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WorksheetsHow Geographers View the World 1.1
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
The study of the Earth and its peoples, places and environments is called...
geology
geography
cartography
anatomy
location of one place compared to another place
echolocation
absolute location
relative location
relevant location
The exact position of a place on the Earth where one line of latitude crosses or intersects with one line of longitude is called...
relative location
latitude
longitude
absolute location
Also called parallels, circle the globe parallel to the Equator and measure the distance north or south of the Equator
latitude
longitude
Equator
Prime Meridian
What is the name of the imaginary line at 0 degrees latitude that divides the Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
Prime Meridian
latitude
Equator
longitude
Also called meridians, circle the globe and meet at the poles and measure the distance east and west of the Prime Meridian?
latitude
absolute location
relative location
longitude
What is the name of the imaginary line at 0 degrees longitude that divides the Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres?
longitude
Prime Meridian
Equator
latitude
What do you call a group of places that are close to one another and share characteristics like landforms, climate, population, culture, or economy?
country
continent
region
geography
Which is an example of a physical region?
United States
Europe
China
Atacama Desert
Places that are close to one another and have some of the same traits are in the same
landform
zone
component
region
To indicate the absolute location of a place, one would refer to
latitude and the Prime Meridian
latitude and longitude
degrees from the Equator
degrees from the Prime Meridian
This continent is....
China
Africa
Russia
Asia
This line divides the Earth into an Eastern and Western Hemisphere.
longitude
latitude
Equator
Prime Meridian
Europe is north of Africa is an example of?
absolute location
relative location
latitudinal location
longitudinal location
The image shows two examples of...
latitudinal location
longitudinal location
relative location
absolute location
