Map Skills

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A small map or picture of a globe that shows where an area on the main map is found in a state, on a continent, or in the world. 

• Map Scale

• Map Legend

• Inset Map

• Locator Tool

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2. What is highlighted with the blue line?

• The Equator
• The Prime Meridian

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3. What is highlighted with the blue line?

• Latitude 30°S
• Longitude 30°S

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4. What does the equator separate?

• The Northern and Southern Hemispheres
• The Eastern and Western Hemispheres

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5. What is the division of the Earth into two sets of two spheres?

• The Hemispheres
• The Prime Meridan

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6. What is shown with the highlighted blue line?

• Line of Latitude
• Line of Longitude

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8. What does the Prime Meridian separate?

• The Northern and Southern Hemispheres
• The Eastern and Western Hemispheres

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7. What is shown with the blue line?

• Line of Latitude
• Line of Longitude

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10. What is another name for the equator?

• 0° Latitude
• 0° Longitude

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9. What is another name for the prime meridian?

• 0° Latitude
• 0° Longitude

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provides directions for traveling from one point to another; shows major attractions

• road map

• thematic map

• political map

• physical map

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measures the distance between two places on the map related to the real world.

• compass

• map scale

• legend

• key

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shows one or two themes of a location (population, livestock)

• road map

• political map

• physical map

• thematic map

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shows human-made features of a location (countries, cities & states, significant bodies of water)

• road map

• political map

• physical map

• thematic map

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shows the location, shape, or elevation of features on Earth's surface

• road map

• political map

• physical map

• thematic map

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gives information about what colors and symbols on the map mean

• map key

• inset map

• map title

• map element

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a flat drawing of all parts of Earth's surface

• map key

• map

• map title

• map element

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parts of a map

• map key

• map

• map title

• map elements

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also referred to as a Map Key

• Map Story

• Map Legend

• Map Title

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What element on the map shows directions?

• scale

• compass rose

• title

• country

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What is this map element called?

• title

• compass rose

• legend

• scale

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The following information is often found on a map in what area?

• scale

• key or legend

• compass rose

• cardinal directions

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This is a picture of a

• map title
• map key
• map legend
• map scale

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 This type of map shows governmental boundaries of countries, states, and/or counties.  It sometimes includes cities, roads, and significant bodies of water.

• Physical
• Political
• Product
• Map

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This type of map shows the boundaries of states and countries.

• Political Map
• Physical Map
• Grid Map
• Distribution Map

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What type of map is pictured?

• Political
• Physical
• Thematic

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On the map the circles, triangles, and squares are all examples of:

• Legends

• Keys

• Roses

• Symbols

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The earth can be divided into four halves known as _____.

• fractions

• semaphores

• moieties

• hemispheres

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What is the name of the imaginary line that runs from east to west, and separates the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Longitude

• Latitude

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Measures distance from the equator. These lines run east and west and measure north and south.

• Cardinal Directions
• Latitude Lines
• Longitude Lines
• Intermediate Directions

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What is another name for a map maker?

• Geographer
• Biologist
• Cartographer
• Graphologist

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A ___ is a model of the Earth.

• equatoe

• scale

• globe

• symbol

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A spherical map of the Earth is called ______________.

• map

• Northern

• longitude

• globe

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Map keys show symbols, colors, pictures and lines.

• True

• False

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What is a human-made line called on a map?

• border

• continent

• mountain ridge

• reservoir

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Which type of map is shown here?

• thematic

• political map

• mental

• physical map

• road map

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Which type of map is shown here?

• thematic

• political map

• mental

• physical map

• road map

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Which type of map is shown here?

• thematic

• political map

• mental

• physical map

• road map

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Which type of map is shown here?

• thematic

• political map

• mental

• physical map

• road map

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Prime Meridian

• Longitude

• Latitude

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This imaginary line crosses our planet in the middle from east to west.

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

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This line separates the Northern and Southern Hemispheres

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

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this imaginary line crosses our planet, horizontally through the middle.

• Equator

• Compass

• Prime Meridian

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divides map into evenly spaced vertical and horizontal lines; a way used to locate a place on the map.

• Grid System

• Compass Rose

• Inset Map

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Equator

• Longitude

• Latitude

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Name this tool

• Map Scale

• Cardinal Directions

• Compass Rose

• Locator

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a type of symbol on maps and globes that show cardinal (north, south, east, west) and intermediate directions (northeast,northwest, southeast, southwest)

• map title

• key

• compass rose

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main compass points of north, south, east, west

• intermediate directions

• cardinal directions

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compass points of that are halfway between each cardinal direction; northeast,northwest, southeast, southwest

• intermediate directions

• cardinal directions