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100
What are is a table or list that explains symbols appearing on a map?
Legend/Key
100
What is a symbol or set of arrows on a map that show north, south, east, and west?
Compass rose
100
What is one of the four main directions on a compass; north, south, east, and west
Cardinal directions
100
What is a large body of saltwater?
Ocean
100
What is One of the seven largest land masses on Earth
Continent
200
What are the directions halfway between the cardinal directions; northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest
The intermediate directions
200
What is a kind a ruler that helps you measure distance on a map?
Map scale
200
What the pattern formed by lines of latitude and longitude?
Geographic Grid
200
A measure of distance
degree
200
What is the distance, measured in the degrees, north or south of the equator?
Latitude
300
What is the distance, measured in degrees, east or west of the Prime Meridian?
Longitude
300
What is an imaginary line of latitude that marks the halfway point between North and South Pole?
Equator
300
What is an imaginary line of longitude drawn from North Pole to South Pole?
Prime Meridian
300
The line of longitude drawn from North Pole to South Pole at 180 degrees that designates the beginning of a new day west of the line?
International Date Line
300
24 regions of the world that are each one hour apart?
Time zones
400
Half of the Earth divided by either the Equator or Prime Meridian (Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western)
Hemispheres
400
Name 2 of the 7 Continents
two
400
How many oceans do we have?
5
400
What is a map called that shows landmarks such as mountains, valleys, rivers, etc.
Physical map
400
How many continents do we have?
7
500
What does the small circle stand for in 42°N ?
Degree
500
The time zones run in the same direction as the lines of?
Longitude
500
Label a compass rose (on the board)
North, South, West, East
500
How many time zones are there?
24
500
What do you coordinates on a map help you do?
Find a location
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