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Review of continents, oceans, geography, vocab, and lines of Longitude and Latitude
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3rd largest continent in area size
Asia
South America
North America
Africa
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line showing the extent of an area's territory or political influence
boundary line
map key
location line
scale bar
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give the degree and type of line for: Equator
180; longitude
0; longitude
90; latitude
0; latitude
4
give the degree and type of line for: International Date Line
0;latitude
180; longitude
90;latitude
0; longitude
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What are the total degrees of latitude?
180
360
270
90
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Ex: 15 degrees E. What does the letter E tell you about that coordinate?
15 degrees E of the International Date Line
15 degrees E of the Equator
15 degrees S of the Prime Meridian
15 degrees E of Prime Meridian
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Ex: 25 degrees S. What does the letter S tell you about that coordinate?
25 degrees N of the Prime Meridian
25 degrees S of the Prime Meridian
25 degrees S of the Equator
25 degrees N of the Equator
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symbol that shows all four cardinal directions
map key/legend
political map
physical map
compass rose
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A flat drawing of all or part of the Earth’s surface
projection
globe
map
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Parallel lines that run east and west
latitude lines
prime meridian
equator
longitude lines
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Name the latitude line that divides earth in half
Equator
Prime Meridian
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
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Title of a person who makes a map is....
geographer
cartographer
artist
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What are the total degrees of longitude?
360
90
180
270
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Largest continent in land area AND population size
Africa
South America
Asia
North America
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Used as the starting point to measure degrees of north and south latitude
equator
international date line
prime meridian
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Smallest continent in land area size
Europe
South America
Australia
Antarctica
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The Equator creates what two hemispheres?
Northern and Southern
Eastern and Western
North and South
East and West
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Name the longitude line that divides earth into 2 hemispheres
Tropic of Cancer
Equator
Prime Meridian
Timeline
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Second largest continent in land area AND population size
North America
Antarctica
Africa
Asia
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Explains symbols, colors, and lines on a map
compass rose
boundary line
map key or legend
location
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4th largest continent in land area size
North America
Australia
South America
Europe
22
a measuring line used to find actual distances on a map
compass rose
map key/legend
boundary line
scale bar
23
6th largest continent in land area size
Europe
Australia
North America
Antarctica
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Name the continent with no permanent residents.
Antarctica
Australia
South America
Africa
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Shows national borders, boundaries, and human made features
place
political maps
physical maps
map key or legend
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Which of the following is NOT a hemisphere?
Southeastern
Southern
Northern
Western
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The Prime Meridian creates what two hemispheres?
North and South
East and West
Northern and Southern
Eastern and Western
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round model of Earth
map
compass rose
projection
globe
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Map that shows landforms, water features, relief and elevation
physical map
economic map
special purpose map
political map
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5th largest continent in land area size
Antarctica
Australia
South America
Europe
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Meridians that run north and south
equators
latitude lines
longitude lines
prime meridians
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give the degree and type of line for: Prime Meridian
180; longitude
0;latitude
0; longitude
90;latitude
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way of showing the Earth on a flat piece of paper
projection
globe
scale
map
