Geography 5th Grade

What is the local weather conditions that an area experiences over a long period of time?

• Climate

• Coastal

• Tropical

• Bodies of Water

What is the exact position of a place on the earth's surface?

• relative location

• region

• absolute location

• area

the study of the physical features of the earth; the study of human activity and its affects on the earth

• geography

• continent

• compass rose

• atlas

geography that deals with the natural features of the earth

• human geography

• physical geography

• prime meridian

• international date line

the half of the earth that is east of the prime meridian

• Western Hemipshere

• east side

• Eastern Hemisphere

• south side

an imaginary line around Earth that divides the Earth into northern and southern hemispheres

• equator

• atlas

• compass rose

• prime meridian

The United States is part of which continent?

• Asia

• South America

• North America

• Europe

Cardinal directions show....

• northwest, southwest,

  northeast, southeast

• north, south, east, west

An example of a landform is...

• valley

• mountain

• plain

• all of the above

A flat, elevated landform that is raised much higher than the surrounding area.

• piedmont
• peninsula
• isthmus
• plateau