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Zenns Geo-Review
Geography skills
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the Earth's large bodies of land called? | continents |
| What is half of the Earth called? | hemisphere |
| What is the imaginary line called that splits the Earth into the northern and southern hemispheres? | equator |
| What are the imaginary lines that run north to south on a map or globe called? | longitude lines or meridians |
| What are the imaginary lines that run east to west on a map or globe called? | latitude lines or parallels |
| What is the imaginary line called that splits the Earth into the eastern and western hemispheres? | prime meridian |
| The four main directions including north, south, east and west. | cardinal directions |
| The directions that are halfway between the four main directions. | intermediate directions |
| A drawing that shows all of the directions. | compass rose |
| This tells you how much smaller distance on a map is compared with the actual distance. | scale |
| Anything that stands for something else. | symbol |
| This part of a map tells you what the symbols stand for. | map key |
| This shows where the subject of a map is in the world. | locators |
| A map that shows information such as countries, states,and cities. | political map |
| A map that shows Earth's natural features. | physical map |
| A map that uses color to show the height of land above sea level. | elevation map |
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