Who's Line is it Anyway
This imaginary line goes around the middle of the Earth.
What is the Equator?
This is what we call the four main directions on a compass rose.
What are Cardinal Directions?
This is the largest division of land mass on Earth.
What is a Continent?
One half of the Earth
What is a hemisphere?
The capital of the United States.
These lines run East and West but measure North and South.
What are lines of latitude?
This is what we call the points BETWEEN the Cardinal directions on a compass rose.
What are Intermediate directions?
These are the 7 continents.
What are Africa, N. America, S. America, Asia, Europe, Australia, and Antarctica?
This continent is entirely in the Southern Hemisphere.
What is Australia?
The capital of Mexico.
What is Mexico City?
These lines run North and South, but measure East and West.
What are lines of longitude?
A ________________ map shows physical features of land, elevation, and water.
What is a Physical map?
These are the 5 oceans on Earth.
What are the Atlantic, Pacific, Southern, Indian, and the Arctic?
These are the two hemispheres where North America is located.
What are the Northern and Western Hemispheres?
The largest ocean in the world.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
This imaginary line runs from the North Pole to the South Pole.
What is the Prime Meridian?
A __________________ map shows man-made features such as counties and states.
What is a Political map?
The Southern Ocean can be called this.
What is the Antarctic Ocean?
This is the biggest continent in the Northern and Eastern Hemispheres.
What is Asia?
The equator is _______ degrees longitude and latitude.
What is zero degrees?
This is the distance in degrees between the Equator and the Poles.
What is 90 degrees?
A ________ is a box on the map that tells us information we need to understand the map.
What is a Key?
This is the distance land is above sea level.
What is Elevation?
North and South America are located in this hemisphere.
What is the Western Hemisphere?
The Prime Meridian is at __________ degrees longitude and latitude.
What is zero?