Bodies of Land
What continent do we live on?
North America
What are the four Hemispheres?
Northern hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, Eastern hemisphere, Western Hemisphere
What is the biggest Continent?
Asia
What are the cardinal directions?
North, South, East, West
The study of Earth and the places you live is called?
Geography
What country do we live in?
United States
Name five physical features on a map.
Mountain, Hill, Valley, lake, ocean, volcano, canyon, Plateau, etc.
What is a large body of salt water that surrounds a continent?
An Ocean
What are intermediate directions?
Directions that fall between cardinal directions. (Northwest, northeast, southwest, southeast)
A map that shows the natural features of a place (mountains, rivers, etc)
Physical Map
What state and county do we live in?
Missouri and Cass County
What are imaginary lines that runs north to south and is measured in degrees?
Latitude
Name the seven continents.
North America, South America, Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia, Antartica
The __________ divides the northern and southern hemisphere.
Equator
What is absolute location? Give an example.
Absolute location is the EXACT location of a place.
ex: Latitude/longitude or an address
What city do we live in?
Belton
What are imaginary lines that runs from east to west on a map and labeled with degrees?
Longitude
Name the five oceans.
Pacific, Indian, Arctic, Atlantic, Southern Oceans
The ____________ divides the western and eastern hemisphere.
Prime Meridian
What is relative location? Give an example.
Relative location is a description of where something is.
Example: Our house is south of the middle school and around the corner from the grocery store.
Order the following body of lands from biggest to smallest: County, Continent, State, Country, City
Continent, country, state, county, city
Where would you look to find out how distances on a map compare to the actual distances on the land?
On the map key
Name the three countries that make up most of North America's land mass.
This theme can be considered specific/absolute (GPS) or relative (like a street address)
Location
What is a circle showing the principal directions printed on a map or chart.
Compass rose