Geography review quiz 1

What are cartographer?

• Name a cartographer

• A person who draws or produces maps

• What’s your favorite map

What is relative location?

• The position of something relative to another landmark

• Name a location

• Lines cross to form a grid

What is a tsunami?

• A. A type of volcanic eruption

• B. A large sea wave caused by an earthquake

• C. A seasonal wind

• D. A river in Southeast Asia

The position of anything on Earth's surface.

• place

• border

• location

• grid

a two-dimensional, or flat, representation of Earth's surface or a portion of it.

• map

• globe

• cartography

• grid

an imaginary circle around the middle of the Earth that is the same distance from the North Pole and the South Pole

• prime meridian

• equator

• latitude

• longitude

A half of the Earth is called a _____________.

A community near a big city is called ____________________.

• suburban community

• urban community

• rural community

• village community

science or art of making maps

• geography

• cartography

• choreography

• topography

What is latitude?

• Distance of a place north or south of the earths equator

• Name a place in north or south

• The distance between latitude and longitude