6th Map Skills

This is used to tell directions; such as north, south, east west, northeast, southwest, etc.

• compass rose

• longitude

• latitude

• compass lily

The earth is divided into four __________.

• sections

• equators

• quarters

• hemispheres

Click on the oceans.

• Pacific

• Antarctic

• Atlantic

• Indiana

Click on the continents.

• Africa

• Australia

• Atlantic

• South America

What is the name of the line of latitude that divides the earth into equal northern and southern halves?

• equator

• latitude

• prime meridian

• tropic of capricorn

What is the name of the line of longitude that separates the earth into equal eastern and western halves?

• equator

• prime meridian

• longitude

• tropic of cancer

What does a political map show?

• the United States

• elevation

• landforms like mountains, deserts, and plains

• boundaries of countries, states, and cities

What does a physical map show?

• landforms like mountains, deserts, and plains

• the United States

• boundaries of countries, states, and cities

• elevation

Which is NOT a major river?

• Amazon

• Nile

• Ohio

• Mississippi

Which is the world's largest ocean?

• Pacific

• Atlantic

• Indian

• Arctic