Geography skills Flashcards
A special map shaped like a sphere or ball is a
Globe
Large area of land on earth are called
Continents
There are ? continents
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Big bodies of water are called
Oceans
The ? is an imaginary line that divides earth in half
Equator
Half a sphere is a
Hemisphere
There are ? oceans
Four
An imaginary line runs that from the North Pole to the South Pole is the
Prime Meridian
Show the directions: N. NW. NE E S. SW. SE W
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A ? ? has special symbols and colors on a map
Map key
A ? shows the distance between two places on a map.
Scale
There are ? counties in Ohio
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A ? ? shows information such as cities, states, capitals, and countries.
Political map
A ? ? shows lakes, rivers, mountains, hills, and plains.
Physical map
There are ? states in the United States.
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