Essential Features of Maps

A __________ tells you what each symbol on the map stands for.

• legal
• lobster
• legend
• langoustine

An imaginary line or meridian measuring east or west of the prime meridian.

• longitude
• langoustine
• latitude
• geogrpahy

Which imaginary line divides the Earth into the eastern and western hemispheres?

• Prime Meridian
• Equator
• Axis
• North Pole

Which part of the map show the directions?

• Map Title
• Compass Rose
• Map key or legend
• Grid Lines

Which of the following is NOT a cardinal direction?

• North
• West
• Southeast
• East

Which imaginary line divides the Earth into the northern and southern hemispheres?

• Prime Meridian
• Equator
• Axis
• North Pole

A Map key, scale and title does what?

• get into somewhere
• Helps you to read and understand a map
• know how much you weigh
• get out of somewhere

The purpose of a compass rose it to ___________________.

• identify directions
• identify size
• identify colors
• to smell pretty

Imaginary lines that run east and west (horizontally) on the Earth are called ________ ____ ________________.

• lines of longitude

• lines of latitude

• lines of the Earth

• prime meridian lines

Imaginary lines that run north and south (vertical) on the Earth are called ________ ____ ______________.

• Equator lines

• lines of longitude

• lines of latitude

• lines of the Earth