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WorksheetsUnit 1 - Geography Vocabulary
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
What is the study of Earth and its peoples, places, and environments?
Geography
Geometry
Philosophy
Environment
What is the location of one place compared to another place?
Absolute Location
Latitude
Longitude
Relative Location
What is the exact location of something?
Absolute Location
Relative Location
Longitude
Latitude
What are the lines on a map that run east to west?
Latitude
Longitude
Compass Rose
Absolute Location
What are the lines on a map that run north to south?
Absolute Location
Latitude
Longitude
Compass Rose
What is the line of latitude that runs around the middle of Earth?
Prime Meridian
Latitude
Equator
Hemisphere
What is the starting point for measuring longitude?
Equator
Prime Meridian
Longitude
Hemisphere
What is a group of places that are close to one another and that share some characteristics?
Hemisphere
Region
Continent
Environment
What is the natural surroundings of a place?
Environment
Region
Landform
Absolute Location
What is a natural feature found on land?
Environment
Region
Landform
Absolute Location
What is the average weather in an area over a long period of time known as?
Environment
Landform
Climate
Geography
What are material that can be used to produce crops or other products?
Environment
Resources
Landforms
Geography
What is each half of Earth?
Hemisphere
Continent
Equator
Prime Meridian
What is the feature on a map that shows direction?
Title
Legend
Compass Rose
Scale
What is the measurement of how much above or below sea level a place is?
Elevation
Erosion
Landform
Continent
What is a map that shows specialized information?
Political Map
Physical Map
Geography
Thematic Map
What is a large, unbroken mass of land?
Continent
Landform
Earthquake
Elevation
What is one of the 16 pieces of Earth’s crust?
Continent
Hemisphere
Tectonic Plates
Landform
What is the long, narrow band of volcanoes surrounding the Pacific Ocean?
Ring of Fire
Landform
Continent
Tectonic Plates
What is an event in which the ground shakes or trembles, brought about by the collision of tectonic plates?
Tsunami
Earthquake
Erosion
Ring of Fire
What is a giant ocean wave caused by volcanic eruptions or movement of the earth under the ocean floor?
Earthquake
Erosion
Tsunami
Ring of Fire
What is the process by which weathered bits of rock are moved elsewhere by water, wind, or ice?
Earthquake
Erosion
Tsunami
Ring of Fire
What describes an area that is densely populated?
Urban
Rural
Region
Continent
What describes an area that is lightly populated?
Rural
Urban
Region
Continent
What is the average number of people living within a square mile or a square kilometer?
Population Density
Urban
Rural
Region
