Map Skills

A book of maps is called what?

• Dictionary

• Encyclopedia

• Atlas

• A map book

Who is a person that draws maps?

• Cartographer

• Architect

• Artist

• Map maker, duh!

Directions that lie between north, south, east, and west are called what?

• Cardinal Directions.

• Columbus Directions.

• Compass Rose.

• Intermediate Directions.

What is this?

• compass

• compass rose

• GPS

• north star

The directions north, south, east and west are called?

• intermediate directions

• Columbus directions

• right directions

• cardinal directions

This is the imaginary circle around the center of the earth that divides the north & south hemispheres.

• Tropic of Cancer

• Equator

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Prime Meridian

This imaginary line runs through Greenwich, England and is the basis for standard time zones.

• Tropic of Cancer

• Equator

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Prime Meridian

What line is shown on this map?

• Tropic of Cancer

• Equator

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Prime Meridian

• Line of Longitude

• Lines of Latitude

• Lines of Distance

• Lines of Time

• Lines of Longitude

• Lines of Latitude

• Lines of Distance

• Lines of Time