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Odds and Ends
100
What are the four major directions?
North, south, west, east
100
What is an equator?
An imaginary line that cuts the world/Earth into the northern and southern hemispheres.
100
What is another name for latitude lines?
Parallels
100
What is a drawing that represents an object called?
A symbol
100
What are the intermediate directions?
Northwest, northeast, southwest, southeast
200
What does a compass rose show?
Directions on a map.
200
What is the prime meridian?
An imaginary line that divides the Earth into the eastern and western hemispheres.
200
What is another name for longitude lines?
Meridians
200
Draw an example of a symbol?
Answers will vary
200
Name the four hemispheres.
Northern, southern, western, eastern hemispheres
300
What is the country south of the United States?
Mexico
300
What direction do longitude lines run on a map?
North and south.
300
Where do the longitude lines meet (intersect)?
At the North Pole and South Pole.
300
Where is the place where all the symbols are located on a map? It tells us what the symbols mean.
A key or legend
300
Do latitude lines intersect with each other? Draw them.
No
400
Name a state south of Iowa.
Answers will vary.
400
What direction does latitude lines run on a map?
East and west.
400
Show with your body the difference between latitude and longitude lines.
Answers will vary.
400
In which two hemispheres is the United States located?
The Northern and Western hemispheres.
400
If you are close to the equator, what can you expect the weather to be like?
Very hot
500
When I drive to Canada, what direction am I traveling?
North
500
How are latitude and longitude lines measured?
In degrees.
500
As you get further from the equator, what can you expect the weather to be like?
It will get colder the further you get away from the equator.
500
What continent is in the Southern and Eastern hemispheres?
Australia
500
What do you call people who study the world and its land?
Geographers
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