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Midterm Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Continent | largest landmass, there are seven |
| Mountain | a natural elevation of the earth's surface rising more or less abruptly to a summit, and attaining an altitude greater than that of a hill, usually greater than 2000 ft |
| Peninsula | a piece of land that juts out with water on three sides |
| Lake | a body of water completely surrounded by land |
| Island | a piece of land completely surrounded by water |
| River | narrow strip of flowing water |
| Ocean | largest body of water, salt |
| Atlas | a book of maps |
| Scale | shows what distances on the map are equal to in reality on earth |
| Key/Legend | part of the map that explains its symbols |
| Direction | the point along which something faces or a line along which it moves |
| Political Map | map that shows man-made features |
| Physical Map | map that shows natural features (land and water forms) |
| Special Purpose Map | map that shows one particular topic or subject |
| Climate | the average temperature and precipitation for a place over the course of a year+ |
| Natural Vegetation | the typical plant life that grows natuarally in a given climate zone |
| Time Zone | division on the globe of 15 degrees, each representing a different hour of the day |
| Rotation | the earth's movement around its axis (24 hours) |
| Revolution | the earth's movement around the sun (365 1/4 days) |
| Latitude | horizontal lines that measure the distance North and South of the Equator |
| Longitude | vertical lines that measure the distance East and West of the Prime Meridian |
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