Ms. Brown's Q1 Weeks 1-6 Vocab Unit Test

A communication used in the 1700s-1800s using dots and dashes

• Smoke signals

• Letters

• Morse Code

• Pigeon Carriers

The ________ surrounds the eye of the hurricane

• Hurricane wall

• Strong winds and rain

• eye wall

Hemi means ***

• 1/2

• whole

• half

• 2/4

The head of the state.

• President

• Mayor

• Governor

This map shows separation between governments of the world. Often uses colors.

• Physical

• Political

This map shows features such as landforms, bodies of water, and land elevations.

• Physical

• Political

What is the difference between latitude and longitude?

• latitude lines are horizontal (east to west) and longitude lines are vertical (north to south)

• longitude lines are horizontal (east to west) and latitude lines are vertical (north to south)

• both lines run vertical and horizontal

What do we call the imaginary line that runs west to east (latitude) around the world and has a zero degree.

• equator

• prime meridian

What do we call the imaginary line that runs north to south (longitude) around the world and has a zero degree.

• equator

• prime meridian

What sentence defines cartography

• a person who studies maps

• how maps have changed over time

• the science/practice of drawing maps

• examining maps