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global studies test
2-10-17
| 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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