Russia is federal state and consists of equal subjects of the Russian Federation. In total - 85 subjects. Of these, 22 republics, 9 territories, 46 regions, 3 federal cities, 1 autonomous region, 4 autonomous districts.
Subjects of the Russian Federation on the map
3. How many time zones are there in Russia?
11 TIME ZONES
Time in Russia is regulated federal law"On the calculation of time", in accordance with which, since October 26, 2014, 11 time zones have been established.
Map of time zones of Russia 2015
Infographics: aif.ru
4. How many countries border Russia?
18 STATES
Russia recognizes the presence of borders with 18 states: Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia, North Korea, Japan and the United States, as well as partially recognized by the Republic of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
5. How many rivers and lakes are there in Russia?
MORE THAN 2.8 MILLION RIVERS
There are more than 2.8 million rivers in Russia with a total length of 12.4 million km. Most of these rivers are relatively small and their length is usually no more than 100 kilometers. But as for the big rivers, they are truly huge and reach shocking sizes. Read more about the largest rivers in Russia - read here.
∼ 2,747,997 LAKES
There are 2,747,997 lakes in Russia with a total area of 408,856 km (excluding the Caspian Sea). largest lake- Caspian Sea. Of the lakes in the traditional sense, the largest in terms of area are Baikal (31,722 km²), Ladoga (17,872 km²), Onega (9,693 km²) and Taimyr (4,560 km²), and in terms of volume Baikal (23,516 km³), Ladoga (838 km³) , Onega (292 km³) and Khantayskoye (82 km³), while about 96% of all lake water reserves are concentrated only in eight largest lakes, of which 95.2% falls on Baikal alone. About the most beautiful lakes in Russia according to our magazine - read here.
Volga river
Volga River, Photo: IvanT
6. How many seas washes Russia?
RUSSIA IS WASHED BY 1 CLOSED SEA AND 13 SEAS BELONGING TO THREE OCEANS
Seas Atlantic Ocean washing Russia:
Baltic Sea
Black Sea
Sea of Azov
The seas of the Arctic Ocean washing Russia:
Barents Sea
Pechora Sea
White Sea
Kara Sea
Laptev sea
East-Siberian Sea
Chukchi Sea
The seas of the Pacific Ocean washing Russia:
Bering Sea
Sea of Okhotsk
Japanese Sea
Enclosed seas washing Russia:
Caspian Sea
Caspian Sea
Sunset over the Caspian Sea, shot from Space
7. How many people live in Russia?
OVER 146 MILLION PEOPLE
Russia is considered the most big country in the world in terms of the size of its own territory, but as for the population, here our homeland is still not in the first place ...
According to the last census, which took place in 2012, the total number of inhabitants in the Russian Federation is 143,142,000 people, and according to these data, our country ranks only ninth in the world (most people live in China - more than one billion).
According to estimates for 2105, the population of the country is - 146,267,288 million people
And yet the Russian Federation is the most populated state in Europe. The average density is 8.36 people per square kilometer, but the fact is that the population density is extremely unevenly distributed. So, about 80 percent of our compatriots live in the European part of the country, which makes up only 23% of the entire territory of the Russian Federation. If the population density, say, in Chukotka is 0.07 inhabitants per square km, then in Moscow, the capital of our country, the figures are completely different - about 4,700 people per square km!
8. How many federal districts are there in Russia?
9 COUNTRIES
All subjects of the Russian Federation are united into nine federal districts.
The legal basis for the creation of federal districts of the Russian Federation is the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated May 13, 2000 No. 849 O authorized representative President of the Russian Federation in the federal district.
In accordance with this Decree, seven federal districts were formed:
Central (administrative center - Moscow)
Yuzhny (administrative center - Rostov-on-Don)
Severo-Zapadny (administrative center - St. Petersburg)
Far East (administrative center - Khabarovsk)
Siberian (administrative center - Novosibirsk)
Ural (administrative center - Yekaterinburg)
Privolzhsky (administrative center - Nizhny Novgorod)
In 2010 from the South federal district The North Caucasian Federal District was separated. He became the eighth (administrative center - Pyatigorsk).
By the decree of President Vladimir Putin dated March 21, 2014, the ninth federal district, Crimean, was formed. (administrative center - Simferopol)
Federal districts of Russia
There is no Crimean district on the map of districts - an old map.
9. How many cities are there in Russia?
1113 CITIES
As of October 10, 2015, the number of cities in the Russian Federation increased to 1113, since in accordance with the law of the Amur Region dated September 29, 2015 No. 578-OZ "On the transformation of the village of Uglegorsk in the Amur Region", the urban-type settlement of Uglegorsk is being transformed into the city of Tsiolkovsky.
However, it belongs to the so-called closed cities of Russia (ZATO). After all, it is here that the full-scale construction of the Vostochny cosmodrome is underway. The Vostochny cosmodrome will be located near the Svobodny cosmodrome, which was disbanded in 2007. About the closed cities of Russia - read here.
The largest cities in Russia are:
Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan, Samara, Chelyabinsk, Omsk, Rostov-on-Don, Ufa, Krasnoyarsk, Perm, Volgograd, Voronezh.
Cosmodrome Vostochny
Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Vostochny Cosmodrome, October 14, 2015
10. The highest/lowest point in Russia
ELBRUS / CASPIAN SEA
Elbrus is the highest mountain peak in Russia and Europe, included in the list the highest peaks Planet "Seven Peaks". (5642 meters above sea level) What you need to know about Elbrus - read here. Also, I recommend the article - “5 most high mountains Russia"
The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed body of water on Earth, which can be classified as the largest closed lake, or as a full-fledged sea, due to its size, and also due to the fact that its bed is folded the earth's crust ocean type. Located at the crossroads of Europe and Asia.
The lowest point in Russia is located far to the south - near the Caspian Sea, where absolute marks on the Caspian lowland reach -28 meters! In other words, this territory is located almost thirty meters below the level of the oceans. Of course, it is far from the absolute champion - the Dead Sea, which lies another 400 meters below the ocean shores, but the height of a nine-story building is also a lot.
The Caspian lowland was once the bottom of a vast sea, the memory of which we have left the vast Caspian.
Extracurricular work in geography: Entertaining geographical questions.
Quizzes, crosswords, literary tasks, riddles, rebuses, puzzle.
Geographic assignments using literary works.
1. In E. Rumyantsev's poem "Guess" we read:
If there are lips on the map,
If it has noses,
So somewhere in between
Located ... ... mustache!
Look on the map of Russia for the famous "lips", "nose" and "mustache".
Answer: Lips: Onega Bay, Dvinskaya, Mezenskaya - the White Sea; Tazovskaya, Gydanskaya, Obskaya - Kara Sea; Penzhinskaya, Yanskaya, Udskaya - Sea of Okhotsk;
Capes: Svyatoi Nos - on the Kola Peninsula, Kanin Nos - on the Kanin Peninsula, Beluga Nos - on half of Yamal; The rivers with the name Us and Usa are tributaries of the Yenisei, Pechora and Tom.
2. Near Pechora, near the river where reindeer herders live
And the fishermen are fishing.
The city is located - the center of the national district. Its name is translated as Red City. Name it.
Answer : Naryan - Mar
3. What large Siberian region, on the territory of which geologists have recently made outstanding discoveries, is spoken about in the poems of the poet I. Molchanov? What minerals are rich in this area?
I saw how the grain was being transported by cars,
Heard how light the earth sings
In the granaries of distant Ishim,
In the golden Ust-Lamensky fields.
Was at the site of the battle of Ermakova,
I heard the beating of a new life
There, on the "wild bank of the Irtysh" ....
With Khanty in Silver Altynka
I caught gapped sterlets,
I saw how the taiga was drowning in a haze,
I saw the work and courage of people.
Answer: Tyumen region with its oil and gas reserves.
- I have to go to Yerofei Pavlovich. And you?
Me - in the city of his name.
In that case, I should leave early.
Whom or what were the interlocutors talking about?
Answer: The Erofey Pavlovich station in the Amur Region and the city of Khabarovsk are named after E.P. Khabarova.
5. Winter here is “the most quiet, clear, dry and stable of the local climatic periods…. There are no drastic weather changes in winter. The cold rises and falls in smooth and large swings. The day differs little in temperature from the night. Winds are almost non-existent…. They are so weak here that they are not able to shake the forests, dressed in thick robes of snow, which stand white and motionless all winter, like frozen river foam. Indestructible silence reigns everywhere, calmness, silence. Everything froze, froze, turned into ice….Even the vault of the sky seems to be a dome carved from ice. It is pale, transparent and for whole weeks no cloud spots or clouds are visible on it .... " (V. Seroshevsky).
To which region of our homeland does this description of winter refer?
Answer: Eastern Siberia. In winter, the Siberian anticyclone sets up here, the effect of which is described.
Quiz "Ural Gems"
1. There is a mineral in nature that bears a human name. Name it.
Answer: The mineral alexandrite
2. . In nature, there is a beautiful mineral, the “name” of which was included in the title of the story of the famous Russian writer A.I. Kuprin. Name this stone.
Answer: It is granite. The story of A.I. Kuprin "Garnet bracelet".
Puzzle "Arithmetic and cities of Russia"
1. Your task is quite simple: you need to add the words below and in total get the name of any Russian city. In this case, it is allowed to rearrange the letters within one "example".
1. CUS + CRIT =? 6. SHAFT + STOCK + DIVO = ?
2. BRIDGE + KORA =? 7. BAR + ULAN = ?
3. YAK + BUSH =? 8. CONTRACT + H =?
4. THIEF + GAD + GOAL =? 9. FAUCET + P + SODA \u003d?
5. STO + lacquer = ? 10. BORIS + GLEB + JUICE =?
Answers: 1. Irkutsk 6. Vladivostok
2. Kostroma 7. Barnaul
3. Yakutsk 8. Novgorod
4. Volgograd 9. Krasnoyarsk
5. Kotlas 10. Borisoglebsk
Crosswords
1.
Horizontally
1. Transport serving foreign trade in Russia
6. Science studying the stars.
7. 1. The main processing industry in the agro-industrial complex (Food)
9. The cheapest transport in the transportation of passengers
11. In what country is the city of Kommunar located?
13. The only type of power plant that generates solid waste (thermal)
Vertically
2. Transfer of military enterprises to the production of civilian products
3. Type of power plants that are built longer and more expensive than all the others (Hydraulic)
4. What potential is the leading factor in the placement of machine-building enterprises
5. a center that unites scientific institutions with science-intensive industrial enterprises
8. Production links between enterprises that jointly manufacture certain products
10. ... complex - a set of industries that produce a variety of machines
Answers:
2. Seas of Russia 
Puzzles:
1.
Answer: Map
2.
Answer: Capital
3.
Answer: Russia
4.
Answer: Baikal
5.
Answer: City
Puzzles
1. The main city of the state,
Though republics, though kingdoms.
This is where ingenuity comes in handy:
Here is Moscow, it is ...
(Capital.)
2. With this city
Others can't compare.
He is the head of the country
It's called...
(Capital.)
3. Territories of the country
You guys should know
To write letters to everyone,
To send parcels.
There are Ryazan, Tver,
And what is yours like?
(Region.)
Questions of entertaining geography:
1. A Russian traveler, scientist, researcher of the life of the peoples of one distant island, was not only a wonderful naturalist, but also a talented artist. His landscape sketches and portraits have not lost their scientific value to this day. Consider the picture from the diary of this traveler and name his name? What research did he devote his life to?
Answer: Nikluho - Maclay. He proved that the Papuans and other peoples of Oceania are not inferior to Europeans in their moral qualities. He believed that racial differences among peoples arise under the influence of nature and living conditions.
2. What lake is shown in the picture?
Answer: Lake Baikal
3. The figure shows the coat of arms of the smallest union republic of the former USSR. Which? What mountain is depicted on the coat of arms?
Answer: Armenia, Mount Ararat
4. From a journalist's diary: “Finally, for the first time in several days, the clouds have dispersed, and we have seen the night sky in all its beauty. The first thought that came to my mind was to find a bucket that I knew Ursa Major. But no matter how I turned my head, it was not there. I did not find other constellations decorating our Moscow sky. Nor was the North Star visible.
What hemisphere was the journalist in?
Answer: The journalist was in the southern hemisphere, and therefore did not see the North Star.
Geographic "champions".
2. The most transparent sea. (Weddell Sea)
3. The largest (Caspian)
4. The coldest (East Siberian and Beaufort in the Arctic Ocean, Bering and Okhotsk in pacific ocean and off the coast of Antarctica)
5. The highest land "sleeping" volcano in the world is ACONCAGUA in the South American Andes (6960m).
6. A "dormant" volcano is called a Japanese volcano, which one? (Fujiyama)
7. Most deep well on Earth, is it? (On the Kola Peninsula in Russia)
8. Although, as they sing in the song, “nature has no bad weather, all weather is grace,” we venture to say that the place of “worst weather” should be considered Janmayen Island, located in the North Atlantic between Norway and Greenland. Why?
Answer: Here, at the junction of the warm North Atlantic and cold polar currents, cyclones and storms do not subside. For the whole year there are on average only three days of relatively tolerable weather.
References:
1. Makartsev L.V., Kuskov A.S. Extracurricular work on the economic and social geography of Russia, OAO Publishing House Lyceum, Saratov, 2001,
2. Nagorny B.A. Interesting geographic questions. Publishing house "Enlightenment", Moscow, 1968
3. Scarlato G. Entertaining geography for children and adults. Publishing house "Alterpress", Kiev, 1996.
