Name ______________________________________________
Geography Study Guide
1. The cardinal directions are ________________________, _________________________,
_________________________, and ____________________________.
2. What are lines of latitude?
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3. The symbol on a map that shows directions is _______________________
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4. Northwest, Northeast, Southeast, and Southwest are called
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5. What is the absolute location of the triangle on the map
above? ___________________________________________________________
6. The heart on the map above is located at _________________ latitude.
7. The heart on the map above is located at _________________
longitude.
8. What are lines of latitude?
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9. What is the Equator?
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10. The scale on a map is used to ______________________________________________.
11. The most accurate map of Earth is a ___________________________________.
12.
What is the Prime Meridian?
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13. List all landforms we have learned about in class.
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14.
The Earth is divided into four _______________________________________.
The United States is in the ________________________________ and
________________________________ hemispheres.
15. Label the following physical features on the US map above.
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Gulf of Mexico
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Atlantic Ocean
Appalachian Mountains
Great Plains
Pacific Ocean
Mississippi River