The Earth
What shape is the Earth?
A sphere
These two things help us understand what the map is about and what things are called on the map.
Title and Labels
Latitude
Name a continent that is located in both the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
Europe
Asia or
(part of) Africa
What is another name for a May Key?
A legend
Name the 5 Oceans
Atlantic Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and Southern Ocean
A map key
Lines of _____________ are called meridians.
Longitude
What two hemispheres do we live in?
Northern and Western Hemispheres
If you lived close to the Equator, what season would you experience most of the year?
Summer
Name the 7 Continents.
Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia.
What is used on a map to show how the distance on the map compares to the actual distance on Earth.
A map scale
The _______________ divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres and the ____________ divides the Earth into the Eastern and Western hemispheres.
Equator
Prime Meridian
How many directions are on a compass rose?
8
Another name for Australia is?
Oceania
What are the two models of the Earth called?
Globes and Maps
This divides the map into spaces using lines to make rows and columns. It uses letters and numbers to identify a location.
Lines that run East to West are lines of ___________.
Lines that run North to South are lines of __________.
Latitude
Longitude
The Prime Meridian touches these 3 continents.
Africa
Europe
Antarctica
Greenwich
What does the word hemisphere mean?
It means half of a sphere or half of the Earth.
Name the Cardinal and Intermediate Directions on a Compass Rose.
North, Northeast, East, Southeast, South, Southwest, West, Northwest
The lines of longitude and latitude create a grid to help us find an exact place on Earth. This is known as a __________________.
Absolute Location
The equator runs directly through these two continents.
South America and Africa
When creating a map, the features on the map may change or lose their original size and shape. What is the term used to describe this?
Distortion