Duplicate of Studies Weekly Week 1 Geography

Question 1

What is another name for a map maker?

Accepted Answer

Cartographer

Question 2

What is a large land mass called?

Accepted Answer

continent

Question 3

What is the difference between the equator and prime meridian?

Accepted Answer

One is 0 degrees latitude and the other is 0 degrees longitu

Question 4

Which part of the map can help you locate places such as: campsites or interstates?

Accepted Answer

legend

Question 5

Which is the largest continent?

Accepted Answer

Asia

Question 6

What is one half of the earth called?

Accepted Answer

hemisphere

Question 7

Which is the smallest continent?

Accepted Answer

Australia

Question 8

North America is the _______________ largest continent.

Accepted Answer

Third

Question 9

What is the imaginary line that divides Earth into northern and southern hemispheres?

Accepted Answer

Equator

Question 10

Which is not a map feature?

Accepted Answer

cartography

Question 11

Which is the largest ocean?

Accepted Answer

Pacific

Question 12

What type of map shows the landforms, water and features of a place?

Accepted Answer

Physical

Question 13

What is the part of a map that tells direction?

Accepted Answer

Compase Rose

Question 14

What is a three-dimensional scale model of the Earth?

Accepted Answer

Globe

Question 15

Which part of the map could help you calculate the distance from one place to another?

Accepted Answer

map scale

Question 16

What map shows boudaries such as countries, states and cities?

Accepted Answer

Political

Question 17

Which is not a continent?

Accepted Answer

South Africa

Question 18

What is the study of the Earth and its features?

Accepted Answer

Geography

Question 19

Which ocean is missing from the list? Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic, Indian.

Accepted Answer

Southern

Question 20

What is a flat graphical representation of locations on Earth?

Accepted Answer

map

Questions 20