Map Skills
Map Skills Cont.
Globe Skills
Globe & Continent
Continents
100
This tells you what the map is about.
What is the title?
100
This is what you look at to find out what the symbols on a map stand for.
What is a map key?
100
These are known as the seven sections of land on the globe.
What are the continents?
100
This is known as the top half of the globe.
What is the northern hemisphere?
100

What is a Political map?

A map that shows countries, cities, or states.

200
This is used to tell you the distance from one place to another.
What is a scale?
200
These are known as northeast, southeast, northwest, and southwest.
What are intermediate directions?
200
What does the blue color on a globe represent?

The water/oceans.

200
This is the invisible line that divides the globe into the northern and southern hemispheres.
What is the Equator?
200

What is a physical map?

A map that shows landforms.

300
These are known as north, south, east, and west.
What are cardinal directions?
300

These lines run east to west on a map or globe that are located at different degrees.

What is latitude?

300

These are known as the top and bottom points on the globe.

Think of a place we talk about at Christmas time.

What are the North and South Pole?

300
This is the invisible line that divides the globe into the eastern and western hemispheres?
What is the Prime Meridian?
300

What is a road map?

Shows major and minor roads in cities or towns.

400
These are pictures, lines, or dots that stand for something on the map.
What are symbols?
400
This symbol is used to stand for state capitals.
What is a star?
400

What is a globe?

A 3-dimensional representation of Earth.

400
This is what surrounds the South Pole.
What is Antarctica?
400

What is a population map?

A map that shows the population of various places.

500

This is a visual explanation of the symbols used on the map 

What is a ledged / key?

500
These are the lines that run north to south on a map or globe that are located at different degrees.
What are lines of longitude?
500

If I am lost what type of location would I give the operator?

Absolute Location- Latitude and Longitude.

500
These are the seven continents.
What are North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and Antarctica?
500

What is a climate map?

A map that shows what the temperature is across the map.

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