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