intro to geography quiz 1

It's accurate from one point (usually a Pole)

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It's the most accurate image of the Earth.

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It's most accurate at the Equator and not the Poles.

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It's most accurate at the middle latitudes (between the Equator and a Pole).

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It's somewhat accurate everywhere with no serious distortion.

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dry place with few plants

• desert

• plateau

• cataract

• peninsula

powerful waterfall

• plateau

• cataract

• peninsula

• hemisphere

half the Earth, made by the Equator and the Prime Meridian

• plateau

• cataract

• peninsula

• hemisphere

land that is almost surrounded by water

• plateau

• cataract

• peninsula

• Tropic of Cancer

wide, flat mountain with steep sides

• plateau

• cataract

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn