Continents and Oceans
Cardinal directions and hemispheres
Latitude and longitude
Map scales and elevation
Landforms and rivers
100
How many continents are there?
7
100
What is this?
A compass rose
100
Which line on the map runs around the middle of the Earth from west to east?
The equator.
100
What does a map scale tell us about distance on the map?
It tells us how much map distance equals a certain real distance.
For example, it tells us how many cms on the map equals a km in the real world.
100
What do we call a large number of islands grouped together?
An archipelago
200
How many oceans are there?
5
200
What are the four cardinal directions?
North, south, east, and west.
200
What do we call the lines on the map that run east to west, parallel to the equator?
Lines of latitude.
200
Which type of map shows more detail, a large scale map or a small scale map?
A small scale map.
200
What do we call a piece of land bordered by water on 3 sides?
A peninsula
300
What is the smallest continent?
Australia
300
What are the four hemispheres?
The northern, southern, eastern, and western.
300
What do we call the lines on the map that run from the North Pole to the South Pole?
Lines of longitude.
300
What do we call the height of land above sea level?
Elevation
300
What do we call the landscape in the far north where no trees grow and the ground is frozen hard?
Tundra
400
What is the largest ocean?
The Pacific
400
Which hemispheres is Romania in?
The northern and eastern hemispheres.
400
If you live close to the equator, are you in the low latitudes, the mid latitudes, or the high latitudes?
The low latitudes.
400
If a map of Constanta was at 1:1 scale, how big would the map be?
The size of Constanta.
400
What do we call a flat raised landform with a nearly level surface?
A plateau
500
What is the largest continent?
Asia
500
Which two lines divide the world into hemispheres?
The equator and the Greenwich meridian (also called the prime meridian).
500
Do we live in the low latitudes, the mid latitudes, or the high latitudes?
The mid latitudes.
500
What is this?
A linear scale.
500
What do we call a smaller river that flows into and contributes its water to a larger river?
A tributary