Parts Of A Map
Latitude/Longitude
Other Stuff
Tropical/Temperate/Polar Zones
More Other Stuff
100

What is the purpose of a compass rose?


To indicate directions on a map

100

Parallels of latitude run _____ and measure _____

east to west--north and south

100
The only continent that is found in all four hemispheres.

Africa

100

What lines mark Earth's tropical zones on Earth?

Tropic of Cancer

Tropic of Capricorn 

100

A meridian of longitude is an imaginary line that runs... 

A. parallel to the Arctic Circle.

B. parallel to the Tropic of Cancer.

C. from the North Pole to the South Pole. 

D. from the Prime Meridian to the International Date Line.

C. from the North Pole to the South Pole. 

200

A synonym for map legend is a map _____.


key

200

The line that marks 0° longitude is the _____.


prime meridian

200

How many continents are there?  Name at least 4.

7--Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Europe, Australia, Antarctica 

200

What lines on Earth mark Earth's polar zones? 

Arctic Circle

Antarctic Circle

200

Which two continents are located entirely in the Western Hemisphere? 

North America and South America

300

A network of evenly spaced horizontal and vertical lines used to identify locations on a map.

Map grid

300

Meridians of longitude run _____ and measure _____.

north to south--east and west

300

How many oceans are there? Name at least 3.

5--Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, Antarctic/Southern

300

What do we call the zone between the tropic lines and polar lines? 

Temperate Zones 

300

When the sun shines straight down on the Tropic of Cancer, what occurs? 

A. Summer begins in the Southern Hemisphere.

B. Summer begins in the Northern Hemisphere.

B. Summer begins in the Northern Hemisphere.

400

What do we call the pictures or colors that represent something on a map legend?

Symbols 

400

What is the highest degree of latitude we can go up to?

90

400

What two lines do we use to identify the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Hemispheres? 

The Equator and Prime Meridian

400

When summer begins in the Southern Hemisphere, what season begins in the Northern Hemisphere?

Winter 

400

What is the letter A referring to? 

Map title

500

What does a map scale judge or determine?

Distancer

500

The boundary between one calendar day and the next calendar day.

International Date Line

500

Which two hemispheres is Canada located in?

Northern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere 

500

What affects the amount of sunlight the Northern and Southern hemispheres receive AND also creates the Earth's seasons.

 

Earth's tilt on its axis

500

What is letter B referring to? 

A line of latitude 

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