world geography triva
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23.5° north latitude
Tropic of Cancer
Another name for Meridians
Longitude
Name the “Circle of Latitude”Tropic of Cancer
What is the fifth largest continent?
Antarctica
Identify this part of a map…
Scale
How is latitude and longitude measured?
Degrees
This line divides the earth into the northern and southern hemispheres
Equator
What is the second largest continent?
Africa
Gives a locations north and south of the equator
Latitude
A system geographers use to pin-point a location
Grid
Identify this part of a map…
Compass Rose
A pair of numbers used to pin-point a location.
Coordinate
0° Longitude
Prime Meridian
North, South, East and West are known as…
Cardinal Directions
Nicknamed the “land of the midnight sun”
Arctic Circle
What are the 3 steps of finding latitude and longitude?
S: Find the starting point (latitude – equator or longitude – Prime Meridian)
D: Determine the direction (north/south of Equator or east/west of Prime Meridian)
D: Determine the distance (in degrees)
What is the third largest continent?
North America
Name the “Circle of Latitude”
Equator
What are the four immediate directions?
Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, Southwest
66° degrees south latitude
Antarctic Circle
Divides the earth in eastern and western hemispheres
Prime Meridian
Identify this continent…
Antarctica
What is the proper way coordinates should be written?
First number is latitude, second number longitude
Name the line of “Circle of Latitude”
Tropic of Capricorn
Name the five oceans of the world
Arctic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Southern Ocean
Identify this continent…
Europe
What is the smallest continent?
Australia
Identify the continent…
Asia
0° latitude
Equator
This line of latitude marks the northern limit of the tropics.
Tropic of Cancer
Identify this continent…
Africa
23.5° south latitude
Tropic of Capricorn