Basic Stuff
Directions
Bonus
Map Skills
Facts You Should Know
100
What are the Cardinal Directions?
North, South, East, and West
100
What are the intermediate directions?
Northwest, Northeast, Southwest, Southeast
100
What is the latitude of the Equator? and the longitude of the Prime Meridian?
0 degrees
100
What country is north of the United States?
Canada.
100
What is located at 90 degrees North?
North Pole
200
What is a compass rose?
Tells you which way to go on a map.
200
What is the compass rose?
It tells you the directions on the map.
200
What is a grid system?
A system that helps you locate places on a map using coordinates.
200
In what directions do latitude lines run?
east and west.
200
Seven
This is the number of continents in the world.
300
What is a map?
A drawing or chart of all or part of the earth's surface.
300
What direction would you go to get from New York to Florida?
South.
300
What does the equator divide the earth into?
Northern and Southern hemsipheres.
300
In what directions do longitude lines run?
north and south
300
Four
How many oceans are there?
400
What is a symbol?
Something used on a map (usually a drawing) to stand for something else
400
Which direction would you have to travel to get to the Atlantic Ocean from New York?
East
400
What does the Prime Meridian divide the earth into?
Eastern and Western hemispheres
400
What is the term for "half" of the earth?
hemisphere
400
North America
What continent is the United States a part of?
500
What is scale?
Shows the relationship between distances on a map and real distances.
500
What direction would you go from New York to get to the Pacific Ocean?
West.
500
What is a map legend?
Explains the specific symbols used on a map.
500
What are the latitude and longitude lines measured with?
degrees
500
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Vermont, Connecticut
Name one of the 4 states that border New York.
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