Geography Review

Compass directions, from the top, clockwise:

• North, South, East, West

• West, North, South East

• North, East, South, West

• North, West, South, East

Part of a map that explains what different symbols mean:

• Key

• Legend

• Scale

• Title

What is the red line going across the middle of the Earth?

• Prime Meridian

• Pacific Ocean

• Borderline

• Equator

The imaginary line longitude that separates Earth into eastern and western hemispheres is called

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Hemisphere line

• Latitude

Places located below the Equator are in the:

• Northern Hemisphere

• Southern Hemisphere

• Arctic Hemisphere

A continent that includes the United States, Canada, and Mexico

• Europe

• South America

• North America

• Africa

Examples of physical features include

• houses and highways

• population

• rulers and scale

• lakes and mountains

What is the majority of the climate like in South America?

• hot and humid

• Cold and snowy

• Dry

The surface of the Earth that is north of the equator.

• Arctic Ocean

• Northern Hemisphere

• Southern Hemisphere

• Where Santa Lives

Geography is the study of Earth's surface and the way people interact with it.

• True

• False