Latitude/ Longitude
What direction do latitude lines run along the globe?
Horizontal.
(Latitude - Flatitude)
What are the two types of geography?
Human & Physical Geography
What is the total number of continents?
7
True or False
The Earth is split up equally into five hemispheres.
Lines of latitude run horizontally around the globe. What is another name for these lines. (Hint: Think of two lines that never touch each other, what are they called.)
Parallels
What direction do Longitude lines run along the globe?
Horizontal.
What are the four hemispheres?
North, South, East, and West.
(Daily Double)
What is the total number of (named) Oceans?
(For Double, What are they?)
5
(Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, Southern/Antarctic)
True or False
The International Date Line is an imaginary line, located in the Atlantic Ocean, that separates one calendar day from the next.
False (Not where it is located)
Which countries are misrepresented on the Mercator map projection? (Which countries have their sizes shown the most inaccurately.)
The countries closest to the North and South Pole. (Countries further away from the equator.)
What is the name of the horizontal line that sits at 0 degrees called?
The equator.
What does human geography focus on primarily?
Human geography focuses primarily on human culture, population growth, and economic activities. (Rather than natural land forms, weather, etc.)
What ocean is Antarctica exclusively surrounded by?
The Southern Ocean.
(It is the only continent in the world surrounded by only one ocean)
True or False
The Mercator projection makes countries makes countries near the equator disproportionately large.
(Daily Double)
What are the four hemispheres created by the Equator and Prime Meridian)
Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western.
What is the name of the vertical line that sits at 0 degrees?
The Prime Meridian.
What was the name of the man who created the map we have used throughout our lives and where was he from?
Gerardus Mercator and he was from Belgium. (Specifically Norther Belgium, making him Flemish at the time.)
What is the largest ocean?
The Pacific Ocean (Both largest and deepest)
True or False
North America is bordered by both the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean.
True
What is Environmental Determinism? (What does it argue?)
Environmental Determinism is a theory that argues why certain countries/ Regions became stronger than others.
What is the name of the line located at 0 on the equator, and 23.5 degrees south on the Prime Meridian?
The Tropic of Cancer
In what year did Mercator create his map? (Need an attempt but will accept the century)
1569 (16th Century)
How much of the Earth's Oceans have we truly discovered?
Less than 10%.
True or False
For countries in the Northern Hemisphere, the month of July typically results in warmer/ humid temperatures.
True (Southern Hemisphere is opposite)
Why is there a bend in the International Date Line? (Do not need specifics)
Too keep the islands of Tonga, Samoa, Fiji, and Kiribati on the same day as their neighbors.