1. DG 1
1.What imaginary line separates the Northern and Southern hemispheres?
2. What is the “grid system”?
3. What are the cardinal directions?
4. What is the capital of the United States?

2. Answers
1.What imaginary line separates the Northern and Southern hemispheres? The Equator.
2. What is the “grid system”? Latitude and longitude together form the grid system.
3. What are the cardinal directions? North, South, East, West.
4. What is the capital of the United States? Washington D. C.
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3. Draw a compass rose. Label cardinal and intermediate directions.
DG 2
Draw a compass rose.
Label cardinal and intermediate directions.

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5. DG 3 1. List the 4 main parts of a map.
2. What is another name for lines of latitude?
3. What is another name for lines of longitude?
4. Name the 2 Tropics on the globe.
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6. DG 3 1. List the 4 main parts of a map.
Title, compass rose, scale , and legend/key
2. What is another name for lines of latitude? Parallels
3. What is another name for lines of longitude? Meridians
4. Name the 2 Tropics on the globe.
Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn
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7. DG 4
Who is MR HELP?
Explain

8. The 5 Themes of Geography E -Environmental Interaction
DG 4
Who is MR HELP?
The 5 Themes of Geography
M – Movement
R - Region
H - Human
E -Environmental Interaction
L -Location
P - Place

9. DG 5 1. Explain the difference between absolute and relative location.
2. Lines of _______ measure distances north and ______ of the ____________.
3. Lines of _________ measure distances east and ________ of the __________
_______________.
4.Location is one of the 5 Themes of _______.
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10. DG 5 1. Explain the difference between absolute and relative location.
Absolute is exact (Lat. &Long.)
2. Lines of latitude measure distances north and south of the equator.
3. Lines of longitude measure distances east and west of the prime meridian.
4.Location is one of the 5 Themes of Geography.
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11. DG 6 1. Geography is _________________.
2. Why do geographers use the 5 Themes of Geography?
3. A drawing of all or part of the earth on a flat surface is a _________________.
4. Latitude and longitude are measured in __________________.
5. Distortion is when items on a map are
_______________.
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12. DG 6
1. Geography is the study of the Earth and the people who live on it.
2. Why do geographers use the 5 Themes of Geography? To organize information
3. A drawing of all or part of the earth on a flat surface is a map.
4. Latitude and longitude are measured in degrees.
5. Distortion is when items on a map are not accurately shown.
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