Study Guide for your Geography Test
Study the following:
1) Which continent is the largest?
2) Which continent is the smallest?
3) Which continent does Central America belong to?
4) Which continent does Greenland belong to?
5) What city, country and continent does time start in?
6) Where does one calendar day change to the next?
7) Which 2 continents is the International Date Line located between?
8) The Prime Meridian is the location where ________ begins.
9) Lines of latitude run in these 2 directions: _____________ and _____________.
10) Lines of latitude measure distances north and south of the ________________.
11) The equator separates which 2 hemispheres?
12) The equator passes through which continents?
13) Lines of longitude run in the directions ____________ and ______________.
14) The Prime Meridian is the starting point for measuring lines of ________________.
15) There are ______ time zones are in the world.
16) There are ________ time zones in the United States.
17) Which continent contains the fewest time zones?
18) Which continent contains the most time zones?
19) The percentage of time zones located in the U.S. is _________?
20) What fraction of the time zones of the world are in the U.S.?
21) How many states are in Alaska's time zone?
***PRACTICE THE LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE WORKSHEET AND THE TIME ZONE WORKSHEET
FROM CLASS!
***YOU WILL NEED TO KNOW THE FOLLOWING:
~HOW TO LOCATE PLACES ON A MAP GIVEN ONLY LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE
~HOW TO PLOT COORDINATES FOR LOCATIONS
~HOW TO DECIDE WHAT TIME IT IS IN DIFFERENT TIME ZONES ACROSS THE U.S.
(EXAMPLE: IF IT IS 2:00 PM IN NEW ORLEANS, WHAT TIME IS IT IN NEW YORK CITY?)