Map SKills

Front

This map tool tells you which direction the north, south, east, and west are.

Back

compass rose

Front

This map tool tells you what the symbols, lines, and colors on a map mean.

Back

legend

Front

What is located at 0 degrees longitude and divides the Earth into western and eastern hemispheres?

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Prime Meridian

Front

This map tool tells us what the map is about.

Back

title

Front

The ______ is located at 0 degrees LATITUDE and divides the Earth into northern and southern hemispheres.

Back

Equator

Front

The area south of the Equator

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Southern Hemisphere

Front

Physical, political, nautical, and cultural are all examples of various forms of ______

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Maps

Front

Lines of ________ run from the north to the south and are also called Meridians.

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Longitude

Front

Lines of ________ run from the east to the west and are also called Parallels.

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Latitude

Front

This map tool is used to compare the distance on a map to the distance in the real world (actual distance). Options: Title, Scale, Ruler.

Back

Scale