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The country of India is located in which hemisphere?
a) Southeast
b) Northeast
c) Southwest
d) Southeast

North America is located in which hemisphere?
a) Northeast
b) Southwest
c) Northwest
d) Southeast

a map that shows the names and borders of countries
a) Physical Map
b) Climate Map
c) Population Map
d) Political Map

a map that shows land and water features
a) Political Map
b) Population Map
c) Physical Map
d) Climate Map

Advantage of this map is size and shape of land masses, distortion in direction and distance, lots of interruptions.
a) Goode's Projection
b) Winkel Projection
c) Mercator Map
d) Albertson's Projection

Map that accurately shows shape and direction, but distorts distance and size of land masses.
a) Physical Map
b) Winkel Projection
c) Political Map
d) Mercator Map

A chain of islands
a) Peninsula
b) Archipelago
c) Tsunami
d) Island Range

A large area of flat land elevated high above sea level
a) Mountains
b) Plains
c) Plateau
d) Tundra

an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres and constituting the parallel of latitude 0°.
a) Latitude
b) Equator
c) Prime Meridian
d) Longitude

The meridian, designated at 0° longitude, which passes through the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, England.
a) Hemispherical Divide
b) Royal Line
c) Equator
d) Prime Meridian

Distance east or west of the prime meridian, measured in degrees
a) Latitude
b) Longitude
c) Magnitude
d) Baditude

distance north or south of the Equator, measured in degrees
a) latitude
b) longitude
c) Equator
d) Northern Hemisphere

One half of the earth divided by either the equator or the Prime Meridian
a) Latitude
b) Longitude
c) Hemisphere
d) Equatorial Prime

Germany is located in which hemisphere?
a) Northeast
b) Southeast
c) Northwest
d) Southwest

China is located in which hemisphere?
a) Southwest
b) Southeast
c) Northeast
d) Northwest

The country of Brazil is located in which hemisphere?
a) Northeast
b) Northwest
c) Southwest
d) Southeast

When reading the coordinate of a location, which directions are always first?
a) Longitude lines, East or West
b) Longitude lines, North or South
c) Latitude lines, East or West
d) Latitude lines, North or South

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