Continents and Oceans/Map Skills

Which features make maps easier to read?

• a title
• a compass rose
• symbols and a map key
• all of these features

What is this symbol?

• scale
• key
• compass rose
• map

What does a compass rose show you?

• The map scale
• Cardinal and intermediate directions
• What a symbol stands for
• The length of the road

What do we call directions that come between the cardinal directions?

• Primary Directions
• Intermediate Directions
• Middle Directions
• Subdirections

What direction is indicated by the number 7?

• northeast
• northwest
• southeast
• southwest

What are the intermediate directions?

• North and South only
• Northeast and Southeast only
• Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, and Southwest
• North, South, East, and West

Where would you look on a map to find what the symbols mean?

• The map key or legend
• The intermediate directions
• The cardinal directions
• The map symbols

How many continents are on the planet Earth?

• 7
• 4
• 5
• 10

• Africa
• Antarctica
• Australia
• Asia

• South America
• Europe
• Asia
• North America