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What is the study of Earth's surface, atmosphere, and its features?
Geography
What do you call a round representation of a map
A Globe
The Seven largest bodies of land are called what?
Continents
How many continents are there in the world?
7
People who study Geography are called what?
Geographers
What indicates the direction on a map?
Compass Rose
What are the symbols that represent object or places on a map?
Map key or legend
What are the natural shapes or features of earth?
Landforms
In what continent do you live?
North America?
An area that is hot or dry with little to no rainfall is called?
How can a map key help you read a map?
A map key helps you understand the different symbols on a map and what they represent.
How many hemispheres do we have?
4
Mountains
What is the low land called between mountains and hills.
Valley
What is the name of the supercontinent made of all continents that existed a million years ago?
Pangea
The five large bodies of water are called?
Oceans
Who came up with the theory of the continental drift?
Alfred Wegener
What was the 3 pieces of evidence that supported the theory of Pangea?
Puzzle like continent
Climate
Fossils
The first Americans to moved to America from Asia crossed a bridge called?
beringia
What is the name of the time period when temperatures were extremely cold?
Ice Age
What are the names of the seven continents?
North America, South America, Asia, Europe, Australia, Africa and Antarctica.
What divides the earth into Western and Eastern Hemisphere?
Prime Meridian
What divides the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
The equator
What does the term Nomadic Mean?
It means moving from place to place rather than living in one place.
Why did the first people come into North America?
They were following the animals that they would hunt and eat.