Map Tools
A book of maps
What is an Atlas
This imaginary line circles the middle of the Earth
What is the Equator?
These lines run east and west.
What are lines of Latitude?
This type of map shows cities, states, and countries.
What is a political map?
Each is commonly divided into this many continents.
What is seven?
A representation that shows the whole or part of an area
What is a map?
This line of longitude is located at 0 degrees.
What is the Prime Meridian?
These lines run north and south.
What are lines of longitude?
This type of map shows landforms, bodies of water, and resources.
What is a physical map?
Name the two continents whose names include the word "America".
What are North America and South America?
This part of a map explains the symbols or colors used on the map
What is a map legend?
The half of Earth north of the Equator.
What is the Northern Hemisphere?
These lines measure distance north and south of the Equator.
What is latitude?
This map projection places Earth onto a cylinder.
What is a Mercator Projection?
Name the three continents that begin with the letter "A".
What are Africa, Asia, and Australia?
This map feature compares distance on a map with distance in the real world
What is a map scale?
The half of the Earth south of the Equator.
What is the Southern Hemisphere?
These lines measure distance east and west of the Prime Meridian,
What is longitude?
This imaginary line runs north and south through the Pacific Ocean.
What is the International Date Line?
Name the five oceans.
What are Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Arctic Ocean, and Southern Ocean?
this part of a map shows directions, North, South, East, West, etc..
What is a Compass Rose?
This geographical half o Earth lies west of the Prime Meridian and Includes North America and South America.
What is the Western Hemisphere?
Latitude is measured from this imaginary line, while longitude is measured from the Prime Meridian.
What is the Equator?
This is the surface of Earth at the northern end of its axis of rotation.
What is the North Pole?
Name all seven continents.
What are North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and Antarctica?