Geography Review

What is the red line going across the Earth?

• Prime Meridian

• Pacific Ocean

• Borderline

• Equator

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

• Europe

• South America

• North America

• Africa

North, South, East, and West are what type of directions?

• cardinal directions

• intermediate directions

What is the theme of movement about?

• migration, ideas, and tranportation

• cities and states

• measurement and data

• globes and maps

What is the name of the imaginary line that goes all around the world, dividing it in east and west?

• Equator

• Greenwich

• Prime Meridian

Type of map that shows countries, cities, states

• Physical

• Political

• Climate

• Atlas

A ______________ shows directions on a map

• continent

• meridian

• compass

• scale

What is the purpose of latitude and longitude lines?

• They separate the hemispheres.

• The look cool across Earth.

• They help us to pinpoint exact locations on Earth.

• They locate regions.

How is latitude and longitude measured?

• inches

• degrees

• hemispheres

• feet

What lines run East to West (parallel to the Equator), but measure degrees North and South?

• longitude

• latitude