Geography 8 Quiz Study Guide - Quiz on Tuesday, September 10th

Geography 8 Quiz Study Guide

·      Longitude

·      Latitude

·      Meridian

·      Parallel

·      Border

·      Continents

·      5 Main Oceans of the World (Atlantic, Arctic, Southern, Indian, Pacific)

·      Hemisphere

·      Prime Meridian

·      Earths Grid

·      Poles

·      Equator (know coordinates)

·      Tropic of Cancer (know coordinates)

·      Tropic of Capricorn (know coordinates)

·      Arctic Circle (know coordinates)

·      Antarctic Circle (know coordinates)

·      Direction terms (i.e. north, south, east, west)

·      Intermediate direction

·      Primary direction

·      Scale

·      Know how to find a location (city, town, country) using coordinates

All of the following are found in your “What is Social Studies Handout”

·      Definition of Social Studies 

·      Definition of Geography 

·      Definition of History 

·      2 branches of Social Studies (HO)

·      3 branches of Geography (HO)

·      5 themes of Geography (HO)