Vocabulary 1
An imaginary circle around the Earth dividing it into Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere
What is the Equator?
A symbol on a map that shows the cardinal directions
What is a compass rose?
Seven very large bodies of land on Earth
What are the continents?
A continent entirely in the Northern Hemisphere, includes the countries if Canada, the United States, and Mexico
What is North America
The largest and deepest ocean lying between Asia, Australia, and the Americas
What is the Pacific Ocean?
Elevated land with steep, sloping sides and a peak
What is a mountain?
The Nile River
What is the longest river in the world?
A continent famous for such countries as Spain, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom
What is Europe?
The largest continent in land area and population, includes the countries of China, Japan, and India
What is Asia?
The ocean lying Between Europe and Africa to the east and the Americas to the west
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
A piece of land that sticks out into the water but is still connected to the land
What is a peninsula?
A map that shows locations of the world's countries, their borders, and major cities
What is a political map?
The second largest continent in land area and population, includes the Nile River and Sahara Desert
What is Africa?
A continent mostly located in the Southern Hemisphere, includes the countries of Argentina, Brazil, and Peru.
What is South America?
The ocean that is South of India
What is the Indian ocean?
An imaginary line of zero degrees longitude that divides Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres
What is the Prime Meridian?
A map that shows the shape of features on Earth's surface using contour lines
What is a topographic map?
The coldest, driest, windiest and most Southern continent
What is Antarctica?
This continent is the location of Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world
What is Asia?
The ocean surrounding the North Pole
What is the Arctic Ocean?
A broad area of flat or gently rolling, treeless land
What is a plain (or steppes)?
A map that uses gradient of colors to show landforms on the Earth's surface
What is a relief map?
The southernmost country in the world and closest to Antarctica
What is Chile?
The river that runs through the Brazilian rainforest
What is the Amazon?
This ocean holds the 14,125 islands of Japan
What is the Pacific Ocean?