Social Studies - Geography Vocabulary

What are large areas of land on Earth called?

• equator

• prime meridian

• oceans

• continents

What are lines that run north to south and measure distance east or west of the prime meridian called?

• prime meridian

• longitude

• latitude

• hemisphere

What is the imaginary line that divides the Earth into eastern and western hemispheres called?

• continents

• latitude

• prime meridian

• equator

What is any half of the Earth called?

• continents

• hemisphere

• ocean

• prime meridian

What is a large body of water on Earth called?

• ocean

• latitude

• longitude

• continents

What is the imaginary line that divides the Earth into northern and southern hemispheres?

• prime meridian

• hemisphere

• longitude

• equator

What are the lines that run east to west and measure distance north or south of the equator called?

• ocean

• longitude

• latitude

• hemisphere