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Vocabulary
Double Vocabulary
True/False
Geography
Oceans
100
The major land areas on Earth are called _______. There are seven of these.
continents
100
A row of connected mountains is called...
A Mountain Range.
100
True/False: All places in the Southern Hemisphere have south latitude numbers.
True.
100
The four cardinal directions are...
North, East, South, West
100
This ocean lies on the coast of California:
What is the Pacific Ocean.
200
A tool on a map that shows directions.
What is a compass?
200
What is the name for the 0 degree latitude line called a "parallel"?
The Equator.
200
True/False: Southwest is an intermediate direction.
True.
200
The Prime Meridian is the line at ___ degrees longitude.
0
200
This ocean lies on the coast of New Jersey:
What is the Atlantic Ocean.
300
Any half of the world is called...
A hemisphere.
300
What is the name for the 0 degree longitude line called a "meridian"?
The Prime Meridian.
300
A delta forms at the mouth of the river.
True.
300
One side of the this represents the distance on the map, while the other side represents the true distances of objects in real life.
What is a map scale?
300
The ______ Ocean lies around the North Pole.
Arctic
400
A physical feature on Earth such as a delta, or plain is called...
A landform
400
A sphere that is a model of Earth and most accurately represents it.
What is a globe?
400
The United States is East of the Prime Meridian.
False, it is West.
400
What are the seven continents?
Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia.
400
How much of the Earth is covered by water?
Three-fourths or 75%.
500
The study of our physical world and how we interact with it.
What is geography?
500
This landform forms when soil is deposited at the mouth of a river. It is usually shaped like a triangle.
What is a delta?
500
Longitude is the distance East to West of the Prime Meridian.
False. Latitude is the distance East to West of the Prime Meridian.
500
The name of the ocean that lies below Asia and to the right of Africa.
What is the Indian Ocean?
500
Name all of the Earth's oceans:
The Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and Arctic.