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It is the science of studying places on Earth
Geography
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The four Directions
Hemi means....
half
Egypt is located in the Southern hemisphere
True/ False
False
in the Northern hemisphere
half of a round shape
hemisphere
Parallels or horizontal lines
Latitudes
To study the earth, the globe is divided into how many hemispheres?
Four
the crossed lines of longitudes and latitudes
grid
Meridians or vertical lines
Longitudes
Egypt is bounded in the north by....
The Mediterranean Sea
where places are near to
Relative location
the exact location of a place
Absolute location
Geographers use numbers or ...... to identify locations on Earth
coordinates
Egypt is below the continent of.......
Europe
The zero degree latitude line that separates the Earth into the Northern hemisphere and the Southern hemisphere.
The Equator
Iran is located in the continent of.........
Asia
Meghalaya receives the maximum amount of
rainfall
the Zero degree longitude that separates the earth into the eastern and western hemispheres
The prime meridian
Gujarat is located at the ___________ _______ part of India.
western most
Maharashtra is bounded by ________in the south
Karnataka and Goa