Latitude & Longitude
Map Skills
Continents & Oceans
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Vocabulary
100
How do you write latitude & longitude?
Latitude comes first. Longitude comes second.
100
This item provide directions on a map
Compass Rose
100
What are the seven continents?
North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, Antarctica
100
What is the capital of the United States of America?
Washington D.C.
100
A little picture that means a different idea
Symbol
200
Lines if latitude run in which two directions?
West & East
200
Someone who makes a map is known as this.
Cartographer
200
What are the five oceans?
Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Southern Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Indian Ocean
200
Which neighborhood do we live in?
Sunnyside
200
Another term for map key
Legend
300
Longitude lines run in these two directions?
North & South
300
The key to understanding maps is to use this.
Legend
300
The name of this ocean is found in the word Antarctica.
Arctic Ocean
300
Which two hemispheres do we live in?
Northern & Western
300
Normally appears as a dot on a map, larger than a neighborhood
City
400
Which line divides the western and eastern hemispheres?
Prime Meridian
400
This is the thing a mapmaker uses to show distance on a map.
Scale
400
This ocean is the ocean that includes Virginia Beach and Myrtle Beach.
Atlantic Ocean
400
Which region do we live in?
South
400
Very large saltwater area
Ocean
500
Which line divides the northern and southern hemisphere?
Equator
500
These are things that stand for other things on a map, such as an airplane standing for an airport.
Symbols
500
California, Oregon, and Washington are all states located near this ocean.
Pacific Ocean
500
What continent do we live in?
North America
500
A direction like southwest
Intermediate directions
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