Map Skills Review

Geographers look at the world on three different levels. What are those three levels? (multi-select)

• regional

• local

• national

• global

Lines of latitude are called __________.

• equator

• parallel

• meridian

• longitude

Lines of longitude are called __________.

• meridian

• latitude

• equator

• parallel

Latitude and longitude are measured in what?

• inches

• grams

• degrees

• feet

What is the special line of latitude that is an imaginary line that runs horizontally through the center of the Earth, dividing the Northern and Southern hemispheres?

• equator

• prime meridian

• compass rose

• scale

What is the special line of longitude that is an imaginary line that runs through the center of the Earth vertically dividing the Eastern and Western hemispheres?

• longitude

• latitude

• prime meridian

• equator

What is the latitude and longitude of letter A?

• 30˚N, 105˚E

• 105˚N, 30˚E

• 100°W, 20°N

• 27°N,100°W

What is the latitude and longitude of D?

• 160°E, °160°W

• 60°N, 60°E

• 60°S, 60°W

• 60°E, 60°N

What is the latitude and longitude of letter B?

• 20°S, 50°E

• 20°S, 50°W

• 20°N, 50°W

• 50°W, 20°S

A geographer that studies ___________ would study how the Grand Canyon was formed.

• human geography

• cartography

• meteorology

• physical geography