Location and Direction
An area with common features that sets it apart from other areas is a...
a. Cardinal Direction
b. Location
c. Global Grid
d. Region
d. Region
Why do map makers use map scales?
A similar answer to this:
To show the distance between objects on a map and how it compares to real distances.
What are lines of longitude?
They are the lines that run from the North Pole to the South Pole.
What is a land feature that the Northeast and Southeast share?
The Appalachian Mountains run through both of them.
Which region is Mount Rushmore in?
Midwest
Globe is to ball as map is to...
a. Cube
b. Paper
c. Bowl
d. Bat
b. Paper
How do mapmakers explain the symbols that they use on maps?
They provide a map key.
What are lines of latitude?
Which region (Northeast or Southeast) does the following statement describe: Winters are long and cold
Northeast
Name 2 states in the Southwest
Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma
On a compass rose, northeast is to southwest and northwest is to...
southeast
Why is the global grid useful?
It allows us to locate any place in the world?
Determine which line of latitude runs through New Jersey.
40 degrees North
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware.
Name 3 states in the Midwest.
North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio.
Give two examples of cardinal directions
Could include any of the following:
North, South, East, West
What is the prime meridian?
The line that divides the Earth into Hemispheres.
Determine which line of longitude runs through New Mexico.
105 degrees West
Name 3 states in the Southeast
West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida
Name 3 states in the West.
Alaska, Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho