Duplicate of Studies Weekly Week 1 Geography

Question 1

What is the imaginary line at 0* latitude that divides Earth into northern and southern hemispheres?

Accepted Answer

Equator

Question 2

Wagner's Continental drift theory was based mostly upon

Accepted Answer

Animal and Plant Fossils

Question 3

What is the part of a map that tells direction?

Accepted Answer

Compass Rose

Question 4

Who made the First New Map of the World?

Accepted Answer

Martin Waldseemuller

Question 5

What is a narrow section of water called that connects two larger bodies of water?

Accepted Answer

strait

Question 6

Approximately how many people live on planet Earth?

Accepted Answer

7 billion

Question 7

What is the 0 degree line of longitude called?

Accepted Answer

prime meridian

Question 8

What is one half of the earth called?

Accepted Answer

hemisphere

Question 9

What is the study of the Earth and its features?

Accepted Answer

Geography

Question 10

Which ancient civilization has a myth involving a giant named Atlas?

Accepted Answer

Greeks

Question 11

What is a large land mass called?

Accepted Answer

continent

Question 12

North America is the _______________ largest continent.

Accepted Answer

Third

Question 13

Lines of Latitude run ____ and _____.

Accepted Answer

east and west

Question 14

Which ocean is the largest and the deepest on the planet Earth?

Accepted Answer

Pacific

Question 15

A book of maps is called __________.

Accepted Answer

Atlas

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

Globe

Question 17

Which of the following is the longest river on planet Earth?

Accepted Answer

Nile River

Question 18

What divides Europe and Asia to make them separate continents?

Accepted Answer

Ural Mountains of Russia

Question 19

What is another name for a map maker?

Accepted Answer

Cartographer

Question 20

How much do the continents move?

Accepted Answer

1-3 inches each year

Questions 20