What is Geography?
The written description of the Earth
Imaginary line running east to west
Latitude
Small box that shows what the symbols on a map mean
Legend
An example of a peninsula is
A) Italy
B) Japan
C) England
Italy
What direction is Spongebob standing in?
West
What does the Greek word Geo mean?
Earth
Imaginary Circle that cuts the Earth in Half. Hottest spot on Earth.
Equator
Imaginary Circle that passes through North and South Poles
Prime Meridian
Land with very little or no water is called:
Desert
What direction is SpongeBob standing in?
NORTH
What does the Greek word Graph mean?
Writing
Horizontal Bar on a map that shows distance in miles
Scale
Imaginary Line running North and South
Longitude
A large area of land without any mountain ranges is called:
A)Desert
B) Island
C) Plain
Plain
What direction is SpongeBob staying in?
East
A book of Maps is called:
Atlas
Direction that Sun rises
East
What continent do you live on?
North America
A kind of Plain is a
A) Steppe
B) Prairie
C) All of the above
All of the Above
Name the fifth Ocean now that people recognize?
Extra Credit on Test
Southern Ocean
Land surrounded on three sides by water, but connected on the fourth to land is
Peninsula
The end of the Axis (Santa lives at one of them)
Poles
What ocean are you closest to?
Atlantic Ocean
Name all 7 continents
South America
Europe
Asia
Africa
Antarctica
Australia
Name all four oceans
Indian Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Artic Ocean