Map Skills

What is the zero degree line of latitude?

• Tropic of Cancer

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• Tropic of Capricorn

What continent do we live on?

• South America

• East

• South

• North America

Latitude and longitude numbers for a place are called the ...

• Grid

• Points

• Coordinates

Which of the following is NOT a cardinal direction?

• North

• South

• West

• Southwest

What is the zero degree longitude called?

When you describe a place in terms of another place, that is called...

• Absolute location

• Relative location

Lines of latitude are called this...

• Polar Zone

• Parallel

• Tropic Zone

• Meridian

North, South, East and West are referred to as the

• Raven

• Robin

• Bluejay

• Cardinal

Relative location is...

• Exactly where something is located

• How to get to a place

• Not a real thing

• Finding the location of a place by describing its location from another place

Latitude and Longitude are measured in

• Inches

• Degrees

• Feet

• Grams