Intro to the World

Question 1

Convention

Answer 1

A standard technique or rules that are applied to a certain situation.

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 of plates.

Question 5

Equator

Answer 5

0 degrees latitude mapping line that divided 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 Corporation

Answer 14

Companies which 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.