Vocab
What is something that is easy to find, like a building?
Landmark
The study of the earth
Geography
Longitude and Latitude lines are measured in ______.
Degrees
The invisible line at 0 degrees longitude is called the _____.
Prime Meridian
The invisible line at 0 degrees latitude is called the _____.
Equator
Compass Rose is a
a drawing on a map with the directions north, east, south, and west.
A visual representation of an area or Earth.
A Map.
The equator is located at 0° latitude. If you travel north from the equator, do the latitude numbers get bigger or smaller?
Bigger
What is a key on a map used for?
shows symbols and colors used on the map, and what each one means.
The equator breaks the Earth into what two hemispheres
Northern and Southern
The part of a map that shows you distances from one location to antoher is...
The scale
Imaginary lines that run north to south
Lines of Longitude.
Lines of _____ measure how from the equator a place is located?
Latitude
The Prime Meridian separates the Earth into what two hemispheres?
Give two examples of a landmark.
Answers may vary.
What is another name for a map legend?
A key
This is the line that separates the northern and southern hemisphere. It is at 0 degrees latitude...
The Equator
If a place is located at 0° latitude, what is it called?
A) The Prime Meridian
B) The Tropic of Cancer
C) The Equator
D) The North Pole
C) The Equator
Lines of longitude measure how far from the ______ a place is located.
Prime Meridian
Latitude lines measure distance ______ and ______ of the ______.
East, West, Equator.
Lines of Longitude end at the...
North and South Poles
Where are the list of symbols located?
On a Key or Legend
True or False, lines of latitude and longitude form a grid on Earth's surface.
True
Lines of Longitude measure ____ or ____ of the _________.
North, South, Prime Meridian
The Great Pyramid of Giza is located at about 30°N latitude, 31°E longitude. Based on this, which continent is it on?
A) Asia
B) Africa
C) Europe
D) South America
B) Africa