Vocabulary 1
Calm, peaceful
pacific
producing crops easily
fertile
The direction the sun rises in the...
east
Name all the major oceans
Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic
Name of the largest continents
Asia and Africa
Not too hot, not too cold
temperate
a description of the boundaries of the states and regions, the location of the cities and towns, and other aspects of human society that have to do with geography
political map
The equator is _______ degrees
0
There ______ continents
7
Where is the largest desert located and what is it called?
Africa
Sahara
the line around which a body rotates
axis
a longitude line
meridian
Where does the Prime Meridian run through
North of the equator
Tropic of Cancer
a description of the formations of the earth (mountains, valleys, rivers, lakes,etc)
physical map
the imaginary line used by mapmakers to indicate a distance north or south of the equator
latitude
South of the equator
Tropic of Capricorn
The tallest mountain
Mount Everest
Name two benefits of volcanoes
-ash makes land fertile
- obsidian
a narrow strip of land, having water on each side that connects to large bodies of land
isthmus
dry, level grasslands with few to no trees
steppe
Longitude run from ______ to _________
1. East to West
2. North to South