Grade 6, Class S.S: Basic Geography Flashcards
What are the 7 continents?
North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Antartica
What are thew 4 main Oceans?
Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Artic Ocean
The world is broken into 2 lines of what?
Longitude and Latitude
The 4 Cardinal Directions are?
West, East, South, North
Intermediary Directions include?
North West, North East, South West, South East
The line that breaks the world into 2 parts going from north to south is the?
Prime Merdian
Latitude
East-West
Longtitude
North-West
The line that breaks the world into 2 parts going to east to west is?
Equator
3 types of maps
Climate Map, Population Destiity Map, Physical Map
A boundary is?
Is an imaginary line, which divides one country, city, state,or territory from another
An insert map is?
A small map set within a larger one that enlarges a section of the map and give more information
Absolute Location is?
An absolute location is a way of describing the position of an object or place on surface of the earth using latitude and longtitude
Relative Location is?
Is a way of describing where something is in realation to something else
Picture of compass rose
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