What term is used to describe an imaginary line around the middle of the Earth?
a. equator
b. compass rose
c. map title
d. map legend
100
What continent is located in the northern and western hemisphere?
a. South America
b. Australia
c. Antartica
d. North America
100
What ocean is between North American and Europe?
a. Atlantic
b. Indian
c. Pacific
d. Arctic
100
What is a continent?
a. large body of water on the Earth
b. the imaginary line around the middle of the Earth
c. rivers and lakes on the Earth
d. a large body of land on the Earth
100
Which ocean borders Virginia?
a. Atlantic
b. Pacific
c. Indian
d. Arctic
200
What term is used to describe a large body of land on the Earth?
a. ocean
b. hemisphere
c. prime meridian
d. continent
200
What continent is located only in the southern hemisphere?
a. Antarctica
b. South America
c. Asia
d. Europe
200
What ocean is located between Asia and North America?
a. Indian
b. Pacific
c. Atlantic
d. Southern
200
A map legend is used to....
a. show the kind of map
b. show directions
c. show the symbols
d. show the distance
200
The United States in on what continent?
a. South America
b. Asia
c. North America
d. Africa
300
How many continents are located on the Earth
a. five
b. six
c. seven
d. eight
300
What continent is located in the eastern and southern hemisphere
a. Asia
b. Australia
c. Europe
d. North America
300
What ocean is located between Africa and Australia?
a. Indian
b. Atlantic
c. Arctic
d. Pacific
300
On a map, a compass rose shows.....
a. symbols
b. titles
c. directions
d. regions
400
How many major oceans are located on the Earth?
a. four
b. five
c. six
d. seven
400
What continent is located in the western and southern hemisphere?
a. North America
b. Asia
c. Europe
d. Australia
400
What ocean is located only in the northern hemisphere?
a. Pacific
b. Indian
c. Arctic
d. Atlantic
400
Which part of the map shows what each symbol stands for?
a. map scale
b. compass rose
c. map legend
d. map title
400
The title of the map tells...
a. the directions of North, East, South, and West
b. the symbols used on a map
c. the name or kind of map
d. the list of shapes used
500
What term is used to describe an imaginary line from the north to the south of the Earth?
a. equator
b. compass rose
c. prime meridian
d. hemisphere
500
What continent is located in the eastern and northern hemisphere?
a. Asia
b. Antarctica
c. North America
d. Africa
500
What ocean is located only in the southern hemisphere?
a. Southern
b. Pacific
c. Atlantic
d. Arctic
500
How is a simple letter-number grid system used to locate places on a map?
a. a grid system identifies the exact location of a place
b. a grid system identifies a nearby location to a place
c. a grid system identifies the continents
d. a grid system identifies the distance from one place to another
500
Which direction would a person MOST likely travel from Virginia to get to the Pacific Ocean?