GEOGRAPHY and MAP SKILLS REVIEW GRADE 6

What are imaginary lines drawn on maps from east to west to locate places north or south of the equator?

• Latitude 
• Longitude
• Cardinal Directions
• Compass

What are imaginary lines drawn on maps from north to south to locate places east or west of the Prime Meridian?

• Latitude
• Compass
• Longitude
• Intermediate Directions

What is the special line of latitude that is an imaginary line that runs horizontally through the center of the Earth, dividing the Northern and Southern hemispheres?

• Prime Meridian
• Equator
• Scale
• Compass Rose

What is the special line of longitude that is an imaginary line that runs through the center of the Earth vertically  dividing the Eastern and Western hemispheres?

• Equator
• Prime Meridian
• Map Key
• Intermediate Directions

What is a design on a map that shows directions?

• Intermediate Directions
• Scale
• Compass Rose
• Map Key/Legend

What is a small chart included on a map that gives descriptions of what symbols are used and what they stand for?

• Scale
• Compass Rose
• Map Key/Legend
• Symbols

What is located on the map that represents the distance between two locations on the map. Ex: 1 inch on the map equals 1 mile on the ground?

• Compass Rose
• Cardinal Directions
• Compass Rose
• Scale

What are the the four major compass points of North, South, East, West used to navigate a map?

• Scale
• Intermediate Directions
• Compass Directions
• Cardinal Directions

What is picture that is used to represent an object on a map?

• Map Key/Legend
• Symbol
• Signs
• Charts

What are the in-between compass points of Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, Southwest.

• Intermediate Directions
• Intersection Directions
• Cardinal Directions
• Compass Points