Unit 1 Geography S.S. Review

A globe is an excellent representation of the Earth because...

• it is a flat surface

• it is a three-dimensional scale model of the Earth

• it shows only the northern hemisphere

• You can spin it on your finger like a basketball

Water makes up 70% of the _________.

The imaginary lines going east and west across the Earth are

• lines of latitude

• equators

• prime meridians

• lines of longitude

If you are a scientist that studies the Earth you would be known as...

• A photographer

• Bill Nye the Science Guy

• A meteorologist

• A geographer

True or False? A map is a better representation of the Earth than a globe?

• True

• False

Australia is an unusual continent because...

• The natives speak funny

• It begins with the letter A

• It is the only continent that is a country

• You travel there on a plane

A map scale helps a reader figure out...

• how far one place is from another

• cardinal directions of N, S, E, W

• Where the national parks are

• The name of the map

If I asked you to tell me the physical features on a map you would describe...

• how much rainfall fell on average

• the city boundaries

• the mountains, river and lakes

• how many residents a country has

The third largest continent is...

• Europe

• Asia

• South America

• North America

Cartographers are people who...

• make carts

• take pictures

• make maps

• are oxen trainers