Chapter 2 Vocabulary

Question 1

Cities

Answer 1

Large, important centers of population and business.

Question 2

compass rose

Answer 2

A map feature that shows the basic or cardinal directions (North, South, East, West) and often, shows those in between, such as southwest and northeast.

Question 3

continent

Answer 3

The seven large landmasses of the Earth. They are: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America.

Question 4

country

Answer 4

An area of land that has boundaries and a government that are shared by all the people living there; a nation.

Question 5

elevation

Answer 5

The height of land above sea level.

Question 6

Equator

Answer 6

An imaginary line that goes around the middle of the globe like a belt from East to West.

Question 7

geography

Answer 7

The study of the earth, including its people, resources, climate, and physical features.

Question 8

geology

Answer 8

The study of the earth’s layers of soil and rocks.

Question 9

glacier

Answer 9

Giant sheets of ice formed in mountain valleys or near the North and South poles.

Question 10

hemisphere

Answer 10

Half a sphere.

Question 11

Ice Age

Answer 11

A period of time, long ago, when glaciers covered much of the earth’s surface. The last Ice Age was more than 10,000 years ago.

Question 12

landforms

Answer 12

Features of the earth’s surface, such as hills, valleys, and prairies.

Question 13

latitude

Answer 13

Lines, or parallels, that run from east to west around the globe.

Question 14

locate

Answer 14

To find where something is.

Question 15

longitude

Answer 15

Lines, or meridians, that run from the North Pole to the South Pole on the globe.

Question 16

parallels

Answer 16

Same as latitude.

Question 17

physical boundary

Answer 17

Natural features like rivers, lakes, or mountains that separate counties, states, or countries.

Question 18

political boundary

Answer 18

Boundaries that governments create to separate counties, states, or countries.

Question 19

Prime Meridian

Answer 19

An imaginary line that divides the globe into two equal halves, from North to South.

Question 20

region

Answer 20

A defined area of a place that has common features, such as a similar landscape.

Question 21

state

Answer 21

One of the parts into which the United States is divided.

Question 22

wetlands

Answer 22

Areas covered with water for all or part of the year.