VOCAB
The study of the physical features of the Earth.
What is Geography?
One half of the Eath.
What is a hemisphere?
A specific region of a state that consists of several cities or towns.
What is a county?
California
What is the West?
Greenland
What is North America?
An imaginary line drawn around the Earth at 0 degrees latitude.
What is the Equator?
Huge land masses found on Earth.
What is a continent?
Large urban areas.
What is a city?
New Mexico
What is the Southwest?
Argentina
What is South America?
An imaginary line drawn around the Earth at 0 degrees longitude.
What is the Prime Meridian?
The largest continent.
What is Asia?
An imaginary line drawn around the Earth that runs from East to West.
What is a line of latitude?
Missouri
What is the Midwest?
Algeria
What is Africa?
A round map that shows land and water.
What is a globe?
The smallest continent.
What is Europe?
An imaginary line drawn around the Earth that runs from North to South.
What is a line of longitude?
Kentucky
What is the Southeast?
Finland
What is Europe?
A person who makes maps.
What is a cartographer?
Sharing a common border.
What is contiguous?
Land areas that include boundaries you can see by looking at a map.
What is a country?
Pennsylvania
What is the Northeast?
India
What is Asia?