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| What are the names of the earth's 5 ocenas? |
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| Arctic, Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, and Southern |
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| What is the imaginary line of latitude, or parallel, that divides the Earth in half? |
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| What isthe northernmost point? |
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| What is the southernmost point in the world called? |
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| What part of the map explains what the map's symbols mean? |
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| What is the latitude of the North Pole? |
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| What is the latitude of the South Pole? |
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| Lines of longitude are measured east and west of which imaginary line? |
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| What are the names of the four hemispheres of the Earth? |
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| Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western |
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| In which two hemispheres do you live in? |
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| Is the Arctic Circle north or south of the Tropic of Capricorn? |
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| A point of land, smaller than a peninsula, extending into a body of water is called a .... |
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| What lines measure distances east and west of the Prime Meridian? |
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| longitude lines (meridians) |
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| What does a star in a circle usually mean on a map? |
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| The tropic of Capricorn is ______ of the Equator |
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| What is the difference between latitude and longitude? |
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| latitude runs north and south of the Equator ( 0 to 90 degrees) and longitude runs east and west of the prime meridian (0 to 180 degrees) |
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| Which line of longitude forms a great circle with the Prime Meridian? |
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| 180 degrees- The International Date Line |
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| What and where is Puerto Rico? |
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| an island in the Carribean |
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| What is the capital of the Central American country that has a major canal running through it? |
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| What and where is Puerto Rico? |
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| an island in the Carribean |
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| The capital of the Central American country that has a major canal running through it is _______. |
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| ___ has the largest land area in the Western Hemisphere. |
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| The ______ directions are north, south, east, and west. |
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| What are the intermediate directions? |
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| Northeast, southeast, northwest, and southwest. |
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| The ____ river is in Africa. |
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| The Amazon river is in ___. |
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| The Yangtze river is in ____. |
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| The Mississippi river is in _____. |
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| Population density is.... |
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| the average population per square mile |
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| The South pole is ___ degrees south of the Equator. |
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| The 3 continents with the largest land areas are... |
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| Asia, Africa, and North America |
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