Semester 1 Study Guide

A continent is

• the same as a country.

• surrounded by water on all sides

• a landmass that has many countries.

• one of seven large land masses on Earth.

Longitude and latitude are

• measures and weights in Africa

• imaginary lines on the Earth

• types of climate

• found only in South America

What is a hemisphere?

• a body of water

• another name for a continent

• on half of the Earth

• one third of the Earth

What is latitude?

• transportation of people, ideas, and goods, from place to place.

• lines on a map that measure the distance east to west of the Prime Meridian.

• the study of people, their environment, and their resources.

• lines on a map or globe measuring distance north to sound of the Equator.

North, South, East, and West are known as the

• intermediate direction

• compass rose

• cardinal direction

• map projection

A person with mixed Spanish and Native American background is called

• favela

• mestizo

• vaquero

• adobe

Where were the Inca's located

• in central Mexico

• in the Yucatan Peninsula

• along the Western Andes Mountains

• in present day Nevada

Name one thing transferred during the Columbian Exchange?

• potatoes

• corn

• disease

• chili peppers

An economic system in which people start and run businesses with limited government intervention is known as a

• free market economy

• democracy

• communism

• monarchy

How were Canada's landforms formed?

• permafrost

• glaciers

• tundra

• prairie