Parts Of A Map
Latitude/Longitude
Other Stuff
Tropical/Temperate/Polar Zones
More Other Stuff
100
What is the purpose of a compass rose?
To indicate directions on a map
100
Parallels of latitude run _____ and measure _____
east to west--north and south
100
The only continent that is found in all four hemispheres.
Africa
100
What lines mark Earth's tropical zones on Earth?
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
100
A meridian of longitude is an imaginary line that runs...
A. parallel to the Arctic Circle.
B. parallel to the Tropic of Cancer.
C. from the North Pole to the South Pole.
D. from the Prime Meridian to the International Date Line.
C. from the North Pole to the South Pole.
200
A synonym for map legend is a map _____.
key
200
The line that marks 0° longitude is the _____.
prime meridian
200
How many continents are there? Name at least 4.
7--Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Europe, Australia, Antarctica
200
What lines on Earth mark Earth's polar zones?
Arctic Circle
Antarctic Circle
200
Which two continents are located entirely in the Western Hemisphere?
North America and South America
300
A network of evenly spaced horizontal and vertical lines used to identify locations on a map.
Map grid
300
Meridians of longitude run _____ and measure _____.
north to south--east and west
300
How many oceans are there? Name at least 3.
5--Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, Antarctic/Southern
300
What do we call the zone between the tropic lines and polar lines?
Temperate Zones
300
When the sun shines straight down on the Tropic of Cancer, what occurs?
A. Summer begins in the Southern Hemisphere.
B. Summer begins in the Northern Hemisphere.
B. Summer begins in the Northern Hemisphere.
400
What do we call the pictures or colors that represent something on a map legend?
Symbols
400
What is the highest degree of latitude we can go up to?
90
400
What two lines do we use to identify the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Hemispheres?
The Equator and Prime Meridian
400
When summer begins in the Southern Hemisphere, what season begins in the Northern Hemisphere?
Winter
400
What is the letter A referring to?
Map title
500
What does a map scale judge or determine?
Distancer
500
The boundary between one calendar day and the next calendar day.
International Date Line
500
Which two hemispheres is Canada located in?
Northern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere
500
What affects the amount of sunlight the Northern and Southern hemispheres receive AND also creates the Earth's seasons.
Earth's tilt on its axis
500
What is letter B referring to?
A line of latitude