3rd - Understanding the Geography of the World

the city where the government of a country or state meets

• village

• capital

• state

• continent

an area of land that has its own government

• culture

• land mass

• continent

• country

the imaginary line that divides Earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres

• equator

• prime meridian

• latitude

• borderline

the line where one place, such as a state or country, ends and another begins

• border

• section

• prime meridian

• fence

one of the seven large bodies of land on Earth

• oceans

• county

• continent

• country

the study of Earth—its spaces, land, water, air, and people

• geography

• biology

• chemistry

• mapology

one of the five largest bodies of water on Earth

• lakes

• ocean

• rivers

• continents

the imaginary line that divides Earth into the Eastern and Western hemispheres

• Equator

• Prime Number

• Prime Meridian

• Prime Rib

one of the 50 main areas with their own governments that make up the United States

• territories

• provinces

• counties

• states

a deep, narrow valley with steep sides

• legend

• cliff

• stream

• canyon