Map Skills Study Guide - Grade 4

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What is a compass rose?

Back

A symbol on a map that shows the points of direction.

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What and how a map scale is used.

Back

map scale- shows the relationship between distances on a map and real distances.
*used to measure distance on a map.

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What are cardinal directions?

Back

The four primary directions- North, East, South, West
(remember: Never Eat Soggy Waffles)

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What is a map key?

Back

Explains what each symbol on a map represents.

(Gives meaning to each symbol on a map)

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What are intermediate directions?

Back

Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, Southwest (the directions that are between the cardinal directions)

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What is the equator?

Back

Equator - an imaginary line that divides the earth into a Northern and Southern hemisphere.

*0 degrees latitude -hotter temperatures and more direct sun.

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Prime Meridian

Back

Divides the earth into eastern and western hemispheres.

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What is the Prime Meridian?

Back

It divides the earth into eastern and western hemispheres at 0 degrees longitude.

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Hemispheres in the USA are located in...

Back

Northern and Eastern Hemispheres

**Continental US has 4 Time zones

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What is an ocean?

Back

An ocean is a large body of water that helps make up more than 75% of our Earth.