Unit 1 Retake Review

Prime Meridian

• The typical weather conditions in a particular area over a long period of time.
• The large bodies of water that cover most of the Earth's surface: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern (Antarctic), and Arctic .
• 2 PM
• The line of 0 degrees longitude, from which east and west are measured.

Weather

• The day-to-day conditions of the atmosphere in a specific place, including temperature, precipitation, and wind.
• A large human settlement with a high population density and infrastructure.
• Continent
• The horizontal lines that measure the distance of a place north or south of the Earth's equator.

If it is 7 PM in Cape Town, South Africa what time is it in Anchorage, Alaska?

• 8 AM
• The day-to-day conditions of the atmosphere in a specific place, including temperature, precipitation, and wind.
• Spain
• Areas of the Earth with similar climate patterns, such as tropical, temperate, and polar zones.

State/Providence

• A nation with its own government, occupying a particular territory.
• 2 PM
• A territory considered as an organized political community under one government.
• The horizontal lines that measure the distance of a place north or south of the Earth's equator.

International Date Line

• An imaginary line around the Earth at 0 degrees latitude that divides the Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere.
• A territory considered as an organized political community under one government.
• An imaginary line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole and determines one calendar day from the next.
• 2 PM

When moving West in Time Zones you....

• An imaginary line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole and determines one calendar day from the next.
• subtract one hour per zone
• The vertical lines that meausre the distance of a place east or west of the Prime Meridian.
• The large bodies of water that cover most of the Earth's surface: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern (Antarctic), and Arctic .

River

• An imaginary line around the Earth at 0 degrees latitude that divides the Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere.
• The day-to-day conditions of the atmosphere in a specific place, including temperature, precipitation, and wind.
• A large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another river.
• The vertical lines that meausre the distance of a place east or west of the Prime Meridian.

Equator

• The city or town that functions as the government center of a country or region.
• An imaginary line around the Earth at 0 degrees latitude that divides the Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere.
• The day-to-day conditions of the atmosphere in a specific place, including temperature, precipitation, and wind.
• Halves of the Earth divided by the Equator or the Prime Meridian.

Special Purpose/Thematic Maps

• A territory considered as an organized political community under one government.
• Maps designed to convey specific information about a particular theme or subject, such as population density or climate.
• The city or town that functions as the government center of a country or region.
• Continent

Capital

• A large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another river.
• The city or town that functions as the government center of a country or region.
• A territory considered as an organized political community under one government.
• Continent