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What tool shows true shapes, locations, and relative size of the earth's features?
hemisphere
label
globe
map
2
How many oceans are there on earth?
7
4
3
5
3
Which continent is the smallest?
Antarctica
North America
Europe
Australia
4
What is used to figure out the distance between two locations on a map?
symbol
compass rose
label
scale
5
What tool shows a flat representation of the earth's surfaces?
hemisphere
map
distortion
globe
6
What do we call the 7 great landmasses of the earth?
countries
maps
states
continents
7
What is half of the earth called when divided by the Prime Meridian or Equator?
label
globe
hemisphere
map
8
What lists and explains the symbols and colors used on a map?
scale
legend
symbol
compass rose
9
What is the name of 0* latitude?
tropic of capricorn
tropic of cancer
equator
prime meridian
10
What is the name of 0* longitude?
tropic of cancer
prime meridian
equator
tropic of capricorn
11
What are the weather conditions of a place called?
environment
landform
climate
globe
12
What is the element of a map that is used to show direction?
scale
compass rose
symbol
label
13
What continent is attached to Europe?
Asia
Africa
Australia
Antarctica
14
Which continent is also an island?
Africa
Antarctica
Australia
Asia
15
What type of map includes certain information about a place or region like climate?
political map
thematic map
physical map
historical map
16
What do we call natural settings?
climates
landforms
globes
environment
17
What is used to indicate names of cities, landforms, and bodies of water?
labels
symbols
scale
legend
18
What represents items like cities or landmasses on maps?
scale
symbol
label
legend
19
Which continent is consistently the coldest?
South America
Asia
North America
Antarctica
20
What type of map indicates the location of landforms and bodies of water?
political map
physical map
historical map
thematic map
21
What type of map indicates the features that people have created?
historical map
physical map
thematic map
political map
22
What is another word for legend?
compass rose
symbol
key
globe
23
Which continent is below the continent we are in now?
North America
South America
Europe
Africa