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The First 6th Grade Sol. Studies Test

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What is another name for latitude?Parallels
What is at 0 degrees latitude?The Equator
What is at 90 degrees north?The North Pole
What is at 23 1/2 degrees south?The Tropic of Caproicorn
What is at 66 degrees 1/2 south?The Antarcitic Circle
What is at 66 1/2 degrees north?The Artric Circle
What is another word for meridians?Longitude
What is at 180 degrees longitude?The International Dateline
What is at 23 1/2 degrees north?The Tropic of Cancer
What is at 90 degrees south?The South Pole
What is at 0 degrees longitude?The Prime Meridian
What does geography mean?The study of earth and the changes that occur on it
What is a political map?A map that shows man-made divisions
What is a physical map?A map that shows things such as mountains, rivers, lakes, and plains etc.
What is a cape?A point of land that extends into the ocean
What is a strait?A narrow water passage that connects two larger bodies of water
What is an isthmus?A land bridge that connects two large pieces of land
What is a mouth?The place where a river begins
What is a peninsula?Land surrounded by water on three sides
What is a plateau?An area of high, flat land
What is a plain?An area of gently rolling hills
What is a tributary?A branch of a river
What are natural resources?Things found in nature such as trees, minerials and, water exc. (Examples - Soil, oil, coal, and sunlight)
What is a basin?An area of land surrounded by higher land
What is a bay?A small part of an ocean
What is a legend?The place on a map that explains the symbols
What is an atlas?A book if maps
What are the scale if miles?A bar used to measure the distance between places
What is a delta?A triangular shaped deposit of rich soil at the mouth of a river
What is a gulf?A large part of an ocean

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