Geography Terms

Which term measures the distance north or south of the equator?

• Longitude

• Latitude

• Prime Meridian

• Elevation

The distance in degrees east or west of the prime meridian

• Longitude

• Latitude

• Equator

• Elevation

The great circle of the earth with a latitude of 0°, dividing the N and S hemispheres

• Latitude

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Isthmus

a point of a river where it nears the sea, with a mixing of fresh water and salt (tidal) water

• Isthmus

• Atoll

• Estuary

• Glacier

piece of land jutting into a body of water.

• fjord

• glacier

• peninsula

• island

a long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs, typically formed by a glaciated valley.

• glacier

• fjord

• peninsula

• erosion

What type of landform is this?

• peninsula

• hemishere

• fjord

• glacier

The earth is divided into the Northern and Southern ____________ by the equator.

• zones

• hemispheres

• latitudes

• longitudes

A chain or group of islands.

• fjord

• peninsula

• archipelago

• archaeology

To locate a place on the earth, you need to look at...

• where the lines of latitude and longitude meet
• the lines of latitude only
• the lines of longitude only
• the compass rose