Map Skills

What type of map shows natural features such as landforms, bodies of water, elevations, etc.?

• Political map

• Physical map

• Historical map

• Population map

What kind of map that shows man-made characteristics such as borders of states and countries, roads, etc.

• Physical map

• Climate map

• Political map

• Historical map

The imaginary line that separates the eastern and western hemispheres and travels through the poles. It is located at 0 degrees longitude.

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Tropic of Cancer

• Arctic Circle

The imaginary line that separates the northern and southern hemispheres and is located at 0 degrees latitude.

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Antarctic Circle

• Tropic of Capricorn

The further away from the Equator you are the _________________ it gets.

• hotter

• colder

The closer you are to the Equator the ___________________ it gets.

• hotter

• colder

What do we call HALF of the Earth? It's usually divided into northern and southern halves by the Equator, or into western and eastern halves by the Prime Meridian.

• region

• place

• hemisphere

• longitude

The position of a place in relation to another place. Example: I live NEAR the bowling alley.

• Relative location

• Absolute location

Exact location of a place on the Earth described by global coordinates (latitude/longitude).

• Relative location

• Absolute location

Latitude MEASURES ___________________.

• north and south

• east and west