| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Pacific Ocean | Largest Ocean |
| Artic Ocean | Smallest Ocean |
| Europe | Smallest continent |
| Asia | Largest continent |
| Pacific Ocean | You can fit all 7 continents in this ocean space |
| Tropical Region | Which region is 23 1/2 degress North from the equator? |
| Polar Region | Which region is 66 1/2 degress from the equator? |
| Currents | Ocean Water moves this way |
| Nile River | Longest River |
| Africa | Nile River is on which continent? |
| Mount Everest | What is the tallest mountain? |
| Asia | Mount Everest is on which continent? |
| Asia | Where was Christopher Columbus trying to travel to when he found North America? |
| Christopher Columbus | Who founded North America? |
| Antartica | Which continent wasn't known until 1820? |
| Climate | Normal condition of the atmosphere near the earth's surface |
| Sphere - filled with water | If you traveled to space the Earth wold look like this... |
| Eurasia | People who study the Earth think Europe and Asia should be one continenet called... |
| North Pole | Highest point of the Earth |
| South Pole | Lowest point of the Earth |
| hemisphere | you can only see 1/2 of a globe at one time, this is called... |
| Northern Hemisphere | Most of the earth is in this hemisphere. |
| North, South, East, West | Earth has 4 hemispheres, what are they called? |
| North West Hemisphere | We are in which 2 hemispheres? |
| Equator, Prime Meridian & International Date Line | 3 lines on drawn on the globe |
| to help locate places | why would you grid the earth? |
| latitude | which lines are parallel to the equator (west to east) |
| longitude | which lines run north to south on the globe? |
| distance from the equator | numbers on each line running parallel (above and below) the equator tell you? |
| Prime Meridian | Each meridian east of this are labeled east longitude. |
| west longitude | Each line west of the prime meridian are labeled... |
| International Date Line | East and West Longitude meet at 180 degrees, called this... |
| Tropical Region | Hottest Region, closest to the equator |
| Tropic of Capricorn | Name of Temperate Region South of the equator |
| Tropic of Cancer | Name of Temperate Region North of the equator |
| Polar Regions | Regions at the poles are called |
| Artic Circle | What is the name of the Northern Polar Region? |
| by the equator | Where is it the hottest? |
| Near the Poles and flow toward the equator | Where do cold currents begin? |
| Air temperature | What has the most impact on climate? |
| Rain, Sleet, Snow, Hail | What is precipitation? |
| High | Which are cooler? High lands (mountains/hills) or Low lands (valley's)? |
| Altitude | What is the locations's height above sea level called? |
| 6 | How many difference climates do you see on the map? pg 14-15 |
| things God put on Earth for man to use and enjoy | Natural Resources |
| Victoria Falls | Tallest Waterfall |
| Anartic Circle | What is the name of the southern Polar Region? |
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