Maps and Scales
North, South, East, and West directions.
What are cardinal directions?
This intermediate direction is between North and East on a compass rose.
What is Northeast?
The half of the Earth that is North of the equator.
What is Northern Hemisphere?
Imaginary lines move North to South on a map or globe.
What are longitude lines?
The Equator separates these two hemispheres.
What are Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
This shows you the cardinal directions.
What is a Compass Rose?
This intermediate direction is between North and West on the compass rose.
What is Northwest?
The half of the earth that is South of the equator.
What is Southern Hemisphere?
Imaginary lines that move East to West on a map or globe.
What are latitude lines?
The compass rose on a map tells you this.
What are cardinal and ordinal directions?
A short measurement that allows you to measure long distances on a map.
What is a map scale?
This intermediate direction is between South and West on the compass rose.
What is Southwest?
The hemisphere West of the Prime Meridian.
What is Western Hemisphere?
Line of latitude that divides the Earth into Northern or Southern Hemisphere.
What is Equator?
The Prime Meridian separate these two hemispheres.
What are Eastern and Western Hemispheres?
On a map scale, inches are transcribed into these longer measurements of distance.
What are miles or kilometers?
This intermediate direction is between South and East on the compass rose.
What is Southeast?
The hemisphere East of the Prime Meridian.
What is Eastern Hemisphere?
Line of longitude that divides the Earth into Eastern or Western Hemisphere.
What is Prime Meridian?
The highest degrees lines of latitude can go.
What are 90 degrees?