Studies Weekly 1: Planet Earth

Atlas was a Greek god who defeated all of the other gods on Mount Olympus.

How many continents are there in the world?

A(n) _______________ is a narrow section of water that connects two larger bodies of water.

If you walk close enough to the equator you can see the actual line.

The landmasses on Earth have not moved in over 250 years.

Lines of longitude run north and south.

Zeus punished _____________ and ordered him to hold up the sky forever.

Stories that explain things in nature that the Greeks didn't understand are called ___________.

Alfred Wegener came up with the idea that a supercontinent existed about 200 million years ago.

The equator divides the Earth into two hemispheres ________________.

The largest and deepest of all the oceans

Lines of latitude run ____________________________.

The line at 0 degrees longitude is called the __________________.

People who make maps are called ________________.

What do you call a body of land surrounded by water on three sides?

______________ is an example of a landlocked state.

Alfred Wegener named the supercontinent ___________________.