Geography and Maps
How much of the planet (Earth) is covered in water?
What is 70%?
Geography is the study of....
What is Earth and Earth's surface?
What is the equator?
Lines that run vertically (up and down) are called?
What is line of longitude?
How many continents are there?
What is seven continents?
A person who studies the Earth and its features is called a?
What is a geographer?
This is an imaginary line that runs north to south or vertically.
What is the prime meridian?
This provides actual distances from one location to another. Travelers use map scales to figure out the actual length and time of their trips.
What is a map scale?
Name the continents
What is Asia, Australia, Africa, Antarctica, North America, South America, and Europe.
This is a 3-dimensional model of Earth and this is a flat detailed representation of places on Earth?
What is a globe and a map?
This type of map shows physical features of an area like landforms or major bodies of water.
What is a physical map?
Maps have lines that are numbered in...
What is a degree?
How many oceans are on planet Earth?
What is 5 oceans?
Each half of the world is know as a.....
What is a hemisphere?
These maps show the boundaries between countries, states, or provinces. They may also show major cities found within these areas.
What are political maps?
The art and science of mapmaking is known as....
What is cartography?
Name the oceans
What is Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, and Arctic.
What is a continent?
A large landmass or large body of land
This shows the direction on a map like north, south, east, and west.
What is a compass rose?
This man traveled all around the world and he is also known as one of the founders of modern geography.
Who is Alexander von Humboldt?