Compass Rose
The compass rose shows these four Cardinal directions.
What are north, south, east, and west?
Latitude lines run in this direction around the Earth.
What is east-west?
A map scale helps you measure this.
What is distance?
A map key is also sometimes called this.
What is a legend?
What voice level are we at during a test?
Voice level "0"
This direction is halfway between north and east.
What is northeast?
This line is 0° latitude.
What is the Equator?
If 1 inch on a map equals 100 miles in real life, 3 inches equals this many miles.
What is 300 miles?
A blue line on a map key usually represents this feature.
What is a river?
What do we have out on our desks during tests?
1) Pencil
2) Social Studies Note Book
3) The Test
If you’re facing west, this direction is directly behind you.
What is east?
This line is 0° longitude.
What is the Prime Meridian?
A scale of 1:1,000,000 means 1 unit on the map equals this many units in real life.
What is 1,000,000 units?
A black star on a map key often marks this location.
What is a capital city?
How much is the test category worth in the gradebook?
45% of the overall grade.
This is the term for directions like northwest, southeast, southwest, and northeast.
What are intermediate directions?
The line of longitude opposite the Prime Meridian at 180° is called this.
What is the International Date Line?
On a map, 5 in represents 50 mi. If a town is 15 in away, the real distance is this.
What is 150 mi?
If a map key shows small airplane symbols, they represent this.
What are airports?
What do you do after you have finished the test?
1) Double-check your answers.
2) Make sure your FIRST and LAST name are on the test.
3) Turn it into the correct class's turn-in bin.
4) Sit in your seat and read silently.
If you walk directly south, then turn 90 degrees to your left, you are now facing this direction.
What is east?
The closer you are to the Equator, the temperature typicaly _________?
Increases
A scale where 1 in = 25 mi. If you traveled 200 mi, how far is that on the map?
What is 8 in?
A dotted line in a map key usually represents this kind of boundary.
What is a political border or boundary?
Are you going to do well on this test?
YES!