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The Continent that we live on
Asia
What shape is the earth?
a sphere
What is a hemisphere?
half a sphere
Formed when soil is deposited at the mouth of a river. It is usually shaped like a triangle.
What is a delta
What is an ocean?
largest body of salt water
A low area between ranges of mountains or hills.
valley
What is a compass rose?
a small drawing on a map that shows direction
The number of oceans on earth
5
The Intermediate directions are?
Northeast
Northwest
Southeast
Southwest
These are cardinal directions
North
South
East
West
The Northern most point on the globe is called this
North Pole
A body of water, sometimes part of a sea or an ocean, that cuts into a mass of land.
gulf
The number of continents
7
Line that splits the globe into Northern and Southern Hemispheres
Equator
Invisible Line that splits the globe into eastern and western hemispheres
Prime Meridian
The patterns of horizontal and vertical lines that crisscross are called...
latitude and longitude
The Study of the world around us and its people is called:
Geography
What do we call a mapmaker?
a cartographer
Name the 4 Key features every map needs
1) Title
2) Key/legend
3) Scale
4) Compass Rose
Land surrounded by water on 3 sides
peninsula
A continent is:
A large mass of land
Symbols
What is a key/legend?
something that tells what each symbol on the map stands for
Name the 5 oceans
Arctic, Indian, Southern, Atlantic, Pacific
List the continents
North America
South America
Europe
Asia
Australia
Antarctica
These lines run from west to east and are parallel to the equator
lines of latitude
This imaginary line is located a 0 degrees and runs East/West
The Equator
This runs North/South and is 0 degrees
What is Prime Meridian
These lines run north to south and measure the distance east or west of the Prime Meridian
lines of longitude
Landforms such as mountains, river, plains, deserts, etc. are known as....
physical features