Introduction 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 earth’s crust

Question 4

Crust

Answer 4

The earth’s outer skin made up of plates

Question 5

Trench

Answer 5

A long narrow steep-sided depression in the ocean

Question 6

Relief

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Equator

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Tropics

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Latitude

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Longitude

Answer 10

Mapping lines that run vertically around the earth

Question 11

Physical Map

Answer 11

A map showing relief and natural features

Question 12

Political Map

Answer 12

A map showing political features such as country borders and cities

Question 13

Commonwealth

Answer 13

A free association of independent countries that recognizes The Queen as the Head of the Commonwealth

Question 14

Monarch

Answer 14

A king or queen that holds power

Question 15

Global Corporations

Answer 15

Companies that have expanded into many parts of the world

Question 16

Exploitation

Answer 16

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