World Geography

The world's largest body of water is...

• Pacific Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

• Gulf of Mexico

• Mississippi River

Which country is in South America?

• Mexico

• Spain

• Brazil

• India

The study of the earth is

• biology

• geography

• geometry

• social studies

Geographers use East and West circles that describe location are called lines of

• longitude

• latitude

North South East and West are

• cardinal directions

• seasons

• intermediate directions

A line of longitude can also be called a

• equator

• meridian

• parallel

• latitude

the measure of a distance north or south of the equator

• longitude

• latitude

the measure of distance east or west of the Prime Meridian

• longitude

• latitude

5 themes of geography

• location, regions, crops, movement, place

• location, regions, place, people, crops

• crops, regions, location, place, movement

• location, regions, place, movement, human - environment interaction

a representation of the earth on a flat surface is a

• map

• globe

• scale

• compass rose