1.2 World
Use this domain for words referring to the planet we live on.
What words refer to the planet we live on?
the world, earth, the Earth, the globe, the planet
What words describe something that belongs to this world?
earthly, terrestrial
What words describe something that affects the whole world?
world (adj), global, worldwide, universal
What words are used to talk about the whole world, all the countries, or all the people?
the whole world, the entire earth, all over the world, round the world,
What words refer to a part of the world?
hemisphere, North Pole, South Pole, pole, polar, polar cap, equator, tropics, tropical, continent, time zone, the Third World, the West, the East, Orient
What words refer to the study of the world?
geography, geographical, geographer, geology