Geography Vocab Quiz

What is the definition of Title of a Map:

• tells you the name of the book you are about to be reading

• tells you what the map is and is found on the top or bottom of the map.

• tell you what place you are traveling to on the map you are looking at

• It tells you the name of each country.

What is a scale based on the unit we are learning?

• How you weigh yourself or other items

• The skin on a fish

• the relationship between distance on a map and actual distance on the earth.

• How many miles you travel to get from one place to another.

What is a compass rose

• An object that appears on maps to identify four main directions: North, South, East and West.

• The object on the map with symbols in it to tell you what you are looking for on the map.

• is found on the bottom of the map. The map key tells you what the symbols on the map stand for.

• are small pictures on the map used for representing real things (mountains, hills, and valleys )

What is a legend or key

• An object that appears on maps to identify four main directions: North, South, East and West.

• The object on the map with symbols in it to tell you what you are looking for on the map.

• is found on the bottom of the map. The map key tells you what the symbols on the map stand for.

• are small pictures on the map used for representing real things (mountains, hills, and valleys )

What is a symbol

• An object that appears on maps to identify four main directions: North, South, East and West.

• The object on the map with symbols in it to tell you what you are looking for on the map.

• is found on the bottom of the map. The map key tells you what the symbols on the map stand for.

• are small pictures on the map used for representing real things (mountains, hills, and valleys )

What is a Hemisphere

• Imaginary Lines that split the Earth in half

• Imaginary line running north to south

• imaginary line running west to east

• Lines of Latitude and Longitude crossing on a map used to find an absolute location

What is the Equator

• Imaginary Lines that split the Earth in half

• Imaginary line running north to south

• imaginary line running west to east

• Lines of Latitude and Longitude crossing on a map used to find an absolute location

What is the Prime Meridian

• Imaginary Lines that split the Earth in half

• Imaginary line running north to south

• imaginary line running west to east

• Lines of Latitude and Longitude crossing on a map used to find an absolute location

What is the Latitude

• Imaginary Lines that split the Earth in half

• lines that are measuring east and west of the Prime Meridian.

• lines that are measuring north and south of the Equator.

• Lines of Latitude and Longitude crossing on a map used to find an absolute location

What is the Longitude

• Imaginary Lines that split the Earth in half

• lines that are measuring east and west of the Prime Meridian.

• lines that are measuring north and south of the Equator.

• Lines of Latitude and Longitude crossing on a map used to find an absolute location