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World Geo Map Skills
World Geography Map Skills
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| half of the Earth, the division of the globe into two equal parts-northern & southern, or eastern & western | hemisphere |
| One of Earth’s seven large bodies of land | continent |
| An imaginary line circling Earth halfway between the North and South poles and dividing Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres (line of latitude) | equator |
| An imaginary line running from north to south through Greenwich, England. It is line of longitude marked 0° on the world map, from which the Earth is divided into the Eastern and Western hemispheres | prime meridian |
| (name the continent) the Arctic Ocean is to the north, the Atlantic Ocean is to the east, & the Pacific Ocean is to the west | North America |
| (name the continent) Antarctica (and the Southern Ocean)are to the south, the Atlantic Ocean is to the east, & the Pacific Ocean is to the west | South America |
| (name the continent) the Arctic Ocean is to the north, the Atlantic Ocean is to the west | Europe |
| (name the continent) the Atlantic Ocean is to the west, the Indian Ocean is to the east | Africa |
| (name the continent) the Arctic Ocean is to the north, the Pacific Ocean is to the east, the Indian Ocean is to the south | Asia |
| (name the continent) the Indian Ocean is to the west, the Pacific Ocean is to the east | Australia |
| (name the continent) the Atlantic Ocean is to the north, the Pacific Ocean is to the north, the Indian Ocean is to the north | Antarctica |
| (name the ocean) located east of North America and South America & west of Europe and Africa | Atlantic Ocean |
| (name the ocean) located east of Asia and Australia & west of North America and South America | Pacific Ocean |
| (name the ocean) located north of Asia, North America, & Europe | Arctic Ocean |
| (name the ocean) located east of Africa, south of Asia, west of Australia, & north of Antarctica | Indian Ocean |
| Which hemispheres do we live in? (name both) | northern hemisphere & western hemisphere |
| The largest bodies of salt water surrounding the great land massess, and divided by the land masses into several distinct portions | oceans |
| (name the ocean) located south of Africa, South America, & Australia | Southern Ocean |