Glossary Words

Question 1

Convention

Answer 1

A standard technique or rule to be followed

Question 2

Continent

Answer 2

Large land masses on the Earth’s surface

Question 3

Plate

Answer 3

Large mass of rock that together make up the earths crust

Question 4

Crust

Answer 4

The earth’s outer ‘skin’ made up of plates

Question 5

Equator

Answer 5

0 degrees latitude, mapping line that divides the earth into the northern and southern hemispheres

Question 6

Tropics

Answer 6

The area between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn

Question 7

Latitude

Answer 7

Mapping lines that run parallel to each other horizontally around the earth

Question 8

Longitude

Answer 8

Mapping lines that run vertically around the earth

Question 9

Physical map

Answer 9

A map showing relief and natural features

Question 10

Political map

Answer 10

A map showing political features such as country borders and cities

Question 11

Relief

Answer 11

The shape of land. Variations of elevation on the earth’s surface

Question 12

Commonwealth

Answer 12

A free association of independent countries each of which recognises the Queen as the Head of the Commonwealth

Question 13

Monarch

Answer 13

A king or queen that holds power

Question 14

Global corporations

Answer 14

Companies that have expanded into many parts of the world

Question 15

Exploitation

Answer 15

Taking advantage of a person or a situation for one’s own gain

Question 16

Trench

Answer 16

A long narrow steep-sided depression in the ocean floor

Question 17

Tsunamis

Answer 17

Huge tidal waves caused by movement of the plates