Unit 1 Vocabulary Review - Geography

Choose the definition of geography:

• A body of water.

• The study of outer space.

• The study of the earth.

• The study of nature.

This image shows the _______ of the United States.

• regions

• continents

• oceans

• planets

This image best represents which word?

• states

• oceans

• countries

• continents

This image shows the ____________ directions.

• latitude

• cardinal

• longitude

• intermediate

Imaginary vertical lines on earth are called ___________.

• latitude

• Equator

• hemispheres

• longitude

Imaginary horizontal lines on earth are called ____________.

• latitude

• hemispheres

• Prime Meridian

• longitude

Which vocabulary word does this image best represent?

• longitude

• cardinal directions

• hemisphere

• latitude

What is a region?

• A part or section of a country that has similar characteristics.

• Where a place is located.

• How people, things and ideas move from one place to another.

• A single city or state.

Environment as we define it in Social Studies includes:

• land, water, animals, plants and climate.

• the sun, planets and moons.

• computers and cell phones.

• dates and events.

The prefix geo- means ”earth”.  The suffix -graphy  means “study of ”. Geography literally means:

• The study of rocks.

• The study of the earth.

• The study of the planets.

• The study of nature.