Social Studies Overview

What are the three types of maps we will use in 6th grade social studies?

• physical, Earth, solar
• physical, mental, emotional
• physical, political, topographic
• physical, political, tropical

What type of map is this?

• political only
• physical only
• topographic only
• topographic and political

What type of map is this?

• topographic
• physical
• political and physical
• political only

What type of map is this?

• politcal
• physical and topographic
• physical
• topographic

What is shown at the bottom of this map?

• legend or key
• compass rose
• distance scale 
• elevation scale

What does a map scale do?

• Tells you the distance between two points on a map
• Tells you what the symbols on a map stand for

Latitude goes ________ on a map; Longitude goes ________ on a map.

• north and south; east and west
• east and west; north and south

When finding coordinates on a map, which comes first?

• longitude
• latitude
• The order doesn't matter

What city is located closest to the coordinates given for question number 2?

• Phoenix
• Denver
• Niagara Falls 
• Raleigh 

What is the line of longitude that divides the eastern and western hemisphere?

• equator
• tropic of capricorn
• prime meridian
• tropic of cancer