2.1 Studying Geography

What is the most accurate way to represent the Earth? 

• map
• globe 

What divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

• equator
• prime meridian
• tropic of cancer
• tropic of capricorn 

Which imaginary lines measure the degrees north and south of the equator?

• lines of latitude
• lines of longitude

What divides the Earth into the western and eastern hemispheres?

• equator
• tropic of caner
• prime meridian
• north pole 

Which imaginary lines measure degrees east and west of the prime meridian? 

• longitude lines
• latitude lines 

Globes can show small areas in great detail.

• true
• false

Map Projections show the Earth on a flat surface but they distort some of Earth's features. (such as size, shape, location, etc)

• false
• true 

Where is it? 

• location
• region
• place
• movement

What is it like? (physical and human characteristics)

• region
• place
• location
• movement