3rd Grade Geography

_______ is the study of the Earth and the way people live on it.

• Geography
• Geology
• Geometry
• History

The equator is an imaginary line that runs . . .

• north to south

• east to west

• east to north

• west to south

The equator is an imaginary line that divides . . .

• the eastern hemisphere and the western hemisphere

• the earth into fractions

• the northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere

• the eastern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere

The prime meridian is an imaginary line that runs...

• west to east

• north to east

• south to west

• north to south

The prime meridian is an imaginary line that divides the...

• the eastern hemisphere and the western hemisphere

• the northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere

• the northern hemisphere and the eastern hemisphere

• the western hemisphere and the southern hemisphere

Lines of latitude run . . .

• east to west
• north to south
• only on the equator
• only on the prime meridian

Lines of longitude run . . . 

• east to west
• north to south
• only on the equator
• only on the prime meridian

The design on a map, called a compass rose, shows . . .

• latitude
• cardinal directions
• compass rose
• northern hemisphere

Which is not a cardinal direction?

• east
• north
• equator
• west

Which of these is NOT an intermediate direction?

• northeast

• southwest

• midwest

• southeast