Map Skills & Directions
What are the four cardinal directions?
North, South, East, and West.
Does latitude measure north/south or east/west?
North and south.
What theme describes where a place is located?
Location.
What is Earth spinning on its axis called?
Rotation.
What is the outer layer of Earth called?
The crust.
What direction is between South and West?
Southwest.
Does longitude measure north/south or east/west?
East and west.
What theme describes the physical and human characteristics of a place?
Place.
About how long does one rotation of Earth take?
24 hours.
What process breaks rocks into smaller pieces?
Weathering.
What part of a map shows directions?
Compass rose.
What is the name of the line at 0° latitude?
The Equator.
What is a group of places that share characteristics called?
A region.
What is Earth's movement around the Sun called?
Revolution.
What process moves weathered rock and soil?
Erosion.
What part of a map explains symbols and colors?
Map key.
What is the name of the line at 0° longitude?
The Prime Meridian.
What theme includes people, goods, and ideas moving from place to place?
Movement.
What causes Earth's seasons?
Earth's tilted axis and its revolution around the Sun.
What process happens when eroded material is dropped in a new place?
Deposition.
What part of a map shows real-world distance?
Scale bar.
When reading coordinates, which comes first: latitude or longitude?
Latitude.
What theme describes the relationship between people and the environment?
Human-environment interaction.
What is an equinox?
A time when day and night are nearly equal in length.
What can the movement of tectonic plates create?
Earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountains.