Latitude and Longitude
True or false: The equator runs east to west through the center of the earth at 0 degrees latitude while the prime meridian runs north to south through the center of the earth at 0 degrees longitude.
True
What intermediate direction lies between East and South on a compass rose?
Southeast
These graphs use symbols to display information
Pictographs
Geographers are people who study this thing
The earth
A point where two or more things are joined
Junction
Lines of longitude are also known as _________
Meridians
What main direction lies between Southwest and Northwest on a compass rose?
West
These graphs use lines connected by dots to display information
North
Words or pictures chosen to represent something else
Symbols
Lines of latitude are also known as __________
Parallels
If Mrs. Guerrero's room is directly south of us, what direction is Mrs. Haupt's room?
West
Bar graphs that display two or more pieces of information must include this
A key
What do mapmakers use to compare the distance on a map to the actual distance?
Scale
An unexplored territory
Frontier
Longitude
If Mrs. Guerrero's room is directly south of us, what direction is the MPB church and parish hall?
North
The line graph would go up by 4
What on a map explains what all of the maps symbols mean?
The legend
The distance of a place east or west of the prime meridian
Longitude
Colorado lies north of the equator at roughly 40 degrees _________
Latitude
If Mrs. Guerrero's room is directly south of us, what direction is Ms. Camardo's room?
Southwest
What are the names of the horizontal and vertical lines that make up a graph?
The x-axis and the y-axis
Which part of a map lets the geographer know the map's subject?
The title
The relationship between the distance on a map and the actual distance
Scale