Geography Terms
A large natural stream that runs through land.
What is a river?
The Nile River is located on this continent.
What is Africa?
This imaginary line divides the Earth into Northern and Southern hemispheres.
What is the equator?
This imaginary line divides the Earth into East and West.
What is the Prime Meridian?
A flat, sweeping grassy landmass that generally does not change in elevation.
What is a plain?
A piece of land almost surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water.
What is a peninsula?
The Himalayas are located on this continent.
What is Asia?
These 2 imaginary lines mark the furthest north and south where the sun appears directly overhead.
What are the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn?
Lines of longitude are also known as this.
What are meridians?
This mountain range is located in South America.
What are the Andes?
A book of maps
What is an atlas?
This mountain range runs through a large part of the North American Continent.
What are the Rocky Mountains (Rockies)?
Latitude is measured in numbers (blank) through (blank).
What are 0 and 90?
Longitude is measured in numbers (blank) through (blank).
What are 0 and 180?
This is a river that flows into a larger river.
What is a tributary?
Shows the physical features of Earth, like rivers, mountains, lakes, etc.
What is a physical map?
This river begins in Minnesota and ends in Louisiana.
What is the Mississippi River?
If I am standing at 0, 120E then I am standing on this line.
Longitude is described by these 2 cardinal directions.
What are East and West?
If I am at latitude 90S, then I am probably standing on this continent.
What is Antarctica?
What is a political map?
This mountain range is located in Eurasia.
What are the Urals?
Lines of latitude are also known as this.
What are parallels?
The Prime Meridian is also known as this. (It goes through this town!)
What is the Greenwich Line? (England)
This major line of latitude is at 66N and is known for being very cold.
What is the Arctic Circle?