Mapping Skills 1
What does the Earth rotate on?
It rotates on its axis.
How many oceans are there?
There are five.
What does "Parallel" mean?
It is another name for lines of latitude/ Lines that go side by side but never meet.
What is the South Pole?
It is the southernmost point on the globe, 90 degrees south.
What is a grid?
Longitude and Latitude lines for locating places.
What is the direction that meridians run?
They run from North to South.
What is another name for lines of longitude?
They are also called meridians.
What is the North Pole?
It is the northernmost point of the globe, 90 degrees north.
What is the only country that is also a continent?
It is Australia.
In which region of Europe does Hungary lie?
It lies in Central Europe.
Names of the Oceans that border North America (USA).
The Atlantic and the Pacific.
The equator divides the Earth into what?
It divides it into northern and southern hemispheres.
What is the direction that parallels run?
They run from east to west.
How many continents are there?
There are seven.
How well can you describe the lines of Latitude and Longitude?
They are imaginary lines.
What is Prime Meridian?
It is the major line of longitude at 0 degrees longitude.
What are imaginary lines on the globe that meet at the north and south poles and travel north and south?
They are the lines of longitude.
What are the four cardinal directions?
They are north, south, east and west.
What is the only continent without any countries?
It is Antarctica.
What are the four intermediate directions?
They are northeast, southeast, northwest, and southwest?
What is latitude?
They are imaginary lines on the globe that are parallel and travel east and west
What is equator?
It's a major line of latitude at 0 degrees latitude.
What does the Prime Meridian divide the Earth into?
It divides it into Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
Which is correct about the properties of the lines of longitude?
1, They are different/the same length.
2, They run from N to S/ W to E
3, They meet at the Equator/Poles.
They are the same length
They run from North to South
They meet at the poles
What is the total area of Hungary?
It is 96. 030 sq. km.