Geography💚-recap

Question 1

What are the seven continents?

Answer 1

Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia

Question 2

What is the largest continent by land area?

Answer 2

Asia

Question 3

Which ocean is the largest by surface area?

Answer 3

Pacific Ocean

Question 4

True or False: The Atlantic Ocean is the smallest ocean.

Answer 4

False

Question 5

What is the equator?

Answer 5

An imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

Question 6

Fill in the blank: The prime meridian is located at _____ degrees longitude.

Answer 6

0

Question 7

What is the significance of latitude?

Answer 7

It measures the distance north or south of the equator.

Question 8

Which continent is located entirely in the Southern Hemisphere?

Answer 8

Australia

Question 9

What is the capital of Africa?

Answer 9

Africa does not have a capital; it is a continent made up of many countries.

Question 10

What is the latitude of the North Pole?

Answer 10

90 degrees North

Question 11

True or False: Longitude lines run parallel to the equator.

Answer 11

False

Question 12

What is the main purpose of longitude?

Answer 12

To measure the distance east or west of the prime meridian.

Question 13

Which continent is known as the ‘Dark Continent’?

Answer 13

Africa

Question 14

What is the southernmost point of South America called?

Answer 14

Cape Horn

Question 15

Fill in the blank: The line at 180 degrees longitude is known as the _____ line.

Answer 15

International Date

Question 16

What are the four hemispheres of the Earth?

Answer 16

Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western

Question 17

Which ocean is located between Africa and Australia?

Answer 17

Indian Ocean

Question 18

What is the smallest continent by land area?

Answer 18

Australia

Question 19

True or False: There are five major oceans on Earth.

Answer 19

False

Question 20

What is the latitude range for the Tropic of Cancer?

Answer 20

23.5 degrees North

Question 21

What is the major ocean bordering the east coast of the United States?

Answer 21

Atlantic Ocean

Question 22

What is the term for the imaginary line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole?

Answer 22

Meridian

Question 23

Which continent is home to the Sahara Desert?

Answer 23

Africa

Question 24

Fill in the blank: The Arctic Ocean is located in the _____ Hemisphere.

Answer 24

Northern

Question 25

What is a common use of latitude and longitude coordinates?

Answer 25

To pinpoint specific locations on Earth.

Question 26

What is the latitude of the equator?

Answer 26

0 degrees

Question 27

True or False: The Pacific Ocean is located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere.

Answer 27

False