Unit 1 Test Review

Which of the following regions is New Mexico a part of?

• Northeast

• Southeast

• Midwest

• Southwest

the study of the earth's land, water, people, plants, and animals

• demography

• geography

• cartography

• biology

half of the earth

• globe

• hemisphere

• ocean

• butte

the measurement of distances north and south of the equator

• longitude

• Prime Meridian

• latitude

• Equator

the measurement of distances east and west of the prime meridian

• longitude

• Prime Meridian

• latitude

• Equator

a reference line that runs through Greenwich, England, and divides the world into eastern and western hemispheres

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

a reference line located at zero degrees latitude that divides the earth into northern and southern hemispheres.

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

North, South, East, and West are examples of

• intermediate directions

• cardinal directions

Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, and Northwest are examples of

• intermediate directions

• cardinal directions

a region is

• a land division based on common features

• half of the earth

• an elevated land form that is so flat on top that it looks like a tabletop