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What part of a map tells the main idea of the map?
Map Title
What part of a map helps you calculate actual distances?
Map Scale
What part of a map helps you find directions?
From what perspective, or view, are maps drawn?
Aerial View
Maps use small pictures called _______ to stand for things in real life.
Symbols
People who make maps are called _______.
Cartographers
What part of a map shows what the colors and symbols represent?
Map Key/Legend
Places on a map are much smaller/larger than places in real life.
One half of the Earth is called a _________.
Hemisphere
Northern and Western
The United States is located north/south of the Equator.
North
_______ are imaginary lines on a map or globe that form a grid and help locate places.
Lines of Latitude and Longitude
Lines of ________run east and west and measure distances north and south of the ________.
latitude; Equator
Lines of ____________ run north and south and measure distances east and west of the ________.
Longitude; Prime Meridian
Zero degrees latitude is called the _________.
Equator
Zero degrees longitude is called the ________.
Prime Meridian
NE, SE, SW, NW are called the _________ directions.
Intermediate
What imaginary line divides the Earth into eastern and western hemispheres?
Prime Meridian
The other side of the Prime Meridian (180 degrees) is called the _____________.
International Dateline
Name two continents in the eastern hemisphere.
Several possible answers
In latitude and longitude, where is point A located?
20 degrees S, 20 degrees E
In latitude and longitude, where is point B located?
60 degrees N, 80 degrees E
Point C is ________ of Point D. (direction)
Northwest
How far is it from Point E to Point F?
10,000 miles
How far is it from Point G to Point H?
4,000 miles