global studies test Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
What is a hemisphere? | Half of the earth |
How many distinct hemispheres are there? | 4 |
Name the hemispheres | Northern and southern eastern and western |
The line at 0° latitude is the ________. It divides the northern and Southern Hemispheres | Equator |
The line at 0° longitude is the _______. It divides the Eastern and Western hemispheres. | Prime meridian |
The line at 180° longitude is known as the ________, And meets with 0° longitude at the north and South Pole. | International date line |
Latitude east and west and are sometimes called ______ | Parallels |
Longitude runs north and south and are sometimes called _______ | Meridians |
The special line found at 23.5° north is called the _____ | Tropic of Cancer |
The special line found at 23.5° south is called the _____ | Tropic of Capricorn |
In what hemispheres is Australia in? | Southern and eastern |
In what hemispheres is South America? | Northern, Southern, and western |
True false: The political map has State/Province names | TRUE |
True or false: The political map has information about the size of cities | TRUE |
True or false: the political map shows mountain ranges | FALSE |
True or false: the physical map shows city and town names | TRUE |
True or false: the physical map shows deserts | TRUE |
True or false: the physical map show state names | FALSE |
True or false: the physical map shows oceans | TRUE |
What are the seven continents | Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia, North America, South America, and Antarctica |
List the world's oceans | Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, arctic |
Why is it impossible to create a perfectly accurate world map? | There will always be distortion or interruption in the map |
What is an alpha-numeric grid? | A system of rows and columns overlaying the map with letters and numbers marking each. Helps find location |
What is movement? | The way of transportation to travel to that specific place |
Describe region | A division or area |
Describe Human-environment interaction | Change in the environment |
Define and give it examples of absolute location. | The exact location ex. Address |
Define and give it examples of relative location. | An area that houses or things are in ex. Country walk |
Describe place | Place describes location or what that specific location looks like |
What is the purpose of a scale | To show the distance of miles or kilometers on a map |
What's the purpose of a key | Describes what the symbols mean |
What is the purpose of a compass rose | Shows the direction something is facing or located on a map |
What is the purpose of a title | Shows what type of map you were looking at |
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