Map Skills Review

For many years, people only knew about these three continents:

• Africa

• Europe

• Australia

• Asia

• North America

Cartographer is a fancy word for:

• sailor

• map maker

• teenager

• shopping cart

Mariner is a fancy word for a:

• sailor

• map maker

• teenager

• a group of girls named Mary

This is an imaginary line that runs around the center of Earth, halfway between the North & South Poles at 0 ° latitude

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• International Date Line

• Prime Equator

At 180° latitude, this is an imaginary line on the Earth that marks the beginning of one day and the end of another.

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• International Date Line

• Prime Equator

This is an imaginary line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole of Earth at 0° longitude.

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• International Date Line

• Prime Equator

Put a check by each element a good map should have:

• map title

• map legend (key)

• map scale

• compass rose

The cardinal directions are:

• north, east, south, west

• northwest, northeast, southeast, southwest

• up, down, around, over

The intermediate directions are:

• north, east, south, west

• northeast, southeast, southwest, northwest

• right, left, around, next to

symbol on a map that shows the cardinal and sometimes intermediate directions:

• compass violet

• direction thing

• compass rose

• map scale