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World Map Vocabulary
Unit 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Name the 7 continents. (You will have to locate them on a map.) | Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America |
| Name the 5 oceans. (You will have to locate them on a map.) | Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Southern Ocean. |
| What is the Equator? | The zero degree line of latitude around the Earth that separates the Northern Hemisphere from the Southern Hemisphere. |
| What are continents? | A large area of land that is primarily bordered by a body of water. |
| What is the Prime Meridian? | The imaginary line that circles the Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole separating the Earth into the Western Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere. |
| What is a Hemisphere? | Half of a sphere |
| What is a Compass Rose? | It shows the direction the map is pointing |
| What are Time Zones? | There are 24 times zones around the Earth: one zone for each hour of the day. |
| What is a Legend? | The key to identifying symbols on a map. |
| What is a Map Scale? | It shows the distance on a map to the distance in the real world. |
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