Mapping Review

Pictures on a map are called

• poles

• symbols

• geography

• distortion

Half a globe is called

• trisphere

• halvisphere

• hemisphere

• fourthesphere

The largest areas of land are called

• continents

• Asia

• mountains

• North America

The largest continent on earth is

• Australia

• Antarctica

• Africa

• Asia

The smallest continent is

• Asia

• Africa

• Australia

• Antarctica

What continent is the United States a part of . . .

• Europe

• North America

• South America

• Australia

Why are there 5 oceans?

• They are not connected.

• They are named for 5 geographers.

• Five is the author's favorite number.

• They gave names to sections of water separated by land.

Why do maps need scales?

• To show how big the map is.

• To show how much the map weighs.

• To show how tall a building is in real life

• To show how far away a place is in real life.

North, South, East, and West are all

• Intermediate directions

• cardinal directions

• old directions

• not important directions

Continent #2 is

• North America

• Africa

• South America

• Asia