World Studies Review

What word matches the following definition?

"Specific description of where a place is."

• Location

• Absolute location

• Relative location

• Region

Another name given to the lines of latitude is _____________.

• parallels

• meridians

• the primer meridian

• regions

What word matches the following definition?

"Energy from the sun."

• The equator

• Tropics

• Meridians

• Solar energy

The east–west lines in the grid are lines of ______________.

• meridians

• latitude

• longitude

• grid

What word matches the following definition?

"Regions close to the equator."

• Latitude

• Tropics

• Grid

• Poles

________________ describes where a place is.

• Location

• Human-environment interaction

• Place

• Movement

Earth spins on its own ___________.

• region

• tropic

• axis

• energy

What is the name given to the imaginary line that circles the globe halfway between the North and South Poles?

• meridian

• equator

• movement

• place

What word matches the following definition?

"General description of where a place is."

• Place

• Absolute location

• Human geography

• Relative location

What word matches the following definition?

"One complete spin of Earth on its axis."

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Grid

• Tropics