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Reading a Map
Lines on a Map
Hemispheres
Directions
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What tells you what the map is about?
The title.
100
What lines run east and west on a map and measure distance north and south?
It is latitude.
100
What is half of a sphere or half of the Earth called?
It is a hemisphere.
100
What are the directions north, south, east, and west called?
They are the cardinal directions.
200
What is it called where the symbols are on a map?
It is the map key/legend.
200
What are the lines that run north and south on a map and measure the distance east and west?
It is longitude.
200
What is a round object called?
It is a sphere.
200
What are the northeast, southeast, northwest, and southwest directions called?
They are called intermediate directions.
300
This has the directions on a map.
This is the compass rose.
300
What are the lines that go from the North Pole to the South Pole on the maps of the world, the lines that run north and south?
They are meridians.
300
North America and South America can be found in what hemisphere?
It is in the Western Hemisphere.
300
What direction is the cafeteria from our classroom?
It is south.
400
What is the measurement on a map called and what is it used for?
It is called the scale and it is used to represent the distance from place to place at a smaller scale.
400
What line divides the Earth in the Northern and Southern hemispheres at 0 latitude?
It is the equator.
400
What shape is the planet Earth?
It is a sphere.
400
What direction is the big gym from our classroom?
It is north.
500
What is the difference between a map key and a map legend?
They are both mean the same thing!
500
What divides the Earth into the Eastern and the Western hemispheres at 0 longitude?
It is the Prime Meridian.
500
What hemisphere is both South America and Antarctica found?
It is the Southern Hemisphere.
500
If you were traveling from Dodge City, Kansas to Washington state, what direction would you be traveling? (It is an intermediate direction.)
You would be traveling northwest.