Themes
What do intersecting lines of latitude and longitude help find on a map? (H2)
absolute location
What parallel line of latitude (0°) separates the Northern and Southern hemispheres? (H2)
The Equator
What type of map shows cities, borders, countries, and important bodies of water? (H8)
A political map
What landform is completely surrounded by water?
an island
When it's winter in the Northern Hemisphere, what season is it in the Southern Hemisphere?
summer
Which theme of geography is about people and their environment? (H12)
human-environment interaction
What pattern is formed by streets and intersecting lines of latitude and longitude? (H2)
g _ _ _
grid
What map shows landforms, elevation, and land cover? (H9)
physical maps
What continent, sometimes called Oceania, is too large to be considered an island?
Australia
How many days does it take the Earth to orbit the Sun?
365 1/4 days
What theme of geography examines how and why people, ideas, and things move from place to place? (H12)
movement
What is the directional indicator on a map called? (H7)
compass rose
What are the international boundaries between countries called?
borders
What ocean covers over 1/3 of the Earth's surface? (R11, R12)
The Pacific Ocean
Which hemisphere is the main focus of 6th grade social studies? (*check your text book cover)
Eastern Hemisphere
This theme of geography refers to a site's unique physical and human features? (H12)
place
What line of longitude runs 180° from the North Pole to the South Pole and separates the Eastern and Western hemispheres? (H2)
The Prime Meridian
What continent, the world's second largest, is also home to our earliest ancestors?
Africa
What landforms are created by rock layers pushing up against each other, forcing the land up in the middle? (H11)
mountains
Lack of rainfall has forced New York to introduce emergency measures to combat what threat?
drought (and wildfires)
What are areas that share common cultural and or physical characteristics? (H12)
regions
What is found at the bottom of the key (or legend) and is used to measure distance between two points on a map? (H7)
scale
What continent has no countries, or borders, and is covered by ice and snow?
Antarctica
What landforms are found in the highest mountains but are disappearing because of climate change? (H11)
glaciers
What makes life possible on Earth?
liquid surface water