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Map Skills
Time Zones
Types of Maps
Map projections
100
North, South, East, West
What are the cardinal directions
100
24
What is the number of time zones in the world
100
Shows mountains, climate, oceans, etc.
What is a physical map.
100
Most accurately shows how the earth looks.
What is a globe.
200
Where you can find what the symbols on a map mean.
What is a key or legend
200
15 degrees
What is the number of degrees in each timezone.
200
Shows boundaries of states and countries.
What is a political map
200
4 areas distorted by a map.
What is size, shape, distance and direction.
300
Lines that measure north and south of the equator.
What are latitude lines.
300
Name of the line where the days change.
What is the international dateline.
300
A map showing the mineral resources of the United States.
What is a thematic or special purpose map.
300
Map projection that distorts sizes near the poles. i.e. Greenland
What is the Mercator projection.
400
What degrees are divided into to make them more precise.
What are minutes and seconds.
400
Name of the timezones in the continental United States.
What is Pacific, Mountain, Central and Eastern.
400
A map that shows a country size based on the topic of the map.
What is a cartogram.
400
Map projection used by sailors.
What is cylindrical.
500
Famous location at 90 degrees north
What is the North Pole.
500
Traveling east across the international dateline you would go from Wednesday to....
What is Tuesday.
500
Name of the doctor who solved the cholera problem in London, England.
Who is Dr. Snow
500
Name of map projection that is used by airplane pilots.
What is flat-plane projection.