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World Geography Vocabulary

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The long-term pattern of weather in a particular area

a)

Weather

b)

Climate

c)

Temperature

2.

A large landmass on Earth’s surface

a)

Ocean

b)

Country

c)

Plateau

d)

Continent

3.

the process of wearing away the surface of the Earth and moving the weathered material elsewhere by wind, glaciers, wave, and moving water

a)

Erosion

b)

Agriculture

c)

Climate

4.

a portion of land nearly surrounded by water

a)

Lake

b)

River

c)

Peninsula

d)

Country

5.

Longitude line that divides Earth into two equal parts: the Eastern Hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

c)

Tropic

6.

a political state or nation or its territory

a)
country
b)
ocean
c)
planet
d)
continent
7.

An imaginary line around Earth that runs east to west, showing location relative to the Equator

a)

Latitude

b)
Tropic of Cancer
c)
Equator Meridian
d)
Longitude Line
8.

An imaginary line running north to south from the North Pole to the South Pole that shows location relative to the prime meridian.

a)
Longitude
b)
Tropic of Cancer
c)
Equator
9.

a great circle of the earth that is everywhere equally distant from the two poles and divides the earth's surface into the northern and southern hemispheres

a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Arctic Circle
c)
Tropic of Cancer
d)
Equator
10.

One of two days (approximately March 20 & September 22) on which the sun is directly above the Equator, making day and night equal in length

a)
Spring Equinox and Autumnal Equinox
b)
Summer Solstice and Winter Solstice
c)
Vernal Equinox and Autumnal Equinox
d)
Spring Equinox and Fall Equinox
11.

a large region with a specific climate and distinctive plant and animal groups

a)
ecosystem
b)
habitat
c)
biome
d)
territory