DEFINITIONS
MAPS
GLOBE
FUN FACTS
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100
the study of the Earth's surface and the relationships between people and their environments
What is Geographjy?
100
North, South, east, West
What are cardinal directions?
100
The equator divides the globe into these 2 parts.
What is the northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere?
100
Finish this phrase:
If the sun rises in the east, it sets in the ________.
What is west?
100
This word "grapho" means _____________.
What is to write?
200
a three-dimensional representation of a person or thing, typically on a smaller scale than the original.
What is a globe?
200
Texas is a part of this region.
What is the Southwest region?
200
This ocean covers 25% of the Earth's surface.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
200
The earth contains these two things.
What are continents and oceans?
200
What is a compass?
300
a drawing that shows the location of places and areas in relation to each other
What is a map?
300
The use of lines, letters, and numbers to locate objects on a map
What is a grid?
300
This continent is home to the Amazon river.
What is South Anerica?
300
Only this city is located at 30 degrees N, 90 degrees W
What is New Orleans?
300
a line of longitude that runs through Greenwich, England
What is Prime Meridian?
400
an imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres
What is the equator?
400
The opposite of the North Pole.
What is the South Pole?
400
These imaginary lines are also known as parallels.
What is latitude?
400
This city is NOT a part of ANY region.
What is DC?
400
What is a model/ globe?
500
imaginary lines that run from the North Pole to the South Pole
What are longitude?
500
The RELATIONSHIP between a distance on the map and actual distance on the ground
What is scale?
500
the number of continents
What is 7?
500
a plane went down in this ocean.
What is the Indian Ocean?
500
This continent is cover by 99% ice.
What is Antarctica?