Social Studies Chapter 1

What is the study of Earth - it's space, land, water, air and people?

• equator

• history

• geography

• border

What is an area of land with its own government?

• country

• capital

• continent

• hemisphere

What is a smaller part of a country?

• border

• country

• state

• continent

What are the five largest bodies of water on Earth?

• hemispheres

• borders

• lakes

• oceans

What is the imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

• equator

• prime meridian

What is half of a sphere, such as half of the plant Earth?

• equator

• hemisphere

• prime meridian

• sphere

What is the imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres?

• equator

• prime meridian

What is the name of a line where one place starts such as a state or country ends and another begins?

• prime meridian

• equator

• hemisphere

• border

What are the seven largest bodies of land on Earth called?

• sphere

• continent

• ocean

• country

What is the name of a city where the government of a country or state meets?

• Bergen County

• United States of America

• capital

• state