Vocabulary
The height of land above sea level
What is elevation.
List the five themes of geography.
What is Movement, Region, Human/Environment Interaction, Location, and Place?
Cuba is 90 miles south of Florida.
What is relative location.
Type of map used to find the largest country in South America.
What is a political map?
Half of the earth.
What is hemisphere?
The mnemonic device we use to remember the five themes.
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In the midwest, there are very large fields and very large farms. The people who live there could say they live in a farming ____________.
What is region?
Type of map used to find the elevation of Africa.
What is a physical map?
What are latitude lines?
How many continents are there in the world?
What is 7?
In Venice, Italy, people use boats called gondolas to travel through the canals.
What is movement.
What is a thematic map?
The starting point for measuring longitude.
What is the prime meridian?
What is the largest ocean in the world?
What is the Pacific Ocean?
Using solar power to create energy.
What is human environment interaction
What is a globe?
A material that can be used to produce crops or other products.
What is a resource?
Name one continent entirely in the southern hemisphere.
What is Australia or Antarctica?
Paris, France is 48 degrees North latitude and 2 degrees East longitude.
What is absolute location.
Part of a map that explains the meaning of the symbols on a map.
What is a key?