Conducted in person. For 10th and 11th graders, the tasks are often combined and require a deep understanding of the entire school geography course, including political maps, global international relations, and complex physical geography. Key Task Types for 10th Grade

Analyzing the political map of the world, state structures, and the impact of international relations.

Tasks often require analyzing cause-and-effect relationships and integrating knowledge from different geographical fields:

Understanding forces like the Coriolis force and identifying where its effect is strongest (e.g., at high latitudes like Alaska).

Identifying famous geographers and their discoveries (e.g., reaching the South Pole or exploring Central Asia).

Conducted online in a distance format. It typically includes tasks like identifying countries based on characteristics or matching rocks (e.g., basalt, gypsum, gneiss) to their properties.