Geography Vocabulary

The study of the Earth

• Cartographer

• Geography

• Globe

• Region

Another name for map makers is...

• Photographers

• Geographers

• Cartographers

• Parallels

Which of the following gives an exact position of a place on Earth, Using latitude and longitude?

• Relative Location

• Absolute Location

• Region

• Hemisphere

Which of the following gives a general idea of where something is, using landmarks, or words such as North, South, West or East of?

• Absolute Location

• Relative Location

• Region

• Hemisphere

Lines of latitude are also called ........

• Parallels

• Meridians

• Prime Meridians

• Cartographers

Lines of longitude are also called.....

• Hemispheres

• Parallels

• Meridians

• Cartographers

What is the imaginary line at 0 °latitude

called?

• Prime Meridian

• Relative Location

• Meridians

• Equator

What is the imaginary line at 0° longitude called?

• Equator

• Hemisphere

• Prime Meridian

• Region

Which term means "half of Earth"?

• Parallel

• Equator

• Hemisphere

• Meridian

Places that have something in common are also called..

• Regions

• Globes

• Geographers

• Meridians