3rd Grade Geography Pre-assessment

Which of the following covers most of the Earth's surface?

• Water

• Sand

• Mountians

• Cities

The study of the Earth and the way people live on it.

• Geography

• Geology

The design on a map, called a compass rose, shows . . .

• Latittude

• Northern Hemisphere

• Cardinal Directions

• Which way the wind is blowing

Which is/are a Cardinal Direction?

• Longitude

• North

• West

• Latitude

The Equator is an imaginary line that runs..

• East to South

• North to South

• South to North

• East to West

The Equator is an imaginary line that divides..

• Eastern & Western Hemisphere

• The Earth into Fractions

• Northern & Southern Hemisphere

• Western & Southern Hemisphere

The Prime Meridian is an imaginary line that runs..

• West to South

• North to South

• East to West

• North to East

The Prime Meridian is an imaginary line that divides...

• Southern & Western Hemisphere

• Eastern & Southern Hemisphere

• Eastern & Western Hemisphere

• Northern & Southern Hemisphere

Nebraska is located...

• In the Northern Hemisphere

• Above the Equator

• South of the Rio Grande

• In the Western Hemisphere