Maps Review Set

What is this object known as?

• map symbol
• map key
• map scale
• compass rose

How do you know what the purpose of a map is?

• Read the title

• Look at the map key

• Look at the compass rose

• Read the scale bar

An imaginary line or meridian measuring east or west of the prime meridian tells you a location's ________.

• longitude

• langoustine

• latitude

• geography

On which two hemispheres do we live?

• Northern and Eastern
• Eastern and Southern
• Western and Southern
• Northern and Western

What is a scale bar for?

• to know the cardinal points
• to know the symbology of a map
• to know distances in a map
• to know the political divisions

A pattern formed as parallels and meridians cross one another on a map.

• Compass

• Map scale

• Legend/key

• Grid

Which one is not a basic component of a map?

• Title

• Compass

• Color Code

• Scale

What is the name of this line at 0 degrees latitude?

• Prime Meridian
• Equator
• North Pole
• South Pole

What is the name of the line at zero degrees longitude?

• Equator
• Prime Meridian
• North Pole
• South Pole

_______ lines on a globe run from east to west but measure north to south.

• North Pole

• South Pole

• Latitude

• Longitude