Geography: Social Studies: Hirsch: Grade 5

Front 1

Lines of latitude are also called _________.

Back 1

parallels

Front 2

Lines of latitude are parallel to the __________.

Back 2

equator

Front 3

The Prime Meridian is at __ degrees longitude

Back 3

0

Front 4

The ________ runs through the city of Greenwich, where there is a famous observatory.

Back 4

Prime Meridian

Front 5

The Prime and 180 degree Meridians divide the world into _____ and _______ hemispheres.

Back 5

Eastern; Western

Front 6

The hemisphere above the equator is the _______ hemisphere. The hemisphere below the equator is the _______ hemisphere.

Back 6

Northern; Southern

Front 7

The world's____ are referred to as NW, SW, NE, and SW.

Back 7

quadrants

Front 8

A map's ____ shows the proportion between distance on the map and actual distance on Earth's surface.

Back 8

scale

Front 9

The _______ is at 67 N latitude and contains the North pole.

Back 9

Arctic Circle

Front 10

The ______ is at 67 S latitude and contains 3/4's of earth's fresh water.

Back 10

Antarctic Circle

Front 11

The Artic Circle is (warmer or colder?) than the Antarctic Circle.

Back 11

warmer

Front 12

The ________ is at 23 N latitude; the ______ is at 23 S latitude.

Back 12

Tropic of Cancer; Tropic of Capricorn

Front 13

The ______ zigzags across the 180 degree Meridian and divides the 12th time zone in half.

Back 13

International Dateline

Front 14

List five ways in which lakes form.

Back 14

Action of glaciers; action of waves; river sources; natural dams; faults in Earth's crust

Front 15

Regions of the U.S.

Back 15

Pacific Northwest;
West;
Great Plains;
Midwest;
Southwest;
New England;
Mid-Atlantic;
South