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What shape is the Earth?
sphere
What are the four main points on a compass rose called?
Cardinal Directions
72 degrees North and 134 degrees West is an example of _____ location
absolute
What is the low point between mountains or hills?
valley
What do you call land that is surrounded by water on three sides?
peninsula
What flows through a canyon?
river
What is the invisible line at zero degrees latitude?
equator
What is the invisible line at zero degrees longitude?
Prime Meridian
What TWO hemispheres is North American found in?
Northern and Western
Which hemisphere are South America and Antarctica found?
Southern
What continent is located at #3?
Europe
What ocean is located at #11?
Indian Ocean
What kind of map would you need to use to determine how many people live in an area?
Population
What kind of map would you use to see landforms?
Physical
What kind of map shows borders of countries and/or states?
Political
What direction do lines of latitude run?
east and west
