Longitude and Latitude
Map Questions
Types of Maps
Map Questions
Southeast Region
100
Lines of latitude run _______ and _________. Lines of Latitude measure _________ and _____________.
What is east and west; and they measure north and south?
100
This box represents the symbols on a map.
What is the map key?
100
A type of map that measures the amount of people in a certain area.
What is a population map?
100
Referring to your map, the coordinates 36 degrees North and 85 degrees West mark this location:______________.
What is the state of Tennessee?
100
A state in the Southeast Region that is shaped like the letter L.
What is Louisiana.
200
To plot points on a map, you will need the _____________.
What are the coordinates?
200
Referring to your maps, the coordinates 26 degrees North and 81 degrees West mark the location: _(city and state)____.
What is Miami, Florida?
200
A type of map that is colored and may show grasslands or bodies of water.
What is a physical map?
200
This state is to the North of Tennessee.
What is Kentucky?
200
The acronym MAG stands for these three states.
What is Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia.
300
Longitude lines run __________ and __________. They measure ________ and _________.
What is north and south; and they measure east and west?
300
This state is directly North of Louisana.
What is the state of Arkansas?
300
This map shows manmade boundaries, cities, and capitals.
What is a political map?
300
Jackson is the capital of this state.
What is Mississippi?
300
The number of states that make up the Southeast Region.
What is the number 12?
400
The vertical line that marks the 0 degree longitude measurement on the globe of the earth.
What is the prime meridian?
400
Charleston is the capital of this state.
What is West Virginia?
400
This map may show natural resources and the area in which they are in abundance.
What is a resource map?
400
Elevation and rivers may be included on this type of map.
What is a physical map?
400
The capital of Florida.
What is Tallahassee?
500
An imaginary great circle that circles around the earth running east and west.
What is the equator?
500
Referring to your map, name the coordinates that plot the location of Richmond, Virginia.
What is 37 degrees North and 77 degrees West?
500
Symbols for this type of map may include dots or colors.
What is a population map?
500
Referring to your map, name the latitude and longitude coordinates that plot the location of Atlanta, Georgia.
What is 34 degrees North and 84 degrees West?
500
The capital of Virginia.
What is Richmond?