Intro to the world

Question 1

Convention

Answer 1

Standard rule or technique to be followed

Question 2

Continent

Answer 2

large land mass on the earths surface

Question 3

Plate

Answer 3

Large mass of rock that together make up earths surface

Question 4

Crust

Answer 4

The earths outer skin made up of plates

Question 5

Equator

Answer 5

0 degrees latitude, mapping line that divides earth into northern and southern hemispheres

Question 6

Lattitude

Answer 6

Horizontal mapping lines that run parallel to each other around the earth

Question 7

Longitude

Answer 7

Vertical mapping lines that run parallel to each other around the earth

Question 8

Physical map

Answer 8

A map showing relief and natural features

Question 9

Political map

Answer 9

a map showing political features such as county borders and cities.

Question 10

Relief

Answer 10

The shape of the land. Variations of elevation on the earths surface.

Question 11

Commonwealth

Answer 11

a free association of independent countries each of which recognizes the Queen as the head of the commonwealth

Question 12

Monarch

Answer 12

a king or queen who holds power

Question 13

Global corporations

Answer 13

companies that have expanded into many parts of the world

Question 14

Exploitation

Answer 14

taking advantage of a person or situation for ones own gain

Question 15

Trench

Answer 15

a long narrow steep-sided depression in the ocean floor.

Question 16

Tsunami

Answer 16

huge waves (tidal waves) caused by movement of the plates.

Question 17

Tropics

Answer 17

region of the earth between the tropic of cancer and the tropic of capricorn

Question 18

Countries of the commonwealth

Answer 18

Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, Fiji, India, South Africa, New Zealand