geography

What is geography?

• the study of Earth
• the study of fossils
• the study of people
• the study of history

Which of the following is a cardinal direction?

• northwest
• east
• southeast
• lake

Which of the following states border Ohio?

• Cleveland
• Texas
• Lake Erie
• Indiana

What are lines on a globe drawn in an east-west direction and measured in degrees (labeled C on the map)?

• longitude

• latitude

• grid

• equator

What are lines on a globe drawn in a north-south direction and measured in degrees (labeled D on the map)?

• longitude

• latitude

• grid

• prime meridian

What is the continent that is light green?

• North America
• South America
• Africa
• Australia

What is the imaginary line that divides the globe halfway between the North and South Pole (label A)?

• longitude

• latitude

• equator

• prime meridian

What alphabet does English use?

• Roman

• Greek

• Arabic

• Hebrew

What writing system does Chinese use?

• The Roman Alphabet

• The Cyrillic Alphabet

• Symbols called pictographs and ideographs

• The Greek Alphabet

The word alphabet comes from...?

• The Greek Alphabet

• The Roman Alphabet

• The Hebrew Alphabet

• The Cyrillic Alphabet