Topic 2: Basic Geography Quiz
The largest continent in the world is ____.
Asia
The smallest continent in the world is ____.
Australia
North, East, South, and west are known as ____.
Cardinal Direction
The great circle formed by the prime meridian and the international dateline cuts Earth in half. The part east of the prime meridian is the ____.
Eastern Hemisphere
The starting point for measuring latitude is the ___.
Equator
The "in-between" points on the compass rose, such as northeast and southwest, are known as ____.
Intermediate Direction
Parallels of ____ circle Earth from west to east.
Latitude
Meridians of ____ meet at the poles.
Longitude
The most northern point on Earth is the ___.
North Pole
The starting place for measuring longitude is at 0 degrees and is called the ____.
Prime Meridian
When you face north, east is to your ___ .
Right
The line of latitude situated at 23 1/2 degrees N latitude is called the ____.
Tropic of Cancer
The ___ are all the land and water on Earth situated between 23 1/2 degrees N latitude and 23 1/2 degrees S latitude.
Tropics
Most of Earth's surface is covered with ___ .
Water
