Directions
Hemispheres
Continents
Coordinates
Map Vocabulary
100
What are the 4 cardinal directions?
North, South, East, West.
100
Is North America in the Western or Eastern Hemisphere?
Western.
100
Which continent is in red?
Africa.
100
Which state is the point 30o N, 100o W?
Texas.
100
What is this?
A Compass Rose.
200
What on a map has the cardinal directions?
The compass rose.
200
Is Australia in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere?
Southern.
200
Which continent is dark green?
Europe.
200
Which state is the point 40o N, 90o W?
Illinois.
200
What on a map has symbols and their meanings listed?
A legend or map key.
300
Which 2 states are north of Massachusetts?
Vermont and New Hampshire.
300
Which 2 Hemispheres is Antarctica in?
The Western and Eastern Hemispheres.
300
Name all 7 Continents.
Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America.
300
Which state is at the point 35o N, 80o W?
North Carolina.
300
Which direction do lines of latitudes run?
Horizontally (left to right, east to west).
400
What direction is Virginia from New York?
South.
400
Which 2 Hemispheres are South America in?
The Northern and Southern Hemispheres
400
Which continent has the countries India, Russia, and Vietnam?
Asia.
400
What are Oklahoma City's coordinates?
About 36o N, 97o W.
400
Which direction do lines of longitude run?
Vertically (Up and Down, North and South).
500
Which direction is New Hampshire from New York?
East.
500
Which Hemispheres is Africa in?
All of them (Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western).
500
Which continent has the countries Venezuela, Chile, and Paraguay?
South America.
500
What are the coordinates of Olympia?
About 47o N, 123o W.
500
Describe the difference between relative location and absolute location.
Relative location uses one place to describe another, and uses words. Absolute location is the exact location, and uses coordinates.