Geography Skills OH26-39

Front

Anything that stands for something else is call a ________.

Back

symbol

Front

The imaginary line that lies halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole is called the ______.

Back

equator

Front

A word for half a sphere is ______.

Back

hemisphere

Front

The directions between the cardinal directions are called the _______.

Back

intermediate directions

Front

Earth's largest bodies of water are called __________.

Back

oceans

Front

The ______ tells you what the symbols on a map represent.

Back

map key

Front

The main directions on a globe or map. North, south, east, and west are the _______.

Back

cardinal directions

Front

Earth's 7 great bodies of land are called ______.

Back

continents

Front

A small drawing on a map that shows direction is called a _______.

Back

compass rose

Front

The _______ is the relationship between the distance shown on a map and the real distance on Earth.

Back

map scale