Map Skills

0 degrees longitude which runs through the original site of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, England and from which other longitudes are measured.

• equator

• map scale

• Prime Meridian

• map scale

A set of straight lines that cross to form squares of equal size.

• map scale

• Earth

• Map grid

• equator

Lines that run north to south, but measure the distance from east or west of the Prime Meridian

• longitude

• latitude

• equator

• hemisphere

Lines that run from east to west, but measure the distance north or south of the equator.

• hemispheres

• latitude

• longitude

• map grid

one half of the Earth; the Equator and Prime Meridian divides the earth into 4 of these....

• map grid

• hemispheres

• latitude

• longitude

The imaginary line that is exactly halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole.

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• longitude

• latitude

A design on a map that shows direction.

• compass rose

• map key

• legend

• map scale

What are these directions called?

North, East, South, West

• intermediate directions

• locations

• Cardinal directions

• ways to go

What are these directions called?

Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, Northwest

• Cardinal directions

• locations

• ways to go

• Intermediate directions

What hemisphere is North America located in?

• Southeast

• Northeast

• Northwest

• Southwest