Map Skills Review

A map that shows the land forms and bodies of water of a place.

• Political Map
• Grid Map
• Distribution Map
• Physical Map

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

• Longitude
• Latitude
• Hemisphere
• Parallels 

This type of map shows the boundaries of states and countries.

• Political Map
• Physical Map
• Grid Map
• Distribution Map

The directions in red are which type of directions?

• Ordinal or Intermediate

• Cardinal

0 degrees latitude 

• Equator
• Prime Meridian
• Hemisphere

0 degrees longitude 

• Equator
• Prime Meridian
• Hemisphere

What continent do we live on?

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Anything that stands for something else

• map key

• inset map

• global grid

• symbol

Earth has SEVEN great bodies of land. They are called _____

• global grids

• hemispheres

• continents

• equator

An explanation of what the symbols on a map represent

• symbols

• compass rose

• map key (legend)

• scale