Map symbols
Globe features
Continents
Oceans
Maps and their features
100
What is the part of the map called that tells what symbols on a map mean?
map key
100
What is the Equator?
The imaginary line that divides divides the globe into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere
100
What continent has all types of weather represented?
North America
100
What fraction of the earth's surface is covered by water?
Three-fourths
100
What kind of map tells what is grown or produced in a part of the world?
Product map
200
What is the part of a map called that shows distances?
The scale
200
What is the Prime Meridian?
The imaginary line that divides the globe into the Eastern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere
200
What is the world's largest continent?
Asia
200
What is the largest ocean in the world?
Pacific Ocean
200
How are map distances measured from the Prime Meridian?
Map distances measured by meridians that go up and down on the globe
300
What part of a map shows directions on a map?
Compass rose
300
What is longitude?
The map distances measured by meridians, long lines that go up and down
300
What is the world's smallest continent?
Australia
300
What ocean is located just east of the United States?
Atlantic Ocean
300
From what are lines of latitude measured?
The Equator
400
What are the cardinal directions found on a map?
North, south, east, west -- never eat soggy waffles
400
What is latitude?
The distance north or south of the Equator
400
What is the world's second largest continent?
Africa
400
What is the world's smallest ocean?
Arctic Ocean
400
What does the Equator divide the world into? Name the parts.
Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere
500
What are the intermediate directions on a map?
Northeast, Southeast, Northwest, Southwest
500
Through what two continents does the Prime Meridian run?
Europe and Africa
500
What is the world's southernmost continent?
Antarctica
500
What ocean is located farthest north in the world?
Arctic Ocean
500
Into what two parts does the Prime Meridian divide the earth?
EAstern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere
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