Vocabulary Review for Geography

The Equator and Prime Meridian split the world into what?

• Halves

• Hemispheres

• North

• West

What two Hemipsheres do we live in?

• South and East

• South and West

• North and West

• North and East

What is the imaginary line that splits the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Tropic of Cancer

The Prime Meridian splits the Earth into what two hemispheres?

• East and West

• North and South

• North and East

• South and West

How many oceans make up the Earth?

• 5

• 6

• 7

• 8

How many continents make up the Earth?

• 7

• 5

• 3

• 1

The imaginary lines that run from the North Pole to the South Pole

• Tropic of Cancer

• Latitude

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Longitude

The imaginary lines that run North and South of the Equator

• Latitude

• Longitude

• Prime Meridian

• Tropic of Capricorn

These are another name for the numbers of latitude and longitude. They are measured in degrees.

• coordinates

• directions

• compass

• latitude

If I give you directions using Latitude and Longitude and I am giving you what kind of location?

• My house

• My school

• Absolute Location

• Relative Location