Social Studies Geography

What is a globe?

• a map of the Earth

• a small representation of the Earth in the shape of a sphere

• an example of a planet

What is a compass rose?

• a symbol that shows you the direction on a map

• shows you what direction to go

• gives you a route to take

Which is an example of a cardinal direction?

• northwest

• easternsouth

• south

Which is an intermediate direction?

• northeast

• north

What is a hemisphere?

• a half of the Earth

• a half of a sphere

• a line of latitude

What is the equator?

• the line of latitude at 0 degrees

• the line of longitude at 0 degrees

• it separates the Eastern and Western hemisphere

What is the Prime Meridian?

• the imaginary line that is at 0 degrees latitude

• the imaginary line that is at 0 degrees longitude

• the line that divides the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres

Lines of latitude are

• imaginary lines that run east and west and measure north and south

• imginary lines tht run north and south and measure east and west

What are lines of longitude?

• imaginary lines that run east to west and measure north and south

• imaginary lines that run north to south and measure east and west

What are continents?

• a country with a large population

• a large country

• a large landmass on Earth