7th Grade First Semester Test

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The study of Earth and its peoples, places, and environments.

• relative location
• geography
• spatial
• math

Earth's features in terms of their locations, their shapes, and their relationships to one another.

• landforms
• spatial
• climate
• locations

Portions of Earth's surface that can be viewed at one time and from one location.

• landscapes
• spatial
• region
• space

Describes where a place is compared to another place.

• landscapes
• dynamic
• relative location
• region

Exact location of something.

• landscapes
• absolute location
• relative location
• home

Lines of _____________ run east and west, but they measure distance on Earth in a north-to south direction.

• longitude
• latitude
• geography
• sunshine

Lines of ________ run north to south, but they measure distance on Earth in an east-to-west direction.

• chalk
• longitude
• latitude
• inches

The starting point for measuring longitude. It runs through Greenwich, England, and has the value of 0 degrees longitude.

• Prime Meridian
• relative location
• spatial
• equator

What is the name of the line that divides Earth into sections called the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

• the International Date Line
• the Tropic of Capricorn
• the Equator
• prime meridian