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  • What are the 7 major landmasses on earth known as?
    Continents
  • Uses cardinal and intermediate directions to describe the location of a place on earth.
    Relative Location
  • A circle that shows the directions printed on a map.
    Compass Rose
  • Which way do longitude lines show on a map? Show me with your hands.
    Up & down
  • What type of map shows geographical features such as bodies of water and mountains? Phyiscal or Political
    Physical
  • A line of longitude that circles the earth vertically at zero degrees (longitude).
    Prime Meridian
  • Halves of the globe that are determined by the Equator or Prime Meridian.
    Hemispheres
  • What ocean is south of Africa?
    the Southern Ocean
  • What kind of map that shows the outlines of continents, countries, states, and cities? Physical or Political
    Political
  • What are the cardinal directions
    NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST
  • Number of people in a specific geographic area.
    Population Density
  • A specific region's typical weather patterns and conditions.
    Climate
  • What are the intermediate directions?
    NORTHEAST SOUTHEAST, NORTHWEST, SOUTHWEST
  • What explains what the symbols and colors on a map mean?
    Map Key or Legend
  • What shows the relationship/ratio between the distance on a map and the real distance on the ground?
    Map Scale
  • Which way do latitude lines show on a map? Show me with your hands.
    Side to side
  • What ocean is west of Australia?
    Indian Ocean
  • What line of latitude circles the earth horizontally at zero degrees (latitude)?
    Equator
  • What are the 5 major bodies of salt water known as?
    Oceans
  • What continent is east of Europe?
    Asia
  • What is the exact location of a place on earth using latitude and longitude known as?
    Absolute Location
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