Map Skills Review

A measure of distance on Earth that is east or west of the Prime Meridean

• longitude

• latitude

• equator

• hemisphere

Half a sphere; There are four -- Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western

• longitude

• directions

• latitude

• hemisphere

A measure of distance on Earth that is north or south of the equator

• longitude

• latitude

• hemisphere

• equator

A small drawing on map that shows direction

• cardinal

• intermediate

• compass rose

• inset map

Anything that stands for something else

• map key

• inset map

• global grid

• symbol

Earth has SEVEN great bodies of land. They are called _____

• global grids

• hemispheres

• continents

• equator

The crisscrossing lines of latitude and longitude form the ____________ found on a map or globe.

• equator

• global grid

• prime meridian

• map key

An explanation of what the symbols on a map represent

• symbols

• compass rose

• map key (legend)

• scale

The relationship between the distance shown on a map and the real distance on Earth

• map scale

• inset map

• global grid

• symbol

An imaginary line that lies halfway between the Northern and Southern Hemisphere, at 0 degrees LATITUDE

• prime meridian

• latitude

• equator

• longitude