Map Skills 3rd Grade

What is this symbol?

• scale
• key
• compass rose
• map

What is the name of this red imaginary line?

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• North Pole

• South Pole

The Equator divides Earth into which two hemispheres

• Northern and Western
• Northern and Southern
• Eastern and Western
• Southern and Western

What does the yellow line represent?

• Equator

• meridian line

• Prime Meridian

• dateline

Which hemisphere is on the left?

• Western

• Eastern

• Southern

• Northern

Which hemisphere is on the right?

• Western

• Eastern

• Southern

• Northern

We live on which continent?

• North America
• South America
• Europe
• Australia

A map showing boundaries of countries, states, and cities is what type of map?

• Political

• Physical

• Thematic

• Nothing

What is the part of the map that explains what the symbols and colors on a map mean?

• cardinal directions

• compass rose

• legend/key

• map scale

Why do we use grid maps?

• To learn about nature.

• To locate places on a map.

• To see the size of a map.