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The World
Latitude
Longitude
Map Skills
Know the Facts!
100
Canada, the United States and Mexico are located on this continent.
What is North America?
100
This word stands for half of the globe.
What is a hemisphere?
100
Lines of longitude are also known as this.
What are meridians.
100
The tool used to show directions on a map.
What is the Compass Rose?
100
The town you live in.
What is the Town of Tonawanda?
200
The largest of the 4 oceans.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
200
This major line of latitude divides the globe into the Northern and Southern hemisphere.
What is the Equator?
200
This major line of longitude divides the globe into the Eastern and Western hemisphere. It runs through Greenwich, England.
What is the Prime Meridan?
200
A type of map which shows geographical features and landforms such as mountains, rivers, forests and deserts.
What is a physical map?
200
The name of the state you live in.
What is New York?
300
This continent is its own country and an island.
What is Australia?
300
The further away from the Equator a person travels, the _______ the temperature.
What is colder?
300
Using the World map, which continent is both in the Eastern and Western hemisphere?
What is Africa, Europe or Antarctica?
300
This helpful tool found on a map tells us what each symbol stands for.
What is the key?
300
Using the World Map, which direction to you travel if you were to go from North America to South America?
What is south?
400
The continent where no one lives, penguins waddle here and scientists visit.
What is Antarctica?
400
When it is winter in the Northern hemisphere, what season is it in the Southern hemisphere?
What is summer?
400
North America is located in this hemisphere.
What is the Western hemisphere?
400
Found on a map and looking like a ruler, this shows us a way to measure distances.
What is scale?
400
Using the World Map, which direction would you travel if you were to go from Antarctica to Asia?
What is northeast?
500
This ocean lies between North America and Europe.
What is the Atlantic Ocean.
500
The name of the furthest point north latitude on the globe.
What is the North Pole?
500
Where does 60 degrees West Longitude pass though?
What is South America?
500
This type of map shows the boundaries of countries, states, cities, etc.
What is a political map?
500
Using the World Map, which direction do you travel to go from Asia to South America?
What is southwest?