Map Skills

What line divides the earth into the northern and Southern Hemispheres?

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• Latitude

• Longitude

What line divides the earth into the eastern and western hemispheres?

• equator

• Prime meridian

• Latitude

• Longitude

Invisible lines that run north and south but measure east and west

• Longitude

• Latitude

Invisible lines that run east to west but measure north to south

• Longitude

• Latitude

What is on a map to indicate direction?

• Map key

• Legend

• Continents

• Compass rose

Which of the following is a cardinal direction?

• Northwest

• South

• Southwest

• Northeast

Which of the following is an intermediate direction?

• South

• Westeast

• Northwest

• North