Geography

Geography

What is a globe?

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Globes

• A globe is a model of the earth that shows the earth's shape, lands, distances, and directions as they relate to one another.

• Globes and maps provide different ways of showing features of the earth.

There are generally considered to be four hemispheres: Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western.

The Equator separates the earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres

The Prime Meridian that runs North to South separates the earth into Eastern and Western hemispheres.

Multiple Choice

A globe is a _____________

• a round picture of water on the earth

• Map of the mountains on the earth

• a way to locate the equator

• model of the earth

Multiple Choice

The Equator is an imaginary line that runs _______ to______ to separate the Northern and Southern hemispheres

• North

• South

• East to west

• West to North

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