Geography - Map skills

What are the largest areas of land on Earth called?

• mountain

• plain

• continent

• country

What is half of the Earth?

• piece

• half circle

• slice

• hemisphere

What is the imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Western and Eastern hemispheres?

• longitude

• Tropic of Cancer

• equator

• Prime Meridian

Longitude -

• Lines that measure distance east and west of the Prime Meridian.

• LInes that run east to west around the earth.

• Ms. Mirelez's coffee favorite flavor.

• Study of plants and animals.

Equator -

• A line that divides the highway.

• A line that divides the Earth into northern and southern halves.

• An imaginary line that does north to south.

• The name of a football team.

Latitude

• the line that divides the earth and moon.

• lines above and below the equator.

• Lines and run north to south.

• a name for an attitude that describes an angry soccer player.

The 0 degree line of latitude is the ___________.

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• International Date Line

• Contour Line

What is the name of the line at zero degrees longitude?

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• North Pole

• South Pole

• The map show the lines of longitude.

• The map shows the lines of latitude.

What continent is highlighted in red?

• South America

• Africa

• Australia

• North America