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Geography Review

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Equatordivides the Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and Sothern Hemisphere
The Prime Meridiandivides the Earth into the Eastern Hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere
scaleused on a map to show standard measure/metric measure
Cardinal Pointsnorth, east, south, west
Intermediate Pointsnortheast, southeast, southwest, northwest
Lines of Latitudemeasures the distance north and south of the Equator
Lines of Longitudemeasure the distance east or west of the Prime Meridian
Population Mapa map that shows the areas in which people live
Historical Mapa map that shows something about the history of an area
Political Mapa map that uses boundary lines
Road Mapa map that shows the type of roads that are in a specific area
Product Mapa map that can show the types of things that are grown, raised, or mined in a certain area
Weather Mapa map that shows what the weather of a specific area has been or could be
Geographythe study of the Earth, its physical features, and the way living things use the earth
oceanlargest areas if water on Earth
continentthe largest areas of land on Earth
globea model of the Earth shaped like a sphere
polesthe areas at the top and bottom of the globe
hemispherehalf of a sphere
mapa flat model of Earth
distortionchange in shape and size of an object
symbolspictures on a map that represent something in the real world
linear scalea map scale that used a straight line, like a number line or ruler
word scalea map scale that uses words
Elevation mapsshow the height of the land
The largest continentAsia
The smallest continentAustralia
Name the 5 OceansPacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Artic
Why have geographers named 5 oceans on Earth?geographers gave different names to sections of water separated by land.


Westwood 5th Grade- C5

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