7th Grade First Week Geography Key Terms Review

Geography is

• the study of Earth’s natural features.

• my neighbor's name

• land

• historical story

A continent is defined as

• the Pacific Ocean

• the United States

• a big piece of land

• one of the seven large landmasses of Earth – North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and Antarctica.

Cartography is

• shopping for a new car

• the skills and methods used in the making of maps.

• a Fortnite skill

• my cat's name

Latitude is

• a measure of distance north or south of the Equator.

• a line on the map

• how we measure temperature

• when you are in a bad mood.

A measure of distance east or west of the Prime Meridian (the line goes up and down, the LONG way.)

• longitude

• latitude

• archaeology

• history

Hemisphere is

• either of two equal halves of Earth, as marked by the Equator or the Prime Meridian.

• North America

• a popped ballon

• the south

The recovery AND study of physical evidence from the past is known as

• archaeology

• Indiana Jones

• history

• artifacts

An artifact is defined as

• a human-made object

• archaeology

• the past

• the Earth

Anthropology is

• the study of humans and human cultures

• watching monkeys in the wild

• changing

• history

A way of life shared by a group of people.

• culture

• personal history

• fun

• living on the ocean