🗺️ Map Skills
🌍 Earth & Hemispheres
🧭 Directions
🌊 Land & Water
🌎 Around the World
100
What is a representation that shows the whole or part of an area?
Map
100
What imaginary line divides Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
Equator
100
What are the four cardinal directions?
North, South, East, West
100
What is a peninsula?
Land surrounded by water on three sides
100
Name the five oceans.
Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic
200
What is a table on a map or chart that lists and explains the symbols used?
Legend or Key
200
What imaginary line divides Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres?
Prime Meridian
200
What are the four intermediate directions?
Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, Southwest
200
What is an archipelago?
A group or chain of islands
200
Name the seven continents
Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America
300
What part of a map shows directions like north, south, east, and west?
Compass rose
300
What hemisphere is a place in if it is north of the Equator?
Northern Hemisphere
300
Look at the map. City A is northwest of City B. If you travel from City A to City B, which direction are you traveling?
Southeast
300
What is a strait?
A narrow body of water connecting two larger bodies of water
300
Which continent is located at the South Pole?
Antarctica
400
What does a map scale help you figure out?
The distance between places OR compares the distance on a map to the distance in a real world
400
What hemisphere is a place in if it is west of the Prime Meridian?
Western Hemisphere
400
This massive ocean sits on the entire East Coast of the United States.
Atlantic Ocean
400
What is a canal?
A human-made waterway connecting two bodies of water
400
Latitude runs ______________ and _______________, but measures how far something is ________________ and _________________
(I am looking for directions: north, east, south, and west!)
East and West
North and South
500
What is an atlas?
A book or collection of maps
500
What is the International Date Line?
An imaginary line near 180° longitude where the calendar date changes
500
What is this map showing us?
It is a voting map?
500
What is a plateau?
A large area of high, mostly flat land
500
Longitude runs ______________ and _______________, but measures how far something is ________________ and _________________
(I am looking for directions: north, east, south, and west!)
North and South
East and West
600
What is physical geography?
The study of the Earth's natural features, like mountains, rivers, weather, and plants
600
What hemisphere(s) are we in right now?
Northern and Western Hemispheres
600
If you are standing outside watching a beautiful morning sunrise, this is the cardinal direction your face is pointing toward.
East
600
What is a gulf?
a large part of an ocean or sea that reaches deep into the land and is almost surrounded by coastlines
600
Trick Question: What country or continent did Ms. Bronk get engaged in?
Austria or Europe