Geography Unit Test

The longest river in North America

Another name for parallels is

The _________ Mountains are the largest Mountain system in North America.

What ocean is located on the West Coast of Africa?

A flat map shows Earth's curved surface by means of

The equator divides the globe into halves called

Which continent is not located in the Northern Hemisphere?

Which two continents are completely within the Southern Hemisphere?

Using the compass rose and your mental map, North America is located ______ of Europe.

A _____________ creates maps for specific purposes.

Why is a globe more accurate than a map?

What do we call the main line of latitude?

Which are useful for measuring position North and South of the equator?

A _______ allows us to see distance between map locations.

The equator divides the earth into two equal parts, the Western and Eastern Hemispheres.

The _____ tells us direction North, South, East, and West.

The ______ tells us what the symbols on the map mean

Using the compass rose and your mental map, South America is located ______ of Europe.

We use these to find a specific point on the map

Physical Maps show ______________?

A disadvantage of a globe is that

This divides the earth into eastern and western hemispheres