Duplicate of TCI Geography Ch 1 Tools of Geography

Counting the Southern one how many oceans are on Earth?

Geographers divide Earth into halves. These halves are called __________________

Like the Prime Meridian these lines run north and south around the globe.

How many continents are on Earth?

People traveling west over the International Date Line ____________

Who is your favorite teacher?

Distortion always that happens when there is

With coordinates you can locate anyplace on Earth. On the map, the lines are called __

The most important latitude is the _______.

What four directions are called cardinal directions?

Another name for legend is _________.

The Prime Meridian is located at _____.

The Earth spins like a giant top on the line that runs through the North and South poles is

In the early 1800's, what two explorers added to geographic info of the western part of USA?

A compass rose to shows ________ on a map.

Relative location is usually

The earth does one revolution around the sun every_____

Like the equator these lines run east and west around the globe.

______on a map tells you how the distances on the map compare to the actual distances on Earth.

Using the absolute location will tell you ______