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1
What is the imaginary line at zero degrees that runs from East to West?
Prime Meridian
Equator
2
What divides the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
Equator
Prime Meridian
3
Half of the Earth is called a
Grid
Globe
Hemisphere
Line of latitude
4
What is the southernmost ocean in the world?
Indian
Pacific
Arctic
Antarctic
5
Which theme of geography is about a location that shares a common feature? (language, political, climate, etc.)
Human Environment Interaction
Location
Place
Region
6
True or False: a delta is a flat, large area of land higher than the surrounding land.
True
False
7
Which intermediate direction is Massachusetts on this map? (Massachusetts is highlighted red)
Southeast
Southwest
Northeast
Northwest
8
True or False: Absolute Location explains the location of a place based on things in relation to it
False
True
9
What is a body of land surrounded by water on three sides?
Peninsula
Island
Swamp
Delta
10
What is the name of the circle showing the principal directions on a map?
Legend
Compass Rose
Scale
Key
11
What is the name for the directions "North, South, East, and West?"
Compass directions
Intermediate
GPS
Cardinal
12
What ocean lies between North America and Europe?
Pacific
Arctic
Atlantic
Indian
13
How many continents are there?
6
7
5
4
14
What landform is a muddy, freshwater wetland that is forested with trees and shrubs?
Swamp
Volcano
Mountain
Delta
15
What is the name of a mouth of a river where it flows into an ocean, sea, or lake?
Dam
Swamp
Barge
Delta
16
The Prime Meridian is also a line of
latitude
longitude
17
What theme of geography is the Silk Road an example of?
Location
Movement
Place
Scale
18
How many oceans are there?
3
7
6
5
19
Which lines
RUN
East to West but
MEASURE
North to South
Equator
Prime Meridian
Lines of Latitude
Lines of Longitude
20
True or False: an archipelago is a chain of islands clustered in the sea or ocean.
False
True
21
What theme of geography describes a location using physical and human descriptors?
Region
Place
Location
Movement
22
Which theme of geography has to do with the exchange of goods, people, and ideas from place to place?
Human Environment Interaction
Location
Movement
Place
23
Based on this map: which hemisphere is North America in?
Northern
Southern
24
What is pictured below?
Latitude
Map Grid
Equator
Parallels
25
What line divides the world into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres?
Equator
Prime Meridian
26
What explains the symbols or shading on a map?
Cardinal
Title
Compass
Key/Legend
27
True or False: Human-Environment interaction is the study of people and their relationship with the environment.
False
True
28
What is an example of a
negative
human-environment interaction?
Preserving wetlands
Cleaning up trash
Cutting down trees in the Amazon Rainforest
29
What continent do we live on?
North America
Europe
South America
Australia
30
What is a piece of land surrounded by water?
Delta
Plateau
Island
Mountain
31
What type of landform is pictured below?
River
Mountain
Plateau
Volcano
32
According to this key, what does the campfire mean?
Gas station
Park
Road
Campground
33
What shows how much space on the map represents a real distance?
Title
Latitude
Key
Scale Bar
