Land
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Imaginary Lines
More Imaginary Lines and Land
General Knowledge
100
Any one of the earth’s seven large land masses such North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, Antarctica?
What is a continent.
100
A narrow, man-made waterway used for ships or irrigation
What is a canal?
100
An imaginary line of latitude 66° 30’ (66 degrees 30 minutes) south of the equator
What is the Antarctic Circle?
100
An imaginary line of latitude (0°), halfway between the North and South Poles
What is the equator?
100
The country located north of the United States
What is Canada?
200
Half of the earth that includes Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and their waters.
What is the Eastern Hemisphere.
200
A depression or hollow which may or may not contain water, surrounded by higher land
What is a basin?
200
An imaginary line of latitude 66° 30’ north of the equator.
What is the Arctic Circle?
200
The zero meridian from which east and west longitude are measured, passing through London (Greenwich)
What is the Prime Meridian?
200
The height or elevation above sea level?
What is altitude?
300
A long, narrow, land area lying between two areas of higher elevation and usually contains a river or stream.
What is a valley
300
A narrow body of water connecting two larger bodies of water
What is a strait?
300
The distance, measured in degrees, east or west of the prime meridian
What is longitude?
300
An imaginary line of latitude 23° 30’ south of the equator
What is the Tropic of Capricorn?
300
The numerical relationship between an actual distance on the earth and the distance which it represents on a map
What is a scale?
400
An elevated area of mostly level land, sometimes containing deep canyons.
What is a plateau
400
A triangular or fan-shaped area of soil that has been carried downstream and dropped at the river's mouth
What is a delta?
400
The distance, measured in degrees, north or south of the equator
What is latitude?
400
The land bordering the sea
What is a coast?
400
Egypt is a part of this continent.
What is Africa?
500
A group or chain of islands
What is an archipelago?
500
A spot in a desert made fertile by the presence of water.
What is an oasis?
500
An imaginary line of latitude 23° 30’ north of the equator
What is the Tropic of Cancer?
500
Line where the earth's surface and the sky seem to meet
What is the horizon?
500
The continent North America is located in this hemisphere
What is the Western Hemisphere?
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