Map Skills
The invisible band that goes around the middle of the globe, horizontally
What is, the Equator
The continent we live on
What is, North America
The direction towards the top of MOST maps
What is, North
Big farm that only produces one crop, usually just for sale
What is, a Plantation
The ocean just south of India
What is, the Indian Ocean
The invisible band that goes around the middle of the globe, vertically.
What is, the Prime Meridian
Continent with the lowest population volume
What is, Antartica
The direction to the right on most maps
What is, East
The interaction between people and the area they live
What is, Human-Environment Interaction
The ocean closest to Los Angeles
What is, the Pacific Ocean
Invisible lines that go vertically around the globe
What are, Longitude Lines
The largest continent by area
What is, Asia
The direction at the bottom of most maps
What is, South
The reason bananas were chosen for Guatemala
What is, the Arctic Ocean
Invisible lines that go horizontally around the globe
What are, Latitude Lines
The smallest continent by area
What is, Europe
The way to identify a direction between "Cardinal" directions (i.e. North, South, East, and West)
What is, add additional direction point. (I.E. SSE, NNW etc.)
This is how bananas ended up in Guatemala
Brought by explorers to New World, from Indonesia and Papua New Guinea where they naturally grow
The ocean closest to us geographically
What is, the Atlantic ocean
The "key" to understanding symbols on maps
What is, The Map Legend, or the Map "Key"
Continent that has hosted the fewest Olympics
What is, Antartica
Exact location on a map
What is, coordinates
The name of the company that brought bananas from Guatamala to the U.S., responsible for overthrowing Guatamalen Government in the 1950s
What is, U.S. Fruit, later to become, Chiquita Banana
The most southerly ocean
What is, the Southern Ocean