Themes of Geography and Maps

The study of Earth is called _____________. Geographers study how the earth and people affect each other.

• geography

• astronomy

• biology

• geology

Maps and globes often have lines to help to locate places. These lines are called ___________ and ___________.

• latitude, longitude

• equator, prime meridian

• tropics, circles

• meridians, parallels

3. Lines of latitude are also called ___________.

• parallels

• meridians

• equators

• longitudes

4. Lines of longitude are also called ___________.

• meridians

• parallels

• equators

• latitudes

5. Latitude and longitude lines help to find the ___________ of a place.

• absolute location

• relative position

• climate zone

• elevation

Describing where something is in relation to another place is called ___________.

• relative location

• absolute location

• geographic position

• spatial orientation

The line of latitude at 0° latitude is the ___________. It divides the earth into a north hemisphere and south hemisphere. A ___________ is half of the earth.

• Equator, hemisphere

• Tropic of Cancer, quadrant

• Prime Meridian, sector

• Arctic Circle, segment

The line of longitude at 0° longitude is called the ___________.

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• International Date Line

• Tropic of Cancer

9. North, south, east and west are called ___________.

• cardinal directions

• primary colors

• basic shapes

• musical notes

10. Geographers use the ___________ to study areas of the Earth. The five themes are ___________, ___________, ___________, ___________, and ___________.

• Geography, location, movement, human/environment interaction, place, region

• Geology, climate, weather, population, culture, economy

• Cartography, maps, globes, latitude, longitude, equator

• Astronomy, stars, planets, galaxies, universe, space