Terms
Shows you what different symbols on a map mean.
What is map key?
Measures distance north and south of the Equator.
What is Latitude?
The number of time zones around the world.
What is twenty-four?
The equator divides the earth into the ______ Hemispheres.
What is Northern and Southern Hemispheres?
A book of maps is called a(n)
Lines of ____ run north and south of the equator.
What are parallels?
The number of time zones in the United States.
What is six?
This map shows mountains, hills, valleys, and/or rivers.
What is physical maps?
This compares distance on a map to the distance on the ground.
What is a map scale?
Meridians run in a ______ direction.
What is north to south?
It is 4 PM on Monday in San Diego. What time would it be in New York?
What is 7 PM on Monday in New York?
30 degrees north is located _____ of the equator.
A. north of the equator
B. south of the equator
C. west of the equator
D. east of the equator
What is A. north of the equator?
Used to show different directions on a map.
What is compass rose?
Parallels run in a ________ direction.
List three facts about the International Date Line
What is
- curves around land and countries?
-located at 0 degrees longitude?
- different days on the east and west sides?
-causes an imaginary loss of time?
A map's scale shows that one centimeter equals 2 miles in real life. Ten miles is then ____ centimeters on the map.
What is 5 centimeters?
The purpose of different maps.
What is to show different information? i.e. physical maps show hills, valleys, and rivers, but a road map shows different roads.