WorksheetsUnit 1 Vocabulary
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is a unit of measure used to determine our absolute location on globes and maps. known as?
Inches
GPS
Degree
Latitude
What is a misrepresentation of the true shape known as?
Broken
Distortion
Interruption
Misplaced
What is the study of the Earth’s surface and the processes that shape it, the connections between places, and the relationships between people and their environment?
Geography
Geology
Geometry
Geo-tagging
What is a round model of Earth that shows the continents and oceans in their true shape called?
Pyramid
Globe
3D Map
Sphere-ometer
What is the section of a map that explains the symbols for the map features, also called a legend?
Lock
Myth
Fable
Key
What is the series of Imaginary lines, that circle the Earth parallel to the Equator; used to measure distance north or south; Also called parallels?
Longitude
Latitude
Attitude
Stanzas
What is the imaginary line that circles the globe at its widest point, dividing the Earth into two halves called hemispheres; used as a reference point for north and south called?
Prime Meridian
Prime Parallel
Equator
Lifeline
What is the series of imaginary lines also called meridians, that run north and south from one pole to the other; used to measure a distance east or west called?
Latitude
Longitude
Primaries
Linears
What is the Imaginary line of longitude, that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole through Greenwich, England; it is designated 0° longitude and is used as a reference point for east and west called?
Primary Longitude
Verquator
Prime Meridian
Intermediate Longitude
What is a representation of the Earth’s rounded surface on a flat piece of paper called?
Rejection
Compression Globe
Foldable Globe
Projection
