Unit #1 Geography: Part 3 Rapid Review

Which hemiphere is located below the equator?

Imaginary lines that run in an north-south direction across the Earth.

Which hemisphere is located above the equator?

Either of two points on the surface a rotating planet where the axis of rotation meets the surface of the planet.

An imaginary line on Earth that is drawn north to south at 0° longitude.

There is only one language spoken in North America and it is English.

Part of a map, also known as a map key and is a list that describes the symbols used on a map.

What city do you live in?

North America is in what two hemispheres?

North America is the ______ largest continent in the world.

A drawing of all or part of Earth’s surface.

What country do you live in?

The body of salt water that covers the Earth.. It covers approximately 71% of the Earth’s surface

Imaginary lines that run in an east-west direction across the Earth.

There are six continents in the world.

Which hemisphere is located right of the Prime Meridian?

Imaginary lines that run in an east-west direction across the Earth are called longitude.

One of the main landmasses on the Earth.

The study of places and the relationships between people and their environments.

A model globe of the Earth showing landmasses and water bodies.

Part of a map that shows the cardinal and intermediate directions.

Part of a map that tells you what the map is about.

What continent do you live on?

A scientist who studies both the physical properties of the Earth’s surface and how human behavior can affect it.

Is an imaginary circle around the Earth dividing it into two equal parts: the Northern and Southern hemisphere.

Part of a map that shows how distances on a map are related to the actual distances on Earth.

North America has the fourth largest population in the world.

An imaginary line through the center of the Earth, around which the planet rotates.

The alteration or changing of an original shape.

There are _______ countries in North America.

An imaginary line and means half a sphere.

A body of salt water.

A spherical (round) model of the Earth.

Imaginary lines that run in an north-south direction across the Earth are called longitude.

The five oceans are the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Arctic Ocean, and ____________ Ocean.

The "Five Themes of Geography" include location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and ________________.

Which hemisphere is left of the Prime Meridian?

The indigenous and Native Americans lived in North AMerica before Europeans arrived.

What state do you live in?