Focus on Geography

A cartographer draws maps.

• True

• False

A flat view from above is known as a bird’s eye view.

• True

• False

The globe shows all the countries of the world.

• True

• False

Maps do not show the real distances between places.

• True

• False

Cartographers draw scales on maps to show the directions.

• True

• False

Cartographers work out ____________ by adding a compass rose.

• scale

• directions

• symbols

• legend

The equator divides the earth into ________________.

• eastern hemisphere and southern hemisphere

• northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere

• southern hemisphere and western hemisphere

• western hemisphere and eastern hemisphere.

A ------------ is a sphere with a map printed on it.

• legend

• the weather patterns of a place

• globe

• numbers and letters describing a position.

------------helps us understand the symbols on a map.

• A mountain

• The scale

• A legend

• A glacier

Tools of the maps are

• compass rose

• scale

• legend

• windsock