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Latitude
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Geographic Coordinates/
Orienteering
Hemispheres
Miscellaneous
100
Lines of Latitude are also known as
What are Parallels
100
Lines of Longitude are also known as
What are Meridians
100
Maps used for orienteering are of large areas with few details, or of small areas with a lot of details.
What are of small areas with a lot of details
100
What divides the earth in the northern and southern hemispheres
What is the Equator
100
A special compass used for orienteering
What is a Silva Compass
200
Lines of Latitude go in which two directions
What is east and west
200
Lines of Longitude go in which 2 directions
What is north and south
200
Orientation on a map can be shown with a compass rose or ______
What is a map grid
200
What divides the earth into the eastern and western hemispheres
What is Prime Meridian
200
A long time ago maps were drawn with which direction at the top
What is East
300
The line of Latitude at zero degrees latitude is also known as
What is the equator
300
The Line of Longitude at zero degrees longitude is also known as
What is The Prime Meridian
300
True or false- The Prime Meridian passes through New York City.
What is false
300
Write the names of the 4 hemispheres on the board
What is Northern, Western, Southern, Eastern
300
Another name for Map Key is
What is legend
400
Latitude lines are vertical or horizontal
What is horizontal
400
Longitude lines are vertical or horizontal
What is vertical
400
Define Geographic Coordinates
What is 2 numbers that give an exact location of a place on earth
400
What is the longitude line opposite the Prime Meridian called
What is 180 degree meridian
400
True or False- Orienteering is similar to a treasure hunt
True
500
Lines of Latitude are numbered from 0 to
What is 90 degrees
500
Lines of Longitude are numbered from 0 to
What is 180 degrees
500
Explain the process of plotting geographic coordinates on a grid.
What ...
500
Define hemisphere
What is half of the Earth
500
Draw an 8 point compass rose
What is ...