Geography
a. map
b. globe
c. legend
legend
A narrow body of water that connects two large bodies of water is called a
a. strait
b. peninsula
c. lake
strait
A body of land that is surrounded by water on three sides is a _______________.
peninsula
A group of many islands is a(n)
a. key
b. plateau
c. archipelago
d. canyon
archipelago
The imaginary line that splits the world into Northern and Southern hemispheres is the
a. prime meridian
b. equator
c. tropic of cancer
equator
The lines of latitude
a. never touch
b. are parallel to the equator and to each other
c. look like the letter H
d. Both a and b are correct
d.
The prime meridian separates the
a. eastern and western hemispheres
b. northern and southern hemispheres
a. eastern and western hemispheres
Lines of longitude run in which direction on a map?
north and south
Someone who makes maps is a
a. meteorologist
b. geologist
c. cartographer
c. cartographer
Which land biome receives less than 25 cm of rain each year?
a. rain forest
b. desert
c. grassland
desert
Which biome has the lowest annual temperature?
a. rain forest
b. grassland
c. tundra
c. tundra
A map that shows human made features such as borders, states and countries is a
a. political map
b. product map
c. road map
political
A physical map shows the location and
a. grasslands
b. wetlands
c. topography
d. natural resources
c. topography
Which book would show where Africa is located?
a. thesaurus
b. dictionary
c. glossary
d. atlas
d. atlas
What is the study of the earth?
a. oceanology
b. geography
c. biology
b. geography
Name the 5 oceans.
Atlantic, Pacific, Indian,
Southern, Arctic
Name the 7 continents.
N. America, S. America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and Antarctic
What city does the prime meridian run through?
a. London, England
b. Cape Town, South Africa
C. Greenwich, England
c.
A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land masses is called
a. isthmus
b. island
c. inlet
a. isthmus
A piece of land high above sea level with a steep side is a
a. delta
b. plateau
c. canyon
b. plateau
Triangular piece of land at the mouth of a river is a
a. delta
b. island
c. lake
a. delta
A deep valley with steep sides is a
a. canyon
b. plateau
c. mountain
a. canyon
An ocean is a
a. body of water surrounded by land
b. large body of salt water
c. large body of fresh water
b.
Raised land that is smaller than a mountain is a __________.
hill
Low land that lies between mountains or hills is called a ________________.
valley